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Cheryl Teruya
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 27
Citations - 1376
Cheryl Teruya is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Substance abuse & Health care. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 26 publications receiving 1214 citations. Previous affiliations of Cheryl Teruya include Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.
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Treatment retention among patients randomized to buprenorphine/naloxone compared to methadone in a multi-site trial.
Yih-Ing Hser,Andrew J. Saxon,David Huang,Al Hasson,Christie Thomas,Maureen Hillhouse,Petra Jacobs,Cheryl Teruya,Paul McLaughlin,Katharina Wiest,Allan Cohen,Walter Ling +11 more
TL;DR: This paper examined patient and medication characteristics associated with retention and continued illicit opioid use in methadone versus buprenorphine/naloxone (BUP) treatment for opioid dependence.
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Gender comparisons of drug abuse treatment outcomes and predictors
TL;DR: Gender differences in drug treatment outcomes and predictors were examined among a sample of 511 patients recruited from drug treatment programs across Los Angeles County and found both similarities and differences in predictors of treatment outcome for women and men.
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Treatment motivation in drug users: A theory-based analysis
Douglas Longshore,Cheryl Teruya +1 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that readiness and resistance should both be assessed among clients entering treatment, especially among offenders for whom the treatment referral was coercive, and Intake and counseling protocols should address readiness and Resistance separately.
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Health and Health Care Disparities Among Homeless Women
Cheryl Teruya,Douglas Longshore,Ronald M. Andersen,Lisa Arangua,Adeline Nyamathi,Barbara Leake,Lillian Gelberg +6 more
TL;DR: The study found that white, non-Latina women were more likely to report unmet need than African Americans and Latinas, and women suffering from drug abuse, violence, or depression were most in need of care.
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Empirically supported substance abuse treatment approaches: a survey of treatment providers' perspectives and practices.
TL;DR: To better understand the extent that empirically supported and promising substance abuse treatment approaches are implemented in community settings, treatment providers were surveyed regarding their perceptions and use of several psychosocial and pharmacological treatment interventions.