United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Center for Health Care Evaluation

CHCE Investigators

Keith Humphreys, Ph.D.

Keith Humphreys, Ph.D.

Brief Bio

  • Research Career Scientist, HSR&D
  • Director, Program Evaluation and Resource Center
  • Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
  • BA, Michigan State University
  • MA, Ph.D., University of Illinois

Research Interests

  • Self-help/Mutual aid organizations for chronic
    disorders
  • National mental health and drug-related policy
  • Quantitative and qualitative research methods

 

Publications

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Cunningham J. A., Neighbors, C., Wild, C., & Humphreys, K. (2008). Ultra-brief intervention for problem drinkers: Research Protocol. BMC Public Health, 8, 298.
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Humphreys, K. (2008). Can Dr. Orford's Patient Be Saved? Addiction, 103, 887-888.
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Humphreys, K., Trafton, J. A., & Oliva, E. M.(2008). Does following research-derived practice guidelines improve opiate-dependent patients’ outcomes under everyday practice conditions? Results of the Multisite Opiate Substitution Treatment study.  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 34, 173-179.
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Greenfield, K. T., Stoneking, B. C., Humphreys, K., Sundby, E., & Bond, J.(2008). A Randomized Trial of a Mental Health Consumer-Managed Alternative to Civil Commitment for Acute Psychiatric Crisis.  American Journal of Community Psychology, 42, 135-144
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Humphreys, K., & Moos, R. H.(2007). Encouraging Posttreatment Self-Help Group Involvement to Reduce Demand for Continuing Care Services: Two-Year Clinical and Utilization Outcomes.  Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31(1), 64-68.
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Cunningham, J. A., Selby, P. L., Kypri, K., & Humphreys, K. (2006). Access to the Internet among drinkers, smokers and illicit drug users: Is it a barrier to the provision of interventions on the World Wide Web?  Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine, 31, 53-58.
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Cunningham, J. A., Humphreys, K., Koski-Jännes, A, Kypri, K., & van Mierlo. (2006). Formative evaluation and three-month follow-up of an online personalized assessment feedback intervention for problem drinkers.  Journal of Medical Internet Research, 8, e5(pp1-9).
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Humphreys, K., Weingardt, K. R., Horst, D., Joshi, A. A., & Finney, J. W. (2005). Prevalence and predictors of research participant eligibility criteria in alcohol treatment outcome studies, 1970-1998.  Addiction, 100, 1249-1257.
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Cunningham, J.A., Humphreys, K., Koski-Jännes, A., & Cordingley, J. (2005). Internet and paper self-help materials for problem drinking: Is there an additive effect?  Addictive Behaviors, 30, 1517-1523.
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Möggi, F., Giovanoli, A., Sutter, M., & Humphreys, K. (2005). Validity and reliability of the German version of the Short Understanding of Substance Abuse Scales.  European Addiction Research, 11, 172-129.
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Humphreys, K., Macus, S., Stewart, E., & Oliva, E. (2004). Expanding self-help group participation in culturally diverse urban areas: Media approaches to leveraging referent power.  Journal of Community Psychology, 32, 413-424.
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Humphreys, K., Wing, S., McCarty, D., Chappel, J., Gallant, L., Haberle, B., Horvath, A. T., Kaskutas L. A., Kirk, T., Kivlahan, D., Laudet, A., McCrady, B.S., McLellan, A.T., Morgenstern, J., Townsend, M., & Weiss, R. (2004). Self-help organizations for alcohol and drug problems: Towards evidence-based practice and policy.  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 26, 151-158.
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Humphreys, K. (2003). A research-based analysis of the Moderation Management controversy.Psychiatric Services, 54, 621-622.
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Humphreys, K. (2003). Do participants in alcoholism treatment outcome studies resemble patients seen in everyday practice?  Psychiatric Services, 54, 1576.
Humphreys, K., Trafton, J., & Wagner, T. (2003). Estimating the cost of Institutional Review Board procedures in multi-center treatment research.  Annals of Internal Medicine, 139, 77.
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Humphreys, K., & Tucker, J. (2002). Toward more responsive and effective intervention systems for alcohol-related problems. Addiction, 97, 126-132.
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Humphreys, K., & Tucker, J. (2002).  Romance, realism, and the future of alcohol intervention systems.  Addiction, 97, 139-140.
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Kaskutas, L. A., Bond, J. A., & Humphreys, K. (2002). Social networks as mediators of the effect of Alcoholics Anonymous.  Addiction, 97,891-900.
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Humphreys, K., & Klaw, E. (2001). Can targeting non-dependent problem drinkers and providing internet-based services expand access to assistance for alcohol problems?: A study of the Moderation Management self-help/mutual aid organization.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 62, 528-532.
Humphreys, K., & Moos, R. H. (2001).  Can encouraging substance abuse inpatients to participate in self-help groups reduce demand for health care?: A quasi-experimental study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 25, 711-716.
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Mankowski, E., Humphreys, K., & Moos, R. H. (2001). Individual and contextual predictors of involvement in twelve step self-help groups after substance abuse treatment.  American  Journal of Community Psychology, 29, 537-563.
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Ouimette, P. C., Humphreys, K., Moos, R. H., Finney, J. W., Cronkite, R.C., & Federman, B.(2001). Self-help group participation among substance abuse disorder patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 20, 25-32.
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Cunningham, J. A., Humphreys, K., Koski-Jännes, A. (2000). Providing personalized assessment feedback for problem drinking on the internet: A pilot project.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 61, 794-798.
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Humphreys, K. (2000). On giving birth: Goodbye and thank you from the associate editor.  International Journal of Self-Help and Self-Care, 1, 193-194.
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Humphreys, K., & Weingardt, K. R. (2000).  Assessing readmission to substance abuse treatment as an indicator of outcome and program performance.  Psychiatric Services, 51, 1568-1569.
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Humphreys, K. (2000).  Beyond the mental health clinic: New settings and activities for clinical psychology internships.  Professional Psychology, 31, 300-304.
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Humphreys, K. (2000).  Community narratives and personal stories in Alcoholics Anonymous. Journal of Community Psychology, 28, 495-506.
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Humphreys, K., Winzelberg, A., & Klaw, E. (2000). Psychologists’ ethical responsibilities in internet-based groups: Issues, strategies, and a call for dialogue.  Professional Psychology, 31, 493-496.
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Humphreys, K., & Weisner, C. (2000).  Use of exclusion criteria in selecting research subjects and its effect on the generalizability of alcohol treatment outcome studies. American Journal of Psychiatry, 157, 588-594.
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Klaw, E., Huebsch, P. D., & Humphreys, K. (2000). Communication patterns in an on-line mutual help group for problem drinkers.  Journal of Community Psychology, 28, 535-546.
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Klaw, E., & Humphreys, K. (2000). Life stories of Moderation Management mutual help group members.  Contemporary Drug Problems, 27, 779-803.

 

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