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Suzanne Thomas

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InstitutionMedical University of South Carolina
DepartmentPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
AddressP.O. Box MSC 175
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41 Bee St.
Phone843-792-1533
Fax843-792-1506
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    Dr. Thomas studies the relationship between response to stress and the risk of developing alcohol problems, and how stress may contribute to relapse in individuals with alcohol dependence. She is committed to helping reduce the stigma of addiction and to promoting treatment seeking through her active education and outreach efforts in the community.
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    stress, alcohol dependence, craving, risk, relapse

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    1. Fleming BD, Thomas SE, Burnham WS, Charles LT, Shaw D. Improving Ethnocultural Empathy in Healthcare Students through a Targeted Intervention. J Cult Divers. 2015; 22(2):59-63. PMID: 26245011.
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    2. Miller PM, Book SW, Thomas S, Smith JP, Randall PK, Randall CL. The potential utility of drinking motive questions to screen at-risk drinking in socially anxious patients. J Subst Use. 2014 Jun 01; 19(3):225-228. PMID: 24982593.
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    3. Thomas SE, Merrill JE, von Hofe J, Magid V. Coping motives for drinking affect stress reactivity but not alcohol consumption in a clinical laboratory setting. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2014 Jan; 75(1):115-23. PMID: 24411803.
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    4. Miller PM, Ravenel MC, Mauldin MP, Sulkowski S, Lowndes A, Thomas SE. An online alcohol and oral health curriculum for dental students. J Dent Educ. 2014 Jan; 78(1):16-23. PMID: 24385520.
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    5. Patrick E, Whitson M, Smith A, Parnell J, Thomas SE, Blankenship CC. GnRH receptor antagonists for prostate cancer. JAAPA. 2013 Jul; 26(7):51-2. PMID: 23923287.
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    6. Bacon AK, Thomas SE. Stress Reactivity, Social Anxiety, and Alcohol Consumption in People With Alcoholism: A Laboratory Study. J Dual Diagn. 2013 Apr 01; 9(2):107-114. PMID: 23667346.
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    7. Book SW, Thomas SE, Smith JP, Randall PK, Kushner MG, Bernstein GA, Specker SM, Miller PM, Randall CL. Treating individuals with social anxiety disorder and at-risk drinking: phasing in a brief alcohol intervention following paroxetine. J Anxiety Disord. 2013 Mar; 27(2):252-8. PMID: 23523988.
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    8. Merrill JE, Thomas SE. Interactions between adaptive coping and drinking to cope in predicting naturalistic drinking and drinking following a lab-based psychosocial stressor. Addict Behav. 2013 Mar; 38(3):1672-8. PMID: 23254217.
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    9. Book SW, Thomas SE, Smith JP, Miller PM. Severity of anxiety in mental health versus addiction treatment settings when social anxiety and substance abuse are comorbid. Addict Behav. 2012 Oct; 37(10):1158-61. PMID: 22658305.
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    10. Book SW, Thomas SE, Stewart SH, Miller PM. Client attitudes toward alcohol use self-report. Subst Abus. 2012; 33(2):124-9. PMID: 22489584.
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    11. Thomas S, Bacon AK, Sinha R, Uhart M, Adinoff B. Clinical laboratory stressors used to study alcohol-stress relationships. Alcohol Res. 2012; 34(4):459-67. PMID: 23584112.
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    12. Thomas SE, Bacon AK, Randall PK, Brady KT, See RE. An acute psychosocial stressor increases drinking in non-treatment-seeking alcoholics. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2011 Nov; 218(1):19-28. PMID: 21274703.
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    13. Thomas SE, Haney MK, Pelic CM, Shaw D, Wong JG. Developing a program to promote stress resilience and self-care in first-year medical students. Can Med Educ J. 2011; 2(1):e32-e36. PMID: 21822458.
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    14. Thomas, SE Randall, PK Brady, KT See, RE Drobes, DJ. An acute psychosocial stressor does not potentiate alcohol cue reactivity in non-treatment-seeking alcoholics. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 2011; 35(3):464-473.
    15. Thomas SE, Randall PK, Brady K, See RE, Drobes DJ. An acute psychosocial stressor does not potentiate alcohol cue reactivity in non-treatment-seeking alcoholics. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011 Mar; 35(3):464-73. PMID: 21143244.
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    16. Book SW, Thomas SE, Dempsey JP, Randall PK, Randall CL. Social anxiety impacts willingness to participate in addiction treatment. Addict Behav. 2009 May; 34(5):474-6. PMID: 19195794.
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    17. Dempsey JP, Randall PK, Thomas SE, Book SW, Carrigan MH. Treatment of social anxiety with paroxetine: mediation of changes in anxiety and depression symptoms. Compr Psychiatry. 2009 Mar-Apr; 50(2):135-41. PMID: 19216890.
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    18. Carrigan MH, Ham LS, Thomas SE, Randall CL. Alcohol outcome expectancies and drinking to cope with social situations. Addict Behav. 2008 Sep; 33(9):1162-6. PMID: 18550293.
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    19. Thomas SE, Miller PM, Randall PK, Book SW. Improving acceptance of naltrexone in community addiction treatment centers: a pilot study. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2008 Oct; 35(3):260-8. PMID: 18329227.
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    20. Thomas SE, Randall PK, Book SW, Randall CL. A complex relationship between co-occurring social anxiety and alcohol use disorders: what effect does treating social anxiety have on drinking? Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2008 Jan; 32(1):77-84. PMID: 18028529.
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    21. Book SW, Thomas SE, Randall PK, Randall CL. Paroxetine reduces social anxiety in individuals with a co-occurring alcohol use disorder. J Anxiety Disord. 2008; 22(2):310-8. PMID: 17448631.
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    22. Thomas SE, Miller PM. Knowledge and attitudes about pharmacotherapy for alcoholism: a survey of counselors and administrators in community-based addiction treatment centres. Alcohol Alcohol. 2007 Mar-Apr; 42(2):113-8. PMID: 17172258.
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    23. Miller PM, Thomas SE, Mallin R. Patient attitudes towards self-report and biomarker alcohol screening by primary care physicians. Alcohol Alcohol. 2006 May-Jun; 41(3):306-10. PMID: 16574672.
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    24. Thomas SE, Deas D. The A-OCDS predicts both craving and alcohol cue reactivity in adolescent alcoholics. Addict Behav. 2005 Oct; 30(9):1638-48. PMID: 16140462.
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    25. Dawes MA, Johnson BA, Ma JZ, Ait-Daoud N, Thomas SE, Cornelius JR. Reductions in and relations between "craving" and drinking in a prospective, open-label trial of ondansetron in adolescents with alcohol dependence. Addict Behav. 2005 Oct; 30(9):1630-7. PMID: 16084024.
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    26. Thomas SE, Drobes DJ, Deas D. Alcohol cue reactivity in alcohol-dependent adolescents. J Stud Alcohol. 2005 May; 66(3):354-60. PMID: 16047524.
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    27. Drobes DJ, Anton RF, Thomas SE, Voronin K. Effects of naltrexone and nalmefene on subjective response to alcohol among non-treatment-seeking alcoholics and social drinkers. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2004 Sep; 28(9):1362-70. PMID: 15365307.
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    28. Upadhyaya HP, Drobes DJ, Thomas SE. Reactivity to smoking cues in adolescent cigarette smokers. Addict Behav. 2004 Jul; 29(5):849-56. PMID: 15219329.
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    29. Thomas SE, Drobes DJ, Voronin K, Anton RF. Following alcohol consumption, nontreatment-seeking alcoholics report greater stimulation but similar sedation compared with social drinkers. J Stud Alcohol. 2004 May; 65(3):330-5. PMID: 15222589.
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    30. Thomas SE, Randall CL, Carrigan MH. Drinking to cope in socially anxious individuals: a controlled study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2003 Dec; 27(12):1937-43. PMID: 14691381.
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    31. Drobes DJ, Anton RF, Thomas SE, Voronin K. A clinical laboratory paradigm for evaluating medication effects on alcohol consumption: naltrexone and nalmefene. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2003 Apr; 28(4):755-64. PMID: 12655322.
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    32. Randall CL, Johnson MR, Thevos AK, Sonne SC, Thomas SE, Willard SL, Brady KT, Davidson JR. Paroxetine for social anxiety and alcohol use in dual-diagnosed patients. Depress Anxiety. 2001; 14(4):255-62. PMID: 11754136.
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    33. Deas D, Thomas SE. An overview of controlled studies of adolescent substance abuse treatment. Am J Addict. 2001; 10(2):178-89. PMID: 11444159.
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    34. Thevos AK, Roberts JS, Thomas SE, Randall CL. Cognitive behavioral therapy delays relapse in female socially phobic alcoholics. Addict Behav. 2000 May-Jun; 25(3):333-45. PMID: 10890288.
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    35. Randall CL, Thomas SE, Thevos AK. Gender comparison in alcoholics with concurrent social phobia: implications for alcoholism treatment. Am J Addict. 2000; 9(3):202-15. PMID: 11000916.
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    36. Randall CL, Cook JL, Thomas SE, White NM. Alcohol plus cocaine prenatally is more deleterious than either drug alone. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 1999 Nov-Dec; 21(6):673-8. PMID: 10560774.
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    37. Thomas SE, Thevos AK, Randall CL. Alcoholics with and without social phobia: a comparison of substance use and psychiatric variables. J Stud Alcohol. 1999 Jul; 60(4):472-9. PMID: 10463803.
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    38. Thevos AK, Thomas SE, Randall CL. Baseline Differences in Social Support Among Treatment-Seeking Alcoholics With and Without Social Phobia. Subst Abus. 1999 Jun; 20(2):107-118. PMID: 12511825.
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    39. Drobes DJ, Thomas SE. Assessing craving for alcohol. Alcohol Res Health. 1999; 23(3):179-86. PMID: 10890813.
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    40. Thomas SE, Kelly SJ, Mattson SN, Riley EP. Comparison of social abilities of children with fetal alcohol syndrome to those of children with similar IQ scores and normal controls. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1998 Apr; 22(2):528-33. PMID: 9581664.
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    41. Herkov MJ, Gynther MD, Thomas S, Myers WC. MMPI differences among adolescent inpatients, rapists, sodomists, and sexual abusers. J Pers Assess. 1996 Feb; 66(1):81-90. PMID: 8576837.
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