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Seeking Safety

 

This section has two parts: 

The Seeking Safety model (description and implementation)

(1) Najavits, LM, Schmitz, M, Johnson, KM, Smith, C, North, T, Hamilton, N, Walser, R, Reeder, K Norman, S, Wilkins, K. (in press). Seeking Safety therapy for men: Clinical and research experiences. In Men and Addictions. Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY. For an advance copy, email info@seekingsafety.org.

(2) Najavits LM (2007).  Seeking Safety: An evidence-based model for substance abuse and trauma/PTSD.  In: KA Witkiewitz & GA Marlatt (Eds.), Therapists' Guide to Evidence-Based Relapse Prevention: Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional, pages 141-167.  San Diego: Elsevier Press.

(3) Najavits LM (2006). Seeking Safety.  In V Follette & JL Ruzek (Eds.), Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Trauma (2nd ed.), pages 228-257. New York: Guilford. 

(4) Najavits LM (2004). Implementing Seeking Safety therapy for PTSD and substance abuse: Clinical guidelinesAlcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 2004; 22:43-62.  Also, an earlier version of this article is online at Behavioral Health Recovery Management Project (www.bhrm.org).   

(4) Najavits LM (2003). Seeking Safety: A new psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder.  In: Trauma and Substance Abuse: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment of Comorbid Disorders (P. Ouimette & P. Brown, Eds.), pages 147-170. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press.   

(5) Najavits LM (2000). Training clinicians to conduct the Seeking Safety treatment for PTSD and substance abuse. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. 18:83-98.

(6) Najavits LM.  Seeking Safety therapy for trauma and substance abuseCorrections Today, 2002; 64: 136-140. 

(7) Najavits LM (2002).  Suggested protocol for selecting and training clinicians in Seeking Safety. Unpublished manuscript, McLean Hospital, Belmont MA.

Empirical Studies of Seeking Safety

For articles on Seeking Safety outcomes, click here.

A Woman's Addiction Workbook

Najavits, LM, Rosier, M, Nolan, AL, Freeman, MC (2007). A new gender-based model for women’s recovery from substance abuse: Results of a pilot outcome study. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 33, 5-11.

PTSD/Substance Abuse

(1) Najavits LM, Weiss RD, Shaw SR (1997). The link between substance abuse and posttraumatic stress disorder in women: A research review. American Journal on Addictions. 6: 273-283.

(2) Najavits LM Gastfriend DR, Barber JP, Reif S, Muenz L, Blaine J, Frank A, Crits-Christoph P, Thase M, Weiss RD (1998). Cocaine dependence with and without PTSD among subjects in the National Institute on Drug Abuse Collaborative Cocaine Treatment Study. American Journal of Psychiatry. 155: 214-219.

(3) Najavits LM, Weiss RD, Reif S, Gastfriend DR, Siqueland L, Barber JP, Butler S, Thase M, Blaine J, (1998) The Addiction Severity Index as a screen for trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 59: 56-62.

(4) Ouimette PC, Brown PJ, Najavits LM (1998).  Course and treatment of patients with both substance use and posttraumatic stress disorders. Addictive Behaviors, 23:785-795. 

(5) Weiss RD, Najavits LM, Greenfield SF, Soto JA, Shaw SR, Wyner D (1998). Validity of substance use self-reports in dually diagnosed outpatients. American Journal of Psychiatry, 155:127-128.

(6) Najavits LM, Weiss RD, Shaw SR (1999) A clinical profile of women with PTSD and substance dependence. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 13:98-104.

(7) Najavits LM (2002).  Clinicians' views on treating posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorderJournal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 22:79-85.

(8) Battle CL, Zlotnick C, Najavits, LM, Gutierrez M, Winsor C. (2002). Posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder among incarcerated women. In Ouimette P, Brown PJ (Eds.), Trauma and substance abuse: Causes, consequences, and treatment of comorbid disorders, pages 209-226. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press. Please request from the first author, Dr. Battle, at: cynthia_battle@brown.edu

(9) Najavits LM, Runkel R, Neuner C, Frank AF, Thase ME, Crits-Christoph P, Blaine J (2003). Rates and symptoms of PTSD among cocaine-dependent patientsJournal of Studies on Alcoho,. 64:601-606. 

(10) Najavits LM, Sonn J, Walsh M, Weiss RD (2004). Domestic violence in women with PTSD and substance abuse. Addictive Behavior, 29:707-715.

(11) Najavits LM, Gotthardt S, Weiss RD, Epstein M. (2004). Cognitive distortions in the dual diagnosis of PTSD and substance use disorder. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 28:159-172.

(12) Najavits LM, Sullivan TP, Schmitz M, Weiss RD, Lee CSN (2004).  Treatment utilization of women with PTSD and substance dependence.  American Journal on Addictions, 13:215-224.

(13) Najavits LM (2004).  Assessment of trauma, PTSD, and substance use disorder: A practical guide. In: Wilson JP, Keane T (Eds.), Assessing psychological trauma and PTSD (2nd ed.), pages 466-491. New York: Guilford Press. 

(14) Najavits LM (2004).  Treatment for the dual diagnosis of posttraumatic stress and substance use disordersDirections in Addiction Treatment and Prevention. The Hatherleigh Press, 8:1-11.

(15) Gershuny, BS, Najavits LM, Wood PK, Heppner, M (2004). The relation between trauma and psychopathology:  Mediating roles of dissociation and fears about death and control. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 5:101-117 

(16) Harrison A, Jessup MA, Covington SS, Najavits LM (2004). Weaving the vision: Research-to-practice strategies for women’s recovery. Counselor, 5:57-64.

(17) Najavits LM (2004). Book review. Remembering Trauma (by Richard J. McNally). Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 192:331. 

(18) Najavits LM, Kanukollu, S (2005). It can be learned, but can it be taught? Results from a state-wide training initiative on PTSD and substance abuse. Journal of Dual Diagnosis,1:41-51.

(19) Najavits LM (2005). Theoretical considerations in PTSD and substance abuse. Australian Psychologist, 40:118-126.


(20) Najavits LM (2006). Present- versus past-focused therapy for PTSD / substance abuse: A study of clinician preferences. Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention..

 

(21) Harned MS, Najavits LM, Weiss, RD (2006). Self-harm and suicidal behavior in women with comorbid PTSD and substance dependence. American Journal on Addictions, 15, 1-5.

 

(22) Najavits LM (2006). Managing trauma reactions in intensive addiction treatment environments. Journal of Chemical Dependency Treatment, 8, 153-162.

(23) Najavits LM (2007). Psychosocial treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder. In P. E. Nathan & J. Gorman, A Guide to Treatments that Work (3rd ed.). Oxford Press: New York.

(24) Najavits LM, Harned MS, Gallop RJ, Butler SF, Barber JP, Thase ME, Crits-Christoph P (2007). Six-Month treatment outcomes of cocaine-dependent patients with and without PTSD in a multisite national trial. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 68, 353-361.

 

(25) Calhoun P, Najavits, LM, Kosten T, Kivlahan D (2007). Substance use in OIE/OEF veterans: Substance Use Disorder (SUD) QUERI Initiatives. Health Services Research & Development Forum (May 2007), pg. 6. Note: scroll to page 6 to view the article.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

(1) Beck J, Liese BS, Najavits LM (2005). Cognitive therapy. In: Frances RJ, Miller SI, Mack (Eds.), Clinical textbook of addictive disorders (3rd ed.), pages 474-501. New York: Guilford.

(2) Najavits LM, Liese BS, Harned M (2004). Cognitive and behavioral therapies.  In Lowinson JH, Millman RB, Ruiz P & Langrod JG (Eds.), Substance abuse:  A comprehensive textbook (4th ed), pages 723-732.  Baltimore:  Williams and Wilkins. 

(3) Najavits LM (2005).  Substance Abuse.  In Kazantzis N, Deane F, Ronan K, Luciano L (Eds.). Using Homework Assignments in Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, pages 263-282.  New York: Brunner-Routledge.

Therapists and Therapy

(1) Najavits LM (1997) Psychotherapists' implicit theories of psychotherapy. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. 7:1-16.

(2)Najavits LM, Griffin M,L,Luborsky L, Frank A, Weiss RD, Liese BL,Thompson H,  Nakayama E, Siqueland L, Daley D, Onken LS (1995). Therapists' emotional reactions to substance abusers:  A new questionnaire and initial findingsPsychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, 32: 669-677.  [note: for a copy of the measure, email info@seekingsafety.org; click here for scoring of it]

(3) Najavits LM, Crits-Christoph P, Dierberger A (2000) Clinicians' impact on the quality of substance use disorder treatment. Substance Use & Misuse; 35: 2161-2190.  Also, reprinted in: Research on Alcoholism Treatment, volume XVI of the series Recent Developments in Alcoholism (M. Galanter, Ed.), 2003; pages 55-68.  New York: Plenum.

(4) Najavits LM, Weiss RD (1994) Variations in therapist effectiveness in the treatment of patients with substance use disorders: An empirical review. Addiction. 89: 679-688.

(5) Najavits LM, Weiss RD. Nelson, SR Dierberger, A (2000) Psychotherapists' views of treatment manuals. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 31:404-408.

(6) Najavits LM (2000).  Researching therapist emotions and countertransferenceCognitive and Behavioral Practice. 7:322-328.  

(7) Najavits LM (2003). How to design an effective treatment outcome study. Journal of Gambling Studies, 19:317-337.

(8) Najavits LM, Ghinassi F, Van Horn A, Weiss RD, Siqueland L, Frank A, Thase ME, Luborsky L (2004). Therapist satisfaction with four manual-based treatments on a national multisite study: An exploratory study. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 41:26-37..

Other

(1) Najavits, LM (2001).  Early Career Award paper: Helping "difficult" patientsPsychotherapy Research. 11:131-152. 

(2) Najavits LM, George B, Grymala, L (2003) Can advertising increase awareness of problem gambling? A state-wide study of impact. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors,17:324-327.     

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