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Christine Timko, PhD
Christine Timko, PhD
Center for Health Care Evaluation
Palo Alto, CA
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Dr. Timko completed her doctorate in social psychology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1984, and a postdoctoral fellowship in health psychology at Yale University from 1984-87. Her undergraduate work at the University of Pennsylvania was in psychology. Dr. Timko joined the VA in 1987, and is currently working at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System.
Dr. Timko's research focuses on the quality of care for patients with substance use and/or psychiatric disorders. Currently, she is implementing and validating guidelines to help providers make effective referrals to self-help groups for substance use disorder and dual diagnosis patients (IIR 20-067 and IIR 05-014). In addition, she is examining gender differences in the course of treated and untreated substance use disorders. Dr. Timko is developing and evaluating specialized treatments for substance use disorder patients with the co-occurring problem of suicidality, interpersonal violence, or a disabling medical condition.
Dr. Timko serves on the SUD QUERI Workgroup on Improving Retention in Substance Use Disorder Continuing Outpatient Care, and evaluates the biennial Stand Downs for homeless veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is co-investigator on a 23-year study comparing outcomes among individuals treated for depression and matched controls.
Dr. Timko's recent publications include: "Dual diagnosis patients in community or hospital care: 1-year outcomes and health care utilization and costs" (Journal of Mental Health, 2006); "Predictors of 16-year mortality among initially untreated individuals with alcohol use disorders (Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2006); and "Intensive referral to 12-step self-help groups and six-month substance use disorder outcomes" (Addiction, 2006).
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