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Overview

Lisa M. Najavits is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in the United States. Their primary field of research is Psychology, with a particular focus on Clinical Psychology. Additional fields of study include General Health Professions, Epidemiology, Applied Psychology, and Health.

The main topics explored in their work encompass Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Migration, Health and Trauma, Child Abuse and Trauma, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Digital Mental Health Interventions, Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions, and Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights.

Najavits has authored multiple recent papers, including:

  • PTSD/Substance Use Disorder Comorbidity: Treatment Options and Public Health Needs (2020) published in Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry
  • The Impact of Training Indigenous Facilitators for a Two-Eyed Seeing Research Treatment Intervention for Intergenerational Trauma and Addiction (2020) in International Indigenous Policy Journal
  • A Seeking Safety Mobile App for Recovery from PTSD and Substance Use Disorder: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial (2023) in Substance Use & Misuse
  • Developing Signs of Safety: A Deaf-accessible counselling toolkit for trauma and addiction (2021) in Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
  • A Randomized Controlled Trial for Gambling Disorder and PTSD: Seeking Safety and CBT (2023) in Journal of Gambling Studies

Frequent coauthors in their research include Sidsel Karsberg, Howard Clark, Carlo C. DiClemente, Marc N. Potenza, and Howard J. Shaffer.

Publication venues where Najavits has often contributed are:

  • Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry
  • Substance Use & Misuse
  • International Indigenous Policy Journal
  • Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
  • Journal of Gambling Studies

In addition to research articles, Lisa M. Najavits has contributed to book publications, notably a treatment manual titled Seeking safety. Behandlingsmanual til PTSD og Rusmiddelafhængighed published through King's College London in 2023.

Best Publications

  • The Link Between Substance Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women: A Research Review

    Lisa M. Najavits;Roger D. Weiss;Sarah R. Shaw

  • Psychosocial treatments for cocaine dependence: National Institute on Drug Abuse Collaborative Cocaine Treatment Study.

    Paul Crits-Christoph;Lynne Siqueland;Jack Blaine;Arlene Frank

  • The Revised Helping Alliance Questionnaire (HAq-II) : Psychometric Properties.

    Lester Luborsky;Jacques P. Barber;Lynne Siqueland;Suzanne Johnson

  • “Seeking safety”: Outcome of a new cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for women with posttraumatic stress disorder and substance dependence

    Lisa M. Najavits;Lisa M. Najavits;Roger D. Weiss;Roger D. Weiss;Sarah R. Shaw;Larry R. Muenz

  • Psychosocial treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Lisa M. Najavits

  • Creating trauma-informed correctional care: a balance of goals and environment

    Niki A. Miller;Lisa M. Najavits

  • Differences in the effectiveness of psychodynamic therapists: A process-outcome study

    Lisa M. Najavits;Hans H. Strupp

  • Seeking Safety Therapy for Adolescent Girls with PTSD and Substance Use Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Lisa M. Najavits;Lisa M. Najavits;Robert J. Gallop;Roger D. Weiss;Roger D. Weiss

  • Course and treatment of patients with both substance use and posttraumatic stress disorders

    Paige Crosby Ouimette;Pamela J. Brown;Lisa M. Najavits

  • Variations in therapist effectiveness in the treatment of patients with substance use disorders: an empirical review

    Lisa M. Najavits;Roger D. Weiss

  • Twelve-month outcomes of trauma-informed interventions for women with co-occurring disorders.

    Joseph P. Morrissey;Elizabeth W. Jackson;Alan R. Ellis;Hortensia Amaro

  • A cognitive-behavioral treatment for incarcerated women with substance abuse disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder: findings from a pilot study☆

    Caron Zlotnick;Lisa M. Najavits;Damaris J. Rohsenow;Dawn M. Johnson

  • The problem of dropout from "gold standard" PTSD therapies.

    Lisa M. Najavits

  • Cocaine Dependence With and Without PTSD Among Subjects in the National Institute on Drug Abuse Collaborative Cocaine Treatment Study

    Lisa M. Najavits;David R. Gastfriend;Jacques P. Barber;Sharon Reif

  • Randomized controlled pilot study of cognitive-behavioral therapy in a sample of incarcerated women with substance use disorder and PTSD.

    Caron Zlotnick;Jennifer Johnson;Lisa M. Najavits

  • A randomized trial of integrated group therapy versus group drug counseling for patients with bipolar disorder and substance dependence

    Roger D. Weiss;Margaret L. Griffin;Monika E. Kolodziej;M.P.H. Shelly F. Greenfield

  • Helping vulnerable populations: a comprehensive review of the treatment outcome literature on substance use disorder and PTSD.

    Lisa M. Najavits;Denise Hien

  • Clinical challenges in the treatment of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder and substance abuse.

    Ingo Schäfer;Lisa M Najavits

  • The Link Between Substance Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women

    Lisa M. Najavits;Roger D. Weiss;R B A Sarah Shaw

  • Group therapy for patients with bipolar disorder and substance dependence: results of a pilot study.

    Roger D. Weiss;Margaret L. Griffin;Shelly F. Greenfield;Lisa M. Najavits

  • Seeking safety: An evidence-based model for substance abuse and trauma/PTSD.

    Lisa M. Najavits

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret L. Griffin
Margaret L. Griffin Harvard University
Jacques P. Barber
Jacques P. Barber Adelphi University
Michael E. Thase
Michael E. Thase University of Pennsylvania
Paul Crits-Christoph
Paul Crits-Christoph University of Pennsylvania
Lester Luborsky
Lester Luborsky University of Pennsylvania
John G. Gunderson
John G. Gunderson Harvard University
Aaron T. Beck
Aaron T. Beck University of Pennsylvania
Robert Gallop
Robert Gallop West Chester University
Denise A. Hien
Denise A. Hien Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Sonya B. Norman
Sonya B. Norman University of California, San Diego

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