Staff Publications & Presentations

Dennis, M. L., & Davis, J. P. (2021). Screening for more with less: Validation of the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs Quick v3 (GAIN-Q3) screeners. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 126, Article 108414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108414

Dennis, M. L., & Iachan, R. (1991). Sampling issues in estimating the extent of alcohol, drug abuse, and mental illness problems among people who are homeless. In C. M. Taeuber (Ed.), Enumerating homeless persons: Methods and data needs (pp. 188–191). U.S. Bureau of the Census

Dennis, M. L., & Iachan, R. (1992). Sampling people who are homeless: Implications of multiple definitions and sampling frames. In Proceedings of the American Statistical Association. Joint Statistical Meeting, Section on Survey Research Methods, Social Statistics Section. American Statistical Association

Dennis, M. L., & Ihnes, P. (2017). Haymarket case mix profile: 2016. Chestnut Health Systems

Dennis, M. L., & Kaminer, Y. (2006). Introduction to special issue on advances in the assessment and treatment of adolescent substance use disorders. American Journal on Addictions, 15(Suppl. 1), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/10550490601100619

Dennis, M. L., & McGeary, K. A. (1999). Adolescent alcohol and marijuana treatment: Kids need it now. In L. Foley (Ed.), Treatment Improvement Exchange Communiqué (pp. 10–12). Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Dennis, M. L., & Soderstrom, E. J. (1988). Application of social psychological and evaluation research: Lessons from energy information programs. Evaluation and Program Planning, 11(1), 77–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0149-7189(03)00037-5

Dennis, M. L., & Soderstrom, E. J. (1992). Effective dissemination of energy-related information: Applying social psychology and evaluation research: Rejoinder. American Psychologist, 47(6), 816–817.  https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.47.6.816

Dennis, M. L., & Stevens, S. J. (2003). Maltreatment issues and outcomes of adolescents enrolled in substance abuse treatment. Child Maltreatment, 8(1), 3–6. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559502239757

Dennis, M. L., & Wechsberg, W. M. (1994). Guest editors' introduction: Evaluating drug abuse interventions. Evaluation and Program Planning, 17(4), 345–346. https://doi.org/10.1016/0149-7189(94)90034-5

Dennis, M. L., & White, W. L. (1999). The legalization debate: Is there a middle ground? In J. Inciardi (Ed.), The drug legalization debate (pp. 75–100). Sage Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452232263.n4

Dennis, M. L., Babor, T. F., Diamond, G. S., Donaldson, J., Godley, S. H., Tims, F. M., Titus, J. C., Webb, C., Herrell, J., & The CYT Steering Committee (2000). The Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) experiment: Preliminary findings Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. 

Dennis, M. L., Babor, T. F., Diamond, G. S., Donaldson, J., Godley, S. H., Titus, J. C., Tims, F. M., Webb, C., Herrell, J., Buchan, B. J., Burleson, J. A., Fraser, J., French, M. T., Godley, M. D., Hamilton, N., Kadden, R., Kaminer, Y., Liddle, H., Roebuck, C., . . .  White, M. K. (2000). The Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) experiment: Preliminary findings. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Dennis, M. L., Babor, T. F., Roebuck, M. C., & Donaldson, J. (2002). Changing the focus: The case for recognizing and treating cannabis use disorders. Addiction, 97(Suppl. 1), 4–15. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1360-0443.97.s01.10.x

Dennis, M. L., Baumer, P. C., & Stevens, S. (2016). The concurrent evolution and intertwined nature of juvenile drug courts and reclaiming futures approaches to juvenile justice reform. Drug Court Review, X(1), 6–29

Dennis, M. L., Bray, R. M., Iachan, R., & Thornberry, J. (1999). Drug use and homelessness. In R. M. Bray, M. E. Marsden, & L. A. Kroutil (Eds.), Drug use in metropolitan America (pp. 79–124). Sage Publications, Inc. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452204833

Dennis, M. L., Burwell, B. O., Fischer, P. J., Etheridge, R. M., Lubalin, J. S., & Schlenger, W. E. (1989). Implementation evaluation design for NIMH McKinney Mental Health Services Demonstration Projects for homeless mentally ill adults: Vol. 3. Lessons from the literature [Technical report]. Research Triangle Institute

Dennis, M. L., Chan, Y. F., & Funk, R. R. (2006). Development and validation of the GAIN Short Screener (GSS) for internalizing, externalizing and substance use disorders and crime/violence problems among adolescents and adults. The American Journal on Addictions, 15(Suppl. 1), 80–91. https://doi.org/10.1080/10550490601006055

Dennis, M. L., Clark, H. W., & Huang, L. N. (2014). The need and opportunity to expand Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment in school-based settings. Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 7(2), 75–87. https://doi.org/10.1080/1754730X.2014.888221

Dennis, M. L., Dawud-Noursi, S., Muck, R. D., & McDermeit, M. (2003). The need for developing and evaluating adolescent treatment models. In S. J. Stevens, & A. R. Morral (Eds.), Adolescent substance abuse treatment in the United States: Exemplary models from a national evaluation study (pp. 3–34). Haworth Press

Dennis, M. L., Estrada, B. D., Orndorff, M. G., Funk, R. R., & Robinson, R. K. (2016, February). Recidivism Reduction Initiative (RRI) 2016 Progress Report. Annual report to Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of Justice Services (OJS), Recidivism Reduction Initiative (RRI) Leadership, Washington, DC

Dennis, M. L., Estrada, B., & Funk, R. (2017). Using the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs Short Screener (GAIN-SS) Substance Disorder Screener (SDScr) in Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in general and for adolescents, young adults, adults, and older adults [GAIN working paper.] Chestnut Health Systems. https://chestnut.app.box.com/v/workingpapers/file/142863253820

Dennis, M. L., Fairbank, J. A., Bonito, A. J., & Rachal, J. V. (1991). Treatment process study design: Methadone Enhanced Treatment (MET) trials [Technical document]. Research Triangle Institute

Dennis, M. L., Fairbank, J. A., Caddell, J. M., Bonito, A. J., Rourke, K. M., Woods, M. G., Rachal, J. V., Bossert, K., & Burks, M. (1995). Individualized Substance Abuse Counseling (ISAC) manual. Chestnut Health Systems

Dennis, M. L., Fairbank, J. A., Rachal, J. V., Bohlig, E. M., & Bonito, A. J. (1992). Reducing injection drug use through methadone assisted rehabilitation: Factors other than methadone dosage. In Proceedings of the third annual NADR conference. National Institute on Drug Abuse

Dennis, M. L., Feeney, T., & Titus, J. C. (2013). Global Appraisal of Individual Needs–Short Screener (GAIN-SS): Administration and scoring manual, version 3[Manual]. Chestnut Health Systems. 

Dennis, M. L., Fetterman, D. M., & Sechrest, L. (1994). Integrating qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods in substance abuse research. Evaluation and Program Planning, 17(4), 419–427. https://doi.org/10.1016/0149-7189(94)90042-6

Dennis, M. L., Foss, M. A., & Scott, C. K.(2007). An eight-year perspective on the relationship between the duration of abstinence and other aspects of recovery. Evaluation Review, 31(6), 585–612. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193841X07307771

Dennis, M. L., French, M.T., McCollister, K. E., Scott, C. K. (2011). The economic costs of quarterly monitoring and recovery management checkups for adults with chronic substance use disorders. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 41, 201-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2011.02.007

Dennis, M. L., Funk, R., Godley, S. H., Godley, M. D., & Waldron, H. (2004). Cross-validation of the alcohol and cannabis use measures in the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) and Timeline Followback (TLFB; Form 90) among adolescents in substance abuse treatment. Addiction, 99(Suppl. 2), 120–128. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00859.x

Dennis, M. L., Godley, M. D., Scott, C. K, Foss, M. A., Senay, E. C., & Bokos, P. J. (1995). Drug Outcome Monitoring Study (DOMS): Preliminary research design. Chestnut Health Systems

Dennis, M. L., Godley, S. H., & Titus, J. C. (1999). Co-occurring psychiatric problems among adolescents: Variations by treatment, level of care and gender. TIE Communiqué, 5–8, 16

Dennis, M. L., Godley, S. H., Diamond, G., Tims, F. M., Babor, T., Donaldson, J., Liddle, H., Titus, J.C., Kaminer, Y., Webb, C., Hamilton, N., & Funk, R. (2004). The Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Study: Main findings from two randomized trials. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 27(3), 197–213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2003.09.005  (Click here to view Appendix.)

Dennis, M. L., Godley, S. H., Scott, C. K, Foss, M. A., Godley, M. D., Hagen, R. J., Senay, E. C., Bailey, J., & Bokos, P. J. (1997). Drug Outcome Monitoring Systems (DOMS): Developing a new biopsychosocial paradigm for health services research. Chestnut Health Systems

Dennis, M. L., Gwyther, M., & Schlenger, W. E. (1990). Annotated bibliography of models linking primary health care and drug abuse treatment [Bibliography].Research Triangle Institute

Dennis, M. L., Huebner, R. B., & McLellan, A. T. (1996). Methodological issues in treatment service research [Paper]. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Dennis, M. L., Iachan, R., Thornberry, J. S., & Bray, R. M. (1991). The RTI method: Sampling over time. In C. M. Taeuber (Ed.), Enumerating homeless persons: Methods and data needs (pp. 167–170). U.S. Bureau of the Census

Dennis, M. L., Ingram, P. W., Burks, M. E., & Rachal, J. V. (1994). Effectiveness of streamlined admissions to methadone treatment: A simplified time-series analysis. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 26(2), 207–216. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.1994.10472268

Dennis, M. L., Ives, M. L., White, M. K., & Muck, R. D. (2008). The Strengthening Communities for Youth (SCY) initiative: A cluster analysis of services received, their correlates and how they are associated with outcomes. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 40(1), 3–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2008.10399757

Dennis, M. L., Karuntzos, G. T., & Rachal, J. V. (1992). Accessing additional community resources through case management to meet the needs of methadone clients. NIDA Research Monograph, 127, 54–78.

Dennis, M. L., Karuntzos, G. T., McDougal, G. L., French, M. T., & Hubbard, R. L. (1993). Developing training and employment programs to meet the needs of methadone treatment clients. Evaluation and Program Planning, 16(2), 73–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/0149-7189(93)90019-5

Dennis, M. L., Karuntzos, G., French, M. T., & Norman, H. (1995). Vocational Specialist (VS) manual [Manual]. Chestnut Health Systems

Dennis, M. L., Kristiansen, P. L., & Rachal, J. V. (1989). Overview of recent developments in research on methadone maintenance treatment programs: Implications for program development and future research [Technical document]. Research Triangle Institute

Dennis, M. L., Kristiansen, P. L., Theisen, A. C., & Rachal, J. V. (1991). An annotated bibliography of recent empirical research in methadone treatment programs [Bibliography]. National Institute on Drug Abuse

Dennis, M. L., Lennox, R. D., & Foss, M. A. (1997). Practical power analysis for substance abuse health services research. In K. J. Bryant, M. Windle, & S. G. West (Eds.), The science of prevention: Methodological advances from alcohol and substance abuse research (pp. 367–404). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/10222-011

Dennis, M. L., Lennox, R. D., Scott, C. K., & Funk, R. R. (2014). Comparing the ability of multiple measures of substance abuse treatment process to predict outcomes. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 140, e48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.02.152

Dennis, M. L., McDermeit, M., & Funk, R. R. (2002). Preliminary data tables and charts for cross-site analysis of the Adolescent Treatment Models study (ATM/MASC) [Data]. Chestnut Health Systems

Dennis, M. L., Perl, H. I., Huebner, R. B., & McLellan, A.T. (2000). Twenty-five strategies for improving the design, implementation and analysis of health services research related to alcohol and other drug abuse treatment. Addiction, 95(Suppl. 3), S281–S308. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11132359/

Dennis, M. L., Rourke, K. M., Lucas, R. L., Zien, C., Clayton, K. J., Harris, K. M., Caddell, J. M., Cavanaugh, B. R., & Fleischman, D. (1995). Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) [Resource manual]. Research Triangle Institute

Dennis, M. L., Scott, C. K, & Foss, M. A. (2003). Longitudinal evaluations of substance abuse treatment: Introduction to special issue. Evaluation and Program Planning, 26(3), 285–286. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0149-7189(03)00039-9