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Overview

Christy K. Scott is affiliated with Chestnut Health Systems in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on substance abuse treatment, opioid use disorder, and health policy implementation science.

The main fields of study for Christy K. Scott include Medicine and Health Professions, with notable contributions in Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Applied Psychology.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Christy K. Scott include:

  • Michael L. Dennis
  • Christine E. Grella
  • Dennis P. Watson
  • John Carnevale
  • Samuel W. Stull

Their work has been published repeatedly in several venues, notably:

  • Health & Justice
  • Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy
  • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Addiction
  • International Journal of Drug Policy

Recent publications include:

  • A Scoping Review of Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation of Medications for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder within the Criminal Justice System (2020, International Journal of Drug Policy)
  • The impact of the opioid crisis on U.S. state prison systems (2021, Health & Justice)
  • Availability of best practices for opioid use disorder in jails and related training and resource needs: findings from a national interview study of jails in heavily impacted counties in the U.S. (2022, Health & Justice)
  • A scoping review of factors that influence opioid overdose prevention for justice-involved populations (2021, Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy)
  • A randomized clinical trial of smartphone self-managed recovery support services (2020, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment)

Best Publications

  • Managing Addiction as a Chronic Condition

    Michael Dennis;Christy K Scott

  • The duration and correlates of addiction and treatment careers

    Michael L. Dennis;Christy K. Scott;Rodney Funk;Mark A. Foss

  • The Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) experiment: Rationale, study design and analysis plans.

    Michael Dennis;Janet C. Titus;Guy Diamond;Guy Diamond;Jean Donaldson

  • An experimental evaluation of recovery management checkups (RMC) for people with chronic substance use disorders.

    Michael Dennis;Christy K Scott;Rod Funk

  • An Eight-Year Perspective on the Relationship Between the Duration of Abstinence and Other Aspects of Recovery

    Michael L. Dennis;Mark A. Foss;Christy K. Scott

  • Pathways in the relapse--treatment--recovery cycle over 3 years.

    Christy K. Scott;Mark A. Foss;Michael L. Dennis

  • Cognition in marriage.

    Frank D. Fincham;Thomas N. Bradbury;Christy K. Scott

  • A replicable model for achieving over 90% follow-up rates in longitudinal studies of substance abusers.

    Christy K Scott

  • Utilizing Recovery Management Checkups to shorten the cycle of relapse, treatment reentry, and recovery

    Christy K Scott;Michael L. Dennis;Mark A. Foss

  • Surviving drug addiction: the effect of treatment and abstinence on mortality

    Christy K. Scott;Michael L. Dennis;Alexandre Laudet;Rodney R. Funk

  • A Scoping Review of Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation of Medications for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder within the Criminal Justice System.

    Christine E. Grella;Erika Ostile;Christy K Scott;Michael Dennis

  • Results from two randomized clinical trials evaluating the impact of quarterly recovery management checkups with adult chronic substance users

    Christy K Scott;Michael L. Dennis

  • Gender differences in victimization severity and outcomes among adolescents treated for substance abuse.

    Janet C. Titus;Michael L. Dennis;William L. White;Christy K. Scott

  • Four-year outcomes from the Early Re-Intervention (ERI) experiment using Recovery Management Checkups (RMCs).

    Michael L. Dennis;Christy K Scott

  • A Pilot Study to Examine the Feasibility and Potential Effectiveness of Using Smartphones to Provide Recovery Support for Adolescents.

    Michael L. Dennis;Christy K. Scott;Rodney R. Funk;Lisa Nicholson

  • Combining psychometric and biometric measures of substance use

    Richard Lennox;Michael L. Dennis;Christy K Scott;Rod Funk

  • The first 90 days following release from jail: Findings from the Recovery Management Checkups for Women Offenders (RMCWO) experiment

    Christy K Scott;Michael L. Dennis

  • Gender similarities and differences in the treatment, relapse, and recovery cycle.

    Christine E. Grella;Christy K. Scott;Mark A. Foss;Michael L. Dennis

  • Gender differences in drug treatment outcomes among participants in the Chicago Target Cities Study

    Christine E. Grella;Christy K. Scott;Mark A. Foss;Vandana Joshi

  • Gender differences in long-term drug treatment outcomes in Chicago PETS

    Christine E. Grella;Christy K. Scott;Mark A. Foss

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodney R. Funk
Rodney R. Funk Chestnut Health Systems
Christine E. Grella
Christine E. Grella University of California, Los Angeles
Alexandre B. Laudet
Alexandre B. Laudet National Development and Research Institutes
Guy S. Diamond
Guy S. Diamond Drexel University
Susan H. Godley
Susan H. Godley University of Miami
Mark D. Godley
Mark D. Godley Chestnut Health Systems
Carl G. Leukefeld
Carl G. Leukefeld University of Kentucky
Howard A. Liddle
Howard A. Liddle University of Miami
Yifrah Kaminer
Yifrah Kaminer University of Connecticut
Frank D. Fincham
Frank D. Fincham Florida State University

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