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Publications

2026

Attentional bias during a novel alcohol cue virtual reality paradigm. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2026;50(8):e70386. Sullivan RM, McKenna BS, Liu W, McKinty A, Laurance C, Rush CR, et al.

Prenatal substance exposure and birth weight: Findings from the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study. Pediatrics. 2026;157(6):e2025074604. Bandoli G, Psaras C, Bakhireva LN, Burris HH, Ciciolla L, Coles CD, ... Marienfeld C, ... HBCD Consortium.

“Chill packs” self-administered olanzapine as psychiatric harm reduction for methamphetamine-induced psychosis: A narrative review of the existing evidence base. Harm Reduct J. 2026. Ruedisueli I, Marienfeld C, Tiefenthaler C, Lee A, Harvey-Vera A, Strathdee S, Friedman JR.

Development of SCOPE: Social and Clinical Opioid Use Disorder Predisposition Evaluation. J Addict Med. 2026. Mehdipour S, Marienfeld C, Polston G, Gabriel RA.

2025

Relationship between biological sex and the endocrine stress response following a binge-like dose of alcohol. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2025;49(8):1678–1691. Anthenelli RM, Miles MJ, Hauger R, Schuckit MA, McKenna BS.

Prescription opioid medication survey: A tool to collect deep phenotypic data on the multifactorial pathways to opioid use disorder in clinical and population-based cohorts. Complex Psychiatry. 2025;11(1):72–93. Courchesne-Krak NS, Chandrasekaran AR, Gonzalez J, Bianchi SB, Tran V, Johnson EO, ... Marienfeld C, ... Sanchez-Roige S.

“Bupe by the book”: A study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial of library-facilitated telehealth to increase buprenorphine treatment among individuals experiencing homelessness. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2025;20(1):74.
Urada LA, Marienfeld C, Partch M, Garfein RS, Strathdee SA, Nicholls MJ, et al.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with overdose among patients with a substance-related diagnosis in the emergency department of Southern California. Harm Reduct J. 2025;22(1):86. Maila B, Zúñiga ML, Marienfeld C.

2024

Emergency care utilization in persons with substance related diagnoses. Addict Behav Rep. 2024;20:100573. Kepner W, Courchesne-Krak NS, Satybaldiyeva N, Narasimhan R, Marienfeld C.

Do tobacco regulatory and economic factors influence smoking cessation outcomes? A post-hoc analysis of the multinational EAGLES randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2024;14(9):e079092. Daniel B, Lawrence DE, McKenna BS, Saccone P, McRae T, Evins AE, Anthenelli RM.

Quetiapine: A novel additive to the illicit heroin supply in Los Angeles. Friedman, J. R., Molina, C. A., Romero, R., Pyfrom, E. M., Appley, M. G., Marienfeld, C., et al. (2024). Journal of Addiction Medicine, 10–1097.

Analyzing quality of life among people with opioid use disorder from the National Institute on Drug Abuse Data Share initiative: Implications for decision making. Patton, T., Boehnke, J. R., Goyal, R., Manca, A., Marienfeld, C., Martin, N. K., et al. (2024). Qual Life Res, 33(10), 2783–2796.

2023

NIH Toolbox emotion battery findings among people with HIV: Normative comparisons and clinical associations. Patient Relat Outcome Meas. 2023:15–30.
Brody LA, Kamalyan L, Karcher K, Guarena LA, Bender AA, McKenna BS, et al.

Combining varenicline preloading with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in persons with serious mental illness who smoke: The randomized ACTSLow pilot feasibility trial. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023;253:111012. Anthenelli RM, McKenna BS, Giannini J, Attaluri SV, Rubin M, O’Crowley E, et al.

Adverse childhood experiences are associated with history of overdose among patients presenting for outpatient addiction care. J Addict Med. 2023;17(3):333.Asheh AM, Courchesne-Krak N, Kepner W, Marienfeld C.

Craving among patients seeking treatment for substance use disorder. Discover Ment Health. 2023;3(1):23. less MM, Courchesne-Krak NS, Bhatt KV, Mittal ML, Marienfeld C.

2022

Low versus high level of response to alcohol affects amygdala functional connectivity during processing of emotional stimuli. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2022;46(1):66–76.
McKenna BS, Anthenelli RM, Smith TL, Schuckit MA.

Differences in outpatient, emergency, and inpatient use among pregnant women with a substance-related diagnosis. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2022;4(2):100559. Courchesne-Krak NS, Kepner W, Rubano A, Marienfeld C.

Topiramate decreases the salience of motivationally relevant visual cues among smokers with alcohol use disorder. Robinson, J. D., Cui, Y., Karam-Hage, M., Kypriotakis, G., Versace, F., Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, N., Anthenelli, R. M., & Cinciripini, P. M. (2022). Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 46(3), 384–395.

The effects of varenicline, bupropion, nicotine patch, and placebo on smoking cessation among smokers with major depression: A randomized clinical trial. Cinciripini, P. M., Kypriotakis, G., Green, C., Lawrence, D., Anthenelli, R. M., Minnix, J., Blalock, J. A., Beneventi, D., Morris, C., & Karam-Hage, M. (2022). Depression and Anxiety, 39(5), 429–440.

2021

Psychiatric Comorbidity and Multimorbidity in the EAGLES Trial: Descriptive Correlates and Associations With Neuropsychiatric Adverse Events, Treatment Adherence, and Smoking Cessation. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2021, 23(10), 1646–1655. Correa, J. B., Lawrence, D., McKenna, B. S., Gaznick, N., Saccone, P. A., Dubrava, S., ... & Anthenelli, R. M.

Abstinence From Ethanol Dependence Produces Concomitant Cortical Gray Matter Abnormalities, Microstructural Deficits and Cognitive Dysfunction. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2021, 42, 22–34. Somkuwar, S. S., Villalpando, E. G., Quach, L. W., Head, B. P., McKenna, B. S., Scadeng, M., & Mandyam, C. D.

Cannabis-Related Diagnosis in Pregnancy and Adverse Maternal and Infant Outcomes. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2021, 225, 108757. Bandoli, G., Jelliffe-Pawlowski, L., Schumacher, B., Baer, R. J., Felder, J. N., Fuchs, J. D., ... & Marienfeld, C.

Association of Alcohol and Other Substance-Related Diagnoses With Severe Maternal Morbidity. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2021, 45(9), 1829–1839. Courchesne, N. S., Smith, L. R., Zúñiga, M. L., Chambers, C. D., Reed, M. B., Ballas, J., & Marienfeld, C.

2020

NIH Toolbox® Emotion Batteries for Children: Factor-Based Composites and Norms. Assessment, 2020, 27(3), 607–620. Paolillo, E. W., McKenna, B. S., Nowinski, C. J., Thomas, M. L., Malcarne, V. L., & Heaton, R. K.

Physician and Pharmacist: Attitudes, Facilitators, and Barriers to Prescribing Naloxone for Home Rescue. The American Journal on Addictions, 2020, 29(1), 65–72. Martino, J. G., Smith, S. R., Rafie, S., Rafie, S., & Marienfeld, C.

Efficacy and safety of pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation in anxiety disorders: Subgroup analysis of the randomized, active- and placebo-controlled EAGLES trial. Ayers, C. R., Heffner, J. L., Russ, C., Lawrence, D., McRae, T., Evins, A. E., & Anthenelli, R. M. (2020). Depression and Anxiety, 37(3), 247–260.

2019

National Institutes of Health Toolbox emotion battery: Application of summary scores to adults with spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and stroke. Babakhanyan, P. I., Carlozzi, P. N. E., McKenna, B. S., Casaletto, P. K. B., Heinemann, P. A. W., & Heaton, P. R. K. (2019). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 100(10), 1863–1871.

How Important Is It for Psychiatrists to Be Competent in Motivational Interviewing? Arnaout, B., Muvvala, S., Marienfeld, C., & Petrakis, I. (2019). Academic Psychiatry, 43(5), 528–531.

Predictors of neuropsychiatric adverse events with smoking cessation medications in the randomized controlled EAGLES trial. Anthenelli, R. M., Gaffney, M., Benowitz, N. L., West, R.,McRae, T., Russ, C., ... & Evins, A. E. (2019). Journal of General Internal Medicine, 34(6), 862–870.

2018

Effects of HIV Infection, Methamphetamine Dependence and Age on Cortical Thickness, Area and Volume. MacDuffie, K. E., Brown, G. G., McKenna, B. S., Liu, T. T., Meloy, M. J., Tawa, B., ... & TMARC Group. (2018). NeuroImage: Clinical, 20, 1044–1052.

Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Component Processes of Working Memory in Younger and Older Adults. Pasula, E. Y., Brown, G. G., McKenna, B. S., Mellor, A., Turner, T., Anderson, C., & Drummond, S. P. (2018). Sleep, 41(3), zsx213.

Sex Differences in the ACTH and Cortisol Response to Pharmacological Probes Are Stressor-Specific and Occur Regardless of Alcohol Dependence History. Anthenelli, R. M., Heffner, J. L., Blom, T. J., Daniel, B. E., McKenna, B. S., & Wand, G. S. (2018). Psychoneuroendocrinology, 94, 72–82.

2017

Neural Predictors of Initiating Alcohol Use During Adolescence. Squeglia, L. M., Ball, T. M., Jacobus, J., Brumback, T., McKenna, B. S., Nguyen-Louie, T. T., ... & Tapert, S. F. (2017). American Journal of Psychiatry, 174(2), 172–185.

Steeper Slope of Age-Related Changes in White Matter Microstructure and Processing Speed in Bipolar Disorder. Dev, S. I., Nguyen, T. T., McKenna, B. S., Sutherland, A. N., Bartsch, H., Theilmann, R. J., & Eyler, L. T. (2017). The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(7), 744–752.

Predictors of Patterns of Alcohol-Related Blackouts Over Time in Youth From the Collaborative Study of the Genetics of Alcoholism: The Roles of Genetics and Cannabis. Schuckit, M. A., Smith, T. L., Shafir, A., Clausen, P., Danko, G., Gonçalves, P. D., ... & Anthenelli, R. M., ... & Bucholz, K. K. (2017). Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 78(1), 39–48.

2016

Global Mental Health: Five Areas for Value-Driven Training Innovation. Kohrt, B. A., Marienfeld, C., Panter-Brick, C., Tsai, A. C., & Wainberg, M. L. (2016). Academic Psychiatry, 40(4), 650–658.

Microstructural Changes to the Brain of Mice After Methamphetamine Exposure as Identified With Diffusion Tensor Imaging. McKenna, B. S., Brown, G. G., Archibald, S., Scadeng, M., Bussell, R., Kesby, J. P., ... & Translational Methamphetamine AIDS Research Center (TMARC) Group. (2016). Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 249, 27–37.

Neuropsychiatric Safety and Efficacy of Varenicline, Bupropion, and Nicotine Patch in Smokers With and Without Psychiatric Disorders (EAGLES): A Double-Blind, Randomised, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial. Anthenelli, R. M., Benowitz, N. L., West, R., St Aubin, L., McRae, T., Lawrence, D., ... & Evins, A. E. (2016). The Lancet, 387(10037), 2507–2520.

Alcohol-related blackouts across 55 weeks of college: Effects of European-American ethnicity, female sex, and low level of response to alcohol. Schuckit, M. A., Smith, T. L., Goncalves, P. D., & Anthenelli, R.M. (2016). Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 169, 163–170.

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