Elizabeth Epstein
Elizabeth E. Epstein, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor

Office Room: CAS 354
Tel: (732) 445-0906
Fax: (732) 445-5944
Email: bepstein@rci.rutgers.edu
Mail: Center of Alcohol Studies, 607 Allison Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Current Research
  • Development of evidence based treatments for alcohol and drug use disorders
  • Parsing individual differences among substance abusers to facilitate effective client/treatment matching
  • Understanding mechanisms of change in treatment common to most patients in treatment for substance abuse and also particular to specific subgroups of patients
  • Improving treatments for alcohol dependent women
  • Women’s alcohol use and treatment process and success across the lifespan
Education
  Ph.D. Clinical Psychology University of Connecticut  
  M.A. Psychology Hebrew University of Jerusalem  
  B.A. Psychology Clark University  
Representative Publications

Epstein, E.E. & McCrady, B.S. (under contract). Treatments That Work: Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Alcohol Use Problems. NY: Oxford University Press.

Epstein, E.E. & McCrady, B.S. (under contract). Treatments That Work: Patient Workbook for Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Alcohol Use Problems. NY: Oxford University Press.

Epstein, E.E., McCrady, B.S., Morgan, T.J., Cook, S.M., Kugler, G., & Ziedonis, D. (2007). The successive cohort design: A model for developing new behavioral therapies for drug use disorders, and application to behavioral couple treatment. Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment 6(1), 1-19.

Epstein, E.E., McCrady, B.S., Morgan, T.J., Cook, S.M., Kugler, G., & Ziedonis, D. (2007). Couples Treatment for drug-dependent males. Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment 6(1), 21-37.

Epstein, E.E., Drapkin, M.L., Yusko, D.A., Cook, S. M., McCrady, B.S., and Jensen, N.K. (2005). Is Alcohol assessment “therapeutic?” Pretreatment change in drinking among alcohol dependent women. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 66 (3), 369-378..

Epstein, E. E., Labouvie, E., McCrady, B. S., Jensen, N. K., Hayaki, J. (2002). A multi-site study of alcohol subtypes: Classification and overlap of unidimensional and multi-dimensional typologies. Addiction, 97(8), 1041-1053.

Dr. Epstein has 20 years experience conducting treatment outcome studies with alcohol and drug use disordered persons. She has focused on clinical research in the addictions, particularly, randomized clinical trials and treatment development of several types of CBT approaches to treat heterogeneous addiction samples. She is a Licensed Psychologist. As Director of the Program for Addiction, Consultation, and Treatment (PACT) jointly run by CAS and GSAPP, directs a practicum there for psychology graduate students.