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Overview

Mark D. Godley is affiliated with Chestnut Health Systems in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on substance abuse treatment and outcomes, health policy implementation science, and advanced causal inference techniques. The scientific contributions cover areas in health professions, medicine, and psychology, with particular attention to general health professions, statistics and probability, clinical psychology, epidemiology, and public health.

Key topics in their work include:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Community Health and Development
  • Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Godley include:

  • Beth Ann Griffin
  • Lynsay Ayer
  • Lora L. Passetti
  • Alex R. Dopp
  • Donna L. Coffman

Publications by Mark D. Godley appear regularly in several venues, notably:

  • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Implementation Science
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Implementation Science Communications
  • Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Recent papers by Godley include:

  • Comparing two federal financing strategies on penetration and sustainment of the adolescent community reinforcement approach for substance use disorders: protocol for a mixed-method study, 2022, Implementation Science Communications
  • A tutorial comparing different covariate balancing methods with an application evaluating the causal effects of substance use treatment programs for adolescents, 2022, Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology
  • Trends and age-related disparities in opioid use disorder treatment admissions for adolescents and young adults, 2021, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Narrative Review: Revised Principles and Practice Recommendations for Adolescent Substance Use Treatment and Policy, 2024, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • A Tutorial for Propensity Score Weighting for Moderation Analysis With Categorical Variables, 2023, Medical Care

Best Publications

  • ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT BY DISULFIRAM AND COMMUNITY REINFORCEMENT THERAPY

    N.H. Azrin;R.W. Sisson;R. Meyers;M. Godley

  • The Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) experiment: Rationale, study design and analysis plans.

    Michael Dennis;Janet C. Titus;Guy Diamond;Guy Diamond;Jean Donaldson

  • Preliminary outcomes from the assertive continuing care experiment for adolescents discharged from residential treatment

    Mark D Godley;Susan H Godley;Michael L Dennis;Rodney Funk

  • The effect of assertive continuing care on continuing care linkage, adherence and abstinence following residential treatment for adolescents with substance use disorders.

    Mark D. Godley;Susan H. Godley;Michael L. Dennis;Rodney R. Funk

  • Cross-validation of the alcohol and cannabis use measures in the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) and Timeline Followback (TLFB; Form 90) among adolescents in substance abuse treatment

    Michael L. Dennis;Rodney Funk;Susan Harrington Godley;Mark D. Godley

  • An Overview of the Effectiveness of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Models

    Randolph Muck;Kristin A. Zempolich;Janet C. Titus;Marc Fishman

  • Adolescent community reinforcement approach for adolescent cannabis use.

    Susan Harrington Godley;Robert J Meyers;Jane Ellen Smith;Tracy Karvinen

  • The stability and impact of environmental factors on substance use and problems after adolescent outpatient treatment for cannabis abuse or dependence.

    Mark D. Godley;Jeffrey H. Kahn;Michael L. Dennis;Susan H. Godley

  • A large-scale dissemination and implementation model for evidence-based treatment and continuing care

    Susan H. Godley;Bryan R. Garner;Jane Ellen Smith;Robert J. Meyers

  • Working alliance, treatment satisfaction, and patterns of posttreatment use among adolescent substance users.

    Brooke T. Tetzlaff;Jeffrey H. Kahn;Susan H. Godley;Mark D. Godley

  • A social-systems approach to resocializing alcoholics in the community.

    John H. Mallams;Mark D. Godley;George M. Hall;Robert J. Meyers

  • Adolescent outpatient treatment and continuing care: Main findings from a randomized clinical trial ☆

    Susan H. Godley;Bryan R. Garner;Lora L. Passetti;Rodney R. Funk

  • A randomized trial of assertive continuing care and contingency management for adolescents with substance use disorders.

    Mark D. Godley;Susan H. Godley;Michael L. Dennis;Rodney R. Funk

  • Contingency management for attendance to group substance abuse treatment administered by clinicians in community clinics.

    David M. Ledgerwood;Sheila M. Alessi;Tressa Hanson;Mark D. Godley

  • Using Pay for Performance to Improve Treatment Implementation for Adolescent Substance Use Disorders Results From a Cluster Randomized Trial

    Bryan R. Garner;Susan H. Godley;Michael L. Dennis;Brooke D. Hunter

  • Exposure to Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach treatment procedures as a mediator of the relationship between adolescent substance abuse treatment retention and outcome.

    Bryan R. Garner;Susan H. Godley;Rodney R. Funk;Michael L. Dennis

  • Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach outcomes differ among emerging adults and adolescents.

    Douglas C. Smith;Susan H. Godley;Mark D. Godley;Michael L. Dennis

  • Thirty-month relapse trajectory cluster groups among adolescents discharged from out-patient treatment.

    Susan H. Godley;Michael L. Dennis;Mark D. Godley;Rodney R. Funk

  • Entrepreneurship and Historical Explanation

    Mark Casson;Andrew Godley

  • Chapter 14 – The Assertive Aftercare Protocol for Adolescent Substance Abusers

    Susan Harrington Godley;Mark D. Godley;Michael L. Dennis

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan H. Godley
Susan H. Godley University of Miami
Rodney R. Funk
Rodney R. Funk Chestnut Health Systems
Jane Ellen Smith
Jane Ellen Smith University of New Mexico
Guy S. Diamond
Guy S. Diamond Drexel University
Yifrah Kaminer
Yifrah Kaminer University of Connecticut
Christy K. Scott
Christy K. Scott Chestnut Health Systems
Nancy M. Petry
Nancy M. Petry University of Connecticut
Jeffrey H. Kahn
Jeffrey H. Kahn Illinois State University
Howard A. Liddle
Howard A. Liddle University of Miami
Peter Holmans
Peter Holmans Cardiff University

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