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Stress Disorders
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Dr. Killeen's general research interests are in the area of effective treatment approaches for substance use disorders (SUD) and comorbidity, with a particular expertise in PTSD and SUD comorbidity. She has lead several large NIDA Clinical Trial Network studies exploring psychosocial therapies in the treatment of substance use and comorbid disorders. She is an expert in motivational interviewing, cognitive behavior and contingency management therapies, and more recently she is involved in research exploring the effectiveness of using mindfulness based relapse prevention in improving substance use outcomes. In her role as dissemination specialist over the past 15 years, she has worked with front line community treatment programs and clinicians to adopt evidence based treatments. She has mentored numerous clinicians both within MUSC and in community practice using evidence based supervision.
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