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A. Thomas McLellan is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of medicine and psychology, with specific attention to applied psychology, pharmacology, experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry, mental health, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work spans several topics related to mental health and treatment interventions. These include digital mental health interventions, treatment of major depression, wider mental health research topics, schizophrenia research and treatment, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, opioid use disorder treatment, and patient involvement in mental health care.

Recent publications by A. Thomas McLellan cover a range of subjects within addiction treatment and mental health, documented in various academic journals. These include:

  • "Patient and public involvement in health services: Paying more than lip service" (2024) published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
  • "Can Smartphone-Based Support Apps Add Value to the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder?" (2024) published in American Journal of Psychiatry

Other recent works, while not authored by McLellan but related to the field, further contextualize the environment in which they contribute, such as:

  • "The Concept of Treatment-Refractory Addiction: Implications for Addiction Treatment Systems and Research" (2024) in Journal of Addiction Medicine
  • "Demonstration of an app-delivered digital therapeutic program for methamphetamine use disorder" (2023) in Frontiers in Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with A. Thomas McLellan include Edward V. Nunes, Kristin Muhlner, Jeff DeFlavio, Alfonso Ang, and Michael Zito.

Their research has been published in several key academic venues, which reflect the interdisciplinary range of their work:

  • Journal of Addiction Medicine
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
  • American Journal of Psychiatry

A. Thomas McLellan's contributions align closely with advancing knowledge in mental health, addiction treatment, and digital therapeutic interventions. Their work addresses critical issues at the intersection of clinical practice and innovative healthcare technologies.

Best Publications

  • An improved diagnostic evaluation instrument for substance abuse patients. The Addiction Severity Index.

    A T McLellan;L Luborsky;G E Woody;C P O'Brien

  • The fifth edition of the addiction severity index

    A.Thomas McLellan;Harvey Kushner;David Metzger;Roger Peters

  • Drug Dependence, a Chronic Medical Illness: Implications for Treatment, Insurance, and Outcomes Evaluation

    A. Thomas McLellan;David C. Lewis;Herbert D. Kleber

  • Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain — Misconceptions and Mitigation Strategies

    Nora D. Volkow;A. Thomas McLellan

  • Therapist Success and Its Determinants

    Lester Luborsky;A. Thomas McLellan;George E. Woody;Charles P. O'Brien

  • Myths about the treatment of addiction

    CharlesP. O'Brien;A. Thomas McLellan

  • Classical conditioning in drug-dependent humans.

    Charles P. O'brien;Anna Rose Childress;A. Thomas McLELLAN;Ronald Ehrman

  • The Addiction Severity Index at 25: origins, contributions and transitions.

    A. Thomas McLellan;John C. Cacciola;Arthur I. Alterman;Samuel H. Rikoon

  • Reconsidering the evaluation of addiction treatment: From retrospective follow-up to concurrent recovery monitoring.

    A. Thomas McLellan;James R. McKay;Robert Forman;John Cacciola

  • Similarity of outcome predictors across opiate, cocaine, and alcohol treatments: Role of treatment services.

    A. Thomas McLellan;Arthur I. Alterman;David S. Metzger;Grant R. Grissom

  • Psychotherapy for Opiate Addicts: Does It Help?

    Woody Ge;Luborsky L;McLellan At;O'Brien Cp

  • Effective medical treatment of opiate addiction

    L. L. Judd;M. G. Marston;C. Attkisson;W. Berrettini

  • Sociopathy and Psychotherapy Outcome

    George E. Woody;A. Thomas McLellan;Lester Luborsky;Charles P. O'Brien

  • Can the national addiction treatment infrastructure support the public's demand for quality care?

    A Thomas McLellan;Deni Carise;Herbert D Kleber

  • Have we evaluated addiction treatment correctly? Implications from a chronic care perspective.

    A. Thomas McLellan

  • Five year outcomes in a cohort study of physicians treated for substance use disorders in the United States

    A Thomas McLellan;Gregory S Skipper;Michael Campbell;Robert L DuPont

  • DO THERAPISTS VARY MUCH IN THEIR SUCCESS?. Findings from Four Outcome Studies

    Lester Luborsky;Paul Crits-Christoph;A. Thomas McLellan;George Woody

  • Self-help organizations for alcohol and drug problems: Toward evidence-based practice and policy

    Keith Humphreys;Stephen Wing;Dennis McCarty;John Chappel

  • Initial evidence for the reliability and validity of a “Lite” version of the Addiction Severity Index

    John S. Cacciola;John S. Cacciola;Arthur I. Alterman;A. Thomas McLellan;Yi-Ting Lin

  • Abstinent Opiate Abusers Exhibit Conditioned Craving, Conditioned Withdrawal and Reductions in both through Extinction

    Anna Rose Childress;A. Thomas McLELLAN;Charles P. O'brien

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur I. Alterman
Arthur I. Alterman University of Pennsylvania
John S. Cacciola
John S. Cacciola University of Pennsylvania
James R. McKay
James R. McKay University of Pennsylvania
Lester Luborsky
Lester Luborsky University of Pennsylvania
Anna Rose Childress
Anna Rose Childress University of Pennsylvania
Kevin G. Lynch
Kevin G. Lynch University of Pennsylvania
Megan J. Rutherford
Megan J. Rutherford University of Washington
Kimberly C. Kirby
Kimberly C. Kirby Rowan University
Lisa J. Merlo
Lisa J. Merlo University of Florida
Deborah J. Wiebe
Deborah J. Wiebe University of Pennsylvania

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