Author
Steven L. Proctor, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and founder of PRO Health Group—a research and outcomes monitoring company. He is also Senior Program Director for Health Outcomes at Thriving Mind South Florida, a non-profit safety net payer in Miami. He holds faculty appointments at the rank of Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Florida International University's college of medicine, and Visiting Research Scholar in the Department of Mental Health Law & Policy at University of South Florida. He specializes in the evaluation of addiction treatment outcomes and has published extensively in this area. He collaborates with national and local agencies to improve their treatment systems through research, outcomes monitoring, training, technical assistance, and program evaluation.
Contingency Management for Stimulant Addiction: The Most Effective, Evidence-Based Treatment You’ve Never Used
America’s drug overdose crisis is one of the greatest public health concerns of our time with significant loss of life and economic burden. Over 109,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in 2022 (Ahmad, Rossen, & Sutton, 2023)—roughly one-third of which were attributed to stimulants—and the estimated annual stimulant-related cost to U.S. hospitals alone (emergency […]
Steven L. Proctor, Ph.D. + 1 more
July 9, 2023
Continuing Care
What is Continuing Care? Continuing care for substance use disorders (SUDs) encompasses any services delivered on an outpatient basis after the initial or “primary” treatment episode, which serve to help patients move towards their goal of recovery (McKay, 2009). The treatment of SUDs has historically been comprised of two phases. The primary phase typically consists […]
Steven L. Proctor, Ph.D. + 1 more
March 31, 2019