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Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology | 2001

Posttreatment results of combining naltrexone with cognitive-behavior therapy for the treatment of alcoholism.

Raymond F. Anton; Darlene H. Moak; Patricia K. Latham; L. Randolph Waid; Robert Malcolm; James K. Dias; James S. Roberts

Naltrexone, an opiate antagonist medication, has been reported to be efficacious in the treatment of alcohol dependence when added to psychosocial treatments. Although the within-treatment efficacy of naltrexone has received primary attention, there has been little published on the outcome of individuals once the medication is discontinued. Animal studies have led to concern regarding a quick rebound to heavy drinking. This report extends the data previously reported by evaluating the outcome in alcoholic subjects during the 14 weeks after a 12-week treatment with naltrexone or placebo in conjunction with cognitive behavioral therapy. Of the 131 subjects evaluated during the treatment phase, 124 (95%) had up to 14 weeks of posttreatment drinking data available for analysis. Measures of craving and blood markers of heavy drinking were also evaluated. By the end of treatment, naltrexone demonstrated significantly greater efficacy than placebo. However, once the medication was discontinued, there was a gradual increase in relapse rates, heavy drinking days, and drinks per drinking day, and fewer days of abstinence were reported. By the end of the 14-week follow-up period, although naltrexone-treated subjects were, on average, still doing better than control subjects, the effectiveness of naltrexone was no longer statistically significant. There was no evidence that naltrexone subjects had an immediate return to heavy alcohol use as suggested in animals. These data suggest that, for a number of alcoholic subjects, continued treatment with naltrexone, or perhaps psychosocial intervention, for longer than 3 months is indicated. Future research should identify which alcohol-dependent individuals may need prolonged treatment to improve treatment success in the long term.


International Psychogeriatrics | 1992

Examining Key Variables in Selected Reminiscing Modalities

Barbara K. Haight; James K. Dias

This study examined the underlying variables of selected reminiscing processes to determine those that contributed to well-being. Two hundred and forty subjects randomly selected from nursing homes and high-rises participated in one of 10 different reminiscing modalities for eight weeks. Measures of life satisfaction (LSI-A), psychological well being (ABS), self-esteem (SES), and depression (BDI) were given pre- and postintervention to determine the most therapeutic treatment modalities. Results showed the most therapeutic way to reminisce was through a structured, evaluative life review performed on an individual basis. Thus, three variables contributed to successful reminiscing: individuality (one-to-one reminiscing), evaluation (a personal valuing of events), and structure (covering the whole life span).


Journal of Holistic Nursing | 1992

Therapeutic Touch and Post-Hurricane Hugo Stress

Melodie Olson; Nancee V. Sneed; Ramita Bonadonna; Janet Ratliff; James K. Dias

This repeated-session design sought to answer questions about the effectiveness of therapeutic touch in reduction of stress for 23 individuals following a natural disaster. In addition, methodological issues related to the average length of time for a therapeutic touch treatment and a method of documenting the nonverbal interaction between subject and toucher were investigated. Findings indicate that stressed people report themselves to be less stressed following therapeutic touch (p = .05). Time of therapeutic touch intervention varied significantly between the touchers, with a range of 6.8 to 20 minutes. Qualitative data examining the interaction of toucher and subject raised a number of questions that require further study.


Clinical Pediatrics | 1980

Fever in the First Six Months of Life Risks of Underlying Serious Infection

Robert H. Pantell; Michael Naber; Rebecca Lamar; James K. Dias

The age-specific rate of elevated temperature over 37.8 C was evaluated in all infants less than 6 months of age (n = 1341) seen from July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1978 in a family practice clinic. Mild elevations (37.8 C-38.3 C) were common even in the first few months of life, and accounted for 20.7 per cent of infant visits. Temperatures greater than 38.3 C are uncommon in the first months of life but are seen more frequently with each succeeding month. Temperature elevation over 38.3 C was associated with a significantly higher rate of meningi tis (p < .01), otitis media (p < .001) and lower respiratory infection (p < .05). Significantly higher laboratory usage was documented in infants less than 3 months and for infants with temperature more than 38.3 C. The high rate of mild temperature elevations in young infants suggests that a selective diag nostic strategy directed at high-risk infants is important. Infants less than three months of age with a fever exceeding 38.3 C are calculated to have 21.5 times the risk of a serious underlying infection as infants older than three months with a similar temperature elevation. Clinical evaluation must remain an important tool in determining which febrile infants should be evaluated by further laboratory and diagnostic tests.


Health Care for Women International | 1992

Adjustment of gynecological and breast cancer patients to the cancer diagnosis: Comparisons with males and females having other cancer sites

Nancee V. Sneed; Barbara J. Edlund; James K. Dias

Newly diagnosed cancer patients (N = 133) were studied to determine gender-based differences in initial adjustment and whether, within the female population, women with gynecological or breast cancer adjust differently. The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and the Rand Health Insurance Study-General Well-Being Schedule (HIS-GWB) were used to measure anxiety, depression, hostility, somatization, and general psychological distress or psychological well-being. There were no gender differences on any of the measures when men were compared with women. However, when gynecological/breast cancer patients were analyzed separately from women with other forms of cancer, they were significantly less depressed, anxious, and hostile; they had less somatization, less psychological distress, and greater psychological well-being. These findings may be related to the perception of their illness as being less serious than that of other females with cancer.


Transactions of The American Fisheries Society | 1972

Relationships of Lengths (Standard, Fork, and Total) and Lengths to Weight in the Red Porgy, Pagrus sedecim (Perciformes, Sparidae), Caught off South Carolina

Robert K. Dias; James K. Dias; William D. Anderson

Abstract Data on standard length and weight frequencies and the statistics of length to length and lengths to weight regressions are presented for specimens of Pagrus sedecim collected off the coast of South Carolina in 1970.


American Journal of Psychiatry | 1999

Naltrexone and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Treatment of Outpatient Alcoholics: Results of a Placebo-Controlled Trial

Raymond F. Anton; Darlene H. Moak; L. Randolph Waid; Patricia K. Latham; Robert Malcolm; James K. Dias


Pediatrics | 1982

Physician Communication with Children and Parents

Robert H. Pantell; Thomas J. Stewart; James K. Dias; Patricia Wells; A. William Ross


Psychiatric Services | 1995

Dissemination of assertive community treatment programs

Paul A. Deci; Alberto B. Santos; Hiott Dw; Sonja K. Schoenwald; James K. Dias


American Journal of Psychiatry | 1995

Dexamethasone for the Treatment of Depression: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Trial

George W. Arana; Alberto B. Santos; Michele T. Laraia; Stephen McLeod-Bryant; Mark D. Beale; Laura J. Rames; John M. Roberts; James K. Dias; Monica Molloy

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Alberto B. Santos

Medical University of South Carolina

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Paul A. Deci

Medical University of South Carolina

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Barbara K. Haight

Medical University of South Carolina

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Darlene H. Moak

Medical University of South Carolina

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Joseph J. Bevilacqua

Medical University of South Carolina

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L. Randolph Waid

Medical University of South Carolina

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Nancee V. Sneed

Medical University of South Carolina

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Patricia K. Latham

United States Department of Veterans Affairs

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Raymond F. Anton

Medical University of South Carolina

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