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Institute for Research on Pathological Gambling and Related Disorders
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Richard A. LaBrie, Ed. D.
Associate Director of Research and Data
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Biographical Sketch
Richard A. LaBrie, Ed.D., is an instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the Associate Director for Research and Data Analysis at the Division on Addictions, Cambridge Health Alliance. Previously he served as Deputy Director of the National Technical Center for Substance Abuse Needs Assessment at HMS. LaBrie has led investigations of the Iowa gambling treatment program, Missouri’s self-exclusion program, the first national study of gambling among college students, a multi-site study of a self-help toolkit for gambling-related problems and a prospective longitudinal multi-year study of Internet gamblers.
Selected Publications
Schildkraut, J.J., Orsulak, P.J., LaBrie, R.A., Schatzberg, A.S., Gudeman, J.E., Cole, J.O., & Rohde, W.A. (1978). Towards a biochemical classification of depressive disorders II: application of multiple discriminant function analysis to data on urinary catecholamines and metabolites. Archives of General Psychiatry, 35, 1436-1439.
Cole, J.O., Pope, H.G., LaBrie, R.A., & Ionescu-Pioggia, M. (1978). Assessing the subjective effects of stimulants in casual users: a methodology and preliminary results. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 24(2), 243-52.
Goldberg, H.L., Finnerty, R.J., LaBrie, R.A., & Rickels, K. (1978). A study of the concordance between observer and patient rating scales. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 14(2), 7-10.
LaBrie, R.A. (1979). Drug intake monitoring and evaluation system (DIMES): computerized drug monitoring. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 15(2), 31-33.
Gardos, G., Cole, J.O., & LaBrie, R.A. (1982). A 12-year follow-up study of chronic schizophrenics. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 33(12), 983-984.
Gardos, G., Cole, J.O., Rapkin, R.M., LaBrie, R.A., Baquelod, E., Moore, P., Sovner, R., & Doyle, J. (1984). Anticholinergic challenge and neuroleptic withdrawal. Changes in dyskinesia and symptom measures. Archives of General Psychiatry, 41(11), 1030-1035.
Dimsdale, J.E., Hartley, L.H., Ruskin, J., Greenblatt, D.J., & LaBrie, R.A. (1984). Effect of beta blockade on plasma catecholamine levels during psychological and exercise stress. American Journal of Cardiology, 54(7), 182-185.
Sovner, R., Hurley, A., & LaBrie, R.A. (1985). Is mania incompatible with Down's Syndrome. British Journal of Psychiatry, 146(3), 19-20.
Gelenberg, A.J., LaBrie, R.A., Wojcik, J.D., Falk, W.E., Coggins, C.H., Brotman, A.W., Rosenbaum, J.F., & Kerman, B.J. (1987). Effects of lithium on the kidney. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 75(1), 29-34.
Vento, A.R., LaBrie, R.A., & Mulliken, J.B. (1991). The O.M.E.N.S. classification of hemifacial microsomia. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 28(1), 68-76.
LaBrie, R.A., McAuliffe, W.E., & Nemeth-Coslett, R. (1992). Seroprevalence of HTLV-I and HTLV-II among intravenous drug users. New England Journal of Medicine, 326(26), 1783-1784.
Shaffer, H.J., LaBrie, R.A., Scanlon, K.M., & Cummings, T.N. (1994). Pathological gambling among adolescents: Massachusetts Gambling Screen (MAGS). Journal of Gambling Studies, 10(4), 339-362.
Horgan, J.E., Padwa, B.L., & LaBrie, R.A., & Mulliken, J.B. (1995). OMENS-Plus: analysis of craniofacial and extracraniofacial anomalies in hemifacial microsomia. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 32(5), 405-412.
Marrinan, E.M., LaBrie, R.A., & Mulliken, J.B. (1998). Velopharyngeal function in nonsyndromic cleft palate: relevance of surgical technique, age at repair, and cleft type. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 35(2), 95-100.
McAuliffe, W.E., Geller, S., LaBrie, R.A., Paletz, S., & Fournier, E. (1998). Are telephone surveys suitable for studying substance abuse? Cost, administration, coverage and response rate issues. Journal of Drug Issues, 28(2), 455-482.
Mulliken, J.B., Vander Woude, D.L., Hansen, M., LaBrie, R.A., & Scott, R.M. (1999). Analysis of posterior plagiocephaly: deformational versus synostotic. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 103(2), 371-80.
McAuliffe, W.E., LaBrie, R.A., Lomuto, N., Btjemann, R., & Fournier, E. (1999). Measuring interstate variations in drug problems. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 53(2), 125-145.
Peitsch, W.K., Keefer, C.H., LaBrie, R.A., & Mulliken, J.B. (2002). Incidence of cranial asymmetry in healthy newborns. Pediatrics, 110(6), E72-E72.
McAuliffe, W.E., LaBrie, R.A., Woodworth, R., & Zhang, C. (2002). Estimates of potential bias in telephone substance abuse surveys due to exclusion of households without telephones. Journal of Drug Issues, 2, 1139-1154.
McAuliffe, W.E., LaBrie, R.A., & Woodworth, R. (2003). Measuring interstate variations in substance abuse treatment needs: reformulation, refinement and replication. American Journal on Addictions, 12, 101-21.
LaBrie, R.A., Shaffer, H.J., LaPlante, D.A., & Wechsler, H. (2003). Correlates of college student gambling in the United States. Journal of American College Health, 52(2), 53-63.
Shaffer, H.J., LaBrie, R.A., & LaPlante, D.A. (2004). Laying the foundation for quantifying regional exposure to social phenomena. Considering the case of legalized gambling as a public health toxin. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 18(1), 40-48.
Shaffer, H. J., LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., & Stanton, M. V. (2004). The road less traveled: Moving from distributions to determinants in the study of gambling epidemiology. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 49(8), 504-516.
Shaffer, H. J., LaPlante, D., LaBrie, R., Kidman, R., Donato, T., & Stanton, M. (2004). Toward a Syndrome Model of Addiction: Multiple expressions, common etiology. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 12, 367-374.
Shaffer, H. J., LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D., Kidman, R., & Donato, T. (2005). The Iowa Gambling Treatment Program: Treatment outcomes for a follow-up sample. Journal of Gambling Studies, 21(1), 59-71.
Shaffer, H. J., Donato, A. N., LaBrie, R. A., Kidman, R. C., & LaPlante, D. A. (2005). The epidemiology of college alcohol and gambling policies. Harm Reduction Journal, 2(1), 1.
Gentilello, L.M., Donato, A., Nolan, S., Mackin, R.E., Liebich, F., Hoyt, D.B., & LaBrie, R.A. (2005). Effect of the uniform accident and sickness policy provision law on alcohol screening and intervention in trauma centers. The Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection, & Critical Care, 59(3), 629-636.
LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H.J. (2006). Men & women playing games: Gender and the gambling preferences of Iowa Gambling Treatment Program participants. Journal of Gambling Studies, 22(1), 65-80.
Nelson, S.E., Laplante, D.A., LaBrie, R.A., & Shaffer, H.J. (2006). The Proxy Effect: Gender and Gambling Problem Trajectories of Iowa Gambling Treatment Program Participants. Journal of Gambling Studies, 22(2), 221-240.
LaBrie, R.A., Nelson, S.E., LaPlante, D.A., Peller, A.J., Caro, G., & Shaffer, H.J. (2006). Missouri Casino Self-Excluders: Distributions Across Time and Space. Journal of Gambling Studies, 23(2), 231-243.
LaBrie, R.A., Browne, C., Christensen, D.E., Greenwood, K.L., Straus, J.H., Garmon, M.S., LaPlante, D.A., Peller, A.J., Scher, S., & Shaffer, H.J. (2007) Toward Best Practices for Implementing Consumer Directed Care in Behavioral Health Care: Problems and Prospects. Psychiatric Services, 58, 300-302.
LaBrie, R.A. & Shaffer, H.J. (2007). Gambling with Adolescent Health. Journal of Adolescent Health, 40(5), 387-389.
Nelson, J.I., LaBrie, R.A., LaPlante, D.A., Stanton, M., Shaffer, H.J. & Wechsler, H. (in press). Sports Betting and Other Gambling in Athletes, Fans, and Other Students. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.
LaBrie, R.A., LaPlante, D.A., Peller, A.J., Christensen, D.E., Greenwood, K.L., Straus, J.H., Garmon, M.S., Browne, C., & Shaffer, H.J. (in press). The Interdependence of Behavioral and Somatic Health: Implications for Conceptualizing Health and Measuring Treatment Outcomes. International Journal of Integrated Care.
LaBrie, R.A., Kidman, M.S., Albanese, M.D., Peller, A.J., & Shaffer, H.J. (in press). Criminality and Continued DUI Offense: Criminal Typologies and Recidivism among Repeat Offenders. Behavioral Sciences & the Law.
LaBrie, R.A., LaPlante, D.A., Peller, A.J., Christensen, D.F., Greenwood, K.L., Straus, J.H., Garmon, M.S., Browne, C., & Shaffer, H.J. (in press). The interdependence of behavioural and somatic health: implications for conceptualizing health and measuring treatment outcomes. International Journal of Integrated Care.
Lee, T.K., LaBrie, R.A., & Shaffer, H.J. (in press). The Structure of Pathological Gambling among Korean Gamblers: A Cluster and Factor Analysis by Their Clinical and Demographic Characteristics, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Nelson, S.E., LaPlante, D.A., Peller, A.J., LaBrie, R.A., Caro, G., & Shaffer, H.J. (in press). Implementation of a Computerized Psychiatric Assessment Tool at a DUI Treatment Facility: A Case Example, Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research.
LaPlante, D.A., Nelson, S.E., LaBrie, R.A., & Shaffer, H.J. (in press) Stability and Progression of Disordered Gambling: Lessons from Six Longitudinal Studies. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.
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