MaherAfifKaramMD

PubMed

• Examining the Association between Abstinence from Smoking and Healthcare Costs Among Patients with Cancer.
  George Kypriotakis, Seokhun Kim, Maher Karam-Hage, Jason D Robinson, Jennifer A Minnix, Janice A Blalock, Yong Cui, Diane Beneventi, Bumyang Kim, I-Wen Pan, Ya-Chen Ti...> ;Cancer Prevention Research. 2023 Nov 8
• Brief report: Characterization of electronic cigarette use among patients of a comprehensive cancer center.
  Jason D Robinson, George Kypriotakis, Maher Karam-Hage, Yong Cui, Diane Beneventi, Janice A Blalock, Jennifer A Minnix, Paul M Cinciripini> ;The American Journal on Addictions. 2024 May 1
• Comparable cigarette consumption data collected using timeline follow-back and digital diary among treatment-seeking smokers.
  Yong Cui, Jason D Robinson, George Kypriotakis, Jennifer A Minnix, Charles E Green, Seokhun Kim, Maher Karam-Hage, Paul M Cinciripini> ;Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 2023 Sep 25
• 8 citations
  The effects of varenicline, bupropion, nicotine patch, and placebo on smoking cessation among smokers with major depression: A randomized clinical trial.
  Paul M Cinciripini, George Kypriotakis, Charles Green, David Lawrence, Robert M Anthenelli, Jennifer Minnix, Janice A Blalock, Diane Beneventi, Chad Morris, Maher Kara...> ;Depression and Anxiety. 2022 May 1
• Bupropion XL and SR have similar effectiveness and adverse event profiles when used to treat smoking among patients at a comprehensive cancer center.
  Jason D Robinson, Maher Karam-Hage, George Kypriotakis, Diane Beneventi, Janice A Blalock, Yong Cui, Roberto Gonzalez, Jean Tayar, Patrick Chaftari, Paul M Cinciripini> ;The American Journal on Addictions. 2022 May 1
• 6 citations
  The Impact of Treatment for Smoking on Breast Cancer Patients' Survival.
  Akshara Singareeka Raghavendra, George Kypriotakis, Maher Karam-Hage, Seokhun Kim, Mazen Jizzini, Kareem S Seoudy, Jason D Robinson, Carlos H Barcenas, Paul M Cincirip...> ;Cancers. 2022 Mar 12
• 2 citations
  Topiramate decreases the salience of motivationally relevant visual cues among smokers with alcohol use disorder.
  Jason D Robinson, Yong Cui, Maher Karam-Hage, George Kypriotakis, Francesco Versace, Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, Robert M Anthenelli, Paul M Cinciripini> ;Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 2022 Mar 1
• Modern Perioperative Practices May Mitigate Effects of Continued Smoking Among Lung Cancer Patients
  Erin M. Corsini, Nicolas Zhou, Kyle G. Mitchell, Mara B. Antonoff, Reza J. Mehran, David C. Rice, Boris Sepesi, Stephen G. Swisher, Ara A. Vaporciyan, Garrett L. Walsh...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021 Aug 3
• Behavioral Economic Assessment of Alcohol and Cigarette Demand in Smokers With Alcohol Use Disorder.
  Yong Cui, Paulina Linares Abrego, Jin Ho Yoon, Maher Karam-Hage, Paul M. Cinciripini, Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, Robert M. Anthenelli, Jason D. Robinson> ;Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2021 Jun 23
• 13 citations
  The Emerging Global Tobacco Treatment Workforce: Characteristics of Tobacco Treatment Specialists Trained in Council-Accredited Training Programs from 2017 to 2019.
  Christine E. Sheffer, Abdulmohsen H. Al-Zalabani, Andrée Aubrey, Rasha K. Bader, Claribel Beltrez, Susan Bennett, Ellen Carl, Caroline Cranos, Audrey Darville, Jennife...> ;International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 Mar 2
• 1 citations
  Feasibility of Mobile and Sensor Technology for Remote Monitoring in Cancer Care and Prevention.
  Susan K Peterson, Karen Basen-Engquist, Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, Alexander V Prokhorov, Eileen H Shinn, Stephanie L Martch, Beth M Beadle, Adam S Garden, Emilia Farcas...> ;AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium. 2021 Jan 1
• 11 citations
  Toward Precision Medicine for Smoking Cessation: Developing a Neuroimaging-Based Classification Algorithm to Identify Smokers at Higher Risk for Relapse.
  David W. Frank, Paul M. Cinciripini, Menton M. Deweese, Maher Karam-Hage, George Kypriotakis, Caryn Lerman, Jason D. Robinson, Rachel F. Tyndale, Damon J. Vidrine, Fra...> ;Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2020 Jul 16
• 7 citations
  Impact of a tobacco treatment program on abstinence and survival rates among current smokers with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
  Andrew T. Day, Kristina R. Dahlstrom, Rebecca Lee, Maher Karam-Hage, Erich M. Sturgis> ;Head & Neck. 2020 Jun 1
• 47 citations
  Considering Systemic Barriers to Treating Tobacco Use in Clinical Settings in the United States.
  Alana M. Rojewski, Steffani R. Bailey, Steven L. Bernstein, Nina A. Cooperman, Ellen R. Gritz, Maher Karam-Hage, Megan E. Piper, Nancy A. Rigotti, Graham W. Warren> ;Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2019 Oct 26
• 49 citations
  Association of a Comprehensive Smoking Cessation Program With Smoking Abstinence Among Patients With Cancer
  Paul M. Cinciripini, Maher Karam-Hage, George Kypriotakis, Jason D. Robinson, Vance Rabius, Diane Beneventi, Jennifer A. Minnix, Janice A. Blalock> ;JAMA Network Open. 2019 Sep 4
• 1 citations
  Smoke-free, but dependent on nicotine: comment on Jackson et al. (2019).
  Maher Karam-Hage> ;Addiction. 2019 Jul 18
• 9 citations
  Tobacco Treatment Programs at National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Centers: A Systematic Review and Online Audit.
  Andrew T. Day, Liyang Tang, Maher Karam-Hage, Carole Fakhry> ;American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2019 Apr 1
• 28 citations
  The Late Positive Potentials Evoked by Cigarette-Related and Emotional Images Show no Gender Differences in Smokers.
  Elise M. Stevens, David W. Frank, Maurizio Codispoti, George Kypriotakis, Paul M. Cinciripini, Kimberly N. Claiborne, Menton M. Deweese, Jeffrey M. Engelmann, Charles ...> ;Scientific Reports. 2019 Mar 1
• 10 citations
  Brain Responses to Cigarette-Related and Emotional Images in Smokers During Smoking Cessation: No Effect of Varenicline or Bupropion on the Late Positive Potential.
  Francesco Versace, Elise M. Stevens, Jason D. Robinson, Yong Cui, Menton M. Deweese, Jeffrey M. Engelmann, Charles Green, Maher Karam-Hage, Cho Y. Lam, Jennifer A. Min...> ;Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2019 Jan 4
• E‐cigarettes and the Nicotine Epidemic*
  Maher Karam-Hage> ;The American Journal on Addictions. 2018 Dec 1
• 19 citations
  An RCT with the combination of varenicline and bupropion for smoking cessation: clinical implications for front line use.
  Paul M. Cinciripini, Jennifer A. Minnix, Charles Green, Jason D. Robinson, Jeffrey M. Engelmann, Francesco Versace, David W. Wetter, Sanjay Shete, Maher Karam-Hage> ;Addiction. 2018 Sep 1
• 23 citations
  The importance of incorporating smoking cessation into lung cancer screening
  Jennifer A. Minnix, Maher Karam-Hage, Janice A. Blalock, Paul M. Cinciripini> ;Translational Lung Cancer Research. 2018 Jun 1
• 9 citations
  A tele-mentoring tobacco cessation case consultation and education model for healthcare providers in community mental health centers.
  Ludmila Cofta-Woerpel, Cho Y. Lam, Lorraine R. Reitzel, William T. Wilson, Maher Karam-Hage, Diane Beneventi, Jennifer Cofer, Ellen Baker, David W. Wetter, Paul M. Cin...> ;Cogent Medicine. 2018 Feb 8
• 22 citations
  Pooled analysis of three randomized, double‐blind, placebo controlled trials with rimonabant for smoking cessation
  Jason D. Robinson, Paul M. Cinciripini, Maher Karam-Hage, Henri-Jean Aubin, Lowell C. Dale, Raymond Niaura, Robert M. Anthenelli> ;Addiction Biology. 2018 Jan 1
• 4 citations
  Pharmacological intervention and abstinence in smokers undergoing cessation treatment: A psychophysiological study.
  Yong Cui, Jeffrey M. Engelmann, Jonathan Xian, Jennifer A. Minnix, Cho Y. Lam, Maher Karam-Hage, Paul M. Cinciripini, Jason D. Robinson> ;International Journal of Psychophysiology. 2018 Jan 1
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Journal Articles

• Tobacco use and cessation for cancer survivors: an overview for clinicians  
  Karam-Hage M, Cinciripini PM, Gritz ER, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 7/1/2014
• Prequit fMRI responses to pleasant and cigarette cues predict smoking cessation outcome  
  Versace F, Englemann JM, Robinson JD, Jackson E, Green CE, Lam CY, Minnix JA, Karam- Hage MA, Brown VL, Wetter DW, Cinciripini PM, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 12/1/2013
• Bupropion-SR for smoking reduction and cessation in Alcohol-dependent outpatients: A naturalistic, open-label study  
  Karam-Hage M, Robinson JD, Ashutoch L, Brower KJ, Current Clinical Pharmacology, 11/1/2013
• The CHRNA3 rs578776 variant is associated with an intrinsic reward sensitivity deficit in smokers  
  Robinson JD, Versace F, Lam CY, Minnix JA, Engelmann JM, Cui Y, Karam-Hage M, Shete S, Tomlinson GE, Chen TTL, Wetter DW, Green CE, Cinciripini PM, Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10/1/2013
• Effects of varenicline and bupropion sustained-release use plus intensive smoking cessation counseling on prolonged abstinence from smoking and on depression, negative...  
  Cinciripini PM, Robinson JD, Karam-Hage M, Minnix JA, Lam C, Versace F, Brown VL, Engelmann JM, Wetter DW, JAMA Psychiatry, 5/1/2013
• Web-streamed didactic instruction on substance use disorders compares favorably with live-lecture format  
  Karam-Hage M, Brower KJ, Mullan PB, Gay T, Gruppen LD, Academic Psychiatry, 5/1/2013
• Alpha oscillations in response to affective and cigarette-related stimuli in smokers  
  Cui Y, Versace F, Engelmann JM, Minnix JA, Robinson JD, Lam CY, Karam-Hage M, Brown VL, Wetter DW, Dani JA, Kosten TR, Cinciripini PM, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 1/1/2013
• Break free from tobacco use  
  Karam-Hage M, Cinciripini P, Coping with Cancer, 4/1/2012
• A randomized placebo-controlled trial of varenicline for smoking cessation allowing flexible quit dates  
  Rennard S, Hughes J, Cinciripini P, Kralikova E, Raupach T, Arteaga C, Aubin L, Russ C, for the Flexible Quit Date Study Group, Nicotine & tobacco Research, 1/1/2012
• Differential cigarette-related startle cue reactivity among light, moderate, and heavy smokers  
  Cui Y, Robinson JD, Versace F, Lam CY, Minnix JA, Karam-Hage M, Dani JA, Kosten TR, Wetter DW, Brown VL, Cinciripini PM, Addict Behav, 1/1/2012
• Bupropion-SR for smoking cessation in early recovery from alcohol dependence: a placebo-controlled, double-blind pilot study  
  Karam-Hage M, Strobbe S, Robinson JD, Brower KJ, Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse, 7/1/2011
• The effect of mood, anxiety and alcohol use disorders on smoking cessation in cancer patients  
  Blalock JA, Lam C, Minnix JA, Karam-Hage M, Gritz ER, Robinson JD and Cinciripini PM, Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 1/1/2011
• Effects of an intensive depression-focused intervention for smoking cessation in pregnancy  
  Cinciripini PM, Blalock JA, Minnix JA, Robinson JD, Brown VL, Lam C, Wetter DW, Schreindorfer L, McCullough JP, Dolan-Mullen P, Stotts AL, Karam-Hage M, J Consult Clin Psychol, 1/1/2010
• Addition of bupropion SR to varenicline alleviated depression and suicidal ideation: a case report  
  Karam-Hage M, Shah KR, Cinciripini PM, Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry, 1/1/2010
• Complications of radiotherapy in laryngopharyngeal cancer: effects of a prospective smoking cessation program  
  Zevallos JP, Mallen MJ, Lam CY, Karam-Hage M, Blalock J, Wetter DW, Garden AS, Sturgis EM, Cinciripini PM, Cancer, 7/1/2009
• What do psychiatric residents think of addiction psychiatry as a career?  
  Renner JA, Karam-Hage M, Levinson M, Craig T, Eld B, Acad Psychiatry, 3/1/2009
• Treating smoking addiction in patients with a cancer diagnosis  
  Karam-Hage M, Society of Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Newsletter, 2/1/2008
• A randomized double-blind pilot trial of gabapentin versus placebo to treat alcohol dependence and comorbid insomnia  
  Brower KJ, Myra Kim H, Strobbe S, Karam-Hage MA, Consens F, Zucker RA, Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 1/1/2008
• Helping patients defeat their smoking addiction  
  Karam-Hage M, Physician's Weekly, LLC, 12/1/2007
• Pharmacotherapy for tobacco cessation: nicotine agonists, antagonists, and partial agonists  
  Karam-Hage M, Cinciripini PM, Curr Oncol Rep, 1/1/2007
• Smoking cessation delivered by medical students is helpful to homeless population  
  Spector A, Alpert H, Karam-Hage M, Acad Psychiatry, 1/1/2007
• Unaided smoking cessation among smokers in treatment for alcohol dependence  
  Karam-Hage M, Pomerleau CS, Pomerleau OF, Brower KJ, Addict Behav, 7/1/2005
• Treating insomnia in patients with substance abuse disorders  
  Karam-Hage M, Psychiatric Times, 1/1/2004
• Open pilot study of gabapentin versus trazodone to treat insomnia in alcoholic outpatients  
  Karam-Hage M, Brower KJ, Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 10/1/2003
• Are our patients' using the internet?  
  Karam-Hage M, Riba MB, Huang MP, German Journal of Psychiatry, 1/1/2001
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Books/Book Chapters

• Abeloff's Clinical Oncology 
  Chapter: Nicotine dependence: current treatments and future directions 
  Karam-Hage M, Vance R, Cinciripini PM, Robinson JD, Gritz EREditors: Niederhuber J, Armitage JO, Doroshow JH, Kastan MB, Tepper JE.Elsevier, Philadelphia, PAEdition 5th,2014
• D. Anderson Manual of Psychosocial Oncology 
  Chapter: Nicotine 
  Karam-Hage M, Cinciripini PMEditors: J Duffy, A Valentine.McGraw-Hill, New YorkEdition 1st,2010
• Addiction medicine: science and practice 
  Chapter: Nicotine: clinical aspects of alcohol and drug addiction 
  Karam-Hage M, Minnix JA, Cinciripini PMEditors: Johnson BA.Springer Publishing, New York2010
• Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice 
  Chapter: Substance-related disorders 
  Guthrie SK, Brower KJ, Karam-Hage MEditors: Chisholm MA, Schwinghammer TL, Wells BG, DiPiro JT, Kolesar JM, Malone PM.McGraw-Hill, New York2007
• High School Encyclopedia 
  Chapter: Definitions of substance abuse terms 
  Karam-Hage MBrown, London2004
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Abstracts/Posters

• New Diagnostic Criteria in DSM-5
  Karam-Hage M, Psycho-Oncology Journal Club, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 5/8/2014
• Bupropion XL has the same effectiveness and similar side effect profile as bupropion SR when used for smoking cessation among cancer patients
  Karam-Hage M, Robinson JD, Sharma M, Blalock JA, Rabius V, Cinciripini PM, 2014 SRNT 20th Annual Meeting, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Seattle, WA, 2/8/2014
• Patients with serious psychiatric illness and tobacco addiction
  Karam-Hage M, AAAP 24th Annual Meeting and Symposium, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP), Scottsdale, AZ, 12/6/2013
• Screening and therapeutic options for smoking cessation
  Karam-Hage M, 2013 Primary Care Summit - Dallas, Texas Academy of Family Physicians, Dallas, TX, 11/8/2013
• Clinical MD Anderson Breakout Session: What will it take to enable telemedicine efforts at MD Anderson
  Karam-Hage M, MD Anderson Telemedicine and Telesurgery in Cancer Care Conference, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 9/5/2013
• Treatment of Additions in emergency room
  Karam-Hage M, Residents and medical students, AUB Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut, 7/1/2013
• Review of smoking cessation guideline treatment recommendations and recent advances in pharmacological intervention for nicotine dependence, Moon Shots: Connect for Gl...
  Karam-Hage M, GAP 2013 Conference, Houston, TX, 4/4/2013
• Use of electronic health records increases referrals to the Tobacco Treatment Program at MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Karam-Hage M, Rabius V, Lam CY, Blalock JA, Cinciripini PM, 2013 SRNT 19th Annual International Meeting, Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Boston, MA, 3/16/2013
• Use of electronic health records increases referrals to the Tobacco Treatment Program at MD Anderson Cancer Center
  Rabius V, Lam C, Blalock JA, Karam-Hage M, Cinciripini PM, Proceedings of Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, 3/1/2013
• Subjective ratings of cigarette-related, emotional, and neutral images in current smokers, smokers receiving smoking cessation treatment, and never-smokers
  Karam-Hage M, Slapin A, Francesco V, Robinson JD, Lam CY, Minnix JA, Cui Y, Engelmann JM, Wetter DW, Cinciripini PM, 2013 SRNT Annual Meeting, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Boston, MA, 3/1/2013
• Pioneering the delivery of tobacco cessation program to MD Anderson Regional Care Centers, Challenges for increasing access to cancer care in the digital era using Tel...
  Karam-Hage M, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1/4/2013
• Diagnosing and Treating Alcohol and Tobacco Among Head and Neck Patients
  Karam-Hage M, Society of head and Neck Cancer, 8th International conference on Head and Neck Cancer, Toronto, Canada, 7/21/2012
• Assessing tobacco use and providing tobacco cessation to cancer patients
  Karam-Hage M, American Association of Cancer REsearch 2012 Annual Meeting, American Association of Cancer Research, Chicago, IL, 4/1/2012
• Smoking cessation as a function of physical and psychiatric comorbidities
  Karam-Hage M, Rabius V, Lam C, Merriman K, Blalock JA, Cinciripini PM, 2012 SRNT 18th Annual Meeting, Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, Houston, TX, 3/15/2012
• MD Anderson Cancer Center Tobacco Treatment Program: Effective smoking cessation assistance for cancer patients
  Karam-Hage M, Rabius V, Lam C, Merriman K, Blalock JA, Cinciripini PM, CPRIT Innovations in Cancer Prevention Conference, CPRIT, Austin, TX, 11/1/2011
• Smoking Addiction: Current and Future treatment options
  Karam-Hage M, American Lebanese Medical Association, American Lebanese Medical Association, Beirut, Lebanon, 7/22/2011
• A comprehensive tobacco-cessation treatment for cancer patients: 12-month follow-up abstinence rates
  Karam-Hage M, Blalock JA, Cinciripini PMl, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco SRNT Proceedings - 2011 SRNT 17th Annual Meeting, 2/1/2011
• Effectiveness of smoking cessation assistance for cancer patients
  Rabius V, Cinciripini PM, Karam-Hage M, Blalock JA, Lam CY, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco SRNT Proceedings - 2011 SRNT 17th Annual Meeting, 2/1/2011
• Web-streamed didactic instruction on substance abuse compares favorably with live lecture format
  Karam-Hage M, Brower K, Mullan P, Gay T, Gruppen L, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry 22nd Annual Meeting Proceedings, 1/1/2011
• Increasing varenicline to 3 mgs/day improves abstinence rates: a preliminary efficacy report in cancer patients
  Karam-Hage M, Lam C, Blalock JA, Cinciripini PM, Proceedings of SRNT Annual meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2/1/2010
• Increasing Varenicline to 3 mgs/day Improves Abstinence Rates: A Preliminary Efficacy Report in Cancer Patients
  Karam-Hage M, Lam C, Blalock JA, Cinciripini PM, Proceedings of SRNT Annual Meeting, Society For Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Baltimore, MD, 2/1/2010
• Nicotine Withdrawal in Chronically Depressed Smokers Undergoing Intensive Smoking Cessation Treatment
  Karam-Hage M, Blalock JA, Robinson JD, Cinciripini PM, Brown RA, McCullough JP, 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health Conference Annual Meeting, 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health Conference, Mumbai, India, 3/12/2009
• Economic evaluation of a tobacco cessation program at a major cancer center
  Miller LA, Karam-Hage M, Lal LS, Mallen M, Feng C, Blalock J, Cinciripini PM, 11th Annual European Congress, 11/1/2008
• Economic Evaluation of a Tobacco Cessation Program
  Karam-Hage M, Miller LA, Lal LS, Mallen M, Feng C, Blalock J, Cinciripini PM, European Congress 11th Annual Meeting, European Congress, 11/1/2008
• A comprehensive tobacco-cessation treatment for cancer patients: preliminary outcome finding
  Mallen MJ, Karam-Hage M, Blalock JA, Cinciripini PM, 14th Annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Portland, OR, 2/1/2008
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Lectures

• Tobacco treatment: current and future pharmacological options 
  Houston, TX - 11/20/2013
• What do we know about addiction? With focus on tobacco use and is treatments 
  Houston, TX - 5/11/2013
• Tobacco Use, Identification and Treatment 
  Houston, TX - 10/17/2012
• Smoking Cessation: the basics for Medical Trainees 
  Beirut, Lebanon - 8/22/2012
• Assessing tobacco use and providing treatment 
  Houston, TX - 6/11/2012
• Tobacco: Reduce your risk 
  Houston, TX - 5/26/2011
• Putting Research into Practice: Treating Tobacco Dependence in MD Anderson's Tobacco Treatment Program 
  Houston, TX - 11/1/2009
• Smoking Cessation 
  Houston, TX - 6/2/2009
• Tobacco and Nicotine Dependence: treatment updates 
  Houston, TX - 1/1/2008
• Opioid and Nicotine Addiction and Treatment Options 
  Houston, TX - 11/1/2007
• Medical Marijuana: Is There Such a Thing? 
  Detroit, MI - 9/19/2003
• Nicotine Effects On The Brain 
  University of Michigan Tobacco Consultation Service, Ann Arbor, MI - 5/13/2003
• Is it good to quit smoking during early recovery? 
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - 11/15/2002
• Early Relapse Prevention to substances and pharmacotherapy 
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - 4/1/2001
• DSM-IV and Substance Abuse/Dependence 
  Ann Arbor, MI - 5/1/2000
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