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BMJ Open

Associations between alcohol brief intervention in primary care and drinking and health outcomes in adults with hypertension and type 2 diabetes: a population-based observational study

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Forbes

Revealing how tech platforms are quietly selling your attention. Learn how to defend your focus, set smart boundaries, and reclaim control over what really matters.

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APA Monitor

The article explores the seven most commonly misused therapy terms and shows how pop-psych culture twists clinical concepts for status, avoidance, or even manipulation.

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JAMA Network Open

Your health-profile may shape not just whether you drink, but how much — and the findings hint that clinicians might need to tailor alcohol-risk conversations to specific patient groups.

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JAMA Psychiatry

Individuals in addiction treatment often struggle to stay connected with routine healthcare. This study explores whether a targeted six-session intervention can bridge that gap.

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American Psychological Association

How to spot red flags in mental health apps. Tools that aren’t evidence-based, lack privacy protections, and lure users into more time online can do more harm than good.

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Town & Country

A voice call regulates our bodies. A real conversation is like a nourishing meal.

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Digital Harm Reduction in Action

Phone Addiction, Dopamine, and Why We Can’t Stop Scrolling

Publications

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2026

How to spot red flags in mental health apps, American Psychological Association, January 2026.
Sterling SA, Palzes VA, Lu Y, Kline-Simon AH, Ross TB, Weisner CM, Elson J, Satre DD, Awsare S, Asyyed A, Rana J, Campbell CI, Metz VE, Chi FW. Population-level evidence that alcohol brief interventions improve drinking and blood pressure outcomes in patients with hypertension and unhealthy alcohol use. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Jan 2026;87(1):64-74. doi:10.15288/jsad.24-00263
A commentary on moral injury (JSAT)
Is The Phone Call Making a Come Back (Town & Country)
The community representative council of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network: Co-design and early impact (JSAT)

2025

Blood Pressure Control among Primary Care Patients with Hypertension and Unhealthy Alcohol Use: The Role of Alcohol Brief Interventions J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2025 May 20.
Your Attention Is Being Sold: 4 Strategies To Protect It (Forbes)

2024

Fello Co. Peer Support Platform for the Loneliness Epidemic (TIME)
How To Pursue Mindful Engagement This Election Cycle (The Good Trade)
Seven of the most frequently misused psychological terms (APA Monitor)
Contextual factors associated with successful alcohol screening and brief intervention implementation and sustainment in adult primary care Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment, Volume 168, 209532

2023

Associations between alcohol brief intervention in primary care and drinking and health outcomes in adults with hypertension and type 2 diabetes: a population-based observational study BMJ Open. 2023 Jan 19;13(1):e064088.
How To Mindfully Consume The News (The Good Trade)

2022

Hiding In Plain Sight: Supporting Young Adult Addiction Care (forbes.com) Hiding in Plain Sight: Understanding Addiction -- Forbes.com story
Patterns of Health Care Use 5 Years After an Intervention Linking Patients in Addiction Treatment With a Primary Care PractitionerPatterns of Health Care Use 5 Years After an Intervention Linking Patients in Addiction Treatment With a Primary Care Practitioner JAMA Netw Open. (Nov 10, 2022)

2021

Patient and provider factors associated with receipt and delivery of brief interventions for unhealthy alcohol use in primary care, Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research (Sep 5, 2021)
Engaging patients in population-based chronic disease management: A qualitative study of barriers and intervention opportunities, Patient Education and Counseling (May 4, 2021)

2020

Associations Between Psychiatric Disorders and Alcohol Consumption Levels in an Adult Primary Care Population, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (Nov 5, 2020)

Associations between medical conditions and alcohol consumption levels in an adult primary care population. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (May 13, 2020)

2019

Changing Results-Engage and Activate to Enhance Wellness: A randomized clinical trial to improve cardiovascular risk management, J Am Heart Assoc (Dec 3, 2019)

2018

Dissemination and Implementation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in the Kaiser Permanente Health Care System: Evaluation of Initial Training and Clinical Outcomes, Behavior Therapy (Aug 1, 2018)

2017

CREATE Wellness: A multi-component behavioral intervention for patients not responding to traditional Cardiovascu disease management, Contemp Clin Trials Commun (Oct 4, 2017)
Alcohol brief intervention in primary care: Blood pressure outcomes in hypertensive patients, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (Jun 1, 2017)

2016

Examination of the effects of an intervention aiming to link patients receiving addiction treatment with health care: the Linkage Study clinical trial, JAMA Psychiatry (Jun 22, 2016)

2015

Physician versus non-physician delivery of alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment in adult primary care: The ADVISe Cluster Randomized Controlled Implementation Trial, Addiction Science and Clinical Practice 10(26):26. PMCID: PMC4653951 (Nov 1, 2015)

2014

Significant life events and their impact on alcohol and drug use: a qualitative study, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 46(5):450-9. (Nov 3, 2014)

2009

El agradecimiento como instrumento, Visión Hispana (Nov 22, 2009)