Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

Xanax, OxyContin, and Vicodin overdoses at record highs. Is prescription drug abuse a health epidemic?

System Admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:00:00 +0000

Article link:

http://www.scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/2011/09/21/20769/xanax-oxycontin-and-...

Richard Rawson, professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute and associate director of its Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, was featured Sept. 21 on KPPC-89.3 FM’s Patt Morrison show. He discussed the growing problem of addiction to prescription narcotics, and the fact that drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States.

Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

Parents And children Coping Together (PACT): 15-Year Follow-up of Children Affected by Maternal HIV/AIDS

System Admin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:13:09 +0000

Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Parents And children Coping Together (PACT): 15-Year Follow-up of Children Affected by Maternal HIV/AIDS

Debra A. Murphy, Ph.D.
Director, Health Risk Reduction Projects Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) UCLA Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

NEW--Podcast Preview available on the website, www.psychiatrygrandrounds.com

Coffee will be served in the auditorium foyer beginning at 10:45 AM. As always, free continuing educational credits are available for Grand Rounds; please be sure that you have filled out the forms to receive credit for your attendance.

For information on upcoming Semel Institute Grand Rounds please visit: www.psychiatrygrandrounds.com

Event detail

8 Mar 2011 - 11:00 - 12:30

Semel Institute Auditorium C8-183

760 Westwood Plaza

Los Angeles, CA 90024

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Psychiatry Grand Rounds

KTLA Special Report: Crack in the Cradle

System Admin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Article link:

http://www.ktla.com/videobeta/f98fb4be-d701-4880-b215-2f65a93fe7d4/News/KTLA-Spe...

KTLA-Channel 5 reports airing Nov. 23 and Nov. 24 featured Dr. Karen Miotto, associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Alcoholism and Addiction Medicine Service at the Semel Institute. Miotto was interviewed about how babies born to mothers addicted to crack cocaine are faring as adults.

Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

A Potentially Better Way to Treat Opioid Addiction

System Admin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Article link:

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-opioids-20101013,0,1508611.sto...

The research of Walter Ling, professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute and director of the Institute’s Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, that showed the medication buprenorphine, when implanted under the skin and released over 24 weeks, can ease opioid drug cravings, was featured widely Oct. 13 in numerous media including Reuters, the Los Angeles Times, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg News, U.S. News & World Report, HealthDay News, MedPage, Medscape Today, Canadian Press, HealthDay News, and Agence France-Presse.

Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

People can overcome their addictions, but not quickly, UCLA psychologist says

Semel Web Manager — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:00:00 +0000

Millions of Americans suffer from severe addictions that can ruin lives and are extremely difficult to control. Nearly 2 million enter roughly 12,000 addiction treatment programs in the U.S. each year. And each month, some 15,000 people turn to Adi Jaffe's All About Addiction websites at www.allaboutaddiction.com and at Psychology Today, which provide information, the latest research and answers to readers' questions. Jaffe is completing his Ph.D. in psychology at UCLA, where he specializes in addiction issues. Next year, he will serve as a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA's Integrated Substance Abuse Programs.

Author:

Stuart Wolpert

Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

Messages of Honor, Tradition and Health Come from Drumming

System Admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Article link:

http://www.theledger.com/article/20100809/NEWS/8095036?p=2&tc=pg

Dr. Daniel Dickerson, a research psychiatrist with the integrative substance abuse program at the Semel Institute, was quoted in an Aug. 10 Florida Ledger article on the psychological and physiological benefits of Native American drumming.

Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

New Year’s Resolutions: How to Quit a Vice

System Admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0000

Article link:

http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2009/12/31/new-years-resolutions/

Suzette Glasner-Edwards, a research psychologist at the Integrated Substance Abuse Programs in the Semel Institute, appeared Dec. 31 on KPCC 89.3 FM’s “AirTalk” program. She discussed strategies to make changes in our lives and keep New Year’s resolutions.

Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

Gambling Addiction in the Spotlight in Philadelphia

System Admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Article link:

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/24259/

Dr. Timothy Fong, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute and co-director of the Gambling Studies Program, was featured in an Oct. 26 article in The Epoch Times newspaper about the problem of gambling addiction in the Asian-American community.

Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

Drug Abuse Research Fellowship (Predoctoral and postdoctoral)

System Admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:42:23 +0000

Overview

The UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) is organizationally located within the Semel Institute, a division of the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Because of the complex nature of drug abuse, training in this field combines substantive, methodological, and practical approaches to research.

The Institutional Training Grant (ITG) Program is a NIDA funded program to provide training to predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows. The grant provides a modest stipend to each trainee, depending on the length of time from your degree.

We employ a multi-disciplinary training program. Cross-disciplinary knowledge is needed to understand drug abuse etiology, behavior, consequences, and treatment. Substantive topics range from psychopharmacology to the social consequences of drug legislation. The variety of research approaches applicable to an understanding of drug abuse include experimental, quasi-experimental, survey, and naturalistic or ethnographic methods. Further, the unique nature of drug abuse data frequently requires new and creative analytic approaches such as specialized methods for analyzing non-normal data, quantifying data collected through qualitative methods, or merging qualitative and quantitative data. Other requirements include working with large databases and collecting data from drug-dependent populations.

Conducting drug abuse research also requires attention to the practical problems of carrying out a study, such as dealing with issues of confidentiality and ethics, and working with federal, state, and local agencies. Investigators must be prepared for and know how to deal with the compromises that must frequently be made between the requirements of an "ideal" research design and the constraints and difficulties imposed by programs and people in the real world. Furthermore, because of the complexities inherent in this type of research, researchers need to learn up-to-date computer methods of statistical analysis to enhance their own efficiency and make costly data more readily available. Finally, researchers need to develop competent writing and communication skills to disseminate research results effectively.

Each fellow is responsible for his or her own training experience, both in terms of process and outcomes, and is expected to be a self-motivated, adult learner. A wide variety of research training resources are available at ISAP and the larger UCLA community; it is anticipated that fellows will actively seek out and utilize these resources according to individual need and interest. To this end, research training activities may vary widely among fellows reflecting different levels of expertise and experience in drug abuse research methods, and specific areas of interest. Although certain coursework and evaluative components of the training program are relatively fixed, the individual trainee is encouraged to structure his or her research training experience in ways consistent with professional development and career goals.

Admin

Course is listed only in ULCA Psychiatry

Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

Impulse Control Disorders Clinic

System Admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:49:18 +0000

An outpatient clinic that provides treatment for pathological gamblers and their families. Services included consultations, diagnostic assessments, pharmacological management, individual psychotherapy and family therapy.

Clinic (Outpatient service)

Booking

Availability:

Tue/Wed 1200-1600

To inquire about treatment services, call 310-825-4845.

Faculty and Staff

Director:

Timothy Fong

Director:

Richard J. Rosenthal

Neuropsychiatric and Biobehavioral Health Services