Stacey B. Daughters, Assistant Professor

Dr. Daughters is currently an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Stress, Health, and Addictions Research Program (SHARP) in the Department of Public and Community Health. She received her PhD in clinical psychology and completed her clinical internship at the Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies. Her research expertise includes the neurobiological and behavioral determinants of stress, addiction, and HIV risk behavior, and the translation of this knowledge into effective prevention and intervention programs aimed at reducing health disparities. She currently holds multiple NIH funded grants, and her current research interests include the examination of (1) depression and HIV medication interventions for low income HIV positive substance users; (2) neural correlates of distress tolerance using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); (3) stress based behavioral and biological indicators of treatment failure/relapse across addictive disorders; and (4) distress tolerance as a risk factor for adolescent substance use and HIV risk behaviors.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Daughters, S.B., Richards, J.M., Gorka, S., & Sinha, R. (in press). HPA axis response to psychological stress is predictive of treatment retention in residential substance abuse treatment. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Daughters, S.B., Reynolds, E.K., MacPherson, L., et al. (2009). Distress tolerance and early adolescent externalizing and internalizing symptoms: The moderating role of gender and ethnicity. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 198-205.

Daughters, S.B., Braun, A.R., Sargeant, M.N., et al., (2008). Effectiveness of a brief behavioral treatment for inner-city illicit drug users with elevated depressive symptoms: The Life Enhancement Treatment for Substance Use (LETS ACT!). The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 69, 122-129.

Daughters, S.B., Stipelman, B.A., Sargeant, M.N., Schuster, R., Bornovalova, M.A., & Lejuez, C.W. (2008). The interactive effects of antisocial personality disorder and court-mandated status on substance abuse treatment dropout. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 34, 157-164.

Bornovalova, M.A., & Daughters, S.B. (2007). Treatment techniques facilitating treatment retention among individuals with comorbid borderline personality disorder and substance use disorders: A specific focus on dialectical behavior therapy. Clinical Psychology Review, 27, 923-943.

Daughters, S.B., Lejuez, C.W., Bornovalova, M.A., Kahler, C., Strong, D., & Brown, R. (2005). Distress tolerance as a predictor of early treatment dropout in a residential substance abuse treatment facility. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 114, 729-734.

GRANTS (currently funded)

Behavioral Depression Treatment for African American HIV-infected Substance Users
Principal Investigator: Stacey B. Daughters, Ph.D.
Agency, Type, and Number: National Institute on Drug Abuse R01 DA022974
Period: 9/1/08 - 8/30/12
Overall Goal: To develop and test the effectiveness of an integrated treatment to improve medication adherence and decrease depressive symptoms and sexual risk taking behavior among HIV positive inner-city substance users.

Distress Tolerance and Adolescent Substance Use
Principal Investigator: Stacey B. Daughters, Ph.D.
Agency, Type, and Number: National Institute on Drug Abuse R21 DA022741
Period: 9/1/07 - 8/30/09
Overall Goal: To examine the relationship between distress tolerance and adolescent substance use.