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UCSF INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH & AGING   ◊   UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO

Joseph Guydish, Ph.D.

Joseph Guydish, photo
Joseph Guydish

Email:  Joseph.Guydish@ucsf.edu
Telephone:  (415) 476-0954

Joseph Guydish, Ph.D., is Adjunct Professor of Medicine, and Core Faculty at the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies.  He works collaboratively with the Institute for Health & Aging, and with the Institute's California Collaborative Center for Substance Abuse Policy Research (CCCSAPR).

His main research efforts in recent years have focused on outcomes of drug abuse treatment, on strategies for improving publicly-funded drug abuse treatment systems, and on ways to move the field toward standardized treatment based in best practice models.  Examples of this work include clinical trials comparing outcomes of different drug abuse treatment programs, evaluation of changes in publicly-funded substance abuse treatment systems, and research on adoption of innovative treatments in drug abuse clinics. 

Recent Projects

Title: Building Effective Substance Abuse Treatment (BEST) Evaluation
Funding Agency: Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
Project Period: 5/01/2002 - 6/30/2005
Description: This project provides a comprehensive evaluation of the BEST Initiative, a three-year capacity building initiative working with community based substance abuse treatment providers in San Mateo County, California.  Dr. Guydish served as Principal Investigator.

Title: Integrating Multi-Assessment Protocols into Practice
Funding Agency: NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
Project Period: 8/25/2001 - 7/31/2004
Description: This research develops and applies a Multi-level Assessment Protocol (MAP) to investigate the extent to which behaviorally oriented drug abuse treatment interventions are adopted by community-based providers in multi-site clinical trials.  Dr. Guydish serves as Principal Investigator.

Title: San Mateo County Juvenile Drug Court Evaluation
Funding Agency: CSAT/County of San Mateo
Project Period: 9/30/2002 - 9/29/2005
Description: The major goals of the evaluation are to assess the quality, design and implementation of the JDC.  The evaluation will address the effectiveness of program activities and how they support the achievement of the desired outcomes.  Dr. Guydish serves as Principal Investigator.

Title: California-Arizona Clinical Trials Network Node
Funding Agency: NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
Project Period: 9/30/2002 - 8/31/2007
Description: The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) proposes a cooperative agreement to lead a node in the National Institute on Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN). The overall goal of the Research Node is to participate in and conduct high-quality multi-site clinical trials of interventions for drug abuse and addiction and to guide the development, dissemination, and adoption of effective interventions in the field. Dr. Guydish will serve as Associate Director.

Title: Treatments for Complex Patients in New Settings (Treatment Research Center)
Funding Agency: NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
Project Period: 9/01/1994 - 8/31/2004
Description: This renewal of the multidisciplinary Center is unified around the theme of behavioral treatments of complex drug abusing patients in new settings.  Dr. Guydish serves as a Co-Investigator.

Title: Therapeutic Community and Opioid Replacement Therapy
Funding Agency: NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
Project Period: 9/30/2001 - 5/31/2006
Description: This research conducts an effectiveness study in a therapeutic community (TC) that treats, opiate-dependent patients receiving opioid replacement therapy (methadone, LAAM, or buprenorphine). Dr. Guydish serves as a Co-Investigator.

Title:  Drug Abuse Treatment/Services Research Training Program
Funding Agency: NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
Project Period: 7/1/2002 - 6/30/2007
Description: This program serves as a vehicle for training behavioral scientists and physicians as outstanding scientists with productive careers in drug abuse treatment n academic and research settings.  Dr. Guydish is one of several faculty available to serve as a mentor to selected trainees.

Completed Projects

Title: Targeted Capacity Expansion: Outpatient Alcohol/Drug Treatment for Residents of the Rural Coastside
Funding Agency: DHHS/SAMHSA/Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Project Period: 9/30/2000 - 9/29/2003
Description: This project provides cultural sensitivity consultation on data collection instruments and protocols, and provides analyses of data collected by San Mateo County Alcohol and Drug Services.  Dr. Guydish serves as Principal Investigator.

Title: Assessing System Impacts of Treatment on Demand, Project Expansion
Funding Agency: DHHS/SAMHSA/CSAT/Suicide Prevention Center
Project Period: 1/01/2002 - 6/30/2003
Description: This evaluation expands the study to measure the impacts of San Francisco's “treatment on demand” initiative by assessing changes in treatment access and utilization patterns.  Dr. Guydish served as Principal Investigator.

Title: Trends in Perinatal Substance Use in California, 1990-1997: Implications for State Policy
Funding Agency: California Policy Research Center
Project Period: 7/01/2001 - 11/15/2002
Description: This study investigates changes in the number and proportion of substance exposed infants in California over time using California Office of State Health Planning and Development hospital datasets.  Dr. Guydish served as Principal Investigator.

Title: A Randomized Trial of Short Term Methamphetamine Treatment Models
Funding Agency: DHHS/SAMHSA/Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Project Period: 10/1/1998 - 9/30/2002
Description: This evaluation compares outcomes of three intensive outpatient models for treatment of methamphetamine abuse using a randomized clinical trial design.  Dr. Guydish served as Principal Investigator.

Title: Assessing System Impacts of Treatment on Demand (Task Order No. 2)
Funding Agency: DHHS/SAMHSA/CSAT
Project Period: 9/28/1998 - 9/27/2002
Description: This evaluation measures the impacts of San Francisco's “treatment on demand” initiative by assessing changes in treatment access and utilization patterns.  Dr. Guydish served as Principal Investigator.

Title: Outcome and Cross-Site Evaluation of the Target Cities Program/Study of Changes in SSI Eligibility
Funding Agency: DHHS/SAMHSA/Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Project Period: 9/15/1998 - 1/31/2002
Description: This project addresses writing, analysis, and publication of findings from multi-site national investigations of (a) efforts to improve drug abuse treatment systems and (b) impact of changes in SSI policy that eliminated drug and alcohol abuse as a disability category.  Dr. Guydish served as Principal Investigator.

Title: Drug Court Evaluation Project
Project Period: 7/1/1999-6/30/2001
Funding Agency: Office of Alcohol and Drug Programs (ADP)
Description: The California Collaborative Center for Substance Abuse Policy Research (CCCSAPR) [http://sbs.ucsf.edu/iha/Programs/cccsapr.htm (website)] at the Institute for Health & Aging supported the Office of Alcohol and Drug Programs in Drug Court Evaluation activities by providing technical support in the areas of substance abuse, substance abuse treatment and intervention including criminal justice intervention and Drug Courts, evaluation design and implementation, outcomes measurement, and economic modeling.  In addition, CCCSAPR identified key experts in the University of California system who could support specific needs related to Drug Court evaluation.  Dr. Guydish served as Co-Principal Investigator.

Publications

Sorensen, J., Rawson, R., Guydish, J & Zweben, J. (Eds.). (2003).  Drug Abuse Treatment Through Collaboration: Practice and Research Partnerships that Work .  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association.

Smith, D., Guydish, J. & Seymour, R. (2003).  Creating the California Substance Abuse Policy Journal: An evolutionary process.  Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, SARC Supplement 1, 193-196.

Sorensen, JL, Rawson, RA, Guydish, J, & Zweben, JE (Eds.) (2003).  Drug abuse treatment through collaboration: Practice and research partnerships that work.  Washington, DC: Am. Psychological Assn. [found in Sorensen]

Guydish J, Ponath C, Bostrom A, Campbell K & Barron N (2003).  Effects of losing SSI benefits on standard drug and alcohol outcome measures. Contemporary Drug Problems, 30, 169-193.

Podus, D., Barron, N., Chang, E., Watkins, K., Guydish, J., & Anglin, M.D. (2003).  Medical and mental health utilization among requalified and former drug asddiction and alcoholism recipients of SSI.  Contemporary Drug Problems, 30, 365-390.

Wolfe, E., Guydish, J. & Termondt, J. (2002). A drug court outcome evaluation comparing arrests in a two year follow-up period.  Journal of Drug Issues, 32, 1155-1171.

Guydish, J. & Claus, R. (2002).  Editor's Introduction: Improving publicly-funded drug abuse treatment systems: The Target Cities Initiative.  Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 34, 1-6.

Woods, W., Klingemann, S. & Guydish, J. (2002).  The San Francisco centralized intake unit: A description of participants and service episodes. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 34, 17-24.

Sears, C., Davis, T. & Guydish, J. (2002).  Effects of treatment history and centralized intake on drug treatment outcomes. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 34, 87-95.

Gibson, D.R., Brand, R., Anderson, K., Kahn, J.G., Perales, D. & Guydish, J. (2002).  Two- to six-fold decreased odds of risk behavior associated with use of syringe exchange.  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 31, 237-242.

Greenwood G, Woods W, Guydish J & Bein E (2001).  Relapse outcomes in a randomized trial of residential and day drug abuse treatment.  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 20, 15-23.

Sears C, Weltzien W & Guydish J (2001).  A cohort study of syringe exchangers and non-exchangers in San Francisco.  Journal of Drug Issues, 31, 445-464.

Guydish J, Woods W, Davis T, Bostrom A & Frazier Y (2001).  Does centralized intake improve drug abuse treatment outcomes?  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 20, 265-273.

Oggins J, Guydish J & Delucchi K (2001).  Gender differences in income after substance use treatment.  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 20, 215-224.

Sears C, Guydish J, Weltzien E & Lum P (2001).  Investigation of a secondary syringe exchange program for homeless young adult injection drug users in San Francisco, California, USA.  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 27, 193-201.

Guydish, J., Wolfe, E., Tajima, B. & Woods, W. (2001).  Drug Court effectiveness: A review of California evaluation reports, 1995-1999. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 33, 369-378.

Guydish J, Moore L, Gleghorn A, Davis T, Sears C & Harcourt J (2000).  Drug abuse treatment on demand in San Francisco: Preliminary findings.  Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 32, 363-370.

Guydish J, Brown C, Edgington R, Edney H & Garcia D (2000).  What are the impacts of needle exchange on young injectors?  AIDS and Behavior, 4, 137-146.

Des Jarlais DC, Guydish J, Friedman SR & Hagan H (2000).  HIV/AIDS prevention for drug users in natural settings.  In J Peterson and R DiClemente (Eds), Handbook of HIV Prevention, (pp. 159-177).  New York: Plenum.

Guydish J & Muck R (1999).  The challenge of managed care in drug abuse treatment.  Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 31(3), 193-5.

Guydish J & Muck R (1999).  Reorganizing publicly-funded drug abuse treatment: the experience of ten Target Cities Projects.  J Psychoactive Drugs, 31(3), 273-8.

Guydish J, Sorensen J, Chan M, Werdegar D, Bostrom A & Acampora A (1999).  A randomized clinical trial comparing day and residential drug abuse treatment: 18-month outcomes.  Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 67(3), 428-434.

Guydish J, Woods W, Tajima B, Frazier Y (1999).  A process evaluation of the San Francisco Target Cities Project in the first year.  Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 31(3), 197-203.

Woods WJ, Guydish JR, Sorensen JL, Coutts A, Bostrom A & Acampora A (1999).  Changes in HIV-related risk behaviors following drug abuse treatment.  AIDS, 13(15), 2151-5.

Heimer R, Khoshnood K, Bigg D, Guydish J & Junge B (1998).  Syringe use & reuse: Effects of syringe exchange programs in four cities.  Journal of AIDS & Human Retrovirology, 18(1), S37-S44.

Guydish J, Bucardo J, Clark G & Bernhiem S (1998).  Evaluating needle exchange: A description of client char-acteristics, health status, program utilization, and HIV risk behavior. J Subst Use Misuse, 33(5), 1173-96.

Guydish J, Werdegar D, Sorensen JL, Clark W & Acampora A (1998).  Drug abuse day treatment: A randomized clinical trial comparing day and residential treatment programs.  Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 66(2), 280-289.

Guydish J, Chan M, Werdegar D, Tajima B & Acampora A (1997).  The effectiveness of a day treatment therapeutic community.  In: F Tims, J Inciardi, B Fletcher & A Horton (Eds.), The Effectiveness of Innovative Approaches in the Treatment of Drug Abuse.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Guydish J, Werdegar D, Tajima B, Price M & Acampora A (1997).  Clients entering drug abuse day treatment: 18-month outcomes.  American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 23(1), 99-114.

Bucardo J, Guydish J, Acampora A, & Werdegar D (1997).  The Therapeutic Community model applied to day treatment of substance abuse.  In: G. De Leon (Ed.). Community as method: Therapeutic communities for special populations in special settings.  Westport, CT: Praeger.

Chan M, Sorensen J, Guydish J, Tajima B & Acampora A (1997).  Client satisfaction with drug abuse day treatment versus residential care.  Journal of Drug Issues, 27(2), 367-377.

Telles PR, Bastos FI, Guydish J, Inciardi JA, Surratt HL, Pearl M & Hearst N (1997).  Risk behavior and HIV seroprevalence among IDUs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  AIDS, 11(1), S35-S42.

Guydish J, Werdegar D, Sorensen JL, Clark W & Acampora A (1995).  A day treatment program in a therapeutic community setting: Six month outcomes.  J of Substance Abuse Treatment, 12(6), 441-447.

Sorensen JL, Wermuth LA, Gibson DR, Choi K, Guydish JR & Batki SL (1991).  Preventing AIDS in drug users and their sexual partners.  New York: Guilford Press. [found in Sorensen]


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