Our Publications
The following is a bibliography of publications by the NRLC and its core faculty, organized by year of publication.
When available electronically, items are linked to journal, or for abstract, and for NIH public access manuscripts.
For bibliography arranged by health topics, select a topic from the drop-down below.
View our presentations for a list of data presented at scientific meetings.
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Alcohol Publications
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Estimating resource utilization demands in implementing statewide Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for alcohol impaired drivers
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The role of social support in motivating reductions in alcohol use: Tests of three models of social support in alcohol impaired drivers
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 43, 123-134.
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Time Delays in Transdermal Alcohol Concentrations Relative to Breath Alcohol Concentrations
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Pharmacokinetics of Phosphatidylethanol 16:0/20:4 in Human Blood After Alcohol Intake
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The correspondence between transdermal alcohol monitoring and daily self-reported alcohol consumption
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The potential clinical utility of transdermal alcohol monitoring data to estimate the number of alcoholic drinks consumed
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Translating transdermal alcohol monitoring procedures for contingency management among adults recently arrested for DWI
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Early adolescent trajectories of impulsiveness and sensation seeking in children of fathers with histories of alcohol and other substance use disorders
Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research,. 40, 2,622-2,630
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Assessment of the human kynurenine pathway: Comparisons and clinical implications of ethnic and gender differences in plasma tryptophan, kynurenine metabolites, and enzyme expressions at baseline and after acute tryptophan loading and depletion.
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Characterization of the pharmacokinetics of Phosphatidylethanol 16:0/18:1 and 16:0/18:2 in human whole blood after alcohol consumption in a clinical laboratory study.
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 40, 1228-1234.
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Behavioral impulsivity does not predict naturalistic alcohol consumption or treatment outcomes
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Transdermal alcohol concentration data collected during a contingency management program to reduce at-risk drinking
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Behavioral impulsivity and risk-taking trajectories across early adolescence in youths with and without family histories of alcohol and other drug use disorders
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Effects of tryptophan depletion and a simulated alcohol binge on impulsivity.
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Accounting for sex-related differences in the estimation of breath alcohol levels using transdermal alcohol monitoring
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Assessing the validity of participant-derived compared to staff-derived values to compute a binge score
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Feasibility of a computer-assisted alcohol screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment program for DWI offenders
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 10, 1-10. Atlas of Science
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Treatment needs of driving while intoxicated offenders: The need for a multi-modal approach to treatment
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Using transdermal alcohol monitoring to detect low-level drinking
Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 39, 1120-1127.
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Combining diffusion tensor imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study reduced frontal white matter integrity in youths with family histories of substance use disorders
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Assessment of whole brain white matter integrity in youths and young adults with a family history of substance-use disorders
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Anomalous temporoparietal activity in individuals with a family history of alcoholism: Studies from the Oklahoma Family Health Patterns Project
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 38, 1639-1645
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Increased forebrain activations in youths with family histories of alcohol and other Substance Use Disorders performing a Go/No Go Task
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 38, 2944-2951.
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Delay discounting differentiates pre-adolescents at high and low risk for substance use disorders based on family history
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Use of continuous transdermal alcohol monitoring during a contingency management procedure to reduce excessive alcohol use.
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Ethical considerations in adolescent drug research, a response to “Conflicting ethics of confidentiality in adolescent drug research”
Psychopharmacology, 231(8), 1433-1435. DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3183-9
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Stress, substance abuse, and addiction
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Do variable rates of alcohol drinking alter the ability to use transdermal alcohol monitors to estimate peak breath alcohol and total number of drinks?
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 38, 2517-2522.
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Accounting for sex-related differences in the estimation of breath alcohol concentrations using transdermal alcohol monitoring
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Differential impact of serotonin transporter activity on temperament and behavior in persons with a family history of alcoholism in the Oklahoma Family Health Patterns Project
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 38, 1575-1581.
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Problem identification and community assessment of DWI needs for Bexar County, Texas
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services report 085144601.2.6: University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.
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Motivational interventions to reduce adult alcohol use/abuse and drunk driving incidents: A treatment manual for use in the criminal justice system
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services report 085144601.2.6: University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.
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Comparing the detection of transdermal and breath alcohol concentrations during periods of alcohol consumption ranging from moderate drinking to binge drinking.
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Parent training plus contingency management for substance abusing families: a Complier Average Causal Effects (CACE) analysis.
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Greater discounting of delayed rewards in young adults with family histories of alcohol and drug use disorders: studies from the Oklahoma Family Health Patterns Project.
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35, 1607-1613
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Adults with a family history of alcohol related problems are more impulsive on measures of response initiation and response inhibition.
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Distinctions in behavioral impulsivity: Implications for substance abuse research.
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Drinking histories in alcohol-use-disordered youth: preliminary findings on relationships to platelet serotonin transporter expression with genotypes of the serotonin transporter.
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Activation of liver Tryptophan Pyrolase mediates the decrease in Tryptophan availability to the brain after acute alcohol consumption in normal subjects.
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Differential activation of the anterior cingulate cortex and caudate nucleus in persons with a family history of alcoholism during a gambling simulation: Studies from the Oklahoma Family Health Patterns Project..
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Adolescent suicidal behavior and substance use: Developmental mechanisms
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A test of alcohol dose effects on multiple behavioral measures of impulsivity.
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The biphasic effects of alcohol: Comparison of subjective and objective measures of stimulation, sedation, and physical activity.
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31, 1883-1890
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The effects of alcohol on laboratory-measured impulsivity after L-Tryptophan depletion or loading.
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Manic symptoms and impulsivity during bipolar depressive episodes.
Bipolar Disorders, 9, 206-212
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The conceptualization and role of impulsivity: Bipolar Disorder and Substance Abuse.
Psychiatric Times, 22, 32-35.
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Age at first drink relates to behavioral measures of impulsivity: The Immediate and Delayed Memory Tasks.
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28, 408-414.
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Suicidal behaviors and drug abuse: Impulsivity and its assessment.
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Overview of workshop on drug abuse and suicidal behavior.
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Impulsivity: A link between bipolar disorder and substance abuse.
Bipolar Disorders, 6, 204-212.
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Impulsivity and substance abuse: What is the connection?
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Psychiatric aspects of impulsivity.
American Journal of Psychiatry, 158,1783-1793.
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Antisocial personality disorder, alcohol and aggression.
Alcohol Research & Health, 25, 5-11
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Effects of Moderate and High Doses of Alcohol on Attention, Impulsivity, Discriminability, and Response Bias in Immediate and Delayed Memory Task Performance.
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 24, 1702-1711.
Marijuana Publications
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Immediate versus delayed visual memory task performance among schizophrenic patients and normal control subjects.
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Toward a theory of distinct types of “impulsive” behaviors: A meta-analysis of self-report and behavioral measures
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Stress, substance abuse, and addiction
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Impulsivity, attention, memory, and decision-making among adolescent marijuana users
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The impact of disruptive behavior disorder on substance use treatment outcome in adolescents.
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Delay discounting predicts adolescent substance abuse treatment outcome.
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Failure to sustain prepulse inhibition in adolescent marijuana users.
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Cognitive impairments in adolescent cannabis abusers are related to THC levels.
Addictive Behaviors and Their Treatment 9, 158-163.
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Distinctions in behavioral impulsivity: Implications for substance abuse research.
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A test of alcohol dose effects on multiple behavioral measures of impulsivity.
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Prospective study of cannabis withdrawal in cannabis-using adolescents.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 47, 1095-1096.
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Behavioral impulsivity in adolescents with Conduct Disorder who use Marijuana.
Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment, 6, 43-50.
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Teenagers do not always lie: Characteristics and correspondence of telephone and in-person reports of adolescent drug use.
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Cannabis withdrawal among adolescent cannabis users in an outpatient research setting.
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Possible amotivational effects following marijuana smoking under laboratory conditions.
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Psychiatric aspects of impulsivity.
American Journal of Psychiatry, 158,1783-1793.
Suicide Publications
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Adolescent attachment security, family functioning, and suicide attempts
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What is the harm in asking about suicidal ideation?
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Intolerance to delayed reward in girls with multiple suicide attempts.
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Suicide and life-events
Suicide from a Global Perspective: Psychosocial Approaches (pp. 27-32). Nova Science Publishers Inc: Hauppauge, NY.
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Cognition and suicide
Suicide from a Global Perspective: Psychosocial Approaches (pp. 3-10). Nova Science Publishers Inc: Hauppauge, NY.
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Impaired decision making in adolescent suicide attempters.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 51, 394-403.
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Impulsivity and clinical symptoms among adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury with or without attempted suicide.
Psychiatry Research, 169, 22-27
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Candidate endophenotypes for genetic studies of suicidal behavior.
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Adolescent suicidal behavior and substance use: Developmental mechanisms
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Suicidal and nonsuicidal self-harm behaviors in adolescent substance use disorders.
In Y. Kaminer and O. Bukstein (Eds.), Adolescent Substance Abuse: Psychiatric Comorbidity and High Risk Behaviors (pp. 323-354).
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group: New York, New York -
Increased impulsivity associated with severity of suicide attempt history in patients with Bipolar Disorder.
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Suicidal behaviors and drug abuse: Impulsivity and its assessment.
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Laboratory measured behavioral impulsivity relates to suicide attempt history.
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Overview of workshop on drug abuse and suicidal behavior.
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Psychiatric aspects of impulsivity.
American Journal of Psychiatry, 158,1783-1793.
2019 Publications
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Estimating resource utilization demands in implementing statewide Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for alcohol impaired drivers
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The role of social support in motivating reductions in alcohol use: Tests of three models of social support in alcohol impaired drivers
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 43, 123-134.
2018 Publications
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Rationale and design of a pilot study examining Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for persistent pain in an integrated primary care clinic
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Pharmacokinetics of Phosphatidylethanol 16:0/20:4 in Human Blood After Alcohol Intake
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The correspondence between transdermal alcohol monitoring and daily self-reported alcohol consumption
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Translating transdermal alcohol monitoring procedures for contingency management among adults recently arrested for DWI
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A test of the psychometric characteristics of the BIS-Brief among three groups of youth
2017 Publications
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Time Delays in Transdermal Alcohol Concentrations Relative to Breath Alcohol Concentrations
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Pilot investigation of a phosphatidylethanol-based contingency management intervention targeting alcohol use
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Development of a version of the self-ordered pointing task: a working memory task for Brazilian preschoolers
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Increasing Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorders: Meeting the Challenge in Primary Care : Commentary on Williams et al., Barriers to and Facilitators of Alcohol Use Disorder Pharmacotherapy in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study in Five VA Clinics.
Journal of General Internal Medicine, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-017-4226-4
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Reproducibility of tract-based white matter microstructural measures using the ENIGMA-DTI protocol
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Preadolescent sensation seeking and early adolescent stress relate to at-risk adolescents’ substance use by age 15
2016 Publications
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Early adolescent trajectories of impulsiveness and sensation seeking in children of fathers with histories of alcohol and other substance use disorders
Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research,. 40, 2,622-2,630
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Assessment of the human kynurenine pathway: Comparisons and clinical implications of ethnic and gender differences in plasma tryptophan, kynurenine metabolites, and enzyme expressions at baseline and after acute tryptophan loading and depletion.
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Altered developmental trajectories for impulsivity and sensation seeking among adolescent substance users
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Acute effects of methylphenidate on impulsivity and attentional behavior in Comorbid ADHD and Conduct Disorder
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Child problems as a moderator of relations between maternal impulsivity and family environment in a high-risk sample.
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Characterization of the pharmacokinetics of Phosphatidylethanol 16:0/18:1 and 16:0/18:2 in human whole blood after alcohol consumption in a clinical laboratory study.
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 40, 1228-1234.
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Pubertal maturation compression and behavioral impulsivity among boys at increased risk for substance use
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Behavioral impulsivity does not predict naturalistic alcohol consumption or treatment outcomes
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Clinical and social/environmental characteristics in a community sample of children with and without family histories of Substance Use Disorder in the San Antonio area: A descriptive study
Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 25, 327-339.
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Family functioning as a mediator of relations between family history of Substance Use Disorder and impulsivity
2015 Publications
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The potential clinical utility of transdermal alcohol monitoring data to estimate the number of alcoholic drinks consumed
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Using contingency management procedures to reduce at-risk drinking in heavy drinkers
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 39, 109-121.
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Functional activation and effective connectivity differences in adolescent marijuana users performing a simulated gambling task
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Striatal activity and reduced white matter increase frontal activity in youths with family histories of alcohol and other substance use disorders performing a go/no go task
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Standardization of formulations for the acute amino acid depletion and loading tests.
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Increased Pre- and Early-Adolescent Stress in Youth with a Family History of Substance Use Disorder and Early Substance Use Initiation
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Childhood stress exposure among preadolescents with and without family histories of substance use disorders
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Transdermal alcohol concentration data collected during a contingency management program to reduce at-risk drinking
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Behavioral impulsivity and risk-taking trajectories across early adolescence in youths with and without family histories of alcohol and other drug use disorders
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Effects of tryptophan depletion and a simulated alcohol binge on impulsivity.
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Rapid-response impulsivity: Definitions, measurement issues, and clinical implications
Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 6, 168-181.
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Choice Impulsivity: Definitions, measurement issues, and clinical implications
Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 6, 182-198.
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Accounting for sex-related differences in the estimation of breath alcohol levels using transdermal alcohol monitoring
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Assessing the validity of participant-derived compared to staff-derived values to compute a binge score
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Cortisol stress response in men and women modulated differentially by the mu-opioid receptor gene polymorphism OPRM1 A118G
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Aggression as a Predictor of Early Substance Use Initiation among Youth with Family Histories of Substance Use Disorders
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Feasibility of a computer-assisted alcohol screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment program for DWI offenders
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 10, 1-10. Atlas of Science
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Treatment needs of driving while intoxicated offenders: The need for a multi-modal approach to treatment
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Using transdermal alcohol monitoring to detect low-level drinking
Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 39, 1120-1127.
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Clinic- and home-based contingency management plus parent training for adolescent cannabis use disorders
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 54, 445-453.
2014 Publications
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Combining diffusion tensor imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study reduced frontal white matter integrity in youths with family histories of substance use disorders
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Assessment of whole brain white matter integrity in youths and young adults with a family history of substance-use disorders
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Anomalous temporoparietal activity in individuals with a family history of alcoholism: Studies from the Oklahoma Family Health Patterns Project
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 38, 1639-1645
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Increased forebrain activations in youths with family histories of alcohol and other Substance Use Disorders performing a Go/No Go Task
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 38, 2944-2951.
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Mechanisms of the pellagragenic effect of leucine: stimulation of hepatic tryptophan oxidation by administration of branched-chain amino acids to healthy human volunteers and the role of plasma free tryptophan and total kynurenines.
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Delay discounting differentiates pre-adolescents at high and low risk for substance use disorders based on family history
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Use of continuous transdermal alcohol monitoring during a contingency management procedure to reduce excessive alcohol use.
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Ethical considerations in adolescent drug research, a response to “Conflicting ethics of confidentiality in adolescent drug research”
Psychopharmacology, 231(8), 1433-1435. DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3183-9
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Stress, substance abuse, and addiction
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Do variable rates of alcohol drinking alter the ability to use transdermal alcohol monitors to estimate peak breath alcohol and total number of drinks?
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 38, 2517-2522.
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Accounting for sex-related differences in the estimation of breath alcohol concentrations using transdermal alcohol monitoring
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Differential impact of serotonin transporter activity on temperament and behavior in persons with a family history of alcoholism in the Oklahoma Family Health Patterns Project
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 38, 1575-1581.
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Emotional processing and frontal asymmetry in impulsive aggressive individuals
Personality and Individual Differences, 70, 131-135.
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Problem identification and community assessment of DWI needs for Bexar County, Texas
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services report 085144601.2.6: University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.
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Motivational interventions to reduce adult alcohol use/abuse and drunk driving incidents: A treatment manual for use in the criminal justice system
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services report 085144601.2.6: University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.
2013 Publications
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Impulsivity, attention, memory, and decision-making among adolescent marijuana users
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Adolescent attachment security, family functioning, and suicide attempts
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Acquisition of rater agreement for the Stressful Life Events Schedule
Journal of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, 1:125, 1-5.
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A coordinate-based meta-analytic model of trauma processing in posttraumatic stress disorder.
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Biosocial processes predicting multisystemic therapy treatment response.
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The impact of disruptive behavior disorder on substance use treatment outcome in adolescents.
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Neuroeconomics and adolescent substance abuse: individual differences in neural networks and delay discounting
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 52, 747-755.
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A multicomponent motivational intervention to improve adherence among adolescents with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes: A pilot study
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Motivational value and salience of images of infants.
Evolution and Human Behavior, 34, 373-381
2012 Publications
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What is the harm in asking about suicidal ideation?
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Psychopathic traits and their association with adjustment problems in girls.
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Comparing the detection of transdermal and breath alcohol concentrations during periods of alcohol consumption ranging from moderate drinking to binge drinking.
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Perinatal factors, parenting behavior, and reactive aggression: Does cortisol reactivity mediate this developmental risk process?
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Delay discounting predicts adolescent substance abuse treatment outcome.
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Parent training plus contingency management for substance abusing families: a Complier Average Causal Effects (CACE) analysis.
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Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the Texas juvenile correctional system.
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High dimensional endophenotype ranking in the search for major depression risk genes.
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Impaired decision making in adolescent suicide attempters.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 51, 394-403.
2011 Publications
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Intolerance to delayed reward in girls with multiple suicide attempts.
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Failure to sustain prepulse inhibition in adolescent marijuana users.
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Greater discounting of delayed rewards in young adults with family histories of alcohol and drug use disorders: studies from the Oklahoma Family Health Patterns Project.
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35, 1607-1613
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Adults with a family history of alcohol related problems are more impulsive on measures of response initiation and response inhibition.
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Suicide and life-events
Suicide from a Global Perspective: Psychosocial Approaches (pp. 27-32). Nova Science Publishers Inc: Hauppauge, NY.
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Cognition and suicide
Suicide from a Global Perspective: Psychosocial Approaches (pp. 3-10). Nova Science Publishers Inc: Hauppauge, NY.
2010 Publications
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Effects of acute tryptophan depletion on three types of behavioral impulsivity.
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Cognitive impairments in adolescent cannabis abusers are related to THC levels.
Addictive Behaviors and Their Treatment 9, 158-163.
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Specificity of the acute Tryptophan and Tyrosine plus Phenylalanine depletion and loading tests Part I. Review of biochemical aspects and poor specificity of current amino acid formulations.
International Journal of Tryptophan Research, 3, 23-34.
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Specificity of the acute Tryptophan and Tyrosine plus Phenylalanine depletion and loading tests Part II. Normalisation of the Tryptophan and Tyrosine plus Phenylalanine to competing amino acid ratios in a new control formulation.
International Journal of Tryptophan Research, 3, 35-47.
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Sp1 regulates chromatin looping between an intronic enhancer and distal promoter of the human heme oxygenase-1 gene in renal cells.
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Hawthorne Effect.
In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 2:561-563). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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John Henry Effect
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 2:660-661). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Power.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 2:1065-1066). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Range.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1218-1219). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Sample Size.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1299-1301). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Sensitivity.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1627-1628). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Sequence Effects.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1340-1341). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Social Desirability.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1395-1398). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Specificity.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1407-1408). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Sphericity.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1408-1410). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Split-half Reliability.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1410-1413). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Standard Deviation.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1421-1424). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Standard Error of the Mean.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1430-1433). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Standardized Score.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1437-1441). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA
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Triple Blind Study.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1541-1543). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA
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True Experimental Designs.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1543-1546). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Type III Error.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1579-1581). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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White Noise.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1627-1628). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Yates Correction.
Encyclopedia of Research Design (pp. 3:1645-1648). Sage Publications, Inc: Thousand Oaks, CA.
2009 Publications
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Impulsivity and clinical symptoms among adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury with or without attempted suicide.
Psychiatry Research, 169, 22-27
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Distinctions in behavioral impulsivity: Implications for substance abuse research.
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Fifty years of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale: An update and review.
Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 385-395.
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Drinking histories in alcohol-use-disordered youth: preliminary findings on relationships to platelet serotonin transporter expression with genotypes of the serotonin transporter.
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Activation of liver Tryptophan Pyrolase mediates the decrease in Tryptophan availability to the brain after acute alcohol consumption in normal subjects.
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The Adaptive Visual Analog Scales (AVAS): A modifiable software program for the creation, administration, and scoring of visual analog scales.
Behavior Research Methods, 41, 99-106.
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Candidate endophenotypes for genetic studies of suicidal behavior.
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Differentiating impulsive and premeditated aggression: Self and informant perspectives among adolescents with personality pathology.
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L-tryptophan: Basic metabolic functions, behavioral research, and therapeutic indications.
International Journal of Tryptophan Research, 2, 45-60.
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Differential activation of the anterior cingulate cortex and caudate nucleus in persons with a family history of alcoholism during a gambling simulation: Studies from the Oklahoma Family Health Patterns Project..
2008 Publications
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Adolescent suicidal behavior and substance use: Developmental mechanisms
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Behavioral measures of impulsivity and the law.
Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 26, 691-707.
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A test of alcohol dose effects on multiple behavioral measures of impulsivity.
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Prospective study of cannabis withdrawal in cannabis-using adolescents.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 47, 1095-1096.
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Comparison of 50g and 100g L-tryptophan depletion and loading formulations for altering 5-HT synthesis: Pharmacokinetics, side effects, and mood states.
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Bupropion improves attention but does not affect impulsive behavior in healthy young adults
2007 Publications
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The biphasic effects of alcohol: Comparison of subjective and objective measures of stimulation, sedation, and physical activity.
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31, 1883-1890
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The acute tryptophan depletion and loading tests: Specificity issues.
International Congress Series, 1304C, 159-166.
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Assessment of the kynurenine pathway in humans 1. Normal plasma values, ethnic differences, and their clinical implications.
International Congress Series, 1304C, 335-343.
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Impulsive and premeditated subtypes of aggression in Conduct Disorder: Differences in time estimation.
Aggressive Behavior, 33, 574-582
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The effects of alcohol on laboratory-measured impulsivity after L-Tryptophan depletion or loading.
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Behavioral impulsivity in adolescents with Conduct Disorder who use Marijuana.
Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment, 6, 43-50.
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Personality judgment and personality pathology: Self-other agreement in adolescents with Conduct Disorder.
Journal of Personality, 75, 629-662.
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Suicidal and nonsuicidal self-harm behaviors in adolescent substance use disorders.
In Y. Kaminer and O. Bukstein (Eds.), Adolescent Substance Abuse: Psychiatric Comorbidity and High Risk Behaviors (pp. 323-354).
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group: New York, New York -
The relationship of inattentiveness, hyperactivity, and psychopathy among adolescents.
Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 1333-1343.
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Characterizing aggressive behavior with the Impulsive/Premeditated Aggression Scale among adolescents with Conduct Disorder.
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Teenagers do not always lie: Characteristics and correspondence of telephone and in-person reports of adolescent drug use.
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Manic symptoms and impulsivity during bipolar depressive episodes.
Bipolar Disorders, 9, 206-212
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Effects of sleep deprivation on impulsive behaviors in men and women.
2006 Publications
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Cannabis withdrawal among adolescent cannabis users in an outpatient research setting.
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Immediate and Delayed Memory Tasks.
In N. J. Salkind and K. Rasmussen (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics Vol 2. (pp. 452-453).
Sage Publications; Thousand Oaks, California. -
Laboratory behavioral measures of impulsivity.
In N. J. Salkind and K. Rasmussen (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics Vol 2. (pp. 525-526).
Sage Publications; Thousand Oaks, California. -
Impulsivity and BOLD fMRI activation in MDMA users and healthy control subjects.
Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 147, 239-242.
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Diazepam impairs behavioral inhibition but not delay discounting or risk taking in healthy adults.
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 14(2), 190-198.
2005 Publications
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Laboratory measures of impulsivity.
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Increased impulsivity associated with severity of suicide attempt history in patients with bipolar disorder.
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Acute yohimbine increased laboratory-measured impulsivity in normal subjects.
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Reduced anterior corpus callosum white matter integrity is related to increased impulsivity and reduced discriminability in cocaine-dependent subjects: Diffusion tensor imaging.
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The conceptualization and role of impulsivity: Bipolar Disorder and Substance Abuse.
Psychiatric Times, 22, 32-35.
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Laboratory behavioral measures of impulsivity.
Behavior Research Methods, 37, 82-90.
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Acute yohimbine increases laboratory-measured impulsivity in normal subjects.
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Increased impulsivity associated with severity of suicide attempt history in patients with Bipolar Disorder.
2004 Publications
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P300 event-related potential amplitude and impulsivity in cocaine-dependent subjects.
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Suicidal behaviors and drug abuse: impulsivity and its assessment.
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Age at first drink relates to behavioral measures of impulsivity: The Immediate and Delayed Memory Tasks.
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28, 408-414.
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Suicidal behaviors and drug abuse: Impulsivity and its assessment.
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Laboratory measured behavioral impulsivity relates to suicide attempt history.
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Overview of workshop on drug abuse and suicidal behavior.
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P300 event related potential amplitude and impulsivity in cocaine dependent subjects.
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Functional MRI study of working memory in MDMA users.
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Impulsivity: A link between bipolar disorder and substance abuse.
Bipolar Disorders, 6, 204-212.
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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder and behavioral disinhibition.
Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 138, 5-22.
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The physiological experience of the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (PASAT): Does the PASAT induce autonomic arousal?
2003 Publications
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Behavioral impulsivity paradigms: A comparison in hospitalized adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders.
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 44, 1145-1157.
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Validation of the Immediate and Delayed Memory Tasks in hospitalized adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders.
Psychological Record, 53, 509-532.
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Familial transmission of continuous performance test behavior: Attentional and impulsive response characteristics.
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Laboratory measures of impulsivity.
In E. F. Coccaro (Ed.), Aggression: Psychiatric Assessment and Treatment. Medical Psychiatric Series No. 22,
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Commission error rates on a continuous performance test are related to deficits measured by the Benton Visual Retention Test.
Assessment, 10, 3-12.
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Psychopathology among persons responding to participation as normal controls in behavioral research studies.
Comprehensive Psychiatry, 44, 83-87.
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Impulsivity and phase of illness in bipolar disorder.
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Comparability of the standard WCST and WCST-64 in traumatic brain injury.
Applied Neuropsychology, 10, 246-251
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Detecting malingered performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale: Validation of Mittenberg’s approach in traumatic brain injury.
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 18, 245-260.
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Impulsiveness and arousal: Heart rate under conditions of rest and challenge in healthy males.
Personality and Individual Differences, 35, 355-371.
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Characterizing aggressive behavior.
Assessment, 10, 183-190.
2002 Publications
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Reliability estimates for the Immediate and Delayed Memory Tasks.
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Increased impulsivity in cocaine dependent subjects independent of antisocial personality disorder and aggression.
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The serotonin 2a receptor T102C polymorphism and impaired impulse control.
American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics), 114, 336-339.
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Possible amotivational effects following marijuana smoking under laboratory conditions.
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Immediate and Delayed Memory Tasks: A computerized behavioral measure of memory, attention and impulsivity.
Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 34, 391-398.
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Laboratory measures of impulsivity: A comparison of women with and without childhood aggression.
The Psychological Record, 52, 289-303.
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Laboratory-measured aggressive behavior of women: Acute tryptophan depletion and augmentation
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Comparison of women with high and low trait impulsivity using laboratory impulsivity models of response-disinhibition and reward-choice.
Personality and Individual Differences, 33, 1291-1310.
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Impulsivity and substance abuse: What is the connection?
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Heavy “Ecstasy” use is associated with increased impulsivity.
Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment, 1, 47-52.
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Two models of impulsivity: Relationship to personality traits and psychopathology.
Biological Psychiatry, 51, 988-994.
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Temporal stability of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in a chronic traumatic brain injury sample.
Assessment, 9, 271-277.
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Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in chronic severe traumatic brain injury: Factor structure and performance subgroups.
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Detecting malingered performance with the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test: A preliminary investigation in traumatic brain injury.
The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 16, 179-191.
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Detecting malingered neurocognitive dysfunction using the Reliable Digit Span in traumatic brain injury.
The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Assessment, 9, 301-308.
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Cognitive strategy usage in long-term survivors of severe traumatic brain injury with persisting impulsive aggression.
Personality and Individual Differences, 32, 639-647.
2001 Publications
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Psychiatric aspects of impulsivity.
American Journal of Psychiatry, 158,1783-1793.
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Endogenous plasma testosterone levels and commission errors in women: A preliminary report.
Physiology and Behavior, 73, 217-221.
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The impact of impulsivity on cocaine use and retention in treatment.
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment,21, 193-198.
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Measurement of inter-episode impulsivity in bipolar disorder.
Psychiatry Research, 101, 195-197.
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Impact of threat relevance on P300 event-related potentials in combat-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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A double-blind placebo-controlled crossover study of phenytoin in individuals with impulsive aggression.
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Clinical and neuropsychological correlates of impaired awareness of deficits in Alzheimer Disease and Parkinson Disease: A comparative study.
Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology, 14, 122-129.
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Classification accuracy of the Portland Digit Recognition Test in traumatic brain injury.
The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 15, 461-470.
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Symptom validity testing: A critical review.
The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 15, 19-45.
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Personality and neurocognitive correlates of impulsive aggression in long-term survivors of severe traumatic brain injury.
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Antisocial personality disorder, alcohol and aggression.
Alcohol Research & Health, 25, 5-11
2000 Publications
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Laboratory measures of impulsivity in hospitalized adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders.
Biological Psychiatry, 47, 489.
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Effects of Moderate and High Doses of Alcohol on Attention, Impulsivity, Discriminability, and Response Bias in Immediate and Delayed Memory Task Performance.
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 24, 1702-1711.
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Differential behavioral effects of plasma tryptophan depletion and loading in aggressive and nonaggressive men.
Neuropsychopharmacology, 22, 357-369.
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Paced Visual Serial Addition Test: An alternative measure of information processing speed.
Applied Neuropsychology, 7, 140-146.
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Laboratory and questionnaire measures of aggression among female parolees with violent or nonviolent histories.
Aggressive Behavior, 26, 291-307.
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A comparison between adults with conduct disorder and normal controls on a Continuous Performance Test: Differences in impulsive response characteristics.
The Psychological Record, 50, 203-219.
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Low dose Zolmitriptan as a 5-HT neuroendocrine challenge agent in humans