Lisa R LaRowe
Biographic Data
| ID | 7179743 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lisa R LaRowe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lisa R |
| FAMILY NAME | LaRowe |
| SIGNATURE | LAROWE L R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1137-2849 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Chronic Pain Management in an Aging Population
Chronic pain in older adults is highly prevalent and often more complex to manage. Despite some recent successes in improving chronic pain management in this population, critical challenges and policy barriers remain: (1) healthcare professionals do not have enough training, education or experience; (2) treatments are too focused on biological causes of pain; (3) opioid regulations have had unintended consequences; (4) there are barriers to nonop…
Going Beyond Medications for Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is prevalent in the U.S. and a major source of disability. Americans are familiar with, and often reliant on, pharmacologic interventions for analgesia. However, nonpharmacologic interventions can be equally effective in reducing pain and related impairment. The complex nature of chronic pain and the specific goal of reducing reliance on opioid analgesics, together, support utilizing a more comprehensive, biopsychosocial approach. Al…
Perceived Relations Between Pain and Alcohol Use Are Associated with Hazardous Drinking Among Adults with Chronic Pain
BACKGROUND: Hazardous alcohol use is highly prevalent among adults with chronic pain. Although there is reason to believe that perceptions about the relationships between pain and alcohol use are important for understanding, predicting, and intervening upon alcohol use behavior, no prior work has explored such perceptions or their association with hazardous drinking. METHODS: = 33), we examined the relationship between perceptions regarding pain …
Expectancies for Alcohol Analgesia Among Emerging Adults
Background Alcohol and pain frequently co-occur and interact in a positive feedback loop that maintains and exacerbates both conditions. The Expectancies for Alcohol Analgesia (EAA) is a recently developed, single-factor measure that assesses the extent to which individuals expect alcohol will reduce their pain. Alcohol-related outcome expectancies motivate drinking and predict drinking trajectories among emerging adults (18–24). The EAA was init…
Position Statement
The authors declare no conflicts of interest. This is a position statement. Therefore, it was not formally registered. There are no data, analysis plans, analytic code, or materials associated with this study
Pain Intensity and Hazardous Cannabis Use
Although cannabis has gained attention as a potential treatment for chronic pain, hazardous cannabis use (i.e. patterns of use that have harmful consequences) has been linked to negative health outcomes. Pain intensity is associated with greater cannabis use, and individuals with greater pain-related anxiety may be more likely to respond to pain with substance use. However, no prior work has examined the role of pain-related anxiety in hazardous …
Sleep-Related Cannabis Expectancy Questionnaire (SR-CEQ)
Expectancies regarding the sleep-promoting effects of cannabis may exacerbate the propensity to self-medicate sleep problems with cannabis. Given the potential clinical importance of expectancies for the sedative effects of cannabis, Goodhines et al (2020) developed the Sleep-Related Cannabis Expectancies Questionnaire (SR-CEQ). However, concurrent validity of this instrument has not been evaluated. This study aimed to replicate the two-factor st…
Initial Validation of the Intentions to Co-Use Alcohol and Opioids Scale
Co-use of alcohol and prescription opioid medication increases risk for harmful and potentially fatal health effects (e.g., overdose). Behavioral intentions (i.e., the immediate antecedent of corresponding behavior according to the Theory of Planned Behavior) are important in prediction of substance use, and a valid measure assessing intentions to co-use alcohol and opioids is needed to identify individuals at-risk for harmful substance use. The …
Prevalence and impact of comorbid chronic pain and cigarette smoking among people living with HIV
Rates of chronic pain and cigarette smoking are each substantially higher among people living with HIV (PLWH) than in the general population. The goal of these analyses was to examine the prevalence and impact of comorbid chronic pain and cigarette smoking among PLWH. Participants included 3289 PLWH (83% male) who were recruited from five HIV clinics. As expected, the prevalence of smoking was higher among PLWH with chronic pain (41.9%), than PLW…
Sleep-Related Cannabis Expectancy Questionnaire (SR-CEQ)
A growing body of literature demonstrates that cannabis is commonly used to aid sleep. Consistent with social cognitive theory, there is a vast literature documenting the role of outcome expectancies in the initiation, progression, and maintenance of cannabis use. Despite the readily endorsed belief that cannabis will help improve sleep, sleep-related expectancies have not been included in widely used cannabis expectancy measures. This study aime…
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Sleep-Related Cannabis Expectancy Questionnaire (SR-CEQ)
A growing body of literature demonstrates that cannabis is commonly used to aid sleep. Consistent with social cognitive theory, there is a vast literature documenting the role of outcome expectancies in the initiation, progression, and maintenance of cannabis use. Despite the readily endorsed belief that cannabis will help improve sleep, sleep-related expectancies have not been included in widely used cannabis expectancy measures. This study aime…
Prevalence and impact of comorbid chronic pain and cigarette smoking among people living with HIV
Rates of chronic pain and cigarette smoking are each substantially higher among people living with HIV (PLWH) than in the general population. The goal of these analyses was to examine the prevalence and impact of comorbid chronic pain and cigarette smoking among PLWH. Participants included 3289 PLWH (83% male) who were recruited from five HIV clinics. As expected, the prevalence of smoking was higher among PLWH with chronic pain (41.9%), than PLW…
Initial Validation of the Intentions to Co-Use Alcohol and Opioids Scale
Co-use of alcohol and prescription opioid medication increases risk for harmful and potentially fatal health effects (e.g., overdose). Behavioral intentions (i.e., the immediate antecedent of corresponding behavior according to the Theory of Planned Behavior) are important in prediction of substance use, and a valid measure assessing intentions to co-use alcohol and opioids is needed to identify individuals at-risk for harmful substance use. The …
Sleep-Related Cannabis Expectancy Questionnaire (SR-CEQ)
Expectancies regarding the sleep-promoting effects of cannabis may exacerbate the propensity to self-medicate sleep problems with cannabis. Given the potential clinical importance of expectancies for the sedative effects of cannabis, Goodhines et al (2020) developed the Sleep-Related Cannabis Expectancies Questionnaire (SR-CEQ). However, concurrent validity of this instrument has not been evaluated. This study aimed to replicate the two-factor st…
Chronic Pain Management in an Aging Population
Chronic pain in older adults is highly prevalent and often more complex to manage. Despite some recent successes in improving chronic pain management in this population, critical challenges and policy barriers remain: (1) healthcare professionals do not have enough training, education or experience; (2) treatments are too focused on biological causes of pain; (3) opioid regulations have had unintended consequences; (4) there are barriers to nonop…
Going Beyond Medications for Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is prevalent in the U.S. and a major source of disability. Americans are familiar with, and often reliant on, pharmacologic interventions for analgesia. However, nonpharmacologic interventions can be equally effective in reducing pain and related impairment. The complex nature of chronic pain and the specific goal of reducing reliance on opioid analgesics, together, support utilizing a more comprehensive, biopsychosocial approach. Al…
Perceived Relations Between Pain and Alcohol Use Are Associated with Hazardous Drinking Among Adults with Chronic Pain
BACKGROUND: Hazardous alcohol use is highly prevalent among adults with chronic pain. Although there is reason to believe that perceptions about the relationships between pain and alcohol use are important for understanding, predicting, and intervening upon alcohol use behavior, no prior work has explored such perceptions or their association with hazardous drinking. METHODS: = 33), we examined the relationship between perceptions regarding pain …
Expectancies for Alcohol Analgesia Among Emerging Adults
Background Alcohol and pain frequently co-occur and interact in a positive feedback loop that maintains and exacerbates both conditions. The Expectancies for Alcohol Analgesia (EAA) is a recently developed, single-factor measure that assesses the extent to which individuals expect alcohol will reduce their pain. Alcohol-related outcome expectancies motivate drinking and predict drinking trajectories among emerging adults (18–24). The EAA was init…
Position Statement
The authors declare no conflicts of interest. This is a position statement. Therefore, it was not formally registered. There are no data, analysis plans, analytic code, or materials associated with this study
Pain Intensity and Hazardous Cannabis Use
Although cannabis has gained attention as a potential treatment for chronic pain, hazardous cannabis use (i.e. patterns of use that have harmful consequences) has been linked to negative health outcomes. Pain intensity is associated with greater cannabis use, and individuals with greater pain-related anxiety may be more likely to respond to pain with substance use. However, no prior work has examined the role of pain-related anxiety in hazardous …
Psychiatry (10 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Chronic pain (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (5 works) · Cannabis (4 works) · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Confirmatory factor analysis (4 works)