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Timothy J. O'Farrell

Timothy J. O'Farrell

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Psychology

D-Index
60
Citations
11046
World Ranking
3590
National Ranking
2013

Overview

Timothy J. O'Farrell is affiliated with Harvard Medical School in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a focus on social psychology, epidemiology, general health professions, developmental and educational psychology, and clinical psychology. The scientist's work engages deeply with topics related to attachment and relationship dynamics, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, community health and development, behavioral and psychological studies, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and family dynamics and relationships.

Their recent publication record includes several papers published between 2020 and 2021. These are:

  • Group Versus Standard Behavioral Couples' Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder Patients: Cost-Effectiveness (2020, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs)
  • Couple Interventions for Alcohol Use Disorders (2020, The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy)
  • A comparison of psychosocial adjustment among children of women who received behavioral couples therapy versus individually based therapy for substance use disorder (2021, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment)

These publications reflect a focus on behavioral couples therapy and alcohol use disorders, incorporating evaluations of cost-effectiveness and psychosocial outcomes.

Timothy J. O'Farrell has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Jeremiah A. Schumm
  • Keith Klostermann
  • Laura J. Dunlap
  • Stephen Orme
  • Marie Murphy

Among the venues where this scientist's work has been frequently published are:

  • The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
  • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Their research contributes to the understanding of substance use disorders through behavioral and systemic family therapy frameworks, with a particular emphasis on attachment and relationship factors and clinical applications in community health settings.

Best Publications

  • The timeline followback reports of psychoactive substance use by drug-abusing patients: psychometric properties.

    William Fals-Stewart;Timothy J. O'Farrell;Timothy T. Freitas;Susan K. McFarlin

  • Behavioral Couples Therapy for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

    Timothy J. O'Farrell;William Fals-Stewart

  • Marital violence before and after alcoholism treatment.

    Timothy J. O'Farrell;Christopher M. Murphy

  • Partner violence before and after couples-based alcoholism treatment for male alcoholic patients: the role of treatment involvement and abstinence.

    Timothy J. O'Farrell;Christopher M. Murphy;Sharon H. Stephan;William Fals-Stewart

  • Partner violence before and after individually based alcoholism treatment for male alcoholic patients.

    Timothy J. O'Farrell;William Fals-Stewart;Marie Murphy;Christopher M. Murphy

  • Expressed emotion and relapse in alcoholic patients.

    Timothy J. O'Farrell;Jill Hooley;William Fals-Stewart;Henry S. G. Cutter

  • Domestic violence before and after alcoholism treatment: a two-year longitudinal study.

    Timothy J. O'Farrell;Valerie Van Hutton;Christopher M. Murphy

  • Correlates of intimate partner violence among male alcoholic patients.

    Christopher M. Murphy;Timothy J. O'Farrell;William Fals-Stewart;Michael Feehan

  • Examining the Correlates of Psychological Aggression Among a Community Sample of Couples

    Casey T. Taft;Timothy J. O'Farrell;Sandra E. Torres;Jillian Panuzio

  • Evaluating behavioral marital therapy for male alcoholics: Effects on marital adjustment and communication from before to after treatment

    Timothy J. O'Farrell;Timothy J. O'Farrell;Henry S.G. Cutter;Henry S.G. Cutter;Frank J. Floyd;Frank J. Floyd

  • Alcohol consumption and intimate partner violence by alcoholic men: Comparing violent and nonviolent conflicts

    Christopher M. Murphy;Jamie Winters;Timothy J. O'Farrell;William Fals-Stewart

  • Review of outcome research on marital and family therapy in treatment for alcoholism.

    Timothy J. O’Farrell;Kahni Clements

  • Behavioral couples therapy for drug-abusing patients: effects on partner violence.

    William Fals-Stewart;Todd B Kashdan;Timothy J O'Farrell;Timothy J O'Farrell;Gary R Birchler;Gary R Birchler

  • Review of the association between treatment for substance misuse and reductions in intimate partner violence.

    Gregory L. Stuart;Timothy J. O'Farrell;Jeffrey Temple

  • Behavioral marital therapy with and without additional couples relapse prevention sessions for alcoholics and their wives.

    Timothy J. O'Farrell;Keith A. Choquette;Henry S. Cutter;Elizabeth D. Brown

  • Behavioral couples therapy for male substance-abusing patients : Effects on relationship adjustment and drug-using behavior

    William Fals-Stewart;Gary R. Birchler;Timothy J. O'Farrell

  • Marital and family therapy.

    Timothy J. O'Farrell

  • Behavioral couples therapy for female substance-abusing patients: effects on substance use and relationship adjustment.

    Jamie Winters;William Fals-Stewart;Timothy J. O'Farrell;Gary R. Birchler

  • Behavioral family counseling and naltrexone for male opioid-dependent patients.

    William Fals-Stewart;Timothy J. O'Farrell

  • Treating Alcohol Problems: Marital and Family Interventions

    Timothy J. O'Farrell

  • Behavioral Couples Therapy for alcoholism and drug abuse: Where we've been, where we are, and where we're going

    William Fals-Stewart;Timothy J. O'Farrell;Gary R. Birchler;James Córdova

Frequent Co-Authors

William Fals-Stewart
William Fals-Stewart Research Triangle Park Foundation
Christopher M. Murphy
Christopher M. Murphy University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Stephen A. Maisto
Stephen A. Maisto Syracuse University
Casey T. Taft
Casey T. Taft Boston University
James R. McKay
James R. McKay University of Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Temple
Jeffrey Temple The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Gregory L. Stuart
Gregory L. Stuart University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Christopher W. Kahler
Christopher W. Kahler Brown University
Todd M. Moore
Todd M. Moore University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Michael K. Suvak
Michael K. Suvak Suffolk University

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