The year 2023 brought in a number of accomplishments for the Journal of Dual Diagnosis. The journal welcomed a new associate editor, Erin Woodhead, PhD, associate professor of psychology at San José State University. Dr. Woodhead’s research interest is substance use and treatment utilization with a particular focus on older people. The Journal has 39,000 annual downloads and views, an impact factor of 2.2, and a 32% acceptance rate.
Issue 4 of 2023 contained the first of a two-part special issue focusing on trauma and substance use. An editorial accompanied the special issue highlighted the articles (Roche & Foster, Citation2023). Many of the papers in this issue focused on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; Ferrie et al., Citation2023; Jegede et al., Citation2023; Vujanovic et al., Citation2023). Some focused on specific populations including people near the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York (North & Pfefferbaum, Citation2023) as well as PTSD symptoms and alcohol use in nurses during the COVID pandemic and in firefighters (Beck et al., Citation2023; Leonard et al., Citation2023). The second part of this special issue is included in the current issue of the Journal.
Beyond the special issue, published papers included a variety of topics. As in the special issue, two of the papers focused on PTSD (McGrew et al., Citation2023; Wolitzky-Taylor et al., Citation2023). Other papers in 2023 presented findings on less researched topics in dual diagnosis including weight gain (Krotter et al., Citation2023) and obsessive compulsive disorder and sleep (Bakhshaie et al., Citation2023; Juda et al., Citation2023). Two reviews focused on cannabis use. One of these papers reviewed the literature on psychosocial interventions to reduce cannabis use, while the other provided recommendations for reducing the risk of psychosis from cannabis use (Fischer et al., Citation2023; Petros et al., Citation2023).
Qualitative analysis studies were also well represented among papers in the Journal in 2023. These papers were topically diverse and included subjective housing stability in dual diagnosis patients (Yuan et al., Citation2023), the treatment needs of women with eating disorders and substance use disorders (Humphreys et al., Citation2023), experiences using peer or family support for smoking cessation and implementing client-centered care (Davis et al., Citation2023; Nagawa et al., Citation2023).
Finally, in 2023 we clarified the scope of the Journal (Brown, Citation2023). The Journal accepts submissions on a variety of topics related to substance use comorbidity. These comorbidities or co-occurring conditions can include having a second psychiatric illness but also include consequences of substance use such as medical comorbidity, homelessness, and criminal justice system interaction. We welcome submissions on these topics and others related to substance use disorder comorbidity.
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- Bakhshaie, J., Storch, E. A., Rogers, A. H., & Zvolensky, M. J. (2023). Pain intensity moderates the association between obsessive-compulsive symptoms and problematic alcohol use among emerging adults. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(1), 16–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2022.2157181
- Beck, J. G., Bowen, M. E., Majeed, R., Free, B. L., Brown, T. A., Brown, B., & Farchione, T. (2023). Alcohol use and mental health symptoms in nurses during the early months of COVID-19. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(4), 240–247. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2023.2260346
- Brown, E. S. (2023). Clarification regarding the scope of research papers accepted by Journal of Dual Diagnosis. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(2-3), 61–61. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2023.2230034
- Davis, E. L., Ingram, I., Deane, F. P., Buckingham, M., Breeze, D., Degan, T., & Kelly, P. J. (2023). A qualitative study exploring the benefits and challenges of implementing Client Centred Care (CCC) in an alcohol and other drug treatment service. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(1), 49–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2022.2159603
- Ferrie, M. L., Lheureux, A., Vujanovic, A. A., Zvolensky, M. J., & Raines, A. M. (2023). Co-Occurring posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and alcohol use behaviors: The mediating role of drinking to cope with PTSD symptoms. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(4), 221–230. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2023.2260326
- Fischer, B., Hall, W., Fidalgo, T. M., Hoch, E., Le Foll, B., Medina-Mora, M. E., Reimer, J., Tibbo, P. G., & Jutras-Aswad, D. (2023). Recommendations for reducing the risk of cannabis use-related adverse psychosis outcomes: A public mental health-oriented evidence review. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(2-3), 71–96. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2023.2226588
- Humphreys, E., Ladner, T., & van Draanen, J. (2023). A qualitative assessment of the treatment needs of women with concurrent eating and substance use disorders in a residential setting. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(2-3), 153–165. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2023.2192175
- Jegede, O., Manhapra, A., Zhou, B., Rhee, T. G., & Rosenheck, R. A. (2023). Monotonic association of increasing past-year substance use disorder across a four-level trauma post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) hierarchy in a nationwide sample. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(4), 231–239. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2023.2260339
- Juda, M., Pater, J., Mistlberger, R. E., & Schütz, C. G. (2023). Sleep and rest-activity rhythms in recovering patients with severe concurrent mental and substance use disorder: A pilot study. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(1), 26–39. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2022.2157694
- Krotter, A., Aonso-Diego, G., García-Pérez, A., García-Fernández, G., & Secades-Villa, R. (2023). Post-cessation weight gain among smokers with depression predicts smoking relapse. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(2-3), 62–70. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2023.2192683
- Leonard, S. J., Mcgrew, S. J., Lebeaut, A., & Vujanovic, A. A. (2023). PTSD symptom severity and alcohol use among firefighters: The role of emotion regulation difficulties. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(4), 209–220. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2023.2260324
- McGrew, S. J., Raines, A. M., Walker, R. L., Leonard, S. J., & Vujanovic, A. A. (2023). Posttraumatic stress, alcohol use, and alcohol use motives among non-hispanic black/African American college students: The role of emotion regulation. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(1), 3–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2022.2160037
- Nagawa, C. S., Lane, I. A., Davis, M., Wang, B., Pbert, L., Lemon, S. C., & Sadasivam, R. S. (2023). Experiences using family or peer support for smoking cessation and considerations for support interventions: A qualitative study in persons with mental health conditions. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(1), 40–48. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2022.2159732
- North, C. S., & Pfefferbaum, B. (2023). Tobacco and illicit drug use and drug use disorders among employees of businesses affected by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(4), 180–188. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2023.2260328
- Petros, R., Walker, D. D., Pierce, A., & Monroe-DeVita, M. (2023). Scoping review of cannabis-reduction psychosocial interventions and reasons for use among young adults with psychosis. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(2-3), 124–150. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2023.2226024
- Roche, D. J. O., & Foster, K. T. (2023). Trauma and substance misuse: Charting heterogeneity in comorbidity dynamics, vulnerable populations, and treatment adaptation. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(4), 177–179. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2023.2260325
- Vujanovic, A. A., Back, S. E., Leonard, S. J., Zoller, L., Kaysen, D. L., Norman, S. B., Flanagan, J. C., Schmitz, J. M., & Resick, P. (2023). Mental health clinician practices and perspectives on treating adults with co-occurring posttraumatic stress and substance use disorders. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(4), 189–198. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2023.2260338
- Wolitzky-Taylor, K., Smit, T., Vujanovic, A. A., & Zvolensky, M. J. (2023). Transdiagnostic processes linking posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms to alcohol use severity. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(2-3), 97–110. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2023.2225373
- Yuan, Y. Q., Padgett, D., Thorning, H., & Manuel, J. (2023). It’s Stable but Not Stable": A conceptual framework of subjective housing stability definition among individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 19(2-3), 111–123. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2023.2225357