Deborah Podus

Biographic Data

ID5422101
NAMEDeborah Podus
GIVEN NAMESDeborah
FAMILY NAMEPodus
SIGNATUREPODUS D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, Los Angeles
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS10
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
H-INDEX2

  • Mental Health Need and Substance Abuse Problem Risk

    Michael Campos, Deborah Podus et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnicity in Substance…2008

    Recipients of welfare benefits have elevated rates of mental health and substance-related problems relative to the general public; however, low acculturation among Latinos may be a protective factor for both conditions. Lower acculturation among Latinos is associated with lower levels of mental health and substance-related problems relative to highly acculturated individuals. To our knowledge, there are few published studies examining the potenti…

  • Contingency management for treatment of substance use disorders

    Open AccessMichael Prendergast, Deborah Podus et al.ARTICLEAddiction2006

    Aims To examine the effectiveness of contingency management (CM) techniques in treating substance use disorders (i.e. illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco). Design Meta‐analysis was used to determine the average effect size and potential moderators in 47 comparisons of the effectiveness of CM from studies based on a treatment–control group design and published between 1970 and 2002. Findings The mean effect size (ES) of CM was positive, with a magnitu…

  • Medical and Mental Health Services Utilization among Requalified and Former Drug Addiction and Alcoholism Recipients of SSI

    Open AccessDeborah Podus, Nancy Barron et al.ARTICLEContemporary Drug Problems2003Cited by: 1References: 23

    This article examines the impact of the elimination of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) drug addiction and alcoholism (DA&A) disability category–-and the consequent loss of Medicaid benefits by most of those terminated from SSI–-on the medical and mental health services utilization of affected individuals. Data are from a two-year, five-wave panel study of a random sample of 1,764 former DA&A recipients in nine sites. Respondents were group…

  • Drug use Prevalence among Former SSI DA&A Recipients

    Open AccessDeborah Podus, Eunice Chang et al.ARTICLEContemporary Drug Problems2003Cited by: 5References: 8

    This paper examines illegal drug use prevalence among former recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits for drug addiction and alcoholism (DA&A) in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Seattle, based on urinalysis and self-report data. It presents estimates of current prevalence (past three days) for four categories of illegal drugs–-opiates, cocaine, marijuana, or any use–-at 12 and 24 months after termination of the DA&A program.…

  • Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Disability Insurance (DI), and Substance Abusers

    Open AccessCarole Roan Gresenz, Katherine E Watkins et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal1998Cited by: 4References: 2