What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Psychiatry
- Internal medicine
- Substance abuse
His primary areas of investigation include Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Impulsivity, Impulse control disorder and Pathological.
His Substance abuse, Intervention and Cognitive therapy study in the realm of Psychiatry interacts with subjects such as Antisocial personality disorder.
Many of his research projects under Substance abuse are closely connected to Psychological abuse with Psychological abuse, tying the diverse disciplines of science together.
His research integrates issues of Treatment outcome, Personality and Anxiety in his study of Clinical psychology.
His Impulse control disorder research includes elements of Help-seeking and Psychometrics.
His study explores the link between Pathological and topics such as Addiction that cross with problems in Sensation seeking and Analysis of variance.
His most cited work include:
- The subtyping of pathological gambling: a comprehensive review. (156 citations)
- Psychological experience of gambling and subtypes of pathological gamblers. (141 citations)
- A randomized trial of brief interventions for problem and pathological gamblers. (126 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Contingency management, Impulsivity and Substance abuse.
His Psychiatry research incorporates themes from Pathological and Impulse control disorder.
His Clinical psychology research includes themes of Treatment outcome, Addiction, Personality and Anxiety.
His Contingency management research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Psychological intervention, Randomized controlled trial, Abstinence, Physical therapy and Competence.
The Impulsivity study combines topics in areas such as Severity of illness and Depression.
The concepts of his Substance abuse study are interwoven with issues in Standard treatment, Multivariate analysis and Dysthymic Disorder.
He most often published in these fields:
- Psychiatry (59.05%)
- Clinical psychology (54.29%)
- Contingency management (21.90%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?
- Opioid use disorder (4.76%)
- Psychiatry (59.05%)
- Clinical psychology (54.29%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
David M. Ledgerwood focuses on Opioid use disorder, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Addiction and Methadone.
His work on Juvenile delinquency and Therapeutic jurisprudence as part of general Psychiatry research is frequently linked to Field, bridging the gap between disciplines.
His work in the fields of Impulsivity overlaps with other areas such as Gambler's fallacy.
He usually deals with Impulsivity and limits it to topics linked to Anxiety and Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, Personality and Big Five personality traits.
His Addiction study combines topics in areas such as Treatment outcome and Substance use.
His study in the field of Methadone maintenance also crosses realms of Opiate Substitution Treatment.
Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- A systematic review of rural-specific barriers to medication treatment for opioid use disorder in the United States (16 citations)
- Injection opioid use as a predictor of treatment outcomes among methadone-maintained opioid-dependent patients. (5 citations)
- Gambling-Related Cognitive Distortions in Residential Treatment for Gambling Disorder. (4 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Internal medicine
- Psychiatry
- Substance abuse
David M. Ledgerwood spends much of his time researching Opioid use disorder, Clinical psychology, Psychiatric comorbidity, Gambling disorder and Association.
His Opioid use disorder study overlaps with Psychiatry, Methadone, Benzodiazepine, Heroin and Hepatitis C.
His Impulsivity study, which is part of a larger body of work in Clinical psychology, is frequently linked to Gambler's fallacy, bridging the gap between disciplines.
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