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Overview

Charla Nich is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on substance abuse treatment and outcomes, digital mental health interventions, and mental health treatment and access. Their work spans key fields including medicine and psychology, with notable contributions in epidemiology, applied psychology, general health professions, social psychology, and clinical psychology.

They have published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment
  • Journal of Addiction Medicine
  • Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports

Charla Nich has collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors, including:

  • Brian D. Kiluk
  • Tami L. Frankforter
  • Theresa Babuscio
  • Kathleen M. Carroll
  • Jennifer M. Loya

Recent notable publications by Charla Nich include:

  • "A feasibility study providing substance use treatment in the Black church" (2020), Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • "Racial and ethnic differences in alcohol, cannabis, and illicit substance use treatment: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of studies done in the USA" (2022), The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Short- and long-term changes in substance-related coping as mediators of in-person and computerized CBT for alcohol and drug use disorders" (2020), Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • "Breaking through social determinants of health: Results from a feasibility study of Imani Breakthrough, a community developed substance use intervention for Black and Latinx people" (2023), Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment
  • "Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorders in a Specialized Primary Care Practice: A Randomized Feasibility Trial to Address the RT Component of SBIRT" (2020), Journal of Addiction Medicine

Best Publications

  • Motivational Interviewing to Improve Treatment Engagement and Outcome in Individuals Seeking Treatment for Substance Abuse: A Multisite Effectiveness Study

    Kathleen M. Carroll;Samuel A. Ball;Charla Nich;Steve Martino

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy for Ambulatory Cocaine Abusers

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

  • Treatment of cocaine and alcohol dependence with psychotherapy and disulfiram.

    Kathleen M. Carroll;Charla Nich;Samuel A. Ball;Elinore Mccance

  • A general system for evaluating therapist adherence and competence in psychotherapy research in the addictions.

    Kathleen M Carroll;Charla Nich;Rachel L Sifry;Kathryn F Nuro

  • Computer-Assisted Delivery of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Addiction: A Randomized Trial of CBT4CBT

    Kathleen M. Carroll;Samuel A. Ball;Steve Martino;Charla Nich

  • Mindfulness Training and Stress Reactivity in Substance Abuse: Results from a Randomized, Controlled Stage I Pilot Study

    Judson A Brewer;Rajita Sinha;Justin A Chen;Ravenna N Michalsen

  • Prize reinforcement contingency management for treating cocaine users: how low can we go, and with whom?

    Nancy M. Petry;Jacqueline Tedford;Mark Austin;Charla Nich

  • One-year follow-up of disulfiram and psychotherapy for cocaine-alcohol users: sustained effects of treatment.

    Kathleen M. Carroll;Charla Nich;Samuel A. Ball;Elinore McCance

  • Disulfiram treatment for cocaine dependence in methadone-maintained opioid addicts.

    Ismene L. Petrakis;Kathleen M. Carroll;Charla Nich;Lynn T. Gordon

  • The Use of Contingency Management and Motivational/Skills-Building Therapy to Treat Young Adults with Marijuana Dependence.

    Kathleen M. Carroll;Caroline J. Easton;Charla Nich;Karen A. Hunkele

  • Targeting behavioral therapies to enhance naltrexone treatment of opioid dependence: efficacy of contingency management and significant other involvement.

    Kathleen M. Carroll;Samuel A. Ball;Charla Nich;Patrick G. O'Connor

  • A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Alcohol-Dependent Domestic Violence Offenders: An Integrated Substance Abuse–Domestic Violence Treatment Approach (SADV)

    Caroline J. Easton;Dolores L. Mandel;Karen A. Hunkele;Charla Nich

  • Site Matters: Multisite Randomized Trial of Motivational Enhancement Therapy in Community Drug Abuse Clinics

    Samuel A. Ball;Steve Martino;Charla Nich;Tami L. Frankforter

  • Community program therapist adherence and competence in motivational enhancement therapy.

    Steve Martino;Samuel A. Ball;Charla Nich;Tami L. Frankforter

  • Naltrexone and disulfiram in patients with alcohol dependence and comorbid psychiatric disorders.

    Ismene L. Petrakis;James Poling;Carolyn Levinson;Charla Nich

  • Correspondence of motivational enhancement treatment integrity ratings among therapists, supervisors, and observers

    Steve Martino;Samuel Ball;Charla Nich;Tami L. Frankforter

  • Enduring effects of a computer-assisted training program for cognitive behavioral therapy: A 6-month follow-up of CBT4CBT

    Kathleen M. Carroll;Samuel A. Ball;Steve Martino;Charla Nich

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen M. Carroll
Kathleen M. Carroll Yale University
Brian D. Kiluk
Brian D. Kiluk Yale University
Samuel A. Ball
Samuel A. Ball Yale University
Steve Martino
Steve Martino Yale University
Nancy M. Petry
Nancy M. Petry University of Connecticut
James Poling
James Poling Yale University
José Szapocznik
José Szapocznik University of Miami
Judson A. Brewer
Judson A. Brewer Brown University
Rajita Sinha
Rajita Sinha Yale University
Katie Witkiewitz
Katie Witkiewitz University of New Mexico

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