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Overview

David M. Ledgerwood is affiliated with Wayne State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with significant contributions in subfields including Clinical Psychology, Physiology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Applied Psychology.

The scientist's main topics of research include Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Gambling Behavior and Treatments, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology, as well as Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David M. Ledgerwood are Leslie H. Lundahl, Jennifer D. Ellis, Ciara N. Cannoy, Mannat K. Bedi, and Danishi K. Bedi.

Common publication venues for their work include:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • International Gambling Studies
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • American Journal on Addictions

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by David M. Ledgerwood are:

  • Contingency management for individuals with chronic health conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, 2020, Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • A SMARTTT approach to Treating Tobacco use disorder in persons with HIV (SMARTTT): Rationale and design for a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation study, 2021, Contemporary Clinical Trials
  • Neonatal Outcomes after Combined Opioid and Nicotine Exposure in Utero: A Scoping Review, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Electronic cigarette use among sexual minority and heterosexual young adults in a U.S. national sample: Exploring the modifying effects of advertisement exposure, 2021, Preventive Medicine
  • Gender Differences in Reasons for Using Electronic Cigarettes: A Systematic Review, 2022, Nicotine & Tobacco Research

Best Publications

  • The subtyping of pathological gambling: a comprehensive review.

    Aleks Milosevic;David M. Ledgerwood

  • Psychological experience of gambling and subtypes of pathological gamblers.

    David M. Ledgerwood;Nancy M. Petry

  • A randomized trial of brief interventions for problem and pathological gamblers.

    Nancy M. Petry;Jeremiah Weinstock;David M. Ledgerwood;Benjamin Morasco

  • Impulsivity as a predictor of treatment outcome in substance use disorders: Review and synthesis

    Amy M. Loree;Leslie H. Lundahl;David M. Ledgerwood

  • A systematic review of rural-specific barriers to medication treatment for opioid use disorder in the United States

    Jamey J Lister;Jamey J Lister;Addie Weaver;Jennifer D Ellis;Joseph A Himle

  • Subtyping pathological gamblers based on impulsivity, depression and anxiety

    David M. Ledgerwood;Nancy M. Petry

  • Behavioral assessment of impulsivity in pathological gamblers with and without substance use disorder histories versus healthy controls

    David M. Ledgerwood;Sheila M. Alessi;Natalie Phoenix;Nancy M. Petry

  • Psychological trauma and PTSD symptoms as predictors of substance dependence treatment outcomes.

    Julian D. Ford;Josephine Hawke;Sheila Alessi;David Ledgerwood

  • What do we know about relapse in pathological gambling

    David M. Ledgerwood;Nancy M. Petry

  • Gambling and Suicidality in Treatment-Seeking Pathological Gamblers

    David M. Ledgerwood;Nancy M. Petry

  • Comparison between self-report and hair analysis of illicit drug use in a community sample of middle-aged men.

    David M. Ledgerwood;Bruce A. Goldberger;Nathan K. Risk;Collins E. Lewis

  • Contingency management interventions for treating the substance abuse of adolescents: a feasibility study.

    Elizabeth A. Corby;John M. Roll;David M. Ledgerwood;Charles R. Schuster

  • Brief motivational interventions for college student problem gamblers.

    Nancy M. Petry;Jeremiah Weinstock;Benjamin J. Morasco;David M. Ledgerwood

  • Self-reported gambling-related suicidality among gambling helpline callers.

    David M. Ledgerwood;Marvin A. Steinberg;Ran Wu;Marc N. Potenza

  • Smoking Cessation for People Living With HIV/AIDS: A Literature Review and Synthesis

    David M. Ledgerwood;Russell Yskes

  • Predictors of intention to use condoms among university women: An application and extension of the theory of planned behavior.

    Anna Fazekas;Charlene Y. Senn;David M. Ledgerwood

  • A randomized trial of contingency management delivered by community therapists.

    Nancy M. Petry;Sheila M. Alessi;David M. Ledgerwood

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in treatment-seeking pathological gamblers.

    David M. Ledgerwood;Nancy M. Petry

  • Relationship between problem gambling and substance use in a methadone maintenance population

    David M Ledgerwood;Karen K Downey

  • Clinical features and treatment prognosis of pathological gamblers with and without recent gambling-related illegal behavior.

    David M. Ledgerwood;Jeremiah Weinstock;Benjamin J. Morasco;Nancy M. Petry

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy M. Petry
Nancy M. Petry University of Connecticut
Mark K. Greenwald
Mark K. Greenwald Wayne State University
Jeremiah Weinstock
Jeremiah Weinstock Saint Louis University
Joseph A. Himle
Joseph A. Himle University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John M. Roll
John M. Roll Washington State University
Julian D. Ford
Julian D. Ford University of Connecticut
Mark D. Litt
Mark D. Litt University of Connecticut Health Center
Mark D. Godley
Mark D. Godley Chestnut Health Systems
Charlene Y. Senn
Charlene Y. Senn University of Windsor
Melanie M. Wall
Melanie M. Wall Columbia University

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