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Matthew O. Howard

Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Publications -  199
Citations -  9384

Matthew O. Howard is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Social work. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 199 publications receiving 8316 citations. Previous affiliations of Matthew O. Howard include Washington University in St. Louis & Imperial College London.

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Mindfulness training modifies cognitive, affective, and physiological mechanisms implicated in alcohol dependence: results of a randomized controlled pilot trial.

TL;DR: Mindfulness training appears to target key mechanisms implicated in alcohol dependence, and therefore may hold promise as an alternative treatment for stress-precipitated relapse among vulnerable members of society.
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Teaching Evidence-Based Practice: Toward a New Paradigm for Social Work Education

TL;DR: The potential benefits ofevidence-based social work professional education and ongoing efforts of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University to implement curriculum-wide changes supportive of evidence-based professional practice education are described.
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Mindfulness treatment for substance misuse: A systematic review and meta-analysis

TL;DR: Meta-analytic results revealed significant small-to-large effects of mindfulness treatments in reducing the frequency and severity of substance misuse, intensity of craving for psychoactive substances, and severityof stress.
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Childhood predictors of adolescent substance abuse: Toward an empirically grounded theory.

TL;DR: In this article, the etiology of chemical use and abuse among children and adolescents as well as states the etiological pathways of youth drug behavior between initial, occasional and regular use are discussed.