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Richard A. LaBrie, Ed. D.
Associate Director for Data Analysis, Division on Addictions

Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Biographical Sketch

Richard A. LaBrie, Ed.D., is an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the Associate Director for Data Analysis at the Division on Addictions, Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate. Previously he served as Deputy Director of the National Technical Center for Substance Abuse Needs Assessment at HMS. LaBrie has led investigations of the Iowa gambling treatment program, Missouri’s self-exclusion program, the first national study of gambling among college students, a multi-site study of a self-help toolkit for gambling-related problems and a prospective longitudinal multi-year study of Internet gamblers.

Selected Publications

In Press

LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (In Press). The relationships among disordered gambling, type of gambling, and gambling involvement in the British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007. European Journal of Public Health.
Peller, A. J., Najavits, L. M., Nelson, S. E., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (In Press). PTSD among a treatment sample of repeat DUI offenders. Journal of Traumatic Stress.

2010

Gebauer, L., LaBrie, R. A., and Shaffer, H. J. (2010). Optimizing DSM-IV classification accuracy: A brief biosocial screen for detecting current gambling disorders among gamblers in the general household population. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 55(2), 82-90.
Nelson, S. E., Kleschinsky, J. H., LaBrie, R. A., Kaplan, S. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2010). One decade of self exclusion: Missouri Casino self-excluders four to ten years after enrollment. Journal of Gambling Studies, 26, 129-144.
Shaffer, H. J., Peller, A., J., LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., & LaBrie, R. A. (2010). Toward a paradigm shift in Internet gambling research: From opinion and self-report to actual behavior. Addiction Research & Theory, 18(3), 270-283.

2009

Boudreau, A., LaBrie, R.A., and Shaffer, H.J. (2009). Towards DSM-V: "Shadow Syndrome" Symptom Patterns Among Pathological Gamblers. Addiction Research & Theory, 14(7), 406-419.
LaPlante, D. A., Kleschinsky, J. H., LaBrie, R. A., Nelson, S. E., & Shaffer, H. J. (2009). Sitting at the virtual poker table: A prospective epidemiological study of actual Internet poker gambling behavior. Computers in Human Behavior, 25(3), 711-717.
LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., LaBrie, R. A., and Shaffer, H. J. (2009). Disordered gambling, type of gambling and gambling involvement in the British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007. European Journal of Public Health: Advance Access. DOI:10.1093/eurpub/ckp177.
Nelson, S. E., Gebauer, L., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2009). Gambling problem symptom patterns and stability across individual and timeframe. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23(3), 523-533.
Oh, A. K., Mulliken,, J. B., LaBrie, R. A., & Rogers, G. F. (2009). Increased frequency of left-handedness in patients with unilateral coronal synostosis. Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal, 46(3), 237-244.

2008

Broda, A., LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., LaBrie, R. A., Bosworth, L. B. & Shaffer, H. J. (2008). Virtual harm reduction efforts for Internet gambling: Effects of deposit limits on actual Internet sports gambling behavior. Harm Reduction Journal, 5, 27.
Kessler, R. C., Hwang, I., LaBrie, R. A., Petukhova, M., Sampson, N. A., Winters, K. C., & Shaffer, H. J. (2008). DSM-IV pathological gambling in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Psychological Medicine, Cambridge University Press. DOI: 10.1017/S0033291708002900.
LaBrie, R.A., Kaplan, S.A., LaPlante, D.A., Nelson, S.E., and Shaffer, H.J. (2008). Inside the virtual casino: A prospective longitudinal study of actual Internet casino gambling. European Journal of Public Health, 18(4), 410-416. DOI:10.1093/eurpub/ckn021.
LaPlante, D.A., Nelson, S.E., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H.J. (2008). Stability and progression of disordered gambling: Lessons from longitudinal studies. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 53(1), 52-60.
LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., Odegaard, S. S., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2008). Substance and psychiatric disorders among men and women repeat driving under the influence offenders who accept a treatment-sentencing option. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69(2), 209-217.
LaPlante, D.A., Schumann, A., LaBrie, R.A., & Shaffer, H.J. (2008). Population trends in Internet sports gambling. Computers in Human Behavior, 24, 2399-2414.
Lee, T.K., LaBrie, R.A., Seung Rhee, H., Shaffer, H. J. (2008). A study of South Korean casino employees and gambling problems. Occupational Medicine, 58, 191-197. DOI:10.1093/occmed/kqn025.

2007

LaBrie, R.A., Browne, C., Christensen, D.E., Greenwood, K.L., Straus, J.H., Garmon, M.S., LaPlante, D.A., Peller, A.J., Scher, S., & Shaffer, H.J. (2007). Toward best practices for implementing consumer directed care in behavioral health care: Problems and prospects. Psychiatric Services, 58, 300-302.
LaBrie, R.A. & Shaffer, H.J. (2007). Gambling with adolescent health. Journal of Adolescent Health, 40(5), 387-389.
LaBrie, A., LaPlante, D. A., Peller, A. J., Christensen, D. E., Greenwood, K. L., Straus, J. H., Garmon, M. S., Browne, C., & Shaffer, H. J. (2007). The interdependence of behavioural and somatic health: Implications for conceptualizing health and measuring treatment outcomes. International Journal of Integrated Care, 7.
LaBrie, R. A., Kidman, R., Albanese, M., Peller, A. J., & Shaffer, H. J. (2007). Criminality and continued DUI offense: Criminal typologies and recidivism among repeat offenders. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 25(4), 603-614.
Lee, T.K., LaBrie, R.A., & Shaffer, H.J. (2007 Online First). The Structure of pathological gambling among Korean Gamblers: A cluster and factor analysis by their clinical and demographic characteristics. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
Nelson, T., LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D. A., Stanton, M., Shaffer, H. J., & Wechsler, H. (2007). Sports betting and other gambling in athletes, fans, and other college students. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 78 (4), 271-283.
Nelson, S. E., LaPlante, D. A., Peller, A. J., LaBrie, R. A., Caro, G., & Shaffer, H. J. (2007). Implementation of a computerized psychiatric assessment tool at a DUI treatment facility: A case example. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, (34), 489–493.

2005 - 2006

LaBrie, R.A., Nelson, S.E., LaPlante, D.A., Peller, A.J., Caro, G., & Shaffer, H.J. (2006). Missouri Casino self-excluders: Distributions across time and space. Journal of Gambling Studies, 23(2), 231-243.
LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H.J. (2006). Men & women playing games: Gender and the gambling preferences of Iowa Gambling Treatment Program participants. Journal of Gambling Studies, 22(1), 65-80.
Nelson, S.E., Laplante, D.A., LaBrie, R.A., & Shaffer, H.J. (2006). The proxy effect: Gender and gambling problem trajectories of Iowa Gambling Treatment Program participants. Journal of Gambling Studies, 22(2), 221-240.
Gentilello, L.M., Donato, A., Nolan, S., Mackin, R.E., Liebich, F., Hoyt, D.B., & LaBrie, R.A. (2005). Effect of the uniform accident and sickness policy provision law on alcohol screening and intervention in trauma centers. The Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection, & Critical Care, 59(3), 629-636.
Shaffer, H. J., LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D., Kidman, R., & Donato, T. (2005). The Iowa Gambling Treatment Program: Treatment outcomes for a follow-up sample. Journal of Gambling Studies, 21(1), 59-71.
Shaffer, H. J., Donato, A. N., LaBrie, R. A., Kidman, R. C., & LaPlante, D. A. (2005). The epidemiology of college alcohol and gambling policies. Harm Reduction Journal, 2(1), 1.

2003 - 2004

Shaffer, H.J., LaBrie, R.A., & LaPlante, D.A. (2004). Laying the foundation for quantifying regional exposure to social phenomena. Considering the case of legalized gambling as a public health toxin. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 18(1), 40-48.
Shaffer, H. J., LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D. A., Nelson, S. E., & Stanton, M. V. (2004). The road less traveled: Moving from distributions to determinants in the study of gambling epidemiology. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 49(8), 504-516.
Shaffer, H. J., LaPlante, D., LaBrie, R., Kidman, R., Donato, T., & Stanton, M. (2004). Toward a Syndrome Model of Addiction: Multiple expressions, common etiology. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 12, 367-374.
LaBrie, R.A., Shaffer, H.J., LaPlante, D.A., & Wechsler, H. (2003). Correlates of college student gambling in the United States. Journal of American College Health, 52(2), 53-63.
McAuliffe, W.E., LaBrie, R.A., & Woodworth, R. (2003). Measuring interstate variations in substance abuse treatment needs: Reformulation, refinement and replication. American Journal on Addictions, 12, 101-21.

2002 and earlier

McAuliffe, W.E., LaBrie, R.A., Woodworth, R., & Zhang, C. (2002). Estimates of potential bias in telephone substance abuse surveys due to exclusion of households without telephones. Journal of Drug Issues, 2, 1139-1154.
Peitsch, W.K., Keefer, C.H., LaBrie, R.A., & Mulliken, J.B. (2002). Incidence of cranial asymmetry in healthy newborns. Pediatrics, 110(6), E72-E72.
McAuliffe, W.E., LaBrie, R.A., Lomuto, N., Btjemann, R., & Fournier, E. (1999). Measuring interstate variations in drug problems. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 53(2), 125-145.
Mulliken, J.B., Vander Woude, D.L., Hansen, M., LaBrie, R.A., & Scott, R.M. (1999). Analysis of posterior plagiocephaly: Deformational versus synostotic. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 103(2), 371-80.
Marrinan, E.M., LaBrie, R.A., & Mulliken, J.B. (1998). Velopharyngeal function in nonsyndromic cleft palate: Relevance of surgical technique, age at repair, and cleft type. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 35(2), 95-100.
McAuliffe, W.E., Geller, S., LaBrie, R.A., Paletz, S., & Fournier, E. (1998). Are telephone surveys suitable for studying substance abuse? Cost, administration, coverage and response rate issues. Journal of Drug Issues, 28(2), 455-482.
Horgan, J.E., Padwa, B.L., & LaBrie, R.A., & Mulliken, J.B. (1995). OMENS-Plus: analysis of craniofacial and extracraniofacial anomalies in hemifacial microsomia. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 32(5), 405-412.
Shaffer, H.J., LaBrie, R.A., Scanlon, K.M., & Cummings, T.N. (1994). Pathological gambling among adolescents: Massachusetts Gambling Screen (MAGS). Journal of Gambling Studies, 10(4), 339-362.
LaBrie, R.A., McAuliffe, W.E., & Nemeth-Coslett, R. (1992). Seroprevalence of HTLV-I and HTLV-II among intravenous drug users. New England Journal of Medicine, 326(26), 1783-1784.
Vento, A.R., LaBrie, R.A., & Mulliken, J.B. (1991). The O.M.E.N.S. classification of hemifacial microsomia. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 28(1), 68-76.
Gelenberg, A.J., LaBrie, R.A., Wojcik, J.D., Falk, W.E., Coggins, C.H., Brotman, A.W., Rosenbaum, J.F., & Kerman, B.J. (1987). Effects of lithium on the kidney. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 75(1), 29-34.
Sovner, R., Hurley, A., & LaBrie, R.A. (1985). Is mania incompatible with Down's Syndrome. British Journal of Psychiatry, 146(3), 19-20.
Dimsdale, J.E., Hartley, L.H., Ruskin, J., Greenblatt, D.J., & LaBrie, R.A. (1984). Effect of beta blockade on plasma catecholamine levels during psychological and exercise stress. American Journal of Cardiology, 54(7), 182-185.
Gardos, G., Cole, J.O., Rapkin, R.M., LaBrie, R.A., Baquelod, E., Moore, P., Sovner, R., & Doyle, J. (1984). Anticholinergic challenge and neuroleptic withdrawal. Changes in dyskinesia and symptom measures. Archives of General Psychiatry, 41(11), 1030-1035.
Gardos, G., Cole, J.O., & LaBrie, R.A. (1982). A 12-year follow-up study of chronic schizophrenics. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 33(12), 983-984.
LaBrie, R.A. (1979). Drug intake monitoring and evaluation system (DIMES): computerized drug monitoring. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 15(2), 31-33.
Cole, J.O., Pope, H.G., LaBrie, R.A., & Ionescu-Pioggia, M. (1978). Assessing the subjective effects of stimulants in casual users: A methodology and preliminary results. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 24(2), 243-52.
Goldberg, H.L., Finnerty, R.J., LaBrie, R.A., & Rickels, K. (1978). A study of the concordance between observer and patient rating scales. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 14(2), 7-10.
Schildkraut, J.J., Orsulak, P.J., LaBrie, R.A., Schatzberg, A.S., Gudeman, J.E., Cole, J.O., & Rohde, W.A. (1978). Towards a biochemical classification of depressive disorders II: Application of multiple discriminant function analysis to data on urinary catecholamines and metabolites. Archives of General Psychiatry, 35, 1436-1439.

Reports

LaPlante, D. A., Kleschinsky, J. H., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2009). Play Responsibly Independent Measurement & Evaluation (PRIME): Venetian & Palazzo, Las Vegas. Boston, MA: Division on Addictions, Cambridge Health Alliance, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
Kleschinsky, J. H., Kaplan, S. A., Nelson, S. E., LaBrie, R. A., & Shaffer, H. J. (2008). The Missouri Voluntary Exclusion Program: Participant Experience Across 10 Years. Boston, MA: Division on Addictions, Cambridge Health Alliance, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
Shaffer, H. J., LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D. A., Kidman, R. C., & Nelson, S. E. (2004). The Iowa Department of Public Health Gambling Treatment Services: Follow-up study (Technical Report #20304-200). Boston: Harvard Medical School.
Shaffer, H. J., LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D. A., & Nelson, S. B. (2004). Disordered gambling in Missouri: Regional differences in the need for treatment. Phase I Report prepared for: The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation in partial fulfillment of the research grant “Evaluation Services with Regard to the Regional Impact of Compulsive Gambling” supported by the Port Authority Problem Gambling Fund.
Shaffer, H. J., LaBrie, R. A., LaPlante, D. A., & Kidman, R. C. (2002). The Iowa Department of Public Health Gambling Treatment Services: Four years of evidence (Technical Report #101102-200). Boston: Harvard Medical School.