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Overview

Peter S. Hendricks is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on psychology and medicine, with substantial contributions to clinical psychology and organic chemistry. Other subfields of study include cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, and toxicology.

The main topics covered in their work include psychedelics and drug studies, chemical synthesis and alkaloids, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, smoking behavior and cessation, forensic toxicology and drug analysis, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, and diverse academic research themes.

Recent significant publications by Peter S. Hendricks include:

  • Prevalence and associations of challenging, difficult or distressing experiences using classic psychedelics, 2023, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Associations between lifetime classic psychedelic use and markers of physical health, 2021, Journal of Psychopharmacology
  • Associations between lifetime classic psychedelic use and cardiometabolic diseases, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Classic psychedelics in the treatment of substance use disorder: Potential synergies with twelve-step programs, 2021, International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Psychedelic Commercialization: A Wide-Spanning Overview of the Emerging Psychedelic Industry, 2023, Psychedelic Medicine

Frequent co-authors contributing to their body of work are:

  • Otto Simonsson
  • Walter Osika
  • Simon B. Goldberg
  • Karen L. Cropsey
  • Charles D. Nichols

Peter S. Hendricks has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Psychedelic Medicine
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Journal of Psychopharmacology
  • Journal of Addiction Medicine
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

The research profile reflects a strong multidisciplinary approach bridging psychological science and medical disciplines, particularly within the realm of substance use and psychedelic research.

Best Publications

  • Classic psychedelics: An integrative review of epidemiology, therapeutics, mystical experience, and brain network function.

    Matthew W. Johnson;Peter S. Hendricks;Frederick S. Barrett;Roland R. Griffiths

  • Classic psychedelic use is associated with reduced psychological distress and suicidality in the United States adult population

    Peter S Hendricks;Christopher B Thorne;C Brendan Clark;David W Coombs

  • Motivational interviewing for smoking cessation: a meta-analytic review.

    Jennifer E. Hettema;Peter S. Hendricks

  • The abuse potential of medical psilocybin according to the 8 factors of the Controlled Substances Act.

    Matthew W. Johnson;Roland R. Griffiths;Peter S. Hendricks;Jack E. Henningfield

  • Dropout rates of in-person psychosocial substance use disorder treatments: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Sara N Lappan;Andrew W Brown;Peter S Hendricks

  • The early time course of smoking withdrawal effects

    Peter S. Hendricks;Joseph W. Ditre;David J. Drobes;Thomas H. Brandon;Thomas H. Brandon

  • Awe: a putative mechanism underlying the effects of classic psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.

    Peter S Hendricks

  • Pairing smoking-cessation services with lung cancer screening: A clinical guideline from the Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence and the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.

    Lisa M. Fucito;Sharon Czabafy;Peter S. Hendricks;Chris Kotsen

  • Psilocybin, psychological distress, and suicidality:

    Peter S Hendricks;Matthew W Johnson;Roland R Griffiths

  • The increasing recalcitrance of smokers in clinical trials II: Pharmacotherapy trials.

    Jennifer E. Irvin;Peter S. Hendricks;Thomas H. Brandon

  • Hallucinogen use predicts reduced recidivism among substance-involved offenders under community corrections supervision

    Peter S Hendricks;C Brendan Clark;Matthew W Johnson;Kevin R Fontaine

  • The relationships of classic psychedelic use with criminal behavior in the United States adult population

    Peter S Hendricks;Michael Scott Crawford;Karen L Cropsey;Heith Copes

  • Mechanisms of change in extended cognitive behavioral treatment for tobacco dependence.

    Peter S. Hendricks;Kevin L. Delucchi;Sharon M. Hall

  • Associations between lifetime classic psychedelic use and markers of physical health

    Otto Simonsson;James D Sexton;Peter S Hendricks

  • Electronic cigarettes in adults in outpatient substance use treatment: Awareness, perceptions, use, and reasons for use

    Erica N. Peters;Paul T. Harrell;Peter S. Hendricks;Kevin E. O'Grady

  • The Smoking Abstinence Questionnaire: measurement of smokers' abstinence-related expectancies.

    Peter S. Hendricks;Sabrina B. Wood;Majel R. Baker;Kevin L. Delucchi

  • Narrative identity, rationality, and microdosing classic psychedelics

    Megan Webb;Heith Copes;Peter S. Hendricks

  • A measure of perceived pain and tobacco smoking interrelations: pilot validation of the pain and smoking inventory.

    Joseph W. Ditre;Emily L. Zale;Bryan W. Heckman;Peter S. Hendricks

  • A behavioral economic assessment of individualizing versus binding moral foundations

    C. Brendan Clark;Jeffrey A. Swails;Heidi M. Pontinen;Shannon E. Bowerman

  • Evaluating the validities of different DSM-IV-based conceptual constructs of tobacco dependence.

    Peter S. Hendricks;Judith J. Prochaska;Gary L. Humfleet;Sharon M. Hall

  • Smoking abstinence-related expectancies among American Indians, African Americans, and women: potential mechanisms of tobacco-related disparities.

    Peter S. Hendricks;J. Lee Westmaas;Van M. Ta Park;Christopher B. Thorne

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen L. Cropsey
Karen L. Cropsey University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sharon M. Hall
Sharon M. Hall University of California, San Francisco
Thomas H. Brandon
Thomas H. Brandon University of South Florida
Kevin L. Delucchi
Kevin L. Delucchi University of California, San Francisco
Matthew W. Johnson
Matthew W. Johnson Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Heith Copes
Heith Copes University of Alabama at Birmingham
Adam M. Leventhal
Adam M. Leventhal University of Southern California
Zach Walsh
Zach Walsh University of British Columbia
Roland R. Griffiths
Roland R. Griffiths Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
JeeWon Cheong
JeeWon Cheong University of Florida

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