Dr. Howard M. Rhoades

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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Medical School
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 1995

Mailing Address

Mental Sciences Institute
1300 Moursund, Room 282
Houston, Texas 77030
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (713) 500-2865
Fax: (713) 500-2530
Howard.M.Rhoades@uth.tmc.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., Rice University, Psychology, 1983.
M.A., Rice University, Psychology, 1980.
B.S., University of Utah, Psychology, 1976.

Expertise and Research Interests

My current research is centered around:
- Methodological: issues in, and analysis of longitudinal designs, especially problems associated with missing data
- Evaluating joint, pharmacological and behavioral interventions in the treatment of substance abuse, primarily cocaine and opiate dependent patients

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Clinical Trial, Experimental Design, Pharmacology, Psychology, Psychometrics, Psychopharmacology, Statistics, Substance Abuse.

Additional Terms:

Experimental Design, Psychologist, Psychometrician, Psychometrics, Psychopharmacology, Statistics.

Memberships

American Psychological Association
Society for Clinical Trials

Previous Positions

1983-1994, Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Medical School, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Assessing Missing-data Methods in Substance Abuse, $247,514, Sep 1994 to Aug 1999.

Publications

  • Tcheremissine OV, Lane SD, Lieving LM, Rhoades HM, Nouvion S, Cherek DR (2005) Individual differences in aggressive responding to intravenous flumazenil administration in adult male parolees., Journal of Psychopharmacology, 19 (6), 640-6
  • Ferguson CJ, Averill PM, Rhoades H, Rocha D, Gruber NP, Gummattira P (Summer 2005) Social isolation, impulsivity and depression as predictors of aggression in a psychiatric inpatient population., The Psychiatric Quarterly, 76 (2), 123-37 Abstract
  • Grabowski J, Rhoades H, Stotts A, Cowan K, Kopecky C, Dougherty A, Moeller FG, Hassan S, Schmitz J (May 2004) Agonist-like or antagonist-like treatment for cocaine dependence with methadone for heroin dependence: two double-blind randomized clinical trials., Neuropsychopharmacology : Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology., 29 (5), 969-81 Abstract
  • Sayre SL, Schmitz JM, Stotts AL, Averill PM, Rhoades HM, Grabowski JJ, Determining predictors of attrition in an outpatient substance abuse program, The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 28(1), 55-72, 2002 Abstract
  • Stotts AL, Schmitz JM, Rhoades HM, Grabowski J, Motivational interviewing with cocaine-dependent patients: a pilot study, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69(5), 858-62, October 2001 Abstract
  • Grabowski J, Rhoades H, Schmitz J, Stotts A, Daruzska LA, Creson D, Moeller FG, Dextroamphetamine for cocaine-dependence treatment: a double-blind randomized clinical trial, Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 21(5), 522-6, October 2001 Abstract
  • Lachar D, Bailley SE, Rhoades HM, Espadas A, Aponte M, Cowan KA, Gummattira P, Kopecky CR, Wassef A, New subscales for an anchored version of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale: construction, reliability, and validity in acute psychiatric admissions, Psychological Assessment, 13(3), 384-95, September 2001 Abstract
  • Schmitz JM, Averill P, Stotts AL, Moeller FG, Rhoades HM, Grabowski J, Fluoxetine treatment of cocaine-dependent patients with major depressive disorder, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 63(3), 207-14, August 2001 Abstract
  • Schmitz JM, Stotts AL, Rhoades HM, Grabowski J, Naltrexone and relapse prevention treatment for cocaine-dependent patients, Addictive Behaviors, 26(2), 167-80, 2001 Abstract
  • Grabowski J, Rhoades H, Silverman P, Schmitz JM, Stotts A, Creson D, Bailey R, Risperidone for the treatment of cocaine dependence: randomized, double-blind trial, Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 20(3), 305-10, June 2000 Abstract
  • Roache JD, Grabowski J, Schmitz JM, Creson DL, Rhoades HM, Laboratory measures of methylphenidate effects in cocaine-dependent patients receiving treatment, Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 20(1), 61-8, February 2000 Abstract
  • Lachar D, Bailley SE, Rhoades HM, Varner RV, Use of BPRS-A percent change scores to identify significant clinical improvement: accuracy of treatment response classification in acute psychiatric inpatients, Psychiatry Research, 89(3), 259-68, December 1999 Abstract
  • Grabowski J, Creson D, Rhoades HM, Schmitz JM, Moderate- vs high-dose methadone for opioid dependence, Jama : the Journal of the American Medical Association, 282(22), 2121-2; discussion 2, December 1999 Abstract
  • Oswald LM, Roache JD, Rhoades HM, Predictors of individual differences in alprazolam self-medication., Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 7(4), 379-90, November 1999 Abstract
  • Rothfleisch J, Elk R, Rhoades H, Schmitz J, Use of monetary reinforcers by cocaine-dependent outpatients, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 17(3), 229-36, October 1999 Abstract
  • Schmitz JM, Spiga R, Rhoades HM, Fuentes F, Grabowski J, Smoking cessation in women with cardiac risk: a comparative study of two theoretically based therapies, Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research On Nicotine and Tobacco., 1(1), 87-94, March 1999 Abstract
  • Allen T J, Moeller F G, Rhoades H M, Cherek D R, Impulsivity and history of drug dependence., Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 50(2), 137-45, 1 Apr 1998 Abstract
  • Elk R, Mangus L, Rhoades H, Andres R, Grabowski J, Cessation of cocaine use during pregnancy: effects of contingency management interventions on maintaining abstinence and complying with prenatal care., Addictive Behaviors, 23(1), 57-64, Jan 1998 Abstract
  • Rhoades H M, Creson D, Elk R, Schmitz J, Grabowski J, Retention, HIV risk, and illicit drug use during treatment: methadone dose and visit frequency., American Journal of Public Health, 88(1), 34-9, Jan 1998 Abstract
  • Grabowski J, Roache J D, Schmitz J M, Rhoades H, Creson D, Korszun A, Replacement medication for cocaine dependence: methylphenidate., Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 17(6), 485-8, December 1997 Abstract
  • Allen T J, Moeller F G, Rhoades H M, Cherek D R, Subjects with a history of drug dependence are more aggressive than subjects with no drug use history., Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 46(1-2), 95-103, 6 Jun 1997 Abstract
  • Schmitz J M, Oswald L M, Jacks S D, Rustin T, Rhoades H M, Grabowski J, Relapse prevention treatment for cocaine dependence: group vs. individual format., Addictive Behaviors, 22(3), 405-18, May 1997 Abstract
  • Cherek D R, Moeller F G, Dougherty D M, Rhoades H, Studies of violent and nonviolent male parolees: II. Laboratory and psychometric measurements of impulsivity., Biological Psychiatry, 41(5), 523-9, 1 Mar 1997 Abstract
  • Grabowski J, Arnoni G, Elk R, Rhoades H, Schmitz J, Baseline assessment, study entry, and stabilization: double-blind clinical trials in drug dependence., Nida Research Monograph, 175, 158-81, 1997 Abstract
  • Aronowski J, Samways E, Strong R, Rhoades H M, Grotta J C, An alternative method for the quantitation of neuronal damage after experimental middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats: analysis of behavioral deficit., Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 16(4), 705-13, July 1996 Abstract
  • Elk R, Schmitz J, Spiga R, Rhoades H, Andres R, Grabowski J, Behavioral treatment of cocaine-dependent pregnant women and TB-exposed patients., Addict Behav, 20(4), 533-42, 1995 Abstract
  • Grabowski J, Rhoades H, Elk R, Schmitz J, Davis C, Creson D, Kirby K, Fluoxetine is ineffective for treatment of cocaine dependence or concurrent opiate and cocaine dependence: two placebo-controlled double-blind trials., Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 15(3), 163-74, June 1995 Abstract
  • Schmitz J M, Rhoades H, Grabowski J, Contingent reinforcement for reduced carbon monoxide levels in methadone maintenance patients., Addictive Behaviors, 20(2), 171-9, March 1995 Abstract
  • Schmitz, J.M., Rhoades, H., and Grabowski, J., Contingent reinforcement for reduced carbon monoxide levels in Methadone maintenance patients, Addictive Behaviors, 20, 171-179, 1995
  • Elk, R., Schmitz, J.M., Spiga, R., Rhoades, H.M., Andres, R., and Grabowski, J., Behavioral treatment of cocaine-dependent pregnant women and TB-exposed patients, Addictive Behaviors, 20, 533-542, 1995
  • Elk R, Schmitz J, Manfredi L, Rhoades H, Andres R, Grabowski J, Cessation of cocaine use during pregnancy: a preliminary comparison., Addictive Behaviors, 19(6), 697-702, November 1994 Abstract
  • Schmitz J M, Rhoades H, Grabowski J, A menu of potential reinforcers in a methadone maintenance program., Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 11(5), 425-31, September 1994 Abstract
  • Casat C D, Pearson D, Ruiz-Nazario J, Rhoades H, Serial dexamethasone suppression tests (DST) in recently hospitalized children., Biological Psychiatry, 36(3), 203-5, 1 Aug 1994 Abstract
  • Schmitz, J.M., Grabowski, J., and Rhoades, H., The effects of high and low doses of methadone on cigarette smoking, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 34, 237-242, 1994
  • Lisk DR, Pasteur W, Rhoades H, Putnam RD, Grotta JC, Early presentation of hemispheric intracerebral hemorrhage: prediction of outcome and guidelines for treatment allocation, Neurology, 44(1), 133-9, January 1994 Abstract
  • Elk R, Grabowski J, Rhoades H, McLellan A T, A substance-abuse research-treatment clinic: effective procedures and systems., Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 10(5), 459-71, September 1993 Abstract
  • Hanson SK, Grotta JC, Rhoades H, Tran HD, Lamki LM, Barron BJ, Taylor WJ, Value of single-photon emission-computed tomography in acute stroke therapeutic trials, Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation, 24(9), 1322-9, September 1993 Abstract
  • Elk R, Grabowski J, Rhoades H, Spiga R, Schmitz J, Jennings W, Compliance with tuberculosis treatment in methadone-maintained patients: behavioral interventions [see comments], Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 10(4), 371-82, July 1993 Abstract
  • Grabowski J, Rhoades H, Elk R, Schmitz J, Creson D, Methadone dosage, cocaine and opiate abuse [letter], American Journal of Psychiatry, 150(4), 675, April 1993 Abstract
  • Rhoades H M, Grabowski J, Elk R, Cowan K, Factor stationarity and invariance of the POMS in cocaine patients., Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 29(2), 263-7, 1993 Abstract
  • Grabowski J, Rhoades H, Elk R, Schmitz J, Creson D, Clinicwide and individualized behavioral interventions in drug dependence treatment., Nida Research Monograph, 137, 37-72, 1993 Abstract
  • Lockwood AH, Yap EW, Rhoades HM, Wong WH, Altered cerebral blood flow and glucose metabolism in patients with liver disease and minimal encephalopathy, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism : Official Journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism., 11(2), 331-6, March 1991 Abstract
  • Rhoades HM, Overall JE, McLaughlin EJ, Factor analysis of the Diagnostic Inventory of Personality and Symptoms, Journal of Clinical Psychology, 47(1), 75-9, January 1991 Abstract
  • Grotta JC, Picone CM, Dedman JR, Rhoades HM, Strong RA, Earls RM, Yao LP, Neuronal protection correlates with prevention of calcium-calmodulin binding in rats, Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation, 21(11 Suppl), III28-31, November 1990 Abstract
  • Overall JE, Scott J, Rhoades HM, Lesser J, Empirical scaling of the stages of cognitive decline in senile dementia, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 3(4), 212-20, 1990 Abstract
  • Grotta JC, Picone CM, Ostrow PT, Strong RA, Earls RM, Yao LP, Rhoades HM, Dedman JR, CGS-19755, a competitive NMDA receptor antagonist, reduces calcium-calmodulin binding and improves outcome after global cerebral ischemia, Annals of Neurology, 27(6), 612-9, June 1990 Abstract
  • Roberts R E, Rhoades H M, Vernon S W, Using the CES-D scale to screen for depression and anxiety: effects of language and ethnic status., Psychiatry Research, 31(1), 69-83, January 1990 Abstract
  • Rosenbaum DM, Grotta JC, Pettigrew LC, Ostrow P, Strong R, Rhoades H, Picone CM, Grotta AT, Baclofen does not protect against cerebral ischemia in rats, Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation, 21(1), 138-40, January 1990 Abstract
  • Roberts RE, Vernon SW, Rhoades HM, Effects of language and ethnic status on reliability and validity of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale with psychiatric patients, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 177(10), 581-92, October 1989 Abstract
  • Overall JE, Garza-Trevino E, Rhoades HM, Volkow ND, Cecil S, Justifying neuroleptic drug treatment, Hospital & Community Psychiatry, 40(7), 749-51, July 1989 Abstract
  • Pettigrew LC, Grotta JC, Rhoades HM, Wu KK, Effect of thromboxane synthase inhibition on eicosanoid levels and blood flow in ischemic rat brain, Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation, 20(5), 627-32, May 1989 Abstract
  • Beller SA, Overall JE, Rhoades HM, Swann AC, Long-term outpatient treatment of senile dementia with oral physostigmine, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 49(10), 400-4, October 1988 Abstract
  • Pettigrew LC, Grotta JC, Rhoades HM, Reid C, McCandless DW, Regional depletion of adenosine triphosphate, phosphocreatine, and glucose in ischemic hippocampus, Metabolic Brain Disease, 3(3), 185-99, September 1988 Abstract
  • Grotta JC, Pettigrew LC, Rosenbaum D, Reid C, Rhoades H, McCandless D, Efficacy and mechanism of action of a calcium channel blocker after global cerebral ischemia in rats, Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation, 19(4), 447-54, April 1988 Abstract
  • Schmitz J M, Rhoades H M, Elk R, Creson D, Hussein I, Grabowski J, Medication take-home doses and contingency management, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 6(2), 162-8, 1988 Abstract
  • Overall JE, Rhoades HM, Clinician-rated scales for multidimensional assessment of psychopathology in the elderly, Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 24(4), 587-94, 1988 Abstract
  • Rhoades HM, Overall JE, The semistructured BPRS interview and rating guide, Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 24(1), 101-4, 1988 Abstract
  • Volkow ND, Wolf AP, Brodie JD, Cancro R, Overall JE, Rhoades H, Van Gelder P, Brain interactions in chronic schizophrenics under resting and activation conditions, Schizophrenia Research, 1(1), 47-53, 1988 Abstract
  • Overall JE, Holden KL, Rhoades HM, Interim analysis in prolonged clinical trials, Clinical Trials Journal, 25, 367-379, 1988
  • Overall JE, Rhoades HM, Starbuck RR, Small-sample tests for homogeneity of response probabilities in 2 X 2 contingency tables, Psychological Bulletin, 102(2), 307-14, September 1987 Abstract
  • Pfefferbaum B, Mullins D, Rhoades HM, McLaughlin EJ, Rorschach assessment of borderline children, The Journal of Psychology, 121(3), 219-28, May 1987 Abstract
  • Overall JE, Faillace LA, Rhoades HM, Johnson SR, Volkow N, Stone MA, Cecil S, Computer-based monitoring of clinical care in a public psychiatric hospital unit, Hospital & Community Psychiatry, 38(4), 381-6, April 1987 Abstract
  • Levin HS, High WM, Goethe KE, Sisson RA, Overall JE, Rhoades HM, Eisenberg HM, Kalisky Z, Gary HE, The neurobehavioural rating scale: assessment of the behavioural sequelae of head injury by the clinician, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 50(2), 183-93, February 1987 Abstract
  • Rhoades HM, Overall JE, Cecil S, Faillace LA, A clinical assessment and documentation template for psychopharmacology research, Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 23(2), 272-8, 1987 Abstract
  • Giuffrida DJ, Bryan-Brown CW, Lumb PD, Kwun KB, Rhoades HM, Central vs peripheral venous catheters in critically ill patients, Chest, 90(6), 806-9, December 1986 Abstract
  • Overall JE, Rhoades HM, Beware of a half-tailed test, Psychological Bulletin, 100(1), 121-2, July 1986 Abstract
  • Lockwood AH, Ginsberg MD, Rhoades HM, Gutierrez MT, Cerebral glucose metabolism after portacaval shunting in the rat. Patterns of metabolism and implications for the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy, Journal of Clinical Investigation, 78(1), 86-95, July 1986 Abstract
  • Overall JE, Rhoades HM, Moreschi E, The Nurses Evaluation Rating Scale (NERS), Journal of Clinical Psychology, 42(3), 454-66, May 1986 Abstract
  • Overall JE, Rhoades HM, A comment on efficacy of unilateral and bilateral ETC, Convulsive Therapy, 2, 245- 262, 1986
  • Edlund MJ, Overall JE, Rhoades HM, Beta, or type II error in psychiatric controlled clinical trials, Journal of Psychiatric Research, 19(4), 563-7, 1985 Abstract
  • Rhoades HM, Overall JE, Side effect potentials of different antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs, Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 20(1), 83-8, Winter 1984 Abstract
  • Overall JE, Rhoades HM, Are there two studies that clearly reveal superiority of drug over placebo?, Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 20(1), 64-7, Winter 1984 Abstract
  • Overall JE, Rhoades HM, Lloyd C, K-scale correction and percentile norms for MMPI-168 factor scores, Journal of Clinical Psychology, 39(5), 681-90, September 1983 Abstract
  • Rhoades HM, Overall JE, The Hamilton Depression Scale: Factor scoring and profile classification, Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 19, 91-96, 1983
  • Overall JE, Rhoades HM, Use of the Hamilton Rating Scale for classification of depressive disorders, Comprehensive Psychiatry, 23(4), 370-6, 1982 Abstract
  • Overall JE, Rhoades HM, Refinement of phenomenological classification in clinical psychopharmacology research, Psychopharmacology, 77(1), 24-30, 1982 Abstract
  • Rhoades HM, Overall JE, A sample size correction of Pearson Chi-square in 2 x 2 contingency tables, Psychological Bulletin, 91, 418-423, 1982
  • Overall JE, Rhoades HM, Research use of the ECDEU data bank, Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 18, 105-107, 1982
  • Overall JE, Rhoades HM, The significance of treatment effects across several independent studies, Journal of Psychiatric Research, 16(4), 241-57, 1981 Abstract
  • Schmitz J M, Rhoades H M, Elk R, Creson D, Hussein I, Grabowski J, Medication take-home doses and contingency management., Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 6(2), 162-8, 1998 Abstract

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