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Howard A. Liddle, Ed.D.

Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
Director, Center for Treatment Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse
Secondary Appointments in Psychology and Counseling Psychology

Clinical Research Building, Room 1019
1120 NW 14 Street
Phone: 305-243-4500
Fax: 305-243-3651
E-Mail: hliddle@med.miami.edu


Education
St. Leo College B.A. 1970 Psychology
Northern Illinois University

M.S.

1972 Interdisciplinary program in Psychology, Sociology, and Marital and Family Studies and Therapy
Northern Illinois University

Ed.D.

1974 Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology (emphasis in marital and family therapy)
Board Certification and Licensures:
American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP)

Diplomate

1992  
California

Licensed Psychologist (inactive status)

1987  
Pennsylvania

Licensed Psychologist

1978  
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)

Approved Supervisor

1974  
Professional Positions

1999-Present

Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine (secondary appointments in Psychology and Counseling Psychology).

1998-Present

Director, Center for Treatment Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine. http://www.med.miami.edu/ctrada/

1996-1999

Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida (secondary appointments in Psychology and Counseling Psychology).

1990-1996

Professor of Counseling Psychology and Director, Center for Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1990-1996

Senior Research Associate, Center for Research on Human Development and Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1988-1990

Teaching Faculty, Dissertation Chair and Committee Member, California School of Professional Psychology.

1982-1990

Faculty, Mental Research Institute, Palo Alto, California.

1982-1990 .

Associate Professor-In-Residence, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California

1982-1990

Director, Behavioral Science Program, Family Practice Residency, University of California, San Francisco, California.

1981-1982

Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University.

1980-1982

Adjunct Associate Professor, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago-Circle.

1980-1982

Director and Psychologist II, Family Systems Program, Institute for Juvenile Research (State of Illinois Department of Mental Health), Chicago, Illinois.

1978-1980

Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, Department of Counseling Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (tenure awarded 1978).

1974-1978

Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology, Department of Counseling Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1974

Assistant Professor of Counselor Education, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois.

Research Interests

Development and empirical refinement of family-based interventions for adolescent drug abuse and conduct disorder, process and outcome studies, and research on the adaptation and adoption of empirically-supported treatment in non-research, community settings


Selected Publications

Dakof G, Tejeda M, Liddle HA. "Predictors of engagement in adolescent drug abuse treatment." Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2001 Mar;40(3):274-81.

Jackson-Gilfort A, Liddle HA, Tejeda M and Dakof GA. "Facilitating engagement of African American male adolescents in family therapy. A cultural theme process study." Journal of Black Psychology 2001; 27 321-340.

Liddle HA and Hogue A. (2001) "Multidimensional Family Therapy: Pursuing empirical support through systematic treatment development." In E. Wagner and H. Waldron (Eds.), Adolescent Substance Abuse. NY: Elsivier. (pp. 227-259).

Liddle HA, Dakof GA, Parker K, Diamond GS, Barrett K and Tejeda M. "Multidimensional family therapy for adolescent substance abuse: Results of a randomized clinical trial." Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2001 Nov;27(4):651-88.

Liddle HA, Santisteban D, Levant R and Bray J. (2001) "Family psychology intervention research." In H. A. Liddle, D. Santisteban, R. Levant and J. Bray (Eds.), Family Psychology Intervention Science. Washington, D.C.: APA.

Liddle HA (2001). "Advances in family-based therapy for adolescent substance abuse: Findings from the Multidimensional Family Therapy research program." In L. S. Harris (Ed.), Problems of Drug Dependence 2001: Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting (NIDA Research Monograph No. 182, NIH Publication No. 02-5097, pp. 113-115). Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Rowe CL., Liddle HA, and Dakof GA "Classifying adolescent substance abusers by level of externalizing and internalizing symptoms." Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse 2001;11(2), 41-66.

Hogue A, Liddle HA, Becker D, and Johnson-Leckrone J. "Family-based prevention counseling for high-risk young adolescents: Immediate outcomes." Journal of Community Psychology 2002;30,1, 1-22.

Liddle HA (2002). "Multidimensional Family Therapy Treatment (MDFT) for Adolescent Cannabis Users." (Volume 5 of the Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) manual series, 244 pp.). Rockville, MD: CSAT (http://www.samhsa.gov/csat/csat.htm).

Liddle HA, Rowe CL, Quille T, Dakof G, Mills DS, Sakran E and Biaggi H. "Transporting a research-based adolescent drug treatment into practice." J Subst Abuse Treat. 2002 Jun;22(4):231-43.

Rowe CL, Liddle HA, McClintic K and Quille T. (2002). "Integrative treatment development: The case of Multidimensional Family Therapy for adolescent substance abuse." In J. Lebow (Ed.), Handbook of Psychotherapy. (Volume on Integrative Therapies). New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Hogue A, Liddle HA, and Becker D. (2002). "Multidimensional Family Prevention for at-risk adolescents." In F.W. Kaslow (Ed.) Comprehensive Handbook of Psychotherapy, Volume 2 (T. Patterson, Volume Editor) (pp.141-166). New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Becker D, Hogue A and Liddle HA. "Methods of engagement for family-based drug prevention interventions." Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 2002;19(2), 163-179.

Dennis ML, Titus JC, Diamond G, Donaldson J, Godley SH, Tims, F, Webb C, Kaminer Y, Babor T, French M, Godley MD, Hamilton N, Liddle HA and Scott C. "The Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) experiment: A multi-site study of five approaches to outpatient treatment for adolescents". Addiction 2002;7 (Suppl. 1), 16-34.

Diamond G, Godley SH, Liddle HA, Sampl S, Webb C, Tims F, and Meyers R. "Five outpatient treatment models for adolescent marijuana use: A description of the Cannabis Youth Treatment interventions." Addiction 2002;97 (Suppl. 1), 70-83.

Hogue A, Liddle HA and Becker D. (2002). "Multidimensional family prevention for at-risk adolescents." In F. W. Kaslow and T. Patterson (Eds.), Comprehensive handbook of psychotherapy: Vol. 2. Cognitive-behavioral approaches (pp. 141-166). New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Liddle HA and Rowe CL. (2002). "Multidimensional Family Therapy for adolescent drug abuse." In D. Brook and H. Spitz Eds.), The Group Psychotherapy of Substance Abuse. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association Press.

Rowe CL, Parker-Sloat B and Liddle HA (2003). "Family therapy for early adolescent substance abuse." In S. Stevens and A. Morral (Eds.), Adolescent drug treatment: Theory and implementation in eleven national projects. Drugs and Society, 105-132.

French MT, Roebuck MC, Dennis M, Godley S, Liddle HA and Tims F. "Outpatient marijuana treatment for adolescents: Economic evaluation of a multisite field experiment." Evaluation Review 2003;27, 421-459.

Liddle HA, Rowe CL, Henderson C, Dakof GA, and Ungaro RA. (in press). "Early intervention for adolescent substance abuse: Pretreatment to posttreatment outcomes of a randomized controlled trial comparing multidimensional family therapy and peer group treatment." Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 36(1), 49-63.

Liddle HA, and Rowe CL. (2004). "Advances in family therapy research: Bridging gaps and expanding frontiers." In M. Nichols and R. Schwartz (Eds.), Family therapy: Concepts and methods (6th ed., pp. 395-435). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Rowe CL, Liddle HA, Greenbaum PE and Henderson CE. "Impact of psychiatric comorbidity on treatment of adolescent drug abusers." J Subst Abuse Treat 2004;26(2):129-40.

Liddle HA (in press). "Multidimensional Family Therapy: An effective treatment for juvenile-justice involved adolescent substance abusers." Washington, D.C.: OJJDP Publication Series on Science-Supported Treatments.

Liddle HA (in press). "Family-based therapies for adolescent alcohol and other drug use: Conceptual, clinical and research contributions to the substance abuse field." Addiction

Samuolis J, Hogue A, Dauber S and Liddle HA (in press). "Autonomy and relatedness in inner-city families of substance abusing adolescents." Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse.

 


 

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Charles Anello
Kristopher Arheart
John Beier
Margaret Byrne
Jennifer Clarke
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Robert Duncan
Daniel Feaster
Lora E. Fleming
Claude Earl Fox
Orlando Gomez
Jennifer Hu
Erin Kobetz
David J. Lee
Howard A. Liddle
Wen Liu
Kathryn E. McCollister
Clyde B. McCoy
Shari Messinger Cayetano
Lisa R. Metsch
Neta Peleg-Oren
Margaret Pereyra
Tatiana Perrino
Isildinha M. Reis
Cynthia Rowe
Gilbert Saint-Jean
Gail Shor-Posner
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Edward Trapido

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Toye Brewer
David Birmbach
Dale Chitwood
Eleni Damoulaki-Sfakianaki
Gordon Dickinson
Hermes Flores
Burton Goldstein
Marcelin Herns
Ewald Horwath
Tarek Khalil
Michael Kolber
Denise Korniewicz
Steven Lipshultz
Astrid Mack
Tracie Miller
Nilda Peragallo
Kathryn Roach
Shirin Shafazand
Donna E. Shalala
Jay Sosenko
Nancy Stein
Steven Ullmann
James D. Wilkinson

 


 

 
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