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Kenneth Silverman is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine and Health Professions, with particular attention to fields such as Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, and Virology.

The main topics of Silverman's work span substance abuse treatment and outcomes, opioid use disorder treatment, employment and welfare studies, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, homelessness and social issues, as well as HIV, drug use, and sexual risk.

Silverman has contributed to multiple publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Among the recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Silverman are:

  • Abstinence-contingent wage supplements to promote drug abstinence and employment: a randomised controlled trial (2020, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health)
  • Being at work improves stress, craving, and mood for people with opioid use disorder: Ecological momentary assessment during a randomized trial of experimental employment in a contingency-management-based therapeutic workplace (2022, Behaviour Research and Therapy)
  • Effects of time-based administration of abstinence reinforcement targeting opiate and cocaine use (2020, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis)
  • Abstinence-contingent wage supplements to promote drug abstinence and employment: Post-intervention outcomes (2022, Drug and Alcohol Dependence)
  • Remotely delivered incentives to promote buprenorphine treatment engagement in out-of-treatment adults with opioid use disorder (2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence)

Silverman has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • August F. Holtyn
  • Forrest Toegel
  • Matthew D. Novak
  • Jeannie-Marie Leoutsakos
  • Andrew M. Rodewald

Their work reflects a focus on strategies aimed at improving treatment outcomes for opioid use disorder and substance abuse through interventions such as abstinence-contingent incentives and employment-based approaches. Additionally, they examine the intersection between social determinants like employment and health-related behaviors within vulnerable populations.

Best Publications

  • Sustained Cocaine Abstinence in Methadone Maintenance Patients Through Voucher-Based Reinforcement Therapy

    Kenneth Silverman;Stephen T. Higgins;Robert K. Brooner;Ivan D. Montoya;Ivan D. Montoya

  • Withdrawal syndrome after the double-blind cessation of caffeine consumption.

    Kenneth Silverman;Suzette M. Evans;Suzette M. Evans;Eric C. Strain;Roland R. Griffiths

  • Contingency management in substance abuse treatment.

    Stephen T. Higgins;Kenneth Silverman;Sarah H. Heil

  • Caffeine Dependence Syndrome: Evidence From Case Histories and Experimental Evaluations

    Eric C. Strain;Geoffrey K. Mumford;Kenneth Silverman;Roland R. Griffiths

  • Motivating behavior change among illicit-drug abusers: Research on contingency management interventions.

    Stephen T. Higgins;Kenneth Silverman

  • Broad beneficial effects of cocaine abstinence reinforcement among methadone patients.

    Kenneth Silverman;Conrad J. Wong;Annie Umbricht-Schneiter;Ivan D. Montoya;Ivan D. Montoya

  • Improvement in naltrexone treatment compliance with contingency management.

    Kenzie L. Preston;Kenneth Silverman;Annie Umbricht;Anna DeJesus

  • Extended-release injectable naltrexone for opioid use disorder: a systematic review.

    Brantley P. Jarvis;August F. Holtyn;Shrinidhi Subramaniam;D. Andrew Tompkins

  • Increasing opiate abstinence through voucher-based reinforcement therapy

    Kenneth Silverman;Kenneth Silverman;Conrad J. Wong;Stephen T. Higgins;Robert K. Brooner

  • Voucher-based reinforcement of cocaine abstinence in treatment-resistant methadone patients: effects of reinforcement magnitude.

    Kenneth Silverman;Mary Ann Chutuape;George E. Bigelow;Maxine L. Stitzer

  • A reinforcement-based therapeutic workplace for the treatment of drug abuse: three-year abstinence outcomes.

    Kenneth Silverman;Dace Svikis;Conrad J. Wong;Jacqueline Hampton

  • Multiple-choice procedure: an efficient approach for investigating drug reinforcement in humans.

    R. R. Griffiths;J. R. Troisi;K. Silverman;G. K. Mumford

  • The use of incentives to reinforce medication adherence

    Anthony DeFulio;Kenneth Silverman

  • The effectiveness of incentives in enhancing treatment attendance and drug abstinence in methadone-maintained pregnant women.

    Hendrée E Jones;Nancy Haug;Kenneth Silverman;Maxine Stitzer

  • Discriminative stimulus and subjective effects of theobromine and caffeine in humans

    Geoffrey K. Mumford;Suzette M. Evans;Barbara J. Kaminski;Kenzie L. Preston;Kenzie L. Preston

  • Voucher-based reinforcement of opiate plus cocaine abstinence in treatment-resistant methadone patients: Effects of reinforcer magnitude

    Jesse Dallery;Kenneth Silverman;Mary Ann Chutuape;George E. Bigelow

  • A Randomized Trial of Employment-Based Reinforcement of Cocaine Abstinence in Injection Drug Users

    Kenneth Silverman;Conrad J. Wong;Conrad J. Wong;Mick Needham;Karly N. Diemer

  • A randomized trial of long-term reinforcement of cocaine abstinence in methadone-maintained patients who inject drugs.

    Kenneth Silverman;Elias Robles;Timothy Mudric;George E. Bigelow

  • Employment-based abstinence reinforcement as a maintenance intervention for the treatment of cocaine dependence: a randomized controlled trial

    Anthony DeFulio;Wendy D. Donlin;Conrad J. Wong;Kenneth Silverman

  • A reinforcement-based therapeutic workplace for the treatment of drug abuse: three-year abstinence outcomes.

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  • Cocaine use early in treatment predicts outcome in a behavioral treatment program.

    K L Preston;K Silverman;S T Higgins;R K Brooner

  • Maintenance of reinforcement to address the chronic nature of drug addiction.

    Kenneth Silverman;Anthony DeFulio;Sigurdur O. Sigurdsson;Sigurdur O. Sigurdsson

  • Low-dose caffeine discrimination and self-reported mood effects in normal volunteers.

    Kenneth Silverman;Roland R. Griffiths

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland R. Griffiths
Roland R. Griffiths Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Stephen T. Higgins
Stephen T. Higgins University of Vermont
Kimberly C. Kirby
Kimberly C. Kirby Rowan University
Christopher J. Correia
Christopher J. Correia Auburn University
Robert K. Brooner
Robert K. Brooner Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jesse Dallery
Jesse Dallery University of Florida
John M. Roll
John M. Roll Washington State University
David H. Epstein
David H. Epstein National Institute on Drug Abuse
Joseph V. Brady
Joseph V. Brady Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Matthew W. Johnson
Matthew W. Johnson Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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