Darren Urada
Biographic Data
| ID | 5860478 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Darren Urada |
| GIVEN NAMES | Darren |
| FAMILY NAME | Urada |
| SIGNATURE | URADA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2004-6623 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Racial dynamics among clients in a residential substance use disorder treatment program in South Los Angeles and its impact on clients' treatment experiences
This study seeks to investigate racial dynamics among clients in a female-only residential substance use disorder treatment facility in South Los Angeles and its effects on treatment experiences. Clients were interviewed about their interracial interactions, perceptions of clients of races and ethnicities different from their own and how racial dynamics might affect their experiences in treatment. Nine interviews were conducted and analyzed using…
Treatment Motivation Predicts Substance Use Treatment Retention Across Individuals with and Without Co-Occurring Mental Illness
Peace building through a substance use conference structured on peace psychology principles
In 2005, researchers and policymakers gathered in Istanbul, Turkey for a conference, Delivery Systems for Substance Abuse Treatment, to address the internationally shared problem of substance use disorders. The conference included participants from the United States, Israel, and neighboring Middle Eastern countries and territories and was structured to create conditions that behavioral scientists have identified as key factors in facilitating suc…
Offender Diversion Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Objectives. We determined the costs and savings attributable to the California Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA), which mandated probation or continued parole with substance abuse treatment in lieu of incarceration for adult offenders convicted of nonviolent drug offenses and probation and parole violators. Methods. We used individually linked, population-level administrative data to define intervention and control cohorts of offen…
The California Integration Learning Collaborative
The California Substance Use Disorder (SUD)/Health Care Integration Learning Collaborative (CILC) aims to provide an interactive forum where county administrators, SUD provider organization representatives, and other key stakeholders can collaborate to identify successful models and processes for SUD integration into primary health care, as well as common barriers and solutions. We present the topics discussed within the CILC that have focused on…
Integrating Substance Use Disorder Services with Primary Care
Integrating substance use disorder (SUD) services with primary care (PC) can improve access to SUD services for the 20.9 million Americans who need SUD treatment but do not receive it, and help prevent the onset of SUDs among the 68 million Americans who use psychoactive substances in a risky manner. We lay out the reasons for integrating SUD and PC services and then explore the models used and the experiences of providers as they have begun SUD/…
Perceptions of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services Integration Among the Workforce in Primary Care Settings
It is important to understand the perceptions of staff members who will be implementing the expected integration of mental health and substance use services into primary care. Surveys were administered to mental health/substance use disorder (MH/SUD) staff, support staff (SS), and primary care providers (PCPs) from three organizations (seven sites) that were participating in an initiative to promote the integration of MH/SUD services into primary…
Treating Opioid Use Under California's Proposition 36
In California, Proposition 36 (Prop. 36) has led to positive outcomes for a significant proportion of participants-increases in drug treatment completion, reduced drug use and recidivism, and increased employment. However, there are notable differences in outcomes among Prop. 36 subgroups, with some of the poorest outcomes observed among opioid users. This may be because very few Prop. 36 opioid users were placed in narcotic treatment programs (N…
Treatment Outcomes for Methamphetamine Users
Methamphetamine (meth) is a major drug of abuse in California and several other states, particularly among criminal offender populations. Over the past decade, substance abuse treatment systems have had to adapt to and accommodate the increasing needs of meth users and, in California, deal with the impact of Proposition 36, which has resulted in a greater number of criminal offenders entering the treatment system. This study examines selected tre…
Improving the Accountability of California's Public Substance Abuse Treatment System through the Implementation of Performance Models
Improving the care for individuals with substance use disorders is a national health policy priority. Like other parts of the health care system, the addiction field is under pressure for higher accountability-more efficient use of treatment resources, the delivery of quality services, and the production of positive client outcomes. This introductory article highlights the importance of the collection of articles being published in this special i…
Criminal Justice Treatment Admissions for Methamphetamine Use in California
Methamphetamine (MA) use is considered as one of the nation's most pressing drug problems. In California, MA use has outstripped all other drugs in epidemiological extent, law enforcement activities, and treatment services demand. An opportunity for further study of MA use and its treatment emerged from a change in offender sentencing options introduced by California's Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 (SACPA). Results indicate tha…
Crossed categorization beyond the two-group model
Four studies examined processing of in-group and out-group information with stimuli that are more complex than those used in previous crossed categorization studies. A diverse set of predictions is generated by previous theoretical work to account for how participants will integrate information stemming from multiple group memberships. Heuristic, threshold-based processing of information was supported over algebraic processing. Participants appea…
Evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act
Representing a major shift in criminal justice policy, Proposition 36 became law in November 2000 as the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA), permitting eligible offenders to receive probation with drug treatment instead of probation or incarceration. UCLA's Integrated Substance Abuse Programs was chosen by the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to conduct an independent evaluation of SACPA. Analysis of the first thre…
The California Substance Abuse Research Consortium
When research results are passively presented in the policy world, especially when policy is tied to politics, researchers are often surprised and disappointed that officials do not attend to the obvious applications of their work. Active, timely, bidirectional exchange of information among parties is crucial. However, many contextual influences inhibit exchange efforts and must be recognized and understood in order to be overcome. Obstacles incl…
The impact of positive mood and category importance on crossed categorization effects
Four studies examined the effect of positive versus neutral affect on preference among potential discussion partners who were members of two in-groups, two out-groups, or both an in-group and an out-group (crossed targets). The importance of targets' category memberships was manipulated by idiographically based selection. Positive affect elevated evaluation of crossed targets with a dominant (differentially important) in-group (Study 1). When cat…
Crossed categorization beyond the two-group model
Four studies examined processing of in-group and out-group information with stimuli that are more complex than those used in previous crossed categorization studies. A diverse set of predictions is generated by previous theoretical work to account for how participants will integrate information stemming from multiple group memberships. Heuristic, threshold-based processing of information was supported over algebraic processing. Participants appea…
The impact of positive mood and category importance on crossed categorization effects
Four studies examined the effect of positive versus neutral affect on preference among potential discussion partners who were members of two in-groups, two out-groups, or both an in-group and an out-group (crossed targets). The importance of targets' category memberships was manipulated by idiographically based selection. Positive affect elevated evaluation of crossed targets with a dominant (differentially important) in-group (Study 1). When cat…
Offender Diversion Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Objectives. We determined the costs and savings attributable to the California Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA), which mandated probation or continued parole with substance abuse treatment in lieu of incarceration for adult offenders convicted of nonviolent drug offenses and probation and parole violators. Methods. We used individually linked, population-level administrative data to define intervention and control cohorts of offen…
The impact of positive mood and category importance on crossed categorization effects
Four studies examined the effect of positive versus neutral affect on preference among potential discussion partners who were members of two in-groups, two out-groups, or both an in-group and an out-group (crossed targets). The importance of targets' category memberships was manipulated by idiographically based selection. Positive affect elevated evaluation of crossed targets with a dominant (differentially important) in-group (Study 1). When cat…
The California Substance Abuse Research Consortium
When research results are passively presented in the policy world, especially when policy is tied to politics, researchers are often surprised and disappointed that officials do not attend to the obvious applications of their work. Active, timely, bidirectional exchange of information among parties is crucial. However, many contextual influences inhibit exchange efforts and must be recognized and understood in order to be overcome. Obstacles incl…
Evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act
Representing a major shift in criminal justice policy, Proposition 36 became law in November 2000 as the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA), permitting eligible offenders to receive probation with drug treatment instead of probation or incarceration. UCLA's Integrated Substance Abuse Programs was chosen by the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to conduct an independent evaluation of SACPA. Analysis of the first thre…
Criminal Justice Treatment Admissions for Methamphetamine Use in California
Methamphetamine (MA) use is considered as one of the nation's most pressing drug problems. In California, MA use has outstripped all other drugs in epidemiological extent, law enforcement activities, and treatment services demand. An opportunity for further study of MA use and its treatment emerged from a change in offender sentencing options introduced by California's Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 (SACPA). Results indicate tha…
Crossed categorization beyond the two-group model
Four studies examined processing of in-group and out-group information with stimuli that are more complex than those used in previous crossed categorization studies. A diverse set of predictions is generated by previous theoretical work to account for how participants will integrate information stemming from multiple group memberships. Heuristic, threshold-based processing of information was supported over algebraic processing. Participants appea…
Improving the Accountability of California's Public Substance Abuse Treatment System through the Implementation of Performance Models
Improving the care for individuals with substance use disorders is a national health policy priority. Like other parts of the health care system, the addiction field is under pressure for higher accountability-more efficient use of treatment resources, the delivery of quality services, and the production of positive client outcomes. This introductory article highlights the importance of the collection of articles being published in this special i…
Treating Opioid Use Under California's Proposition 36
In California, Proposition 36 (Prop. 36) has led to positive outcomes for a significant proportion of participants-increases in drug treatment completion, reduced drug use and recidivism, and increased employment. However, there are notable differences in outcomes among Prop. 36 subgroups, with some of the poorest outcomes observed among opioid users. This may be because very few Prop. 36 opioid users were placed in narcotic treatment programs (N…
Treatment Outcomes for Methamphetamine Users
Methamphetamine (meth) is a major drug of abuse in California and several other states, particularly among criminal offender populations. Over the past decade, substance abuse treatment systems have had to adapt to and accommodate the increasing needs of meth users and, in California, deal with the impact of Proposition 36, which has resulted in a greater number of criminal offenders entering the treatment system. This study examines selected tre…
The California Integration Learning Collaborative
The California Substance Use Disorder (SUD)/Health Care Integration Learning Collaborative (CILC) aims to provide an interactive forum where county administrators, SUD provider organization representatives, and other key stakeholders can collaborate to identify successful models and processes for SUD integration into primary health care, as well as common barriers and solutions. We present the topics discussed within the CILC that have focused on…
Integrating Substance Use Disorder Services with Primary Care
Integrating substance use disorder (SUD) services with primary care (PC) can improve access to SUD services for the 20.9 million Americans who need SUD treatment but do not receive it, and help prevent the onset of SUDs among the 68 million Americans who use psychoactive substances in a risky manner. We lay out the reasons for integrating SUD and PC services and then explore the models used and the experiences of providers as they have begun SUD/…
Perceptions of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services Integration Among the Workforce in Primary Care Settings
It is important to understand the perceptions of staff members who will be implementing the expected integration of mental health and substance use services into primary care. Surveys were administered to mental health/substance use disorder (MH/SUD) staff, support staff (SS), and primary care providers (PCPs) from three organizations (seven sites) that were participating in an initiative to promote the integration of MH/SUD services into primary…
Offender Diversion Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Objectives. We determined the costs and savings attributable to the California Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA), which mandated probation or continued parole with substance abuse treatment in lieu of incarceration for adult offenders convicted of nonviolent drug offenses and probation and parole violators. Methods. We used individually linked, population-level administrative data to define intervention and control cohorts of offen…
Treatment Motivation Predicts Substance Use Treatment Retention Across Individuals with and Without Co-Occurring Mental Illness
Peace building through a substance use conference structured on peace psychology principles
In 2005, researchers and policymakers gathered in Istanbul, Turkey for a conference, Delivery Systems for Substance Abuse Treatment, to address the internationally shared problem of substance use disorders. The conference included participants from the United States, Israel, and neighboring Middle Eastern countries and territories and was structured to create conditions that behavioral scientists have identified as key factors in facilitating suc…
Racial dynamics among clients in a residential substance use disorder treatment program in South Los Angeles and its impact on clients' treatment experiences
This study seeks to investigate racial dynamics among clients in a female-only residential substance use disorder treatment facility in South Los Angeles and its effects on treatment experiences. Clients were interviewed about their interracial interactions, perceptions of clients of races and ethnicities different from their own and how racial dynamics might affect their experiences in treatment. Nine interviews were conducted and analyzed using…
Psychology (14 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (10 works) · Political science (7 works) · Substance abuse (7 works) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (5 works) · Substance use (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Family medicine (4 works)