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Overview

Donald M. Dougherty is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. Their research spans medicine and psychology with a focus on epidemiology, clinical psychology, pathology and forensic medicine, safety research, and general health professions.

The core topics in their work cover substance abuse treatment and outcomes, alcohol consumption and health effects, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, youth development and social support, homelessness and social issues, forensic toxicology and drug analysis, and behavioral health and interventions.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Nathalie Hill-Kapturczak, A. M. Wasserman, Charles W. Mathias, John D. Roache, and Tae-Joon Moon.

Their recent publications include:

  • 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
  • Social Support and the Rehabilitation of Alcohol-Impaired Drivers: Drinking Motives as Moderators, 2020, Health Communication
  • Effectiveness of contingency management using transdermal alcohol monitoring to reduce heavy drinking among driving while intoxicated (DWI) arrestees: A randomized controlled trial, 2023, Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as the Journal of Research on Adolescence, Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research, Substance Use & Misuse, Developmental Psychology, and Child Psychiatry & Human Development.

Best Publications

  • Psychiatric aspects of impulsivity

    F. Gerard Moeller;Ernest S. Barratt;Donald M. Dougherty;Joy M. Schmitz

  • 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

  • The impact of impulsivity on cocaine use and retention in treatment

    F.Gerard Moeller;Donald M. Dougherty;Ernest S. Barratt;Joy M. Schmitz

  • Increased impulsivity associated with severity of suicide attempt history in patients with bipolar disorder.

    Alan C. Swann;Donald M. Dougherty;Peggy J. Pazzaglia;Mary Pham

  • Two models of impulsivity: relationship to personality traits and psychopathology.

    Alan C. Swann;James M. Bjork;F.Gerard Moeller;Donald M. Dougherty

  • Candidate Endophenotypes for Genetic Studies of Suicidal Behavior

    J. John Mann;Victoria A. Arango;Shelli Avenevoli;David A. Brent

  • Impulsivity: a link between bipolar disorder and substance abuse.

    Alan C Swann;Donald M Dougherty;Peggy J Pazzaglia;Mary Pham

  • Laboratory behavioral measures of impulsivity.

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

  • Impulsivity and phase of illness in bipolar disorder

    Alan C. Swann;Peggy Pazzaglia;Anna Nicholls;Donald M. Dougherty

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

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

  • Reduced Anterior Corpus Callosum White Matter Integrity is Related to Increased Impulsivity and Reduced Discriminability in Cocaine-Dependent Subjects: Diffusion Tensor Imaging

    Frederick Gerard Moeller;Khader M Hasan;Joel L Steinberg;Larry A Kramer

  • Measurement of inter-episode impulsivity in bipolar disorder.

    Alan C. Swann;Jennifer C. Anderson;Donald M. Dougherty;F.Gerard Moeller

  • Laboratory measures of aggression and impulsivity in women with borderline personality disorder.

    Donald M Dougherty;James M Bjork;Helena C.G Huckabee;F.Gerard Moeller

  • Studies of violent and nonviolent male parolees: II. Laboratory and psychometric measurements of impulsivity

    Don R. Cherek;F. Gerard Moeller;Donald M. Dougherty;Howard Rhoades

  • 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

  • Manic symptoms and impulsivity during bipolar depressive episodes.

    Alan C Swann;F Gerard Moeller;Joel L Steinberg;Laurie Schneider

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles W. Mathias
Charles W. Mathias The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
F. Gerard Moeller
F. Gerard Moeller Virginia Commonwealth University
Don R. Cherek
Don R. Cherek The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Joel L. Steinberg
Joel L. Steinberg Virginia Commonwealth University
Ernest S. Barratt
Ernest S. Barratt The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
R. Michael Furr
R. Michael Furr Wake Forest University
Scott D. Lane
Scott D. Lane The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Matthew S. Stanford
Matthew S. Stanford Baylor University
Joy M. Schmitz
Joy M. Schmitz The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
William R. Lovallo
William R. Lovallo Veterans Health Administration

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