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Maureen P. Hillhouse, Ph.D.

Maureen Hillhouse, Ph.D., Associate Research Psychologist (Ph.D. in Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1998).

Maureen Hillhouse joined the UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center as a NIDA-funded pre-doctoral fellow in 1996, with interests in alcoholism and adolescence. Before the completion of her two-year fellowship, Maureen successfully completed her dissertation in the area of Learning and Behavior in the Department of Psychology at UCLA using data from the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS) for adolescents. Since 1998, Dr. Hillhouse has held the position of Assistant Research Psychologist at the UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs. She has served as Project Director for several research projects addressing treatment outcome, and collaborated on numerous peer-reviewed, published papers. This research has served as the basis for a developing cognitive model of recovery. Dr. Hillhouse was awarded a NIDA-funded B-start grant to further study this model. Current projects include serving as an investigator on the NIDA Clinical Trials Network in the Pacific Node under the direction of Dr. Walter Ling. Other current responsibilities include directing a CSAT-funded multi-site longitudinal follow-up of methamphetamine dependent participants previously assigned to treatment condition. Dr. Hillhouse has also served as a trainer for the National Drug Court Institute, for the purpose of assisting legal jurisdictions in setting up Family Dependency Treatment Courts; serves as a reviewer for the Prism Awards, sponsored by NIDA and the Entertainment Industries Council; and participates on a task force designed to intervene in cases involving drug-endangered children.

Education and Training

  • California State University, Northridge, B.A., 1991, Psychology
  • University of California, Los Angeles, M.A., 1993, Psychology
  • University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D., 1998, Psychology

Specialties

Contact Info

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
1640 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90025
hillhous@ucla.edu

Selected Publications

  1. Hillhouse, M. P. & Fiorentine, R. (2001). 12-Step participation and effectiveness: Do gender and ethnic differences exist? Journal of Drug Issues, 31, 767-780.
  2. Fiorentine, R., Hillhouse, M. P., & Anglin, M. D. (2001). Drug use careers and treatment outcome. In C. Leukefeld, F. Tims, & D. Farabee (eds.), Clinical and policy responses to drug offenders (pp. 273-282). New York, Springer.
  3. Fiorentine, R., & Hillhouse, M. P. (2001). The Addicted-Self Model of alcohol and drug dependent behavior cessation: A theory of “natural” recovery? Journal of Drug Issues, 31, 495-424.
  4. Fiorentine, R., & Hillhouse, M. P. (2003). Why extensive participation in treatment and 12-Step programs is associated with the cessation of addictive behaviors: An application of the Addicted-Self Model of recovery. Journal of Addictive Diseases, 22, 35-55.
  5. Fiorentine, R., & Hillhouse, M. P. (2003). Replicating the Addicted-Self Model of Recovery. Addictive Behaviors, 28, 1068-1080.
  6. Fiorentine, R. & Hillhouse, M. P. (2003). When low self-efficacy is efficacious: Toward an Addicted-self Model of Cessation of Alcohol- and Drug-dependent Behavior. American Journal on Addictions, 12, 346-364.
  7. Rawson, R., Sodano, R., & Hillhouse, M. (2004). Assessment of amphetamine use disorders. In D. Donovan & G. A. Marlatt (Eds.), Assessment of addictive disorders. New York: The Guilford Press.
  8. Hillhouse, M. P. & Fiorentine, R. (2004). The addicted-self model of addictive behavior cessation: does it predict recovery for gender, ethnic, age, and drug preference subgroups? The American Journal on Addictions, 13, 268-280.
  9. Ling, W., Amass, L., Shoptaw, S., Annon, J. J., Hillhouse, M., Babcock, D., Grigham, G., Harrer, J., Reid, M., Muir, J., Buchan, B., Orr, D., Woody, G., Krejci, J., and the Buprenorphine Study Protocol Group. (2005). A multi-center randomized trial of buprenorphine-naloxone versus clonidine for opioid detoxification: Findings from the National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network. Addiction, 100, 1090-1100.
  10. Torrington, M.A., Shoptaw, S., Ling, W., Rawson, R., & Hillhouse, M. (2007).  Methamphetamine abuse: Epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment. Manuscript submitted for publication.
  11. Torrington, M. A., Hillhouse, M., Domier, C. P., & Ling, W. (2007). Treating opioid dependence with buprenorphine in an office-based setting: The first 101 patients. Publication pending, Journal of Addictive Diseases.
  12. Hillhouse, M. P.; Marinelli-Casey, P.; Gonzales, R.; Ang, A., Rawson, R. A., & the Methamphetamine Treatment Project Corporate Authors. (2007). Predicting in-treatment performance and post-treatment outcomes in methamphetamine users. Addiction, 102 (suppl. 1), 84 - 95.
  13. Marinelli-Casey, P., Gonzales, R., Hillhouse, M. P., Ang, A., & Rawson, R. A. (2007) The effectiveness of drug court treatment for methamphetamine dependence: Treatment response and post-treatment outcomes.  Manuscript accepted for publication.
  14. Messina, N., Marinelli-Casey, P., Hillhouse, M., Rawson, R. A., & Hunter, J. (2007). Childhood Adverse Events and Health Outcomes Among Methamphetamine-Dependent Men and Women. Submitted for publication.
  15. Glasner-Edwards, S., Marinelli-Casey, P., Hillhouse, M., Ang, A., Mooney, L. J., Rawson, R., & the Methamphetamine Treatment Project Corporate Authors. (2007). Depression Among Methamphetamine Users: Association with Outcomes from the Methamphetamine Treatment Project at 3-year Follow-up. Submitted for publication.
  16. Messina, N., Marinelli-Casey, P., Hillhouse, M., Gonzales, R., Rawson, R., Ang, A., Hunter, J. (2007). Childhood adverse events and onset and severity of methamphetamine use among men and women. Submitted for publication. 
  17. Glasner-Edwards, S., Mooney, L. J., Marinelli-Casey, P., Hillhouse, M., Ang, A., Rawson, R., & the Methamphetamine Treatment Project corporate authors. Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts in Methamphetamine Dependent Patients. Submitted for publication.

Last updated - 06/22/2007

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