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Overview

Rudolf H. Moos is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a focus on subfields such as Clinical Psychology, Epidemiology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Social Psychology, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects, Homelessness and Social Issues, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, and Suicide and Self-Harm Studies.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Rudolf H. Moos include:

  • Binge Drinking and Alcohol Problems Among Moderate Average-Level Drinkers, 2022, American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • Screen of drug use: Diagnostic accuracy for stimulant use disorder, 2020, Addictive Behaviors
  • Strong associations among PTSD, pain, and alcohol and drug use disorders in VA primary care patients, 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • History of drinking problems diminishes the protective effects of within-guideline drinking on 18-year risk of dementia and CIND, 2021, BMC Public Health
  • Depressive Symptoms, Friend and Partner Relationship Quality, and Posttreatment Abstinence, 2020, UNC Libraries

Frequent coauthors include Charles J. Holahan, Quyên Q. Tiêt, Carole K. Holahan, Penny L. Brennan, and Kathleen K. Schutte.

Publication venues where Rudolf H. Moos frequently contributes include:

  • American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • BMC Public Health
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • The role of coping responses and social resources in attenuating the stress of life events

    Andrew G. Billings;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Coping, stress, and social resources among adults with unipolar depression

    Andrew G. Billings;Rudolf H. Moos

  • The development of a menstrual distress questionnaire.

    Rudolf H. Moos

  • Depressive Symptoms, Health Behaviors, and Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

    Mary A. Whooley;Peter de Jonge;Eric Vittinghoff;Christian Otte

  • Personal and contextual determinants of coping strategies.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Coping and adjustment in distressed and healthy adolescents

    Aaron T. Ebata;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Evaluating educational environments

    Rudolf H. Moos

  • Stress generation, avoidance coping, and depressive symptoms: a 10-year model.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos;Carole K. Holahan;Penny L. Brennan

  • Rates and predictors of relapse after natural and treated remission from alcohol use disorders

    Rudolf H. Moos;Bernice S. Moos

  • Alcoholism Treatment: Context, Process, and Outcome

    Rudolf H. Moos;John W. Finney;Ruth C. Cronkite

  • Social environment of junior high and high school classrooms.

    Edison J. Trickett;Rudolph H. Moos

  • Conceptualizations of human environments.

    Rudolf H. Moos

  • Coping resources and processes: Current concepts and measures.

    Rudolf H. Moos;Jeanne A. Schaefer

  • Family environment scale manual : Development,Applications,Research

    Rudolf H. Moos;Bernice S Moos

  • Evaluating treatment environments : a social ecological approach

    Rudolf H. Moos

  • A typology of family social environments.

    Rudolf H. Moos;S P S Bernice Moos

  • Social support and psychological distress: a longitudinal analysis.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Social-environmental factors in unipolar depression: comparisons of depressed patients and nondepressed controls.

    Andrew G. Billings;Ruth C. Cronkite;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Dispositional and contextual perspectives on coping: toward an integrative framework.

    Rudolf H. Moos;Charles J. Holahan

  • Work environment scale manual

    Rudolf H. Moos

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Finney
John W. Finney VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Bernice S. Moos
Bernice S. Moos United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Penny L. Brennan
Penny L. Brennan University of California, San Francisco
Christine Timko
Christine Timko Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Ruth C. Cronkite
Ruth C. Cronkite Stanford University
Charles J. Holahan
Charles J. Holahan The University of Texas at Austin
Keith Humphreys
Keith Humphreys Stanford University
Paige Ouimette
Paige Ouimette Syracuse University
Carole K. Holahan
Carole K. Holahan The University of Texas at Austin
Alex H. S. Harris
Alex H. S. Harris Stanford University

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