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Sarah L. Lake

Researcher at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Publications -  23
Citations -  1778

Sarah L. Lake is an academic researcher from University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Impulsivity. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 23 publications receiving 1538 citations. Previous affiliations of Sarah L. Lake include University of Texas at Austin & Baylor University.

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Fifty years of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale: An update and review

TL;DR: The Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) is a 30 item self-report instrument designed to assess the personality/behavioral construct of impulsiveness as mentioned in this paper.
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Use of continuous transdermal alcohol monitoring during a contingency management procedure to reduce excessive alcohol use.

TL;DR: Transdermal alcohol monitoring can be used to implement contingency management programs to reduce excessive alcohol consumption and had fewer drinking episodes and reduced frequencies of heavy drinking compared to the $0 condition.
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Behavioral Impulsivity and Risk‐Taking Trajectories Across Early Adolescence in Youths With and Without Family Histories of Alcohol and Other Drug Use Disorders

TL;DR: Heightened delay discounting in FH+ pre-adolescents coupled with normal adolescent increases in risk-taking may contribute to their increased susceptibility toward problem substance use in adolescence.
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Transdermal alcohol concentration data collected during a contingency management program to reduce at-risk drinking.

TL;DR: TAC data indicated that episodes of heavy drinking days during the Contingency Management phase were reduced and episodes of no drinking and low to moderate drinking increased, lending further support for linking transdermal alcohol monitoring with contingency management interventions.
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Pharmacologic treatment of impulsive aggression with antiepileptic drugs

TL;DR: Clinically, phenytoin is recommended as the AED of first choice for the treatment of impulsive aggressive outbursts and carbamazepine and valproate/divalproex sodium have both proved to be effective secondary options.