Research

Therapist Effects in Addiction Treatment

Featured ResearchTherapist Effects in Addiction Treatment A persistent finding in addiction treatment research is that clients’ substance use outcomes are significantly affected by who provides…
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June 26, 2018
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Spirituality and Health

Featured ResearchSpirituality and Health It always seemed natural to me, as a lifelong Christian, to think of spirituality/religiousness as a natural part of human life…
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June 26, 2018
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Quantum Change

Featured ResearchQuantum Change Most of us, most of the time, change very gradually, bit by bit, day by day.  But it also can and does happen…
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June 26, 2018
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Matching Clients to Treatment

Featured ResearchMatching Clients to Treatment The largest clinical trial ever conducted for alcoholism treatment methods was Project MATCH, a collaborative study involving nine clinical sites,…
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June 26, 2018
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Health Care and Brief Intervention

Featured ResearchHealth Care and Brief Intervention One of the early and surprising findings in our research on behavioral self-control training was that significant behavior change often followed…
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June 26, 2018
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Cross-Cultural Research and Treatment

Featured ResearchCross-Cultural Research and Treatment One of the joys of living in New Mexico is its multicultural population.  We have been able over the years to explore cross-cultural…
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June 26, 2018
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The Combine Study

Featured ResearchThe Combine Study Combining Medication and Behavioral Intervention in Treating Alcohol Dependence The COMBINE Study was a multisite clinical trial sponsored by the National…
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June 26, 2018
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Behavior Therapies

Featured ResearchBehavior Therapies My primary training at the University of Oregon was in behavioral and cognitive psychotherapies.  The main thrust of my work in this area if described in two…
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June 26, 2018
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Behavioral Self-Control Training

Featured ResearchBehavioral Self-Control TrainingBehavioral Self-Control Training (“Controlled Drinking”) This was the first line of research that I undertook, beginning with my dissertation in 1974 (Miller,…
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June 26, 2018
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Assessment Instruments

Featured ResearchAssessment Instruments Good science requires good measurement.  Our research group at CASAA has been particularly active in developing and improving instruments for measuring addiction treatment…
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June 26, 2018
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Research on Alcoholics Anonymous

Featured ResearchResearch on Alcoholics Anonymous Principally under the direction of Professor J. Scott Tonigan, our research group at CASAA has conducted a series of scientific…
Sam
June 26, 2018