Selected Publications & Scientific Posters
Spas, J.J., Buscemi, J., Prassad, R., Janke, A., & Nigg, C. (2019). The Society of Behavioral Medicine supports an increase in funding for medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to address the opioid crisis. Translational Behavioral Medicine. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibz004.
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Titelius, E.N., Cook, E., Spas, J.J., Orchowski, L., Kivisto, K., McManama, K., O'Brien, K.H., Frazier, E., Wolff, J.C., Dickstein, D.P., Kim, K.L., & Seymour, K.E. (2017). Emotion dysregulation mediates the relationship between child maltreatment and non-suicidal self-injury​. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. doi: 10.1080/10926771.2017.1338814
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Spas, J.J., Paiva, A.L, Prochaska, J.O., Rossi, J.S., Yin, H. (in press). Coprogression: Simultaneous intervention for smoking, diet and sun protection. Translational Behavioral Medicine: Practice, Policy, Research. Accepted with revisions.
Spas, J.J., Collette, N.D., Rossi, J.S. (2016, March). Piloting an intervention that targets smoking and weight loss. 2016 RI NIH IDeA Symposium. Brown University, Alpert Medical School, Department of Medicine, Providence, RI.
Spas, J.J., Rossi, J.S., Collette, N.D. (2015). Targeting smoking cessation and weight loss simultaneously: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approach. Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy, 6, 3, 1-3.
Spas, J.J., Weyandt, L. (2015). Alcohol and its effect on adolescent brain development and executive functions: Some results from neuroimaging. Journal of Alcoholism & Drug Dependence, 3, 5, 1-5.
Collette, N.D., Spas, J.J., Rossi, J.S. (2015, September). Expanding Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to the multiple health behavior change paradigm. Presentation to the 7th Annual Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program INBRE Conference, Biology Department, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI.
Spas, J.J., Malloy, T.E., Rossi, J.S., & Paiva, A.L. (2014). Dynamic baseline variables predict treatment outcomes for addiction generally, and smoking in particular. Journal of Addiction Research and Therapy, 5, 4, 125-126. doi: 10.4172/2155-6105.1000e125.
Spas, J., Paiva, A.L, Prochaska, J.O., Rossi, J.S., Yin, H. (2013, March). Multiple health behavior Change using the transtheoretical model. Presentation at the 34th annual meeting & scientific sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA.
Spas, J., Ramsey, S., Paiva, A.L., Stein, L.A.R. (2012). All might have won, but not all have the prize: Optimal treatment for substance abuse among adolescents with conduct problems. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 6, 141-155. doi: 10.4137/SART.S10389. PMCID:PMC3498967.
Newman, B., Newman, P., Griffen, S., O'Connor, K., Spas, J. (2007). The relationship of social support to depressive symptoms during the transition to high school. Adolescence, 42, 441- 459. PMID18047232.