CHCE Investigators
Christine Timko, Ph.D.
- Associate Director, VA HSR&D Center for Health Care Evaluation
- Research Career Scientist, VA HSR&D
- Consulting Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
- BA, University of Pennsylvania
- MS, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Facilitating continuing care and 12-step self-help group participation
- Quality of care in substance abuse and psychiatric treatment
- Course of treated and untreated substance use disorders and treatment careers
- Impact of substance abuse and psychiatric disorders on the family
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher | Year |
| Timko, C., Sutkowi, A., Paveo, J., & Kimerling, R. | Women's childhood and adult victimization, mental health, and binge drinking. | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 3, 15-23. | 2008 |
| Timko, C., Cronkite, R.C., Swindle, R., Robinson, R.L., Turrubiartes, P., & Moos, R.H. | Functioning status of adult children of depressed parents: A 23-year follow-up. | Psychological Medicine, 38, 343-352. | 2008 |
| Timko, C. | Outcomes of AA for special populations. | Recent Developments in Alcoholism, 18, 373-392 | 2008 |
| Timko, C., & DeBenedetti, A. | A randomized controlled trial of intensive referral to 12-step self-help groups: One-year outcomes. | Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 90, 270-279. | 2007 |
| Timko, C., DeBenedetti, A., Moos, B.S., & Moos, R.H. | Predictors of 16-year mortality among individuals initiating help-seeking for an alcoholic use disorder. | Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 30, 1711-1720. | 2006 |
| Timko, C., DeBenedetti, A., & Billow, R. | Characteristics of homeless veterans who choose not to use housing services. | American Journal of Community Psychology. | 2006 |
| Timko, C., DeBenedetti, A., & Billow, R. | Intensive referral to 12-step self-help groups and six-month substance use disorder outcomes. | Addiction, 101, 678-688. | 2006 |
| Timko, C., Chen, S., Sempel, J. M, & Barnett, P. G. | Dual diagnosis patients in community or hospital care: 1-year outcomes and health care utilization and costs. | Journal of Mental Health, 15, 163-177. | 2006 |
| Timko, C., Billow, R., & DeBenedetti, A. | Determinants of 12-step group affiliation and moderators of the affiliation-abstinence relationship. | Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 83, 111-121. | 2006 |
| Chen, S., Barnett, P. G., Sempel, J. M., & Timko, C. | Outcomes and costs of matching the intensity of dual diagnosis treatment to patients’ symptom severity. | Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 31, 95-105. | 2006 |
| Timko, C., Finney, J. W., & Moos, R. H. | The 8-year course of alcohol abuse: Gender differences in social context and coping. | Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29, 612-621. . | 2005 |
| Timko, C., Dixon, K., & Moos, R. H. | Treatment for dual diagnosis patients in the psychiatric and substance abuse systems. | Mental Health Services Research, 7, 229-242 | 2005 |
| Timko, C., & Sempel, J. M. | Intensity of acute services, self-help attendance, and 1-year outcomes among dual diagnosis patients. | Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 65, 274-282. | 2004 |
| Timko, C. & Sempel, J. M. | Short-term outcomes of matching dual diagnosis patients’ symptom severity to treatment intensity. | Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 26, 209-218. | 2004 |
| Timko, C., Sempel, J. M., & Moos, R. H. | Models of standard and intensive outpatient care in substance abuse and psychiatric treatment. | Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 30, 417-436. | 2003 |
| Timko, C., Lesar, M., Calvi, N., & Moos, R. H. | Trends in acute mental health care: Comparing psychiatric and substance abuse treatment programs. | Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 30, 145-160. | 2003 |
| Timko, C., Moos, R. H., Finney, J. W., & Connell, E. G. | Gender differences in help-seeking and the 8-year course of alcohol abuse. | Addiction, 97, 877-889. | 2002 |
| Timko, C., & Moos, R. H. | Symptom severity, amount of treatment, and 1-year outcomes among dual diagnosis patients. | Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 30, 35-54. | 2002 |
| Timko, C., Cronkite, R. C., Berg, E., & Moos, R. H. | Children of parents with unipolar depression: A comparison of stably remitted, partially remitted, and nonremitted parents and nondepressed controls. | Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 32, 165-185. | 2002 |
| Timko, C., Yu, K., & Moos, R. H. | Demand characteristics of residential substance abuse treatment programs. | Journal of Substance Abuse, 12, 387-403. | 2000 |
| Timko, C., Moos, R. H., Finney, J. W., & Lesar, M. D. | Long-term outcomes of alcohol use disorders: Comparing untreated individuals with those in Alcoholics Anonymous and formal treatment. | Journal of Studies Alcohol, 61, 529-540. | 2000 |
| Timko, C., Lesar, M., Engelbrekt, M., & Moos, R.H. | Changes in services and structure among residential substance abuse treatment facilities. | Psychiatric Services, 51, 494-498. | 2000 |
| Timko, C., Kaplowitz, M. S., & Moos, R. H. | Children’s health and child-parent relationships as predictors of problem drinking parents’ long-term adaptation. | Journal of Substance Abuse, 11, 103-121. | 2000 |