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Bruce J. Rounsaville

Bruce J. Rounsaville

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Medicine

D-Index
127
Citations
54672
World Ranking
2851
National Ranking
1587

Overview

Bruce J. Rounsaville was affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on substance abuse treatment and outcomes with a notable engagement in epidemiology as a subfield.

Their recent scholarly output included studies published through UNC Libraries, addressing topics related to drinking behavior and treatment responses in clinical settings. Specific publications included:

  • Baseline Trajectories of Drinking Moderate Acamprosate and Naltrexone Effects in the COMBINE Study: BASELINE TRAJECTORIES OF DRINKING IN COMBINE (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • Baseline trajectories of heavy drinking and their effects on postrandomization drinking in the COMBINE Study: empirically derived predictors of drinking outcomes during treatment (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • Naltrexone and combined behavioral intervention effects on trajectories of drinking in the COMBINE study (2021, UNC Libraries)

They collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Ralitza Gueorguieva
  • Ran Wu
  • Dennis M. Donovan
  • David Couper
  • John H. Krystal

The work demonstrated an analytical focus on treatment interventions for substance use disorders, examining variables such as drinking trajectories and medication effects within clinical trials. This body of research contributed to the field of substance abuse treatment by emphasizing empirical predictors and outcomes related to pharmacological and behavioral therapies.

Best Publications

  • The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID). II. Multisite test-retest reliability.

    Janet B. W. Williams;Miriam Gibbon;Michael B. First;Robert L. Spitzer

  • Naltrexone and Coping Skills Therapy for Alcohol Dependence: A Controlled Study

    Stephanie S. O'Malley;Adam J. Jaffe;Adam J. Jaffe;Grace Chang;Richard S. Schottenfeld

  • Types of alcoholics, I. Evidence for an empirically derived typology based on indicators of vulnerability and severity.

    Thomas F. Babor;Michael Hofmann;Frances K. DelBoca;Victor Hesselbrock

  • A Stage Model of Behavioral Therapies Research: Getting Started and Moving on From Stage I

    Bruce J. Rounsaville;Kathleen M. Carroll;Lisa S. Onken

  • Psychopathology as a predictor of treatment outcome in alcoholics.

    Bruce J. Rounsaville;Zelig S. Dolinsky;Thomas F. Babor;Roger E. Meyer

  • Familial Transmission of Substance Use Disorders

    Kathleen R. Merikangas;Marilyn Stolar;Denise E. Stevens;Joseph Goulet

  • Psychiatric diagnoses of treatment-seeking cocaine abusers.

    Bruce J. Rounsaville;Susan Foley Anton;Kathleen Carroll;Douglas Budde

  • We Don't Train in Vain: A Dissemination Trial of Three Strategies of Training Clinicians in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

    Diane E. Sholomskas;Gia Syracuse-Siewert;Bruce J. Rounsaville;Samuel A. Ball

  • The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R Personality Disorders (SCID-II). II: Multi-site test-retest reliability study

    Michael B. First;Robert L. Spitzer;Miriam Gibbon;Janet B.W. Williams

  • Heterogeneity of Psychiatric Diagnosis in Treated Opiate Addicts

    Bruce J. Rounsaville;Myrna M. Weissman;Herbert Kleber;Charles Wilber

  • Opioid-, cannabis- and alcohol-dependent women show more rapid progression to substance abuse treatment

    Carlos A Hernandez-Avila;Bruce J Rounsaville;Henry R Kranzler

  • Stress-Induced Cocaine Craving and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Responses Are Predictive of Cocaine Relapse Outcomes

    Rajita Sinha;Miguel Garcia;Prashni Paliwal;Mary Jeanne Kreek

  • One-year follow-up of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for cocaine dependence : delayed emergence of psychotherapy effects

    Kathleen M. Carroll;Bruce J. Rounsaville;Charla Nich;Lynn T. Gordon

  • Gender-Related Differences in the Characteristics of Problem Gamblers Using a Gambling Helpline

    Marc N. Potenza;Marvin A. Steinberg;Susan D. McLaughlin;Ran Wu

  • Efficacy of disulfiram and cognitive behavior therapy in cocaine-dependent outpatients: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.

    Kathleen M. Carroll;Lisa R. Fenton;Samuel A. Ball;Charla Nich

  • Diagnosis and Symptoms of Depression in Opiate Addicts: Course and Relationship to Treatment Outcome

    Bruce J. Rounsaville;Myrna M. Weissman;Katherine Crits-Christoph;Charles Wilber

  • Mindfulness training for smoking cessation: results from a randomized controlled trial.

    Judson A. Brewer;Sarah Mallik;Theresa A. Babuscio;Charla Nich

  • Gambling urges in pathological gambling: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Marc N. Potenza;Marvin A. Steinberg;Pawel Skudlarski;Robert K. Fulbright

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging of cocaine craving.

    Bruce E. Wexler;Christopher H. Gottschalk;Robert K. Fulbright;Isak Prohovnik

  • Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy for Ambulatory Cocaine Abusers

    Kathleen M. Carroll;Bruce J. Rounsaville;Lynn T. Gordon;Charla Nich

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen M. Carroll
Kathleen M. Carroll Yale University
Thomas R. Kosten
Thomas R. Kosten Baylor College of Medicine
Herbert D. Kleber
Herbert D. Kleber Columbia University
Samuel A. Ball
Samuel A. Ball Yale University
Myrna M. Weissman
Myrna M. Weissman Columbia University
Charla Nich
Charla Nich Yale University
Stephanie S. O'Malley
Stephanie S. O'Malley Yale University
Henry R. Kranzler
Henry R. Kranzler University of Pennsylvania
Marc N. Potenza
Marc N. Potenza Yale University
James Poling
James Poling Yale University

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