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Lirio Covey, PH.D.
Professor of Clinical Psychology (in Psychiatry)
Clinical Therapeutics,
New York State Psychiatric Institute
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Lirio Covey's current research activities focus on the relationship between smoking, smoking cessation, and suicide related outcomes, for which she has received funding to perform secondary analysis of clnical trial and epidemiological data. Other areas of interest and activity are Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Major Depression and their relationships to smoking and smoking cessation. She is also associated with NIDA's Clinical Trial Network for which she continues her work in comparing smoking cessation treatment response by race/ethnicity. Dr. Covey is a member of the Smoking Cessation Section of the Society of Quality Practitioners of NY Presbyterian Hospital which developed the Web-based Training Program for Smoking Cessation Treatment Providers.
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Undergraduate: St. Theresa, B.S., 1960-1964
Graduate: Columbia University, M.S., 1965-66
Doctoral Degree: Graduate School, CUNY, Ph.D., 1972-1977
Fellowship: Mailman School Public Health, Columbia University, Post-doctoral
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• Smoking Cessation Counseling
• Psychology
• Psychiatric Epidemiology
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Address:
NYS Psychiatric Institute
Room 2210 Unit/Box:116
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-543-5736
Fax: 212-543-6835
lsc3@columbia.edu
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| Dr. Covey's research is focused on nicotine dependence, its comorbidity with psychiatric illnesses in particular depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, alcohol dependence, and development of smoking cessation treatments.
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1. Covey LS, Botello-Harbuam M, Glassman AH, Fried J, Masmela J, LoDuca C, Salzman V. : Smokers’ response to combination bupropion, nicotine patch, and counseling treatment by race/ethnicity . Ethnicity and Disease 2008
1. Covey LS, Glassman AH, Stetner F, Becker J: The effects of history of alcoholism and major depression on smoking cessation. , , 1993
1. Covey LS, Tam D.: Depressive mood, the single-parent home, and adolescent cigarette smoking. . Am J Public Health 1990;80: 1330-1333
2. Covey LS, Glassman AH, Jiang H, Fried J, Masmela J, LoDuca C, Petkova E, Rodriguez K. : A maintenance trial of bupropion and/or nicotine gum for the prevention of smoking relapse.. Addiction 2007;102: 1292-1302
3. Seidman DF, Covey LS (Eds): Helping the Hard-Core Smoker: A Clinician's Guide, Lawrence Erlbaum Press, Engl;ewood , NJ, U.S.A., 1999
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