Dr. Ned L. Cooney

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VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Newington Campus
Psychiatry
Director
Yale University
School of Medicine
Psychiatry
Substance Abuse
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 1992

Mailing Address

VA Connecticut Healthcare System
(116A-3)
555 Willard Avenue
Newington, Connecticut 06111
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (860) 594-6339
Fax: (860) 667-6842
ned.cooney@yale.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Clinical Psychology, 1981.
B.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook, Psychology, 1977.

Expertise and Research Interests

My research is focused on the efficacy of psychotherapy for alcohol dependence, on the determinants of relapse after alcoholism treatment, and on the interaction of alcohol and tobacco dependence. I have conducted a number of studies that have attempted to bridge the gap between basic behavioral research and clinical treatment methods. My alcohol cue reactivity research involved a systematic laboratory assessment of subjective and physiological responses to alcohol-related stimuli. Using this methodology, I have attempted to bring the phenomenon of ''craving'' into the laboratory. My studies of alcohol cue reactivity have focused on the contribution of negative affect to craving for alcohol. I have conducted two clinical trials designed to testthe alcohol treatment matching hypothesis. My interest in matching has focused on severity of alcohol dependence and comorbid psychopathology as matching variables. My recent research has utilized Ecological Momentary Assessment methodology to study craving and relapse after alcohol treatment. Computerized self-monitoring is used to obtain real-time assessments of alcohol craving antecedents and consequences. This methodology is also used to measure the impact of tobacco smoking on alcohol urges.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Alcohol Or Alcoholism, Alcoholism Prevention, Alcoholism Treatment, Ambulatory Care, Behavioral Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Clinical Trial, Human Subjects Policy, Mental Health Services, Psychiatry, Psychometrics, Psychotherapy, Smoking Behavior, Substance Abuse.

Additional Terms:

Alcoholic Beverage Consumption, Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse Therapy, Clinical Trial, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Cooperative Study, Cue Reactivity, Ecological Momentary Assessment, Human Data, Human Subject, Human Therapy Evaluation, Interview, Longitudinal Human Study, Mental Health Counseling, Motivation, Outpatient Care, Prognosis, Psychometrics, Psychotherapy, Substance Abuse, Tobacco Smoking.

Memberships

American Psychological Association
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

Honors and Awards

2006-2008, Member, Study Section, Risk, Prevention and Intervention for the Addictions, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Concurrent Alcohol and Smoking Treatment: Effects on Alcohol Relapse Risk, $1,340,291, 2008 to 2012.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Combination Nicotine Replacement for Alcoholic Smokers, $1,797,321, 2002 to 2008.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Field Study of Smoking Cessation in Alcoholism Treatment, $842,761, 1997 to 2002.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Matching Patients to Alcoholism Treatments, $107,556, 1994 to 1998.

Publications

  • Cooney NL, Cooney JL, Perry BL, Carbone M, Cohen EH, Steinberg HR, Pilkey DT, Sevarino K, Oncken CA, Litt MD (Jun 2009) Smoking cessation during alcohol treatment: a randomized trial of combination nicotine patch plus nicotine gum., Addiction (Abingdon, England) Abstract
  • Kranitz, L.S., Holt, L., Cooney, N.L. (2009) Individualized problem assessment II: Assessing clients from a broader perspective In P.M. Miller (eds), Evidence-based addiction treatment, New York, Elsevier, 139-155 pages, ISBN=978-0-12-3743 (bookchapter)
  • Holt, L, Kranitz, L.S., Cooney, N.L. (2009) Individualized problem assessment I: Assessing cognitive and behavioral factors In P.M. Miller (eds), Evidence-based addiction treatment, New York, Elsevier, 119-137 pages, ISBN=978-0-12-3743 (bookchapter)
  • Toll BA, Cooney JL, McKee SA, O'Malley SS, Cooney NL (Jun 2008) Correspondence of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) reports of nicotine withdrawal, craving, and negative mood with questionnaire ratings., Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 10 (6), 1057-64 Abstract
  • Cooney NL, Litt MD, Cooney JL, Pilkey DT, Steinberg HR, Oncken CA (Dec 2007) Concurrent brief versus intensive smoking intervention during alcohol dependence treatment., Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 21 (4), 570-5 Abstract
  • Cooney NL, Litt MD, Cooney JL, Pilkey DT, Steinberg HR, Oncken CA (Sep 2007) Alcohol and tobacco cessation in alcohol-dependent smokers: analysis of real-time reports., Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 21 (3), 277-86 Abstract
  • Toll BA, Cooney NL, McKee SA, O'Malley SS (Apr 2006) Correspondence between Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Timeline Followback (TLFB) reports of drinking behavior., Addictive behaviors, 31 (4), 726-31 Abstract
  • O'Malley SS, Cooney JL, Krishnan-Sarin S, Dubin JA, McKee SA, Cooney NL, Blakeslee A, Meandzija B, Romano-Dahlgard D, Wu R, Makuch R, Jatlow P (Mar 2006) A controlled trial of naltrexone augmentation of nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation., Archives of internal medicine, 166 (6), 667-74 Abstract
  • Toll BA, Cooney NL, McKee SA, O'Malley SS (Sep 2005) Do daily interactive voice response reports of smoking behavior correspond with retrospective reports?, Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 19 (3), 291-5 Abstract
  • Kadden, R.M., Cooney, N.L. (2005) Treating alcohol problems In G.A Marlatt, D.M. Donovan (eds), Relapse prevention: Maintenance strategies in the treatment of addictive behaviors, 2nd ed., New York, Guilford, 65-91 pages (bookchapter)
  • Cooney, N.L., Kadden, R.M., Steinberg, H.R. (2005) Assessment of alcohol problems In D.M. Donovan, G.A Marlatt (eds), Assessment of addictive behaviors, 2nd ed., New York, Guilford, 71-112 pages (bookchapter)
  • Cooney, J.L., Cooney, N.L., Patten, C.A., George, T.P. (2004) Comorbidity of nicotine dependence with affective, psychotic and substance use disorders In H.R. Kranzler, J.A. Tinsley (eds), Dual diagnosis and psychiatric treatment: Substance abuse and comorbid disorders, 2nd ed., New York, Marcel Dekker, 211-259 pages (bookchapter)
  • Sinha R, Talih M, Malison R, Cooney N, Anderson GM, Kreek MJ, Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal Axis and Sympatho-adreno-medullary Responses During Stress-induced and Drug Cue-induced Cocaine Craving States., Psychopharmacology, 170(1), 62-72, Oct 2003 Abstract
  • Cooney JL, Cooney NL, Pilkey DT, Kranzler HR, Oncken CA, Effects of nicotine deprivation on urges to drink and smoke in alcoholic smokers, Addiction (abingdon, England), 98(7), 913-21, July 2003 Abstract
  • Litt MD, Kadden RM, Cooney NL, Kabela E, Coping skills and treatment outcomes in cognitive-behavioral and interactional group therapy for alcoholism, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71(1), 118-28, February 2003 Abstract
  • Cooney, N.L., Babor, T.F., DiClemente, C.C., Del Boca, F.K. (2003) Clinical and scientific implications of Project MATCH In T.F. Babor, F.K. Del Boca (eds), Treatment matching in alcoholism, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 222-237 pages (bookchapter)
  • Cooney NL, Litt MD, Cooney JL, In vivo assessment of the effects of smoking cessation in alcoholic smokers, Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 26(12), 1952-3, December 2002 Abstract
  • Kranzler HR, Amin H, Cooney NL, Cooney JL, Burleson JA, Petry N, Oncken C, Screening for health behaviors in ambulatory clinical settings: does smoking status predict hazardous drinking?, Addictive Behaviors, 27(5), 737-49, 2002 Abstract
  • Monti PM, Kadden RM, Rohsenow DJ, Cooney NL, & Abrams DB, Treating alcohol dependence: A coping skills training guide, 2nd edition, New York: Guilford, 2002
  • Petrakis IL, Trevisan L, Boutros NN, Limoncelli D, Cooney NL, Krystal JH, Effect of tryptophan depletion on alcohol cue-induced craving in abstinent alcoholic patients, Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 25(8), 1151-5, August 2001 Abstract
  • Kadden RM, Litt MD, Cooney NL, Kabela E, Getter H, Prospective matching of alcoholic clients to cognitive-behavioral or interactional group therapy, Journal of Studies On Alcohol, 62(3), 359-69, May 2001 Abstract
  • Litt MD, Cooney NL, Morse P, Reactivity to alcohol-related stimuli in the laboratory and in the field: predictors of craving in treated alcoholics, Addiction (abingdon, England), 95(6), 889-900, June 2000 Abstract
  • Avants SK, Margolin A, Sindelar JL, Rounsaville BJ, Schottenfeld R, Stine S, Cooney NL, Rosenheck RA, Li SH, Kosten TR, Day treatment versus enhanced standard methadone services for opioid-dependent patients: a comparison of clinical efficacy and cost, American Journal of Psychiatry, 156(1), 27-33, Jan 1999 Abstract
  • Mattson ME, Del Boca FK, Carroll KM, Cooney NL, DiClemente CC, Donovan D, Kadden RM, McRee B, Rice C, Rycharik RG, Zweben A, Compliance with treatment and follow-up protocols in project MATCH: predictors and relationship to outcome, Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 22(6), 1328-39, September 1998 Abstract
  • Carroll KM, Connors GJ, Cooney NL, DiClemente CC, Donovan DM, Kadden RR, Longabaugh RL, Rounsaville BJ, Wirtz PW, Zweben A, Internal validity of Project MATCH treatments: discriminability and integrity, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 66(2), 290-303, April 1998 Abstract
  • Krystal JH, Petrakis IL, Webb E, Cooney NL, Karper LP, Namanworth S, Stetson P, Trevisan LA, Charney DS, Dose-related ethanol-like effects of the NMDA antagonist, ketamine, in recently detoxified alcoholics, Archives of General Psychiatry, 55(4), 354-60, April 1998 Abstract
  • Krystal JH, Petrakis IL, Webb E, Cooney NL, Karper LP, Namanworth S, Stetson P, Trevisan LA, Charney DS, Dose-related ethanol-like effects of the NMDA antagonist, ketamine, in recently detoxified alcoholics., Archives of General Psychiatry, 55(4), 354-60, 1998 Abstract
  • Litt MD, Cooney NL, Morse P, Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) with treated alcoholics: methodological problems and potential solutions, Health Psychology, 17(1), 48-52, Jan 1998 Abstract
  • Litt MD, Cooney NL, Morse P, Ecological momentary assessment \(EMA\) with treated alcoholics: methodological problems and potential solutions., Health Psychology, 17(1), 48-52, 1998 Abstract
  • Krystal JH, Webb E, Grillon C, Cooney N, Casal L, Morgan CA 3rd, Southwick SM, Davis M, Charney DS, Evidence of acoustic startle hyperreflexia in recently detoxified early onset male alcoholics: modulation by yohimbine and m-chlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP), Psychopharmacology, 131(3), 207-15, June 1997 Abstract
  • Cooney NL, Litt MD, Morse PA, Bauer LO, Gaupp L, Alcohol cue reactivity, negative-mood reactivity, and relapse in treated alcoholic men, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 106(2), 243-50, May 1997 Abstract
  • Krystal J H, Webb E, Cooney N L, Kranzler H R, Southwick S W, Heninger G R, Charney D S, Serotonergic and noradrenergic dysregulation in alcoholism: m-chlorophenylpiperazine and yohimbine effects in recently detoxified alcoholics and healthy comparison subjects, American Journal of Psychiatry, 153(1), 83-92, January 1996 Abstract
  • Avants SK, Margolin A, Kosten TR, Cooney NL, Differences between responders and nonresponders to cocaine cues in the laboratory, Addictive Behaviors, 20(2), 215-24, 1995 Abstract
  • Connors GJ, Allen JP, Cooney NL, DiClemente CC, Tonigan JS, Anton RF, Assessment issues and strategies in alcoholism treatment matching research, Journal of Studies On Alcohol. Supplement, 12, 92-100, December 1994 Abstract
  • Miller WR, Cooney NL, Designing studies to investigate client-treatment matching, Journal of Studies On Alcohol. Supplement, 12, 38-45, December 1994 Abstract
  • Longabaugh R, Mattson ME, Connors GJ, Cooney NL, Quality of life as an outcome variable in alcoholism treatment research, Journal of Studies On Alcohol. Supplement, 12, 119-29, December 1994 Abstract
  • Krystal JH, Webb E, Cooney N, Kranzler HR, Charney DS, Specificity of ethanollike effects elicited by serotonergic and noradrenergic mechanisms, Archives of General Psychiatry, 51(11), 898-911, November 1994 Abstract
  • Kadden RM, Litt MD, Cooney NL, Matching alcoholics to coping skills or interactional therapies. Role of intervening variables, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 708, 218-29, February 1994 Abstract
  • Kadden RM, Litt MD, Cooney NL, Busher DA, Relationship between role-play measures of coping skills and alcoholism treatment outcome, Addictive Behaviors, 17(5), 425-37, 1992 Abstract
  • Litt MD, Babor TF, DelBoca FK, Kadden RM, Cooney NL, Types of alcoholics, II. Application of an empirically derived typology to treatment matching, Archives of General Psychiatry, 49(8), 609-14, August 1992 Abstract
  • Getter H, Litt MD, Kadden RM, Cooney NL, Measuring treatment process in coping skills and interactional group therapies for alcoholism, International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 42(3), 419-30, July 1992 Abstract
  • Cooney NL, Kadden RM, Litt MD, Getter H, Matching alcoholics to coping skills or interactional therapies: two-year follow-up results, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59(4), 598-601, August 1991 Abstract
  • Cooney NL, Kadden RM, Litt MD, A comparison of methods for assessing sociopathy in male and female alcoholics, Journal of Studies On Alcohol, 51(1), 42-8, January 1990 Abstract
  • Litt MD, Cooney NL, Kadden RM, Gaupp L, Reactivity to alcohol cues and induced moods in alcoholics, Addictive Behaviors, 15(2), 137-46, 1990 Abstract
  • Kadden R M, Cooney N L, Getter H, Litt M D, Matching alcoholics to coping skills or interactional therapies: posttreatment results., Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57(6), 698-704, December 1989 Abstract
  • Kaplan RF, Cooney NL, Baker LH, Gillespie RA, Meyer RE, Pomerleau OF, Reactivity to alcohol-related cues: physiological and subjective responses in alcoholics and nonproblem drinkers, Journal of Studies On Alcohol, 46(4), 267-72, July 1985 Abstract
  • Cooney NL, Baker LH, Pomerleau OF, Josephy B, Salivation to drinking cues in alcohol abusers: toward the validation of a physiological measure of craving, Addictive Behaviors, 9(1), 91-4, 1984 Abstract

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