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A. Thomas McLellan is affiliated with the Treatment Research Institute in the United States. Their research portfolio spans key areas in medicine and psychology, focusing particularly on digital mental health interventions, treatment of major depression, and substance abuse treatment and outcomes.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics primarily related to addiction, mental health, and patient involvement in health services. Notable papers include:

  • Patient and public involvement in health services: Paying more than lip service, 2024, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
  • Can Smartphone-Based Support Apps Add Value to the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder?, 2024, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Demonstration of an app-delivered digital therapeutic program for methamphetamine use disorder, 2023, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • The Concept of Treatment-Refractory Addiction: Implications for Addiction Treatment Systems and Research, 2024, Journal of Addiction Medicine

Their scholarly work is frequently published in journals such as the Journal of Addiction Medicine, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, and the American Journal of Psychiatry.

In addition to their primary focus on medicine and psychology, they engage in subfields including applied psychology, pharmacology, experimental and cognitive psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and epidemiology.

The scientist has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including Edward V. Nunes, Kristin Muhlner, Jeff DeFlavio, Alfonso Ang, and Michael Zito.

Their research themes include:

  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement

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

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

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

  • Neurobiologic Advances from the Brain Disease Model of Addiction

    Nora D. Volkow;George F. Koob;A. Thomas McLellan

  • Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain — Misconceptions and Mitigation Strategies

    Nora D. Volkow;A. Thomas McLellan

  • Predicting Response to Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatments: Role of Psychiatric Severity

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

  • Meta‐Analysis of Therapist Effects in Psychotherapy Outcome Studies

    Paul Crits-Christoph;Kathryn Baranackie;Julie S. Kurcias;Aaron T. Beck

  • 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

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

    A Thomas McLellan;Deni Carise;Herbert D Kleber

  • 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

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

    Keith Humphreys;Stephen Wing;Dennis McCarty;John Chappel

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

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

  • Increased effectiveness of substance abuse treatment. A prospective study of patient-treatment "matching".

    A. McLELLAN;George Woody;Lester Luborsky;Charles O'brien

  • The Psychotherapist Matters: Comparison of Outcomes Across Twenty-Two Therapists and Seven Patient Samples

    Lester Luborsky;A. Thomas McLellan;Louis Diguer;George Woody

  • Naltrexone pharmacotherapy for opioid dependent federal probationers

    James W. Cornish;James W. Cornish;David Metzger;David Metzger;George E. Woody;George E. Woody;David Wilson

  • Is Treatment for Substance Abuse Effective

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

  • Use and Misuse of Opioids in Chronic Pain

    Nora Volkow;Helene Benveniste;A Thomas McLellan

  • Can induced moods trigger drug-related responses in opiate abuse patients? ☆

    Anna Rose Childress;Ronald Ehrman;A.Thomas McLellan;James MacRae

  • Psychotherapy in community methadone programs: a validation study.

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

  • How are addicted physicians treated? A national survey of physician health programs

    Robert L. DuPont;A. Thomas McLellan;Gary Carr;Michael Gendel

Frequent Co-Authors

Nora D. Volkow
Nora D. Volkow National Institutes of Health
Richard E. Brown
Richard E. Brown Dalhousie University
David J. Nutt
David J. Nutt Imperial College London
Michael T. French
Michael T. French University of Miami
Thomas F. Babor
Thomas F. Babor University of Connecticut
Amelia M. Arria
Amelia M. Arria University of Maryland, College Park
John Strang
John Strang King's College London
George F. Koob
George F. Koob National Institute on Drug Abuse
Constance Weisner
Constance Weisner Kaiser Permanente

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