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Overview

Charles W. Mathias is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. The research focus spans medicine and psychology, with particular emphasis on clinical psychology, public health, epidemiology, safety research, and general health professions.

Key topics of their work include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking

Their recent published papers include:

  • Opioid overdose prevention education in Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2023, Harm Reduction Journal
  • Addressing chronic pain with Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in integrated primary care: findings from a mixed methods pilot randomized controlled trial, 2022, BMC Primary Care
  • The Development of Impulsivity and Sensation Seeking: Associations with Substance Use among At-Risk Adolescents, 2020, Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • The externalizing and internalizing pathways to marijuana use initiation: Examining the synergistic effects of impulsiveness and sensation seeking, 2021, Developmental Psychology
  • The Development of Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors Among Youth With or Without a Family History of Substance Use Disorder: The Indirect Effects of Early-Life Stress and Impulsivity, 2020, Child Psychiatry & Human Development

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Charles W. Mathias include:

  • Nathalie Hill-Kapturczak
  • Donald M. Dougherty
  • A. M. Wasserman
  • Tara E. Karns-Wright
  • Tae-Joon Moon

The primary venues for the work are diverse, featuring journals such as:

  • Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • Substance Use & Misuse
  • BMC Primary Care
  • Harm Reduction Journal
  • Developmental Psychology

The intersection of medicine and psychology in their research is applied predominantly to understanding substance abuse, developmental behaviors in youth, and psychosocial influences on health. Methodologies include clinical trials, behavioral studies, and epidemiological investigations addressing public health concerns like opioid overdose prevention and chronic pain management.

Best Publications

  • Fifty years of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale: An update and review

    Matthew S. Stanford;Charles Wayne Mathias;Donald M Dougherty;Sarah L. Lake

  • L-Tryptophan: Basic Metabolic Functions, Behavioral Research and Therapeutic Indications:

    Dawn M Richard;Michael A Dawes;Charles W Mathias;Ashley Acheson

  • Characterizing aggressive behavior

    Matthew S. Stanford;Rebecca J. Houston;Charles W. Mathias;Nicole R. Villemarette-Pittman

  • Laboratory behavioral measures of impulsivity.

    Donald M. Dougherty;Charles W. Mathias;Dawn M. Marsh;Ashley A. Jagar

  • Symptom validity testing: a critical review.

    Kevin J. Bianchini;Charles W. Mathias;Kevin W. Greve

  • Increased impulsivity in cocaine dependent subjects independent of antisocial personality disorder and aggression

    F Gerard Moeller;Donald M Dougherty;Ernest S Barratt;Victor Oderinde

  • Impulsiveness and risk-taking behavior: comparison of high-school and college students using the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale

    Matthew S. Stanford;Kevin W. Greve;Jill K. Boudreaux;Charles W. Mathias

  • Choice impulsivity: Definitions, measurement issues, and clinical implications

    Kristen R. Hamilton;Marci R. Mitchell;Victoria C. Wing;Iris M. Balodis

  • Impulsivity and Clinical Symptoms among Adolescents with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury with or without Attempted Suicide

    Donald M Dougherty;Charles Wayne Mathias;Dawn M. Marsh-Richard;Kristen N. Prevette

  • Laboratory Measured Behavioral Impulsivity Relates to Suicide Attempt History

    Donald M. Dougherty;Charles W. Mathias;Dawn M. Marsh;T. Dorina Papageorgiou

  • Impulsivity, attention, memory, and decision-making among adolescent marijuana users

    Donald M Dougherty;Charles Wayne Mathias;Michael A Dawes;R. Michael Furr

  • Behavioral impulsivity paradigms: a comparison in hospitalized adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders.

    Donald M. Dougherty;James M. Bjork;R. Andrew Harper;Dawn M. Marsh

  • Immediate and delayed memory tasks: a computerized behavioral measure of memory, attention, and impulsivity.

    Donald M. Dougherty;Dawn M. Marsh;Charles W. Mathias

  • Personality and neurocognitive correlates of impulsive aggression in long-term survivors of severe traumatic brain injury.

    Kevin W. Greve;Elisabeth Sherwin;Matthew S. Stanford;Charles Mathias

  • A Test of Alcohol Dose Effects on Multiple Behavioral Measures of Impulsivity

    Donald M Dougherty;Dawn M. Marsh-Richard;Erin S. Hatzis;Sylvain O. Nouvion

  • Detecting malingered neurocognitive dysfunction using the reliable digit span in traumatic brain injury

    Charles W. Mathias;Kevin W. Greve;Kevin J. Bianchini;Rebecca J. Houston

  • Rapid-response impulsivity: definitions, measurement issues, and clinical implications.

    Kristen R. Hamilton;Andrew K. Littlefield;Noelle C. Anastasio;Kathryn A. Cunningham

  • Adolescent attachment security, family functioning, and suicide attempts.

    Arielle H. Sheftall;Charles Wayne Mathias;R. Michael Furr;Donald M Dougherty

  • What’s the Harm in Asking About Suicidal Ideation?

    Charles Wayne Mathias;R. Michael Furr;Arielle H. Sheftall;Nathalie S Hill-Kapturczak

  • Adaptive Visual Analog Scales (AVAS): A Modifiable Software Program for the Creation, Administration, and Scoring of Visual Analog Scales

    Dawn M. Marsh-Richard;E. S. Hatzis;Charles Wayne Mathias;Nicholas Venditti

  • Suicidal behaviors and drug abuse: impulsivity and its assessment

    Donald M. Dougherty;Charles W. Mathias;Dawn M. Marsh;F. Gerard Moeller

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald M. Dougherty
Donald M. Dougherty The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
F. Gerard Moeller
F. Gerard Moeller Virginia Commonwealth University
Matthew S. Stanford
Matthew S. Stanford Baylor University
R. Michael Furr
R. Michael Furr Wake Forest University
Jennifer J. Vasterling
Jennifer J. Vasterling Boston University
Ernest S. Barratt
Ernest S. Barratt The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Kevin W. Greve
Kevin W. Greve University of New Orleans
Andrew K. Littlefield
Andrew K. Littlefield Texas Tech University
Carl W. Lejuez
Carl W. Lejuez Stony Brook University
Scott D. Lane
Scott D. Lane The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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