This application requests support for an Independent Scientist Award (K02) for Kate Carey, Ph.D., and describes the applicant's research and career development plans. The applicant's previous and current NIDA-funded research focuses on substance use and abuse among severely and persistently mentally ill outpatients. Her career goals include (a) acquiring expertise in developing therapies that enhance motivation for change, (b) conducting treatment outcome research, and (c) mentoring junior scientists. This proposal describes two of three currently funded projects. Project 1 is an ongoing NIMH-funded study that is evaluating the efficacy of two prevention interventions for adults with severe mental illness. Participants are randomly assigned to a substance use reduction group, a HIV risk reduction group, or a standard treatment only group, all designed as supplements to outpatient psychiatric treatment. Both groups run for 10 sessions over 5 weeks, and incorporate education, motivational enhancement and behavioral skills components. Participants complete baseline, post-treatment, 3-month and 6-month follow-up assessments. Project 2 is a NIDA-funded Phase I therapy development project. This sequential research plan includes (a) psychometric research to identify measures that are sufficiently reliable and valid to serve as measures of outcome, and (b) the development and initial pilot testing of an add-on module designed to enhance readiness of outpatients with schizophrenia and drug use disorders to engage in drug treatment. Future plans involve continuing the therapy development process started in Project 2 with more sophisticated designs, optimizing the long-term effectiveness of motivational interventions by supplementing them with skills-based therapies, and identifying characteristics of responders and non-responders. The applicant's career development plans focus on activities designed to facilitate continued progress toward senior status and leadership in the field. These include continued skill development through courses and consultation with leading therapy development centers; collaboration with a productive group of local colleagues; conducting programmatic research; and providing research mentoring to junior scientists. This award would allow the applicant protected time (teaching relief and summer support) to continue to develop her research on the treatment of substance abuse among the severely mentally ill.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Type
Research Scientist Development Award - Research (K02)
Project #
5K02DA000426-03
Application #
6378306
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZDA1-MXS-M (20))
Program Officer
Czechowicz, Dorynne D
Project Start
1999-09-01
Project End
2004-08-31
Budget Start
2001-09-01
Budget End
2002-08-31
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2001
Total Cost
$100,678
Indirect Cost
Name
Syracuse University
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
002257350
City
Syracuse
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
13244
Carey, Kate B; Roberts, Lisa J; Kivlahan, Daniel R et al. (2004) Problems assessment for substance using psychiatric patients: development and initial psychometric evaluation. Drug Alcohol Depend 75:67-77
Carey, Kate B; Carey, Michael P; Maisto, Stephen A et al. (2004) Temporal stability of the timeline followback interview for alcohol and drug use with psychiatric outpatients. J Stud Alcohol 65:774-81
Chandra, Prabha S; Deepthivarma, S; Carey, Michael P et al. (2003) A cry from the darkness: women with severe mental illness in India reveal their experiences with sexual coercion. Psychiatry 66:323-34
Carey, Kate B; Carey, Michael P; Simons, Jeffrey S (2003) Correlates of substance use disorder among psychiatric outpatients: focus on cognition, social role functioning, and psychiatric status. J Nerv Ment Dis 191:300-8
Carey, Michael P; Chandra, Prabha S; Carey, Kate B et al. (2003) Predictors of HIV risk among men seeking treatment for substance abuse in India. Arch Sex Behav 32:339-49
Chandra, Prabha S; Carey, Michael P; Carey, Kate B et al. (2003) HIV risk behaviour among psychiatric inpatients: results from a hospital-wide screening study in southern India. Int J STD AIDS 14:532-8
Chandra, Prabha S; Carey, Michael P; Carey, Kate B et al. (2003) Sexual coercion and abuse among women with a severe mental illness in India: an exploratory investigation. Compr Psychiatry 44:205-12
Carey, Kate B; Carey, Michael P; Chandra, Prabha S (2003) Psychometric evaluation of the alcohol use disorders identification test and short drug abuse screening test with psychiatric patients in India. J Clin Psychiatry 64:767-74
Carey, Kate B; Carey, Michael P; Maisto, Stephen A et al. (2002) The feasibility of enhancing psychiatric outpatients' readiness to change their substance use. Psychiatr Serv 53:602-8
Simons, Jeffrey S; Carey, Kate B (2002) Risk and vulnerability for marijuana use problems: the role of affect dysregulation. Psychol Addict Behav 16:72-5

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