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Dr. Hughes specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of substance abuse and addictions, including alcohol, drugs, nicotine, tobacco, and caffeine. He is Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology and Family Practice at the University of Vermont in Burlington.
Dr. Hughes is a founding member of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco and a member of the American Psychiatric Association's Council on Addiction Psychiatry. He is Chairman of the Association's Nicotine Dependence Task Force and the Nicotine Dependence Treatment Guidelines.
He has served as primary investigator on many research projects and is a prolific writer and editor. Dr. Hughes has written over 200 scientific publications on drug abuse. Since 1986, he has served as a reviewer for a number of Reports of the Surgeon General.
Board Certifications
- General Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1981
- Addiction Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1993
Healthwise Knowledgebase Topics Reviewed
- Quitting Tobacco Use
Education
- MD: University of Mississippi Medical School, Jackson, 1975
- University of Mississippi Medical School, Jackson:
- Internship in Internal Medicine, 1975–1976
- Residency in Psychiatry, 1976–1978
- Residency in Psychiatry: University of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 1978–1979
- NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene, 1979–1981
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Dept. of Psychiatry and Division of Epidemiology, 1981–1985
- University of Vermont, Burlington, Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Family Practice:
- Associate Professor, 1985–1991
- Professor, 1991–present
Professional Affiliations
- Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research
- American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Psychological Association
- American Society of Addiction Medicine
- College of Problems of Drug Dependence
- Research Society on Alcohol
- Society for Behavioral Medicine
- Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Selected Publications
- Hughes JR, Higgins ST, Bickel WK (1994). Common errors in the pharmacological treatment of drug dependence and withdrawal. Comprehensive Therapy, 20: 89–94.
- Hughes JR (1995). Treatment of nicotine dependence: Is more better? JAMA, 274: 1390–1391.
- Hughes JR, Fiester S, Goldstein M, et al. (1996). American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Nicotine Dependence. American Journal of Psychiatry, 153: S1–S31.
- Hughes JR (1996). The future of smoking cessation treatment in the United States. Addiction, 91: 1979–1802.
- Hughes JR, Hale KL (1998). Behavioral effects of caffeine and other methylxanthines on children. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 6(1): 87–95.
Financial Disclosure
- Ochnser Medical Foundation
- Penney Associates
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