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Publications

Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community, 2023

WISDO: Reducing the Impact of Loneliness and Social Isolation on Mental Health and Substance Use

Innovative Virtual Role Play Simulations for Managing Substance Use Conversations: Pilot Study Results and Relevance During and After COVID-19. JMIR Publications, Advancing Digital Health & Open Science, 2021. Authors: Glenn Albright, Nikita Khalid, Kristen Shockley, Kelsey Robinson, Kevin Hughes, and Bethany Pace-Danley.

Experiences and outcomes of nurses referred to a peer health assistance program: Recommendations for nursing management. Journal of Nursing Management, 2019, 00: 1–8. Authors: Elizabeth Pace, Chris Kesterson, Katherine Garcia, Jean Denious, Deborah Finnell, and Sara Douglass Bayless.

Ten years of implementing screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT): Lessons learned. Substance Abuse, 2017. Authors: Ana P. Nunes, Melissa K. Richmond, Kelly Marzano, Carolyn J. Swenson, and Jodi Lockhart.

SBIRT Analysis Financial impact for practices that implemented Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for substance use, September 2016. Melek, S. P., Creten, N., Davenport, S., & Matthews, K., Denver, CO

Individual-oriented relationship education: An evaluation study in community-based settings. Family Process, 2015, 54: 686–702. Authors: Pallavi D. Visvanathan, Melissa Richmond, Chandra Winder, and Cynthia Hoskins Koenck.

Substance use and mental illness among nurses: Workplace warning signs and barriers to seeking assistance. Substance Abuse, 2014. Authors: Alexa Cares, Elizabeth Pace, Jean Denious, and Lori A. Crane.

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) as an integral part of nursing practice. Substance Abuse, 2014. Authors: Deborah Finnell, Shahrzad Nowzari, Brie Reimann, Leigh Fischer, Elizabeth Pace and Eric Goplerud.

Screening for alcohol in dental practices. Metro Denver Dental Society: Articulator, 2014, 19(2), 16. Authors: Carolyn Swenson and Rachel Steffl.

Marijuana in the workplace: A growing concern for employers. Journal of Employee Assistance, 2014, 44 (3), 10-14. Authors: Tamara Cagney, Christopher E. Knoepke, and David W. Mitchell.

Associations between substance use, depression, and work outcomes: An evaluation study of screening and brief intervention in a large Employee Assistance Program. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 2014, 29(1), 1-18. Authors: Melissa K. Richmond, Jennifer L. Shepherd, Fred C. Pampel, Randi C. Wood, Brie Reimann, and Leigh Fischer.

Trends in detection rates of risky marijuana use in Colorado healthcare settings. Substance Abuse. 2013. 34(3), 248-55. Authors: Melissa K. Richmond, Katie Page, Laura S. Rivera, Brie Reimann, and Leigh Fischer.

Screening for alcohol in primary care: A report from Colorado. Colorado Academy of Family Physicians News, 2014, 3rd quarter, 35-35. Author: Carolyn Swenson.