Katie Witkiewitz, PhD, is a Research Scientist at the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute. She received her PhD from the University of Washington in 2005, where she completed the Clinical Psychology graduate program and an internship in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. After that, she took a faculty position in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois - Chicago as an Assistant Professor in Psychology, until July 2007 when she joined the ADAI staff.

Primary Research Interests:

• Quantitative methods; latent variable modeling; nonlinear dynamical systems;
• Computer modeling of treatment system case management for chronic alcohol abusers
• Analysis of clinical treatment outcomes and relapse
• Mindfulness-based treatments for alcohol and drug abuse
• Harm reduction approaches to the treatment of addiction

Current Projects:

• Drinking Trajectories after Behavior Intervention: Assessing Mechanisms of Change. This project uses existing data from the COMBINE study to evaluate mechanisms of behavior change following a combined behavioral intervention (CBI) for alcohol dependence. more...

• Modeling Individual Heterogeneity in the Alcohol Relapse Process. By analyzing data from Project MATCH, this study aims to delineate patterns in post-treatment drinking during the first year following alcohol treatment. more...

Recent and Representative Publications:

1. Witkiewitz KA, Marlatt GA (eds.). Therapist's Guide to Evidence-Based Relapse Prevention. London: Academic Press, 2007. (Amazon.com) (WIT 07-06)
2. Witkiewitz K, Marlatt GA. High-risk situations: Relapse as a dynamic process. In: Witkiewitz KA, Marlatt GA (eds.). Therapist's Guide to Evidence-Based Relapse Prevention. London: Academic Press, 2007, pp. 19-33. (WIT 07-05)

3. Whiteside U, Nguyen T, Logan DE, Fagan C, Marlatt GA, Witkiewitz K. Relapse prevention for return of pathological worry of CBT- treated GAD. In: Witkiewitz KA, Marlatt GA (eds.). Therapist's Guide to Evidence-Based Relapse Prevention. London: Academic Press, 2007, pp. 91-116. (WIT 07-04)

4. Witkiewitz K, van der Maas HL, Hufford MR, Marlatt GA. Nonnormality and divergence in posttreatment alcohol use: reexamining the Project MATCH data "another way. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 116(2):378-94, 2007. (Pubmed abstract) (WIT 07-03)

5. Witkiewitz K, Marlatt GA. Modeling the complexity of post-treatment drinking: It's a rocky road to relapse. Clinical Psychology Review 27(6):724-38, 2007. (Pubmed abstract) (WIT 07-02)

6. Bowen S, Witkiewitz K, Dillworth TM, Marlatt GA. (Psychology) The role of thought suppression in the relationship between mindfulness meditation and alcohol use. Addictive Behaviors 2007 (in press). (Pubmed abstract)

7. Bowen S, Witkiewitz K, Dillworth TM, Chawla N, Simpson TL, Ostafin BD, Larimer ME, Blume AW, Parks GA, Marlatt GA. Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 20(3):343-7, 2006. (Pubmed abstract) (WIT 06-01)

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