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Lee Ann Kaskutas is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to Medicine and Health Professions, with a notable concentration in subfields such as Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Applied Psychology.

The main topics addressed in Kaskutas's work include:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents

Kaskutas has contributed to several publications, with recent papers covering various aspects of substance use recovery and treatment:

  • Development and psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Inventory of Recovery Capital (MIRC), 2023, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Testing a Socioecological Model of Relapse and Recovery from Alcohol Problems, 2020, Substance Abuse Research and Treatment
  • Predictors and outcomes of online mutual-help group attendance in a national survey study, 2022, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Understanding the Shared Meaning of Recovery From Substance Use Disorders: New Findings From the What is Recovery? Study, 2023, Substance Abuse Research and Treatment
  • Understanding the Shared Meaning of Recovery from Substance Use Disorders: New Findings from the What is Recovery? Study, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

Kaskutas frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Substance Abuse Research and Treatment
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • PsycTESTS Dataset

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Kaskutas's research profile, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Sarah E. Zemore
  • Elizabeth A. Bowen
  • Andrew Irish
  • Gregory E. Wilding
  • Charles LaBarre

Best Publications

  • Alcoholics Anonymous Effectiveness: Faith Meets Science

    Lee Ann Kaskutas

  • Social networks as mediators of the effect of Alcoholics Anonymous

    Lee Ann Kaskutas;Jason Bond;Keith Humphreys

  • Self-help organizations for alcohol and drug problems: Toward evidence-based practice and policy

    Keith Humphreys;Stephen Wing;Dennis McCarty;John Chappel

  • How important is treatment? One‐year outcomes of treated and untreated alcohol‐dependent individuals

    Constance Weisner;Constance Weisner;Helen Matzger;Lee Ann Kaskutas

  • The persistent influence of social networks and alcoholics anonymous on abstinence.

    Jason Bond;Lee Ann Kaskutas;Constance Weisner

  • Changes in drinking patterns among whites, blacks and Hispanics, 1984-1992

    R. Caetano;Lee Ann Kaskutas

  • Elements that define recovery: the experiential perspective.

    Lee Ann Kaskutas;Thomasina J Borkman;Alexandre Laudet;Lois A Ritter

  • The Alcoholics Anonymous Affiliation Scale: Development, Reliability, and Norms for Diverse Treated and Untreated Populations

    Keith Humphreys;Lee Ann Kaskutas;Constance Weisner

  • Effectiveness of Making Alcoholics Anonymous Easier: A group format 12-step facilitation approach

    Lee Ann Kaskutas;Meenakshi S. Subbaraman;Jane Witbrodt;Sarah E. Zemore

  • Predictors of help seeking among a longitudinal sample of the general population, 1984-1992.

    Lee Ann Kaskutas;Constance Weisner;Raul Caetano

  • In 12-step groups, helping helps the helper.

    Sarah E. Zemore;Lee Ann Kaskutas;Lyndsay N. Ammon

  • Helping, spirituality and Alcoholics Anonymous in recovery.

    Sarah E Zemore;Lee Ann Kaskutas

  • Alcoholics anonymous careers : Patterns of AA involvement five years after treatment entry

    Lee Ann Kaskutas;Lyndsay Ammon;Kevin Delucchi;Robin Room

  • What do women get out of self-help? Their reasons for attending Women for Sobriety and Alcoholics Anonymous.

    Lee Ann Kaskutas

  • Twelve-Step affiliation and 3-year substance use outcomes among adolescents: social support and religious service attendance as potential mediators

    Felicia W. Chi;Lee A. Kaskutas;Stacy A. Sterling;Cynthia I. Campbell

  • Long‐term effects of alcohol warning labels: Findings from a comparison of the United States and Ontario, Canada

    Thomas K. Greenfield;Karen L. Graves;Lee A. Kaskutas

  • An alternative to standard drinks as a measure of alcohol consumption.

    Lee Ann Kaskutas;Karen Graves

  • Reasons for drinking less and their relationship to sustained remission from problem drinking.

    Helen Matzger;Lee Ann Kaskutas;Constance Weisner;Constance Weisner

  • USING PROPENSITY SCORES TO ADJUST FOR SELECTION BIAS WHEN ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IN OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES

    Yu Ye;Lee Ann Kaskutas

  • Does Diagnosis Matter? Differential Effects of 12-Step Participation and Social Networks on Abstinence

    Jane Witbrodt;Lee Ann Kaskutas

  • A longitudinal study of the comparative efficacy of Women for Sobriety, LifeRing, SMART Recovery, and 12-step groups for those with AUD.

    Sarah E. Zemore;Camillia K. Lui;Amy A. Mericle;Jordana Hemberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandre B. Laudet
Alexandre B. Laudet National Development and Research Institutes
Kevin L. Delucchi
Kevin L. Delucchi University of California, San Francisco
Ruth C. Cronkite
Ruth C. Cronkite Stanford University
Christine E. Grella
Christine E. Grella University of California, Los Angeles
Christine Timko
Christine Timko Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Barbara S. McCrady
Barbara S. McCrady University of New Mexico
Rudolf H. Moos
Rudolf H. Moos Stanford University
Jon Morgenstern
Jon Morgenstern Columbia University
William R. Miller
William R. Miller University of New Mexico
J. Scott Tonigan
J. Scott Tonigan University of New Mexico

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