John F. Kelly (professor)

John F. Kelly is an American-based researcher and professor of addiction medicine at Harvard Medical School.[1] He is the Founder and Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Recovery Research Institute,[2] Associate Director of the MGH Center for Addiction Medicine,[3][4] and Program Director of the MGH Addiction Recovery Management Service.[5]

John F. Kelly
Citizenship
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
Occupations
  • Researcher
  • professor
  • author
  • speaker

Education

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Kelly obtained his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Tufts University and doctorate at the University of California, San Diego in clinical psychology.[6]

Career

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In 2006 Kelly was named the Elizabeth R. Spallin Professor[7] of Psychiatry in Addiction Medicine at Harvard Medical School.[8] In 2013, he established The Recovery Research Institute,[9] which is a part of the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry.[10] This institute is credited for its creation of the Addictionary, a glossary of addiction-related terms and a system for stigmatized terminology alerts.[11]

Kelly is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association[12] and a Diplomat of the American Board of Professional Psychology, as well as a former President of the APA's Society of Addiction Psychology. He's worked as a consultant for federal and non-governmental agencies in the United States such as the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Institutes of Health,[13] Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, the Caron Foundation, as well as international governments and the United Nations.[14]

In April 2022, Kelly was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award[15] from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.

Select publications

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  • 1998: The effect of depression on return to drinking: A prospective study
  • 2000: A multivariate process model of adolescent 12-step attendance and substance use outcome following inpatient treatment
  • 2002: Do adolescents affiliate with 12-step groups? A multivariate process model of effects
  • 2003: Self-help for substance use disorders: History, effectiveness, knowledge gaps and research opportunities
  • 2004: Relapse prevention for substance use disorders: Adapting the adult-based paradigm for youth
  • 2005: The effects of age composition of 12-step groups on adolescent 12-step participation and substance use outcome
  • 2006: A 3-year study of addiction mutual-help group participation following intensive outpatient treatment
  • 2007: Adolescents' participation in Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous: Review, implications, and future directions
  • 2008: Accounting for practice-based evidence in evidence-based practice
  • 2009: Twelve-step facilitation in non-specialty settings
  • 2010: Does our choice of substance-related terms influence perceptions of treatment need? An empirical investigation with two commonly used terms.
  • 2011: Alcoholics Anonymous and young people
  • 2012: Broadening the base of addiction mutual help organizations
  • 2013: Mutual-help groups for alcohol and other substance use disorders
  • 2014: The new science on AA and 12-step facilitation
  • 2015: Outcomes research on 12-step programs
  • 2016: Twelve-step mutual-help organizations and facilitation interventions
  • 2017: Are societies paying unnecessarily for an otherwise free lunch? Final musings on the research on Alcoholics Anonymous and its mechanisms of behavior change
  • 2018: Mechanisms of behavior change in 12-step approaches to recovery in young adults
  • 2019: How Many Recovery Attempts Does it Take to Successfully Resolve an Alcohol or Drug Problem? Estimates and Correlates From a National Study of Recovering U.S. Adults
  • 2020: Alcoholics Anonymous and 12-step facilitation treatments for alcohol use disorder: A distillation of a 2020 Cochrane review for clinicians and policy makers
  • 2021: Addiction Recovery Mutual-Aid Organisations

References

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  1. ^ "John-Kelly". researchgate.net. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "John F. Kelly, Ph.D., ABPP". Recovery Research Institute. February 11, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  3. ^ "The Association of Recovery Schools honors recovery research award recipients | Center for Addiction Medicine". www.mghaddictionmedicine.com. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  4. ^ "When It Comes to Reducing Alcohol-Related Stigma, Words Matter | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)". www.niaaa.nih.gov. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  5. ^ "John F. Kelly, Ph.D." scholar.google.com. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  6. ^ "SDSU Department of Psychology – Dr. John F. Kelly, Graduate of Joint Doctoral Program, Named as the Inaugural Incumbent of the Elizabeth R. Spallin Professorship in Psychiatry in the Field of Addiction Medicine at Harvard Medical School". psychology.sdsu.edu. May 8, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  7. ^ "Kelly Named Spallin Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Addiction Medicine". hms.harvard.edu. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  8. ^ "John F. Kelly, Ph.D., ABPP". scholar.harvard.edu. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  9. ^ "Harvard Health | Public Health Infrastructure to Combat the Opioid Crisis". Recovery Research Institute. June 20, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  10. ^ "John Kelly, PhD -". Massachusetts General Hospital. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  11. ^ "John F. Kelly Ph.D., ABPP | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  12. ^ "cover opioids stigma". www.apa.org. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  13. ^ "niaaa recovery roundtable proceeding". niaaa.nih.gov. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  14. ^ "Teen Vogue & The Recovery Research Institute Team Up to Tackle the Opioid Epidemic in 2 New Articles". Recovery Research Institute. March 10, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  15. ^ "Recognizing Health Care Heroes at NatCon22". National Council for Mental Wellbeing. April 18, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2022.