ISAP Researchers' Profiles

Larissa J. Mooney, M.D.

Dr. Larissa Mooney is a board certified addiction psychiatrist with expertise in the treatment of substance use disorders and psychiatric comorbidity.  After obtaining residency training at New York University, she completed a fellowship in addiction psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in 2006.  Dr. Mooney is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA, where she supervises and teaches psychiatrists in training at the Addiction Medicine Clinic and the dual-diagnosis inpatient service.  She is active in the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP), where she serves on the Board of Directors and as the Associate Editor of the AAAP Newsletter.  Since joining UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs in 2007, Dr. Mooney has conducted research on treatment interventions for addictive disorders and has collaborated on community training initiatives to enhance understanding of substance abuse and concomitant psychiatric illness among mental health clinicians.  Her interests include development of psychopharmacological and integrated treatments for addiction and advancement of substance abuse training for health care professionals.

Education and Training

• Undergraduate:  Cornell University, NY, B.S., Biology, 1997
• Medical: SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, NY, M.D., 2001
• Residency: New York University, NY, Psychiatry, 2001-2005
• Fellowship: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CA, Addiction, 2005-2006

Specialties

• Addiction Psychiatry
• Psychopharmacology

Contact Info

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

Selected Publications

Shetty, V., Mooney, L., Zigler, CM, Belin, TR, Murphy, D, and Rawson, R. (in press). Methamphetamine use is associated with increased dental disease. Journal of the American Dental Association.

Glasner-Edwards, S., Mooney, L.J., Marinelli-Casey, P., Ang, A., & Rawson, R.A. (in press). Anxiety disorders among methamphetamine dependent adults: association with treatment outcomes. The American Journal on Addictions.

Gonzalez, R., Mooney, L., and Rawson, R. (in press). The methamphetamine problem in the United States. Annual Review of Public Health.

Glasner-Edwards, S., Mooney, L.J., Marinelli-Casey, P., Hillhouse, M., Ang, A.,& Rawson, R.A. (2010). Psychopathology in methamphetamine dependent adults 3 years after treatment. Drug and Alcohol Review 29:12-20.

Mooney, L.J., Glasner-Edwards, S., Marinelli-Casey, P., Hillhouse, M., Ang, A., Hunter, J., Haning, B., Colescott, P, Ling, W., & Rawson, R.A. (2009). Health conditions in methamphetamine-dependent adults 3 years after treatment. Journal of Addiction Medicine 3(3):155-163.

Glasner-Edwards, S., Marinelli-Casey, P., Gonzales, R., Hillhouse, M., Ang, A., Mooney, L.J., & Rawson, R.A. (2009). Depression among methamphetamine users: association with outcomes from the Methamphetamine Treatment Project at 3-year follow-up. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197(4): 225-231.

Glasner-Edwards, S., Mooney, L.J., Marinelli-Casey, P., Hillhouse, M., Ang, A., & Rawson, R.A. (2008). Clinical course and post-treatment outcomes of methamphetamine dependent adults with psychosis. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 35: 445-50.

Glasner-Edwards, S., Mooney, L.J., Marinelli-Casey, P., Hillhouse, M., Ang, A., & Rawson, R.A. (2008). Identifying methamphetamine users at risk for major depressive disorder: findings from the methamphetamine Treatment Project at 3-year follow-up. The American Journal on Addictions, 17(2):99-102.

Glasner-Edwards, S., Mooney, L.J., Marinelli-Casey, P., Hillhouse, M., Ang, A., Rawson, R.A. and the Methamphetamine Treatment Project Corporate Authors. (2008) Risk factors for suicide attempts in methamphetamine dependent patients. The American Journal on Addictions, 17(1):24-7.

Gonzales, R., Marinelli-Casey, P., Hillhouse, M., Hunter, J., Mooney, L.J., Ang, A., & Rawson, R.A. (2008). Hepatitis A and B infection among methamphetamine dependent users [Letter to the editor]. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 35:351-52.

Mooney, L.J., Glasner-Edwards, S., Rawson, R.A., and Ling, W. (2009). Medical consequences of methamphetamine use. Chapter in: Roll, J.M., Rawson, R., Ling, W., and Shoptaw, S. (Eds.), Methamphetamine Addiction: From Basic Science to Treatment. Guilford Press: New York, NY.

Mooney, L., Gona, S., and Shrikhande, A. (2005). Clonidine detoxification: protocol for opioid dependent patients. Chapter in: Bernstein, C., Levin, Z., Poag, M., and Rubinstein, M., (Eds.), On Call Psychiatry, Third Ed., Elselvier, Inc.: PA.

Gona, S., Mooney, L., and Shrikhande, A. (2005) “Intoxication; Substance Withdrawal; and Detoxification Protocol for Alcohol,” chapters in: Bernstein, C., Levin, Z., Poag, M., and Rubinstein, M., (Eds.), On Call Psychiatry, Third Ed., Elselvier, Inc.: PA.

Last updated - 02/03/2010

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