ISAP Researchers' Profiles

Daniel L. Dickerson, D.O., M.P.H.

Daniel Dickerson, D.O., M.P.H., is a double board-certified psychiatrist and addiction psychiatrist and an Assistant Research Psychiatrist at the Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has been affiliated with ISAP since 2007. He is also also a member of the American Psychiatric Association’s Transformational Leadership Academy.

His research interests focus on substance abuse behaviors among American Indians/Alaska Natives and in developing culturally tailored substance abuse treatments for that population. His research interests also include community-based participatory research and translating his research findings to the broader community. Dr. Dickerson has authored publications on the inclusion of women and minorities in smoking cessation clinical trials, nicotine dependence, and comorbid psychiatric and substance use disorders in a sample of American Indian Veterans, and is the author on the chapter: American Indians/Alaska Natives in the upcoming 5th edition of Lowinson and Ruiz’s Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook.

Education and Training

• Berry College, Mt. Berry, Georgia, B.S., Biochemistry, 1997
• Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, D.O., 2001
• Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, General Psychiatry Residency, 2001-2005
• Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 2005-2007, Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship
• A.T. Still University, Kirksville, Missouri, 2008, Master of Public Health

Specialties

• Evaluation of substance use characteristics in American Indian/Alaska Native populations
• The role of culture on substance use behaviors
• Development of substance abuse treatments for American Indians/Alaska Natives

Contact Info

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
1640 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(562) 277-0310
daniel.dickerson@ucla.edu

Selected Publications

Dickerson DL. Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook, Fifth Edition. Chapter: American Indians/Alaska Natives. In press.

Dickerson DL, Leeman RF, Mazure CM, O’Malley SS: Inclusion of women and minorities in clinical trials of FDA-approved pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation.American Journal on Addictions 2009 Jan-Feb;18(1):21-28

Dickerson DL, O’Malley S, Canive J, Thuras P, Westermeyer J: Nicotine Dependence and comorbid psychiatric and substance use disorders in a sample of American Indian Veterans. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2009 Jan 1;99(1-3):169-75

Dickerson DL, Pittman B, Ralevski E, Perrino A, Limoncelli D, Edgecombe J, Acampora G, Krystal JH, Petrakis I: Ethanol-like effects of thiopental and ketamine in human volunteers. Journal of Psychopharmacology 2008 Nov 21; Epub ahead of print

Dickerson DL, Schaepper MA, Peterson MD, Ashworth MD: Coricidin HBP Abuse: Patient characteristics and psychiatric manifestations as recorded in an inpatient psychiatric unit. Journal of Addict Diseases 2008; 27: 25-32

Westermeyer J, Dickerson DL. (2008) The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment, Fourth Edition. Chapter: Minorities.

Dickerson, DL: Meeting the mental health care needs for American Indian and Alaska Native Communities, NAMI Advocate, Winter 2006

Last updated - 02/08/2010

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