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Overview

Roger D. Weiss is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their academic work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with notable subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Clinical Psychology, Statistics and Probability, and Pharmacology.

The researcher has contributed extensively to topics related to opioid use disorder treatment, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, and pain management and opioid use. Other areas of interest include anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment cognitive processes, prenatal substance exposure effects, cannabis and cannabinoid research, and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

Among the frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated are:

  • R. Kathryn McHugh
  • Margaret L. Griffin
  • Joji Suzuki
  • Garrett M. Fitzmaurice
  • Shelly F. Greenfield

Roger D. Weiss has published in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • American Journal on Addictions
  • JAMA Network Open
  • JAMA Psychiatry
  • Journal of Addiction Medicine

Selected recent papers illustrating the scope of their research include:

  • Association of Treatment With Medications for Opioid Use Disorder With Mortality After Hospitalization for Injection Drug Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Patients' perceptions of telehealth services for outpatient treatment of substance use disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, American Journal on Addictions
  • The state of clinical outcome assessments for cannabis use disorder clinical trials: A review and research agenda, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Factors Associated With Opioid Overdose After an Initial Opioid Prescription, 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • Sex differences in benzodiazepine misuse among adults with substance use disorders, 2020, Addictive Behaviors

The volume of publications reflects comprehensive involvement in addressing challenges in substance use disorders and their treatment, with a specific emphasis on opioid-related research. The diversity of publication venues demonstrates interdisciplinary engagement within medicine and psychology, targeting clinical, epidemiological, and public health perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Combined Pharmacotherapies and Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol Dependence: The COMBINE Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Raymond F. Anton;Stephanie S. O’Malley;Domenic A. Ciraulo;Ron A. Cisler

  • 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

  • “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

  • Adjunctive Counseling During Brief and Extended Buprenorphine-Naloxone Treatment for Prescription Opioid Dependence A 2-Phase Randomized Controlled Trial

    Roger D. Weiss;Jennifer Sharpe Potter;David A. Fiellin;David A. Fiellin;Marilyn Byrne;Marilyn Byrne

  • A comparison of male and female cocaine abusers.

    Margaret L. Griffin;Roger D. Weiss;Steven M. Mirin;Ulrike Lange

  • Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Human Brain Activation During Cue-Induced Cocaine Craving

    Luis C. Maas;Scott E. Lukas;Marc J. Kaufman;Roger D. Weiss

  • The Effect of Depression on Return to Drinking: A Prospective Study

    Shelly F. Greenfield;Roger D. Weiss;Larry R. Muenz;Lisa M. Vagge

  • Alcohol Use Disorder and Depressive Disorders

    R Kathryn McHugh;Roger D Weiss

  • Alterations in brain structure and functional connectivity in prescription opioid-dependent patients

    Jaymin Upadhyay;Nasim Maleki;Jennifer Sharpe Potter;Jennifer Sharpe Potter;Igor Elman

  • Medical morbidity, mental illness, and substance use disorders

    Barbara Dickey;Sharon-Lise T. Normand;Roger D. Weiss;Robert E. Drake

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

    Keith Humphreys;Stephen Wing;Dennis McCarty;John Chappel

  • 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

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

    Lisa M. Najavits;Roger D. Weiss

  • Treatment of patients with substance use disorders, second edition. American Psychiatric Association.

    Herbert D Kleber;Roger D Weiss;Raymond F Anton;Tony P George

  • Adverse childhood events as risk factors for substance dependence: partial mediation by mood and anxiety disorders

    Kara R. Douglas;Grace Chan;Joel Gelernter;Albert J. Arias

  • Drug abuse as self-medication for depression: an empirical study.

    Roger D. Weiss;Margaret L. Griffin;Steven M. Mirin

  • Interactive effect of stressful life events and the serotonin transporter 5-HTTLPR genotype on posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis in 2 independent populations.

    Pingxing Xie;Henry R. Kranzler;James Poling;Murray B. Stein

  • 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

  • The Effect of Depression on Return to Drinking

    Shelly F. Greenfield;Roger D. Weiss;Larry R. Muenz;Lisa M. Vagge

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret L. Griffin
Margaret L. Griffin Harvard University
R. Kathryn McHugh
R. Kathryn McHugh Harvard University
Garrett M. Fitzmaurice
Garrett M. Fitzmaurice Harvard University
Shelly F. Greenfield
Shelly F. Greenfield Harvard University
Lisa M. Najavits
Lisa M. Najavits University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Joel Gelernter
Joel Gelernter Yale University
Lindsay A. Farrer
Lindsay A. Farrer Boston University
Henry R. Kranzler
Henry R. Kranzler University of Pennsylvania
Kathleen T. Brady
Kathleen T. Brady Medical University of South Carolina
Jacques P. Barber
Jacques P. Barber Adelphi University

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