ISAP Researchers' Profiles

Larissa J. Mooney, M.D.

Dr. Larissa Mooney is a board certified psychiatrist with expertise in the treatment of substance use disorders and psychiatric comorbidity.  After obtaining residency training at New York University, she completed a fellowship in addiction psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in 2006.  Dr. Mooney is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry, where she supervises and teaches psychiatrists in training at the Addiction Medicine Clinic.  Since joining UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs in 2007, she has conducted research on treatment interventions for addictive disorders and has collaborated on community training initiatives to enhance understanding of substance abuse and concomitant psychiatric illness among mental health clinicians.  Her interests include development of psychopharmacological and integrated treatments for addiction and advancement of substance abuse training for health care professionals.

Education and Training

• Undergraduate:  Cornell University, NY, B.S., Biology, 1997
• Medical: SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, NY, M.D., 2001
• Residency: New York University, NY, Psychiatry, 2001-2005
• Fellowship: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, CA, Addiction, 2005-2006

Specialties

• Addiction Psychiatry
• Psychopharmacology

Contact Info

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
1640 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90025
lmooney@mednet.ucla.edu

Selected Publications

Glasner-Edwards, S., Mooney, L.J., Marinelli-Casey, P., Hillhouse, M., Ang, A., & Rawson, R.A. (2008). Identifying methamphetamine users at risk for major depressive disorder: findings from the Methamphetamine Treatment Project at 3-year follow-up. The American Journal on Addictions, 17(2):99-102.

Glasner-Edwards, S., Mooney, L.J., Marinelli-Casey, P., Hillhouse, M., Ang, A.,
Rawson, R.A. and the Methamphetamine Treatment Project Corporate Authors (2008). Risk factors for suicide attempts in methamphetamine dependent
patients. The American Journal on Addictions, 17(1):24-7.

Mooney, L.J., Glasner-Edwards, S., Rawson, R.A., and Ling, W.  Medical consequences of methamphetamine use (in press).  Chapter in:  Roll, J.M., Rawson, R., Ling, W., and Shoptaw, S. (Eds.), Methamphetamine Addiction. Guilford Press: New York, NY.

Glasner-Edwards, S., Mooney, L.J., Marinelli-Casey, P., Hillhouse, M., Ang, A., & Rawson, R.A. (in press). Clinical course and post-treatment outcomes of
methamphetamine dependent adults with psychosis. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.

Glasner-Edwards, S., Marinelli-Casey, P., Gonzales, R., Hillhouse, M., Ang, A., Mooney, L.J., & Rawson, R.A. (in press). Depression among methamphetamine users:  association with  outcomes from the Methamphetamine Treatment Project at 3-year follow-up.  Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.

Gonzales, R., Marinelli-Casey, P., Hillhouse, M., Hunter, J., Mooney, L.J., Ang, A., & Rawson, R.A. (in press).  Hepatitis A and B infection among methamphetamine dependent users [Letter to the editor].  Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.

Gona, S., Mooney, L., and Shrikhande, A. (2005) “Intoxication; Substance Withdrawal; Clonidine Detoxification; Protocol for Opioid Dependent Patients; and Detoxification Protocol for Alcohol,” chapters in: Bernstein, C., Levin, Z., Poag, M., and Rubinstein, M., (Eds.), On Call Psychiatry, Third Ed., Elselvier, Inc.: PA

Stead, L. G., Stead, S. M., Kaufman, M. S., Klamen, D., and Mooney, L. J., Eds. (2002) First Aid for the Psychiatry Clerkship: A Student to Student Guide, 1st Ed. McGraw-Hill: New York.

Last updated - 06/11/2008

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