ISAP Researchers' Profiles

Yih-Ing Hser, Ph.D.

Dr. Yih-Ing Hser is Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and the Director of the Center for Advancing Longitudinal Drug Abuse Research.  She is the Principal Investigator of several projects, including “Treatment System Impact & Outcomes of Proposition 36” and “Drug Treatment and Mental Health Services: Access and Outcomes.”  She has been conducting research in the field of substance abuse and its treatment since 1980 and has extensive experience in research design and advanced statistical techniques applied to substance abuse data.  In addition to gender-related issues in substance abuse and treatment, Dr. Hser has published in the areas of treatment evaluation, epidemiology, natural history of drug addiction, and innovative statistical modeling development and application.

Education and Training

• National Taiwan University, B.S., Psychology, 1976
• University of Texas at El Paso, M.A., Experimental Psychology, 1979
• University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, 1986

Specialties

Contact Info

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

Selected Publications

Hser, Y., Hoffman, V., Grella, C.E., & Anglin, M.D. (2001).  A 33-year follow-up of narcotics addicts.  Archives of General Psychiatry, 58, 503-508.

Hser, Y., Grella, C.E., Hubbard, R.L., Hsieh, S.C., Fletcher, B.W., Brown, B.S., & Anglin, M.D. (2001).  An evaluation of drug treatments for adolescents in four U.S. cities. Archives of General Psychiatry, 58, 689-695.

Hser, Y. (2002).  Drug use careers:  Recovery and mortality.  In Korper S.P. & Council C.L (Eds.) substance use by older adults: Estimates of future impact on the treatment system (DHHS Publication No. SMA 03-3763, Analytic Series A-21). Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies.

Chou, C.-P., Hser, Y., & Anglin, M.D.  (2003). Longitudinal treatment effects among cocaine users: A growth curve modeling approach.  Substance Use and Misuse, 38(9), 1317-1337.

Grella, C.E., Hser, Y., & Hsieh, S.-C.  (2003).  Predictors of treatment re-entry following relapse to cocaine use in DATOS.  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 25, 145-154.

Hser, Y., Grella, C.E., Collins, C. & Teruya, C.  (2003).  Drug use initiation and conduct disorder among adolescents in drug treatment.  Journal of Adolescence, 26(3), 331-345.

Hser, Y., Huang, Y., Chou, C.-P., & Anglin, M.D.  (2003).  Longitudinal patterns of treatment utilization and outcomes among methamphetamine abusers: A growth curve modeling approach.  Journal of Drug Issues, 33(4), 921-938.

Hser, Y., Huang, Y., Teruya, C., & Anglin, M.D.  (2003).  Gender differences in drug abuse treatment outcomes and correlates.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 72, 255-264.

Hser, Y., Teruya, C., Evans, E., Longshore, D., Grella, C., & Farabee, D. (2003).  Treating drug-abusing offenders:  Initial findings from a five-county study on the impact of California’s Proposition 36 on the treatment system and patient outcomes.  Evaluation Review, 27(5), 479-505.

Chou, C.-P., Yang, D., Pentz, M.A., & Hser, Y. (2004).  Piecewise growth curve modeling approach for longitudinal prevention study.  Computation Statistics and Data Analysis, 46(2), 213-225.

Hser, Y., & Anglin, M.D. (2004). Drug treatment and aftercare programs.  In Coombs (Ed.), Addiction counseling review:  Preparing for comprehensive and licensing exams (pp. 447-466). Mahwah,  N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Hser, Y., Gelberg, L., Hoffman, V., Grella, C.E. McCarthy, W., & Anglin, M.D. (2004). Health conditions among aging narcotics addicts:  Medical examination results.  Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 27(6), 607-622.

Hser, Y., Huang, Y., Teruya, C., & Anglin, M.D. (2004). Diversity of drug abuse treatment utilization patterns and outcomes.  Evaluation and Program Planning, 27(3), 309-319.

Hser, Y., Huang, Y., Teruya, C., & Anglin, M.D. (2004). Gender differences in treatment outcomes over a three-year period: A path model analysis.  Journal of Drug Issues, 34(2), 419-440.

Farabee, D., Hser, T., Anglin, M.D., & Huang, Y.  (2004).  Recidivism among an early cohort of California’s Proposition 36 offenders. Criminology & Public Policy, 3(4), 563-584.

Hser, Y., Evans, E., & Huang, Y. (2005). Treatment outcomes among women and men methamphetamine abusers in California. Journal of substance abuse treatment, 28(1), 77-85.

Hser, Y., Longshore, D., Brecht, L., & Anglin, M.D. (2005).  Studying the natural history of drug use.  In Slobada, Z. (Ed.), Epidemiology of Drug Abuse.  Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, N.Y., 29-43.

Ettner, S.L., Huang, D., Evans, E., Ash, D.R., Hardy, M., Jourabchi, M., & Hser, Y.  (2006).  Benefit-cost in the California Outcome Project (CalTOP):  Does substance abuse treatment ‘pay for iteself’?  Health Services Research, 41(1), 192-213.

Evans, E., Spear, S., Huang, Y., & Hser, Y. (2006).  Outcomes of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs Among American Indians in California.  American Journal of Public Health, 96(5), 1-8.

Hser, Y., Stark, M.E., Paredes, A., Huang, D., Anglin, M.D., & Rawson, R.  (2006). A 12-year follow-up of a treated cocaine-dependent sample.  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 30, 219-226.

Hser, Y. I., Grella, C., Evans, E., & Huang, Y. C. (2006). Utilization and outcomes of mental health services among patients in drug treatment. Journal of Addictive Diseases, 25(1), 73-85.

Teruya, C., Hardy, M., E., Hser, Y., & Evans, E.  (2006).  Implementation of a statewide outcome monitoring system: Lessons learned from substance abuse treatment provider staff.  Qualitative Health Research, 16, 337-352.
Hser, Y. (2007).  Predicting long-term stable recovery from heroin addiction: Findings from a 33-year follow-up study.  Journal of Addictive Diseases, 26(1), 51-60.

Hser, Y. I., Teruya, C., Brown, A. H., Huang, D., Evans, E., & Anglin, M. D. (2007). Impact of California's Proposition 36 on the drug treatment system: treatment capacity and displacement. American  Journal of Public Health, 97(1), 104-9.

Last updated - 06/22/2007

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