A selection of recent research projects

1. Slaymaker, V., Blow, F. C., & Oslin, D. "Prescription drug abuse among older adults in treatment for alcohol dependence: Characteristics and short-term outcomes." Poster presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA, June 29, 2005.
2. Oslin, D. W., Slaymaker, V. J., Blow, F. C., Owen, P. L., & Colleran, C. (2005). Treatment outcomes for alcohol dependence among middle-aged and older adults. Addictive Behaviors, 20, 1431-1436.
3. Walker, C., Slaymaker, V. J., & Neudahl, L. "Comparing methamphetamine and non-methamphetamine substance abusers: One-year outcomes." Poster presented at the annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Orlando, Florida, June 22, 2005.
4. Slaymaker, V. J. & Owen, P. L. "Drinking motives: Predicting alcohol use among substance dependent youth after treatment." Paper presented at the 27th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 27, 2004.
5. Slaymaker, V. J. & Owen, P.L. "Addiction severity among older adults in treatment: Characteristics and outcomes." Poster presented at the 27th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 29, 2004.
6. Slaymaker, V. J. & Owen, P. L. "Depression and anxiety among substance dependent youth: Impact on one-year treatment outcomes." Poster presented at the annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Puerto Rico, June 2004.
7. Walker, C. L., Slaymaker, V. J., Owen, P. L., & McMillan, B. W. "Brief residential treatment for nicotine dependence: One-year outcomes." Poster presented at the annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Puerto Rico, June 2004.
8. Slaymaker, V., Owen, P., & Seppala, M. "Nicotine use following alcohol and drug treatment: One-year outcomes." Paper presented at the 35th Annual Medical Scientific Conference of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, Washington, D.C., April 22-24, 2004.
9. Slaymaker, V., & Owen, P. "Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people in alcohol/drug treatment: One-year outcomes." Paper presented at the 26th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June 23, 2003.
10. Owen, P., & Slaymaker, V. "The impact of a brief, residential relapse prevention program on abstinence: A randomized study." Poster presented at the 26th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June 25, 2003.
11. Slaymaker, V., Oslin, D., Blow, F., & Owen, P. "Treatment of older adults with alcohol dependence in specialized addiction settings." Poster presented at the 26th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June 24, 2003.
12. Owen, P., & Slaymaker, V. "Physicians, Nurses, and Other Health Care Professionals in Treatment for Substance Dependence: One-year Outcomes." Poster presented at the 65th annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Bal Harbour, Florida, June 16, 2003.
13. Owen, P., Slaymaker, V., Hadden, D., & Seppala, M. "Addressing alcohol and drug problems among youth in the community: Results of a college campus-based program." Poster presented at the National Institute of Mental Health conference, "Beyond the clinic walls: Expanding mental health, drug, and alcohol services research outside the specialty care system," Washington, D.C., March 11, 2003.
14. Owen, P. L., Slaymaker, V., Tonigan, J. S., McCrady, B. S., Epstein, E. E., Kaskutas, L. A., Humphreys, K., & Miller, W. R. (2003). Participation in Alcoholics Anonymous: Intended and unintended change mechanisms. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27(3), 524-532.
    

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