Staff Publications & Presentations

White, W. L., Evans, A. C., Jr., Lamb, R., & Achara-Abrahams, I. (2013). Addiction recovery communities as Indigenous cultures: Implications for professional and scientific collaborations. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 31(1), 121–128. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2013.746591

White, W. L., Evans. A. C., & Lamb, R. (2009). Reducing addiction-related social stigma. Counselor, 10(6), 52–58

White, W. L., Galanter, M., Humphreys, K., & Kelly, J. (2016) The paucity of attention to Narcotics Anonymous in current public, professional, and policy responses to rising opioid addiction. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 34(4), 437–462. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2016.1217712

White, W. L., Galanter, M., Kolodner, G., Kepner, W. E., Sarapas, C. & Mouton, C. L. (2025). Medications for opioid use disorder: Enhancing retention to achieve long-term remission and recovery. Chestnut Health Systems, Lighthouse Institute. https://deriu82xba14l.cloudfront.net/file/2461/2025%20MOUD%20Retention%20Monograph%20Final.pdf

White, W. L., Gasperin, D., Nystrom, J., Ambrose, C. T., & Esarey, C. N. (2005). The other side of burnout: An ethnographic study of exemplary performance and health among probation officers. Perspectives: The Journal of the American Probation and Parole Association, 29(2), 26-31

White, W. L., Godley, M., & Dennis, M. (2003). Early age of substance experimentation: Implications for student assistance programs. Student Assistance Journal, 16(1), 22–25

White, W. L., Humphreys, K., Bourgeois, M., Chiapella, P., Evans, A., Flaherty, M., Gaumond, P, Haggerson, P., Haberle, B., Hill, T., Kaskutas, L. A., Kelly, J., McDaid, C., Powell, J., Scott, C., & Taylor, P. (2013). The status and future of addiction recovery support services in the United States.

White, W. L., Joleaud, B., Dudek, F., & Carty, B. (1994). The training life: Living and learning in the substance abuse field conversation series. Lighthouse Institute

White, W. L., Kelly, J. F., & Roth, J. D. (2012). New addiction-recovery support institutions: Mobilizing support beyond professional addiction treatment and recovery mutual aid. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 7(2–4), 297–317. https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035X.2012.705719

White, W. L., Kurtz, E., & Acker, C. (2001). The combined addiction disease chronologies of William White, MA, Ernie Kurtz, PhD, and Caroline Acker, PhD

White, W. L., Kurtz, E., & Sanders, M. (2006). Recovery Management [Monograph]. Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center

White, W. L., Laudet, A. B., & Becker, J. B. (2006). Life meaning and purpose in addiction recovery. Addiction Professional, 4(4), 18–23

White, W. L., Parrino, M., & Ginter, W. (2011). A dialogue on the psychopharmacology in behavioral healthcare: The acceptance of medication-assisted treatment in addictions [Briefing paper]

White, W. L., Popovits, R., & Donahue, E. (2007). Ethical, legal and policy issues in the treatment of co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders among adolescents. In Y. Kaminer, & O.Bukstein (Eds.), Adolescent substance abuse: Dual diagnosis and high risk behaviors (pp. 473–492). Haworth Press

White, W. L., PRO-ACT Ethics Workgroup, with legal discussion by Popovits R. & Donohue, B. (2007). Ethical guidelines for the delivery of peer-based recovery support services. Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Mental Retardation Services. 

White, W. L., Sanders, M., & Sanders, T. (2006). Addiction in the African American community: The recovery legacies of Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X. Counselor, 7(5), 53–58

White, W. L., Schwartz, J., & the Philadelphia Clinical Supervision Workgroup. (2007). The role of clinical supervision in recovery-oriented systems of behavioral healthcare. Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Mental Retardation Services

White, W. L., Scott, C. K., Dennis, M. L., & Boyle, M. G. (2005). It's time to stop kicking people out of addiction treatment. Counselor, 6(2), 12–25

White, W. L., Sharar, D. A., Dennis, M., & Donaldson, J. (2002). The Cannabis Youth Treatment study: Implications for Employee Assistance Programs. EAP Digest, 22(2), 26–29

White, W. L., Sharar, D., & Funk, R. (2001). Elevating the business ethics in employee assistance: Recommendations from a national survey. Behavioral Health Management, 21(4), 38–42

White, W. L., Sharar, D., Dennis, M., & Donaldson, J. (2002). Cannabis and kids. EAP Digest, 22(2), 26–29

White, W. L., Stauffer, B. & Tarino, D. (2020). Personal privacy and public recovery advocacy.

White, W. L., Webber, J. R., & Woll. P. (2003). Project SAFE: Best practices resource manual [Manual]. Illinois Department of Human Service

White, W. L., Weingartner, R. M., Levine, M., Evans, A. C., & Lamb, R. (2013). Recovery prevalence and health profile of people in recovery: Results of a Southeastern Pennsylvania survey on the resolution of alcohol and other drug problems. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 45(4), 287–296. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2013.825031

White, W. L., Woll, P., & Godley, S. H. (1997). The delivery and supervision of outreach services: Project SAFE. Illinois Department of Human Services

White, W. L., Woll, P., & Webber, R. (2003). Project SAFE: Innovative practices 2002. Executive summary. Illinois Department of Human Service, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse

White, W., & Sharar, D. (2003). The evolution of employee assistance: A brief history and trend analysis. EAP Digest, Fall, 16-24.

White, W., Dezhakam, H., Ranjbar, E., Sarapas, C., & Mouton, C. (2026). Integrating medication and psychosocial support for addiction recovery: A study of Congress 60. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 44(2), 173-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2026.2617255

White, W., Galanter, M., Humphreys, K., & Kelly, J. (2020) "We do recover": Scientific studies on Narcotics Anonymous.

Wiley, D., Beattie, M., Nguyen, H., Puckett, K., Banerjee, K., & Poon, W. (2004). When you assume…the reality of implementing a legally mandated substance abuse treatment program. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, (Suppl. 2), 175–180 https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2004.10400053

Williams, M. L., Zhao, Z., Freeman, R. C., Elwood, W. N., Rusek, R., Booth, R. E., Dennis, M. L., Fisher, D. G., Rhodes, F., & Weatherby, N. L. (1998). A cluster analysis of not-in-treatment drug users at risk for HIV infection. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 24(2), 199–223. https://doi.org/10.3109/00952999809001709

Williamson, L., Singh, R. R., McClelland-Bishop, R., & Saldana, L. (2025, October 15). Understanding high retention rates in longitudinal implementation science research: Rapport-building strategies for parents at risk for opioid or methamphetamine use [Conference presentation]. Oregon Public Health Association 81st Annual Conference, Hillsboro, OR.

Willis, B. (2024, Jun. 11). Outreach and recruitment strategies for individuals in the criminal-legal system [Roundtable discussion]. Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Research Conference, Bethesda, MD, United States. 

Wilson, K. J., Nguyen, T. H., & McKinney, C. (2024). Current parental maltreatment and emerging adult psychopathology: Indirect effects through family functioning across gender. Current Psychology, 43(2), 1615-1626. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04443-1

Wilson, K. J., Nguyen, T. H., & McKinney, C. (2023). Parent-child relationship quality and emerging adult internalizing and externalizing problems: Empathy as a pathway. Current Psychology, 43, 2875–2886. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04564-7

Wittes, P., Gornick, M., Sharar, D., & VonVietinghoff, K. (2014, June 20). Leadership and wellbeing: an EAP perspective. [Conference Presentation] XIII Annual Employee Assistance European Forum Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Wolitzky-Taylor, K., Drazdowski, T. K., Roy-Byrne, P., Ries, R., Rawson, R., & Craske, M. G. (2018). Change in anxiety sensitivity and substance use coping motives as putative mediators of treatment efficacy among substance users. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 107, 34–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2018.05.010

Womack, S., Compton, W. M., Dennis, M., McCormick, S., Fraser, J., Horton, J., Spitznagel, E. L., & Cottler, L. B. (2004). Improving treatment services for substance abusers with comorbid depression. American Journal on Addictions, 13(3), 295–304. https://doi.org/10.1080/10550490490460102

Wong, D. R., Schaper, H., & Saldana, L. (2021). Rates of Sustainment in the Universal Stages of Implementation Completion. Poster presented at 14th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Virtual Event. December 14-16.

Wong, D. R., Schaper, H., & Saldana, L. (2022). Rates of sustainment in the Universal Stages of Implementation Completion. Implementation Science Communications, 3(1), 2. PMCID: PMC8727078

Wong, D., Saldana, L., & Aarons, G. (2022). Advancing New Approaches to Implementation Process Measurement: Integration of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment Framework and the Stages of Implementation Completion. Society for Implementation Research Collaboration Conference. Sept. 9, 2022.

Wong, E. S., Dorsey, C. N., Beatty, T. C., Bobb, J. F., Stefanik-Guizlo, K., Key, D. L., Ramaprasan, A., Idu, A. E., Fortney, J. C., Mogk, J., Palazzo, L., Caldeiro, R. M., King, D., McWethy, A. G., & Glass, J. E. (2026). Economic cost of strategic implementation approaches to increase uptake of digital therapeutics for substance use disorders in a large integrated health system. PLOS Digital Health, 5(1), e0001145. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0001145

Wright, E. R., Greene, M. S., Kooreman, H. E., Watson, D. P., Evans, P. I., Williams, M. J., & Mills, C. (2013). Substance abuse and mental health concerns in special populations in Indiana: A supplemental report to the 2012 State Epidemiological Profile. Center for Health Policy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Wright, E. R., Watson, D. P., Greene, M. S., Kooreman, H. E., Jackson, J., Omenka, I., & Chesher, J. (2016). The consumption and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs in Indiana: A state epidemiological profile 2015. Center for Health Policy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Wright, E. R., Watson, D. P., Greene, M. S., Kooreman, H. E., Williams, M. J., Jackson, J., & Buchanan, V. (2015). The consumption and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs in Indiana: A state epidemiological profile 2014. Center for Health Policy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Wright, E. R., Watson, D. P., Greene, M. S., Kooreman, H., Williams, M. ,& Buchanan, V. (2014). The consumption and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs in Indiana: A state epidemiological profile 2013. Center for Health Policy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Xie, C. X., Toader, A.-M., De Simoni, A., Eldridge, S., Glass, J. E., Pinnock, H., & Relton, C. (2026). Impact of using routine healthcare data on the efficiency of implementation trials: A qualitative comparative case study. Trials. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-026-09706-3

Yule, A. M., Bohnert, A. S. B., Ridenour, T. A., Montgomery, B., Wilens, T. E., Walton, M., Bonar, E. E., Saldana, L., Fiellin, L. E., Knight, D. K., Yang, Y., Williams, J., Khan, S., Tucker, L., Wondimagegnehu, F., & Ahrens, K. (2025). Cross sectional multi-sample study of nonfatal overdose in adolescents and young adults in the fentanyl era. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112921

Zajac, K., & Sheidow, A. J. (2014). Targeting employment for emerging adults: A toolkit for mental health providers. Charleston: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina.

Zajac, K., & Sheidow, A. J. (2015, May 31–June 4). An integrated outpatient treatment for adolescents with co-occurring substance use and internalizing problems delivered in a mental health care setting. In A. J. Sheidow (Chair), Concurrent treatment of comorbid youth addiction in outpatient mental health care settings: Adjunct and integrated treatments. [Symposium presentation]. 13th International Conference on Treatment of Addictive Behaviors, Odense, Denmark.