Steven LaRowe, Ph.D.  

Substance Abuse Treatment Center-DVA

                                                                   
Education: Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Florida State University, 2002
Current Position: Assistant Professor, DVAMC & Department of Psychiatry (CDAP)
Professional Organizations: Society for Psychophysiological Research  

Publications:

• LaRowe, S.D., Kline, J.P., & Patrick, C.J. (2004). Defensiveness is related to increased startle magnitude. Personality and Individual Differences, 37, 1441-1451.
• LaRowe, S.D., Mardikian, P., Malcolm, R., Myrick, H., McFarland, K., Kalivas, P., Saladin, M., McRae, A., & Brady, K. (2006). Safety and Tolerability of N Acetylcysteine in Cocaine-Dependent Individuals. American Journal on Addictions, 15, 105-110.
• LaRowe, S.D., Patrick, C.J., Curtin, J.J., & Kline, J.P. (in press). Personality correlates of startle habituation.  Biological Psychology.
• Malcolm, R., LaRowe, S., Cochran, K., Moak, D., Herron, J., Brady, K., Hedden, S., Woolson, R., Halushka, P. (2005).  A Controlled Trial for Amlodipine for Cocaine Dependence: A Negative Report.  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 28, 197-204.

Presentations:

• Gray KM, Upadhyaya HP, LaRowe SD. (2005). Marijuana Cue Reactivity and Medication in Adolescents:  A Pilot Study. Poster Presented at American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Toronto.
• LaRowe, S.D., Mardikian, P.N., Malcolm, R.J., Drobes, D.J., Myrick, H., & Anton, R.F. (2005).  Factors affecting startle in alcoholics undergoing acute withdrawal.  Oral report presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Santa Barbara, CA.
• LaRowe, S.D., Myrick, H., Henderson, S., Kalivas, P.W., & Malcolm, R. (2005).  Cue reactivity and neuroimaging in cocaine dependent subjects: Adouble-blind placebo-controlled pilot study involving N-Acetylcysteine.Poster presented at the 35th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,Washington, D.C.
• LaRowe, S.D., Upadhyaya, H., Carpenter, M.J., Saladin, M.E., & Brady, K.T. (2006).  Does cue reactivity decrease with repeated laboratory sessions? Poster presented at the 13th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Orlando, FL.