Search Results - "Mckay, James"
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Making the hard work of recovery more attractive for those with substance use disorders
Published in Addiction (Abingdon, England) (01-05-2017)“…Background Research has led to improvements in the effectiveness of interventions for substance use disorders (SUD), but for the most part progress has been…”
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Digital approaches to continuing care
Published in Current opinion in psychiatry (01-07-2022)“…To provide an update of studies on the effectiveness of digital and telephonic approaches to providing remote continuing care for substance use disorders…”
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Should contingency management protocols and dissemination practices be modified to accommodate rising stimulant use and harm reduction frameworks?
Published in Addiction (Abingdon, England) (01-09-2024)“…Background Stimulant‐related overdoses have increased dramatically, with almost 50% of overdoses in the United States now involving stimulants. Additionally,…”
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Feasibility and Effects of Digital Interventions to Support People in Recovery From Substance Use Disorders: Systematic Review
Published in Journal of medical Internet research (23-08-2018)“…The development and evaluation of digital interventions aimed at preventing or treating substance use-related problems and disorders is a rapidly growing…”
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Robust Q-Learning
Published in Journal of the American Statistical Association (2021)“…Abstract-Q-learning is a regression-based approach that is widely used to formalize the development of an optimal dynamic treatment strategy. Finite…”
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Research is needed to guide contingency management implementation across populations and settings
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Is there a case for extended interventions for alcohol and drug use disorders?
Published in Addiction (Abingdon, England) (01-11-2005)“…ABSTRACT Aims To determine whether there is evidence to support the implementation of extended interventions (i.e. longer than 6 months) for individuals with…”
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Meta‐Analysis of the Association of Alcohol‐Related Social Media Use with Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol‐Related Problems in Adolescents and Young Adults
Published in Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research (01-06-2018)“…Despite the pervasive use of social media by young adults, there is comparatively little known about whether, and how, engagement in social media influences…”
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Comparison of statistical sampling methods with ScannerBit, the GAMBIT scanning module
Published in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields (01-11-2017)“…We introduce ScannerBit, the statistics and sampling module of the public, open-source global fitting framework GAMBIT. ScannerBit provides a standardised…”
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A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of Different Mobile Messaging Interventions for Problem Drinking Compared to Weekly Drink Tracking
Published in PloS one (01-02-2017)“…Recent evidence suggests that text messaging may help to reduce problem drinking as an extension to in-person services, but very little is known about the…”
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The national implementation of Contingency Management (CM) in the Department of Veterans Affairs: Attendance at CM sessions and substance use outcomes
Published in Drug and alcohol dependence (01-04-2018)“…•From June 2011 to December 2015, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provided Contingency Management (CM) to 2060 patients in 94 programs.•Patients…”
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Is the relapse concept in studies of substance use disorders a ‘one size fits all’ concept? A systematic review of relapse operationalisations
Published in Drug and alcohol review (01-05-2022)“…Issues Relapse is a theoretical construct and empirical object of inquiry. It is unclear how relapse is operationalised with regard to the various phases in…”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of a continuing care intervention for cocaine-dependent adults
Published in Drug and alcohol dependence (01-01-2016)“…Highlights • First cost-effectiveness analysis of the Telephone Monitoring and Counseling intervention. • The cost analysis includes both direct intervention…”
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High-risk subtypes of chronic lymphocytic leukemia are detectable as early as 16 years prior to diagnosis
Published in Blood (10-03-2022)“…Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is preceded by monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL), a CLL precursor state with a prevalence of up to 12% in aged…”
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History and current status of contingency management programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Published in Preventive medicine (01-11-2023)“…OBJECTIVEThis article describes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) national implementation of contingency management within VA substance use disorder…”
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A susceptibility locus for lung cancer maps to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes on 15q25
Published in Nature (03-04-2008)“…Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death worldwide, with over one million cases annually. To identify genetic factors that modify disease risk, we…”
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Motivational Interviewing: A Pilot Test of Active Ingredients and Mechanisms of Change
Published in Psychology of addictive behaviors (01-12-2012)“…Motivational interviewing (MI) is an effective treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs) that focuses on resolving ambivalence and increasing commitment to…”
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How often are outcomes other than change in substance use measured? A systematic review of outcome measures in contemporary randomised controlled trials
Published in Drug and alcohol review (01-05-2020)“…Issues Recovery is a theoretical construct and empirical object of inquiry. The aim was to review whether outcome measures used in randomised controlled trials…”
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Climate change research and action must look beyond 2100
Published in Global change biology (01-01-2022)“…Anthropogenic activity is changing Earth's climate and ecosystems in ways that are potentially dangerous and disruptive to humans. Greenhouse gas…”
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Safety and Efficacy of Belimumab Plus Standard Therapy for Up to Thirteen Years in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Published in Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (01-07-2019)“…Objective To investigate the long‐term safety and efficacy of intravenous (IV) belimumab plus standard of care (SOC) therapy for systemic lupus erythematosus…”
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