Amy Mericle, PhD
Scientist
- americle@arg.org 510-898-5840
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RESEARCH FOCUS
Recovery, recovery support services, sexual minority health disparities, adolescent risk behavior, substance use and co-occurring mental disorders, environmental factors associated with service use and recovery outcomes, integrative services delivery models.
FEATURED PROJECTS
Recovery Housing For Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders: A National Study
Principal Investigator
Addiction Recovery Residences to Improve Health Outcomes in High-Risk Men
Principal Investigator
Evidence Based Sober Living Houses: A Multi-level Analysis
Co-Investigator
A National Longitudinal Study of the Impact of COVID-19 on Recovery Residences
Principal Investigator
PUBLICATIONS
See All PublicationsThe role of recovery housing during outpatient substance use treatment
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2022
Identifying the availability of recovery housing in the U.S.: The NSTARR project
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2022
Recovery in context: Sober living houses and the ecology of recovery
Journal of Community Psychology, 2020
Sheltering in place and social distancing when the services provided are housing and social support: The COVID-19 health crisis and recovery housing
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2020
Sober living house characteristics: a multilevel analyses of factors associated with improved outcomes
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2019
Improving recovery outcomes among MSM: the potential role of recovery housing
Journal of Substance Use, 2019
Integrating housing and recovery support services: Introduction to the special section
Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2017
Distribution and neighborhood correlates of sober living house locations in Los Angeles
American Journal of Community Psychology, 2016
Recovery residences and providing safe and supportive housing for individuals overcoming addiction
Journal of Drug Issues, 2015
National Trends in Adolescent Substance Use Disorders and Treatment Availability: 2003–2010
Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2015
A critical component of the continuum of care for substance use disorders: recovery homes in Philadelphia
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2015
Supporting recovery in the community: Six-month outcomes of clients participating in the Phoenix House Bronx Community Recovery Center (BCRC).
Journal of Community Psychology, 2014
Staff perspectives on juvenile drug court operations: A multi-site qualitative study.
Criminal Justice Policy Review, 2014
Identifying need for mental health services in substance abuse clients
Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 2012
Detection, advice, and referral to services (DARTS) procedures among clients with public defenders
Substance Use and Misuse, 2011
Characteristics of recent violence among entrants to acute mental health and substance abuse services
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2008
Mental health provider perspectives on co-occurring substance use among severely mentally ill clients
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2007
