Research
Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County (BHSPC), located on Main Street in Pickens, is
quite a distance from the Medical University of South Carolina both
geographically and culturally. This distance has not prevented a
productive relationship. Beginning in 1999 BHSPC was chosen as a
Community Treatment Program for the MUSC-centered Southern Consortium Node of
the nationwide Clinical Trials Network.
Successful performance was demonstrated as Pickens was the only Community
Treatment Program that succeeded in recruiting and retaining participants in an
earlier smoking cessation study (CTN-0009). More recently, the BHSPC Research
Department has been a top-performing site in the CTN on the Prescription Opiate
Analgesic Treatment study (CTN-0030). Due to their success in CTN
research projects Pickens has been selected as a site for several other
National Institute of Health and private industry trials. The research staff is
currently working with Principal Investigator Bryan Tolliver, M.D., Ph.D. from
MUSC on the “Effects of Modafinil in Methamphetamine Dependence” and Robert
Malcombe, M.D. from MUSC on the “Clinical Circuitry Underlying Methamphetamine
Cue Craving and Cue Extinction.” Our next CTN study will begin August
2010, CTN-0046: “Smoking-Cessation and Stimulant Treatment (S-CAST).”
Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County has become so immersed in the research endeavor that they have built a stand-alone research center. Bob Hiott, BHS Director, has made research a priority, and it is reflected in both his allocation of resources and his outstanding record in conducting CTN trials.
The mission of the CTN is to improve the quality of drug
abuse treatment throughout the country using science as the vehicle. We
are part of the Southern Consortium Node that is comprised of five research
community treatment programs (CTPs). Our research staff consists of the
Director of Research, Elizabeth Chapman, Site Co-Principal Investigator, Bob
Hiott, study physician, Dr. Amanda Flynn and Dr. David Cook, research liaison,
Margaret Garrett, and administrative assistant, Angelia
Lovell.
http://www.musc.edu/ctn/scnode
Research Experience
“Smoking Cessation in Treatment with Transdermal Nicotine Replacement
Therapy in Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Programs”, CTN -0009, 2000-2005
“The Use of Acamprosate in Alcohol Dependent Individuals
with Comorbid Anxiety and Depressive Disorders”, 2006-2007
“A Two-Phase Randomized Controlled Trial of
Buprenorphine/Naloxone Treatment Plus Individual Drug Counseling for Individual
Drug Counseling for Opioid Analgesic Dependence”, CTN - 0030, 2007 - 2009
" Cue Extinction in Methamphetamine Using Individuals",
2007- 2009
Current Projects
“Effects of Modafinil in Methamphetamine Dependence”, 2009- Present
“Clinical Circuitry Underlying Methamphetamine Cue Craving and Cue
Extinction", 2009 – present
“D-cycloserine Facilitation of Cocaine-Cue Extinction,
2010-present
"Smoking-Cessation and Stimulant Treatment,"
CTN- 0046, projected start date August 2010
**If you are interested in one of our current projects,
please contact us on our direct research line at 864-898-2938. If we are
unavailable, please leave a message on our confidential answering machine.**