The overall aim of the proposed Research Career Award is to free the candidate from clinical and administrative duties so that he may devote nearly full-time to continue and develop further his programmatic research on family treatment and family processes among individuals with alcoholism and other drug problems. Family-involved treatments for alcohol and drug problems have substantial evidence for their effectiveness as documented in recent reviews. Family processes affect and are affected by the course and treatment outcome of addictions, and processes within families troubled by addiction are linked to some of our most urgent societal problems. This application has two specific aims: (1) the aims for research on family treatment are to conduct a randomized clinical trial evaluating behavioral family counseling and naltrexone with opioid dependent patients and to complete work currently in progress; and (2) the aims for research on family processes are to describe the natural history and to explore explanations of male-to-female violence among female alcoholics and their male partners and to complete work currently in progress on domestic violence among male alcoholic patients. Career development activities will include (1) consultation from leading experts about adding a focus on the functioning of children to the candidate's couple/family treatment outcome research and to his longitudinal research on domestic violence; and (2) a course on the responsible conduct of research.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Type
Research Scientist Development Award - Research (K02)
Project #
5K02AA000234-09
Application #
6899349
Study Section
Health Services Research Review Subcommittee (AA)
Program Officer
Chiapella, Page
Project Start
1997-01-01
Project End
2007-05-31
Budget Start
2005-06-01
Budget End
2006-05-31
Support Year
9
Fiscal Year
2005
Total Cost
$163,787
Indirect Cost
Name
Harvard University
Department
Psychiatry
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
047006379
City
Boston
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02115
O'Farrell, Timothy J; Schreiner, Amy; Schumm, Jeremiah et al. (2016) Do outcomes after behavioral couples therapy differ based on the gender of the alcohol use disorder patient? Addict Behav 54:46-51
Rounsaville, Daniel; O'Farrell, Timothy J; Andreas, Jasmina Burdzovic et al. (2014) Children's exposure to parental conflict after father's treatment for alcoholism. Addict Behav 39:1168-71
Schumm, Jeremiah A; O'Farrell, Timothy J; Andreas, Jasmina Burdzovic (2012) Behavioral Couples Therapy When Both Partners Have a Current Alcohol Use Disorder. Alcohol Treat Q 30:407-421
O'Farrell, Timothy J; Murphy, Marie; Alter, Jane et al. (2010) Behavioral family counseling for substance abuse: a treatment development pilot study. Addict Behav 35:1-6
Watkins, Laura E; O'Farrell, Timothy J; Suvak, Michael K et al. (2009) Parenting satisfaction among fathers with alcoholism. Addict Behav 34:610-2
Andreas, Jasmina Burdzovic; O'Farrell, Timothy J (2009) Alcoholics Anonymous attendance following 12-step treatment participation as a link between alcohol-dependent fathers' treatment involvement and their children's externalizing problems. J Subst Abuse Treat 36:87-100
Schumm, Jeremiah A; O'Farrell, Timothy J; Murphy, Christopher M et al. (2009) Partner violence before and after couples-based alcoholism treatment for female alcoholic patients. J Consult Clin Psychol 77:1136-46
Stuart, Gregory L; O'Farrell, Timothy J; Temple, Jeff R (2009) Review of the association between treatment for substance misuse and reductions in intimate partner violence. Subst Use Misuse 44:1298-317
Fals-Stewart, William; O'Farrell, Timothy J; Lam, Wendy K K (2009) Behavioral couple therapy for gay and lesbian couples with alcohol use disorders. J Subst Abuse Treat 37:379-87
O'Farrell, Timothy J; Murphy, Marie; Alter, Jane et al. (2008) Brief family treatment intervention to promote continuing care among alcohol-dependent patients in inpatient detoxification: a randomized pilot study. J Subst Abuse Treat 34:363-9

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