A feasibility study of an intervention for structured preparation before detoxification in alcohol dependence: the SPADe trial. Funded by the Research for Patients Benefit programme of the NIHR, PB-PG-0815-20014, 2017-2019. Chief Investigator. In collaboration with University of East Anglia, University οf Surrey, University of Sussex and Imperial College London.
Group Mindfulness Based Therapy for distressing persecutory delusions: A pilot study for a randomised controlled trial. Funded by the Research for Patients Benefit programme of the NIHR, PB-PG-1014-35002. 2016-2018. Principal Investigator for sponsor. In collaboration with King’s College London and Royal Holloway University.
A study exploring the process underlying a pre detoxification Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Group intervention for dependent alcohol users. Funded by Alcohol Education and Research Council. 2014-2015. Chief Investigator. In collaboration with Kings College London.
A feasibility study of a psychological intervention to address alcohol misuse for people with mild to moderate learning disabilities living in the community (EBI-LD). Funded by the Research for Patients Benefit programme of the NIHR. 2013-2015. Chief Investigator. In collaboration with University College London.
An exploratory qualitative study seeking participant views evaluating preparation for alcohol detoxification groups (PAD study). Funded by Alcohol Education and Research Council. 2011. Chief Investigator. In collaboration with the University of East Anglia.
A randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of supervised consumption in patients managed with opiate maintenance treatment (SUPER – C). Funded by the Research for Patients Benefit programme of the NIHR. 2008-2010. Principal Investigator for sponsor. In collaboration with the University of East Anglia.
The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy for opiate addicts inmethadone maintenance treatment: a multi-centre, randomised controlled trial (UKCBTMM).Funded by Department of Health (DH) Drug Misuse Initiative 2000-2003 (2nd lead).
A Zamar, R Roberts, A Bedu-Addo, A Lulsegged, C Kouimtsidis. High-Dose Levothyroxine for bipolar disorder; the potential role of thyroid function and genetic tests. Report from twenty cases. Int J Psychiatr Res. 2021; 4(2): 1-7. DOI: IJPR-21-1091
Radfar SR, De Jong CAJ, Farhoudian A, Kouimtsidis C et al. 2021. Reorganization of Substance Use Treatment and Harm Reduction Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Survey. Frontiers in Psychiatry. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.639393
Kouimtsidis C, Pauly B, Parkes T, Stockwell T, Baldacchino A. COVID-19 social restrictions: an opportunity to re-visit the concept of harm reduction in the treatment of alcohol dependence. Frontiers in Psychiatry. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.623649
Ellet L, Tarant E, Kouimtsidis C, Kingston J, Vivarelli L, Mendis J, Chadwick P. 2020. Group mindfulness-based therapy for persecutory delusions: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Schizophrenia Research. DOI:10.1016/j.schres.2020.04.023
Farhoudian A, Baldacchino A, Kouimtsidis C, et al. 2020. Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Substance Use Disorders: Recommendations for a Comprehensive Healthcare Response. Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 11(2), 129-146. http://dx.doi.org/10.32598/bcn.11.covid19.1
Kouimtsidis C, Houghton B, Gage H, Notley C, Maskrey V, Clark A, Holland R, Lingford-Hughes A, Punukollu B & Duka T. 2019. A feasibility study of an intervention for structured preparation before detoxification in alcohol dependence: the SPADe trial protocol. Pilot Feasibility Stud 5, 59. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-019-0446-1
Verdejo-Garcia A, Kouimtsidis C et al. 2019. A Roadmap for Integrating Neuroscience into Addiction Treatment: A Consensus of the Neuroscience Interest Group of the International Society of Addiction Medicine. Frontiers of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00877
Kouimtsidis C, Duka T, Palmer E, Lingford-Hughes A. 2019. Prehabilitation in Alcohol Dependence as a Treatment Model for Sustainable Outcomes. A Narrative Review of Literature on the Risks Associated With Detoxification, From Animal Models to Human Translational Research. Frontiers in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00339
Ekhtiari H, Kouimtsidis C et al. 2019. Transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation (tES and TMS) for addiction medicine: A consensus paper on the present state of the science and the road ahead. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.06.007
Gupta N, Kondoni T, Kouimtsidis C. 2018. Evaluation of a women only opioid replacement treatment service; what do service users think? Addiction Research, 2(1): 1-4.
Patel A, Gibbor L, Douch R, Welstead M, Cahill E, Kouimtsidis C, Wilson D, Gregory S, Manalo M, Mandalia P, Deriziotis S, Kaya S, Wells K, Raymont V. 2018. The Validity of the Alcohol-Use-Disorder-Identification-Test and a Novel Proxy Test in the Assessment of Alcohol Consumption in the Cognitively Impaired Elderly. Journal of Addiction Research, 2(1), 1-8.
Williams F, Kouimtsidis C, Baldacchino A. 2018. Alcohol use disorders in people with intellectual disability. BJPsych Advances, Volume 24, Issue 4, pp. 264-272. https://doi.org/10.1192/bja.2017.37
Sami M, Notley C, Kouimtsidis C, Lynskey M, Bhattacharyya S. 2018. Psychotic-like experiences with cannabis use predict cannabis cessation and desire to quit: a cannabis discontinuation hypothesis. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718000569
Knox-Macaulay M, Stafford N, Collins C, Kouimtsidis C. 2017. Implementation of Assertive Alcohol Screening in a Gastroenterology Outpatients Department of an Acute Hospital. Addiction Research and Medicine, 3 (1). DOI: 10.23937/2474-3631/1510025
Kondoni T, Kouimtsidis C. 2017. What stops people on long-term opioid substitution from considering completing their treatment? A qualitative study. Drugs and Alcohol Today, 17 (4), 232-241. https://doi.org/10.1108/DAT-09-2017-0055.
Kouimtsidis C, Scior K, Baio G, Hunter R, Pezzoni V, Hassiotis A. 2017. Development of a manual for Extended Brief Intervention for alcohol misuse for adults with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities living in the community. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. (DOI: 10.1111/jar.12409
Zamar A, Warrya G, Kouimtsidis C. 2017. Two cases of Bipolar Affective Disorder treated with high dose Levothyroxine. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open. DOI: 10.1177/2054270417715567
Kouimtsidis C. Structured Preparation before Alcohol Detoxification; a shift from the current treatment paradigm. 2017. Editorial Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy, 8:326. DOI:10.4172/2155-6105.1000326.
Kouimtsidis C, Bosco A, Scior K, Baio G, Hunter R, Pezzoni V, Mcnamara E, Hassiotis A. 2017. A feasibility randomised controlled trial of extended brief intervention for alcohol misuse in adults with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities living in the community. TRIALS, 12;18(1):216. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-017-1953-0
Zanos P, Georgiou P, Weber C, Robinson F, Kouimtsidis C, Nilforooshan R, Bailey A. 2017. Oxytocin and opioid addiction revisited: Old drug, new applications. British Journal of Psychopharmacology, DOI: 10.1111/bph.13757.
Kouimtsidis C, Charge KJ, Moch J, Stahl D. 2016. Abstinence Preparation Group Intervention for dependent alcohol users. How does it work? Results of a process study. Journal of Substance Use, 22(2): 149-155. DOI: 10.3109/14659891.2016.1153164.
Kouimtsidis C, Stahl D, West R, Drummond C. 2015. Path Analysis of Cognitive Behavioural Models in smoking. What is the relationship between concepts involved? Journal of Substance Use, DOI: 10.3109/14659891.2015.1093559.
Kouimtsidis C, Sharma E, Smith A, Charge KJ. 2015. Structured intervention to prepare dependent drinkers to achieve abstinence; results from a cohort evaluation for six months post detoxification. Journal of Substance Use, DOI: 10.3109/14659891.2015.1029020.
Kouimtsidis C, Stahl D, West R, Drummond C. 2015. Negative expectancies measured with the Substance Use Beliefs Questionnaire can differentiate controls from those in treatment for alcohol dependence. Drugs and Alcohol Today, 15 (2), 76-81.
Kouimtsidis C, Hassiotis A, Scior K, Hunter R, Baio G, Pezzoni V. 2015. A feasibility study of a psychological intervention to address alcohol misuse for people with mild to moderate learning disabilities living in the community (EBI-LD); study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0629-x.
Croxford A, Notley C, Maskrey V, Holland R, Kouimtsidis C. 2015. An exploratory qualitative study seeking participant views evaluating group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy preparation for alcohol detoxification. Journal of Substance Use, 20(1), 61-68. DOI: 10.3109/14659891.2014.894590
Anand I, Smith A, Charge KJ, Kouimtsidis C. 2015. Are we doing enough to enhance attendance to aftercare? Service Users’ Evaluation of a group Relapse Prevention programme for alcohol dependence. Drugs and Alcohol Today, 15 (1), 9-11.
Filippidou M, Brown A, Kouimtsidis C. 2014. From Hysteria to Conversion disorder: the profile of the Sufferers. World Cultural Psychiatry Research Review, 9(3), 132-139.
Pezzoni V & Kouimtsidis C. 2014. Screening for Alcohol Misuse within People attending a Psychiatric Intellectual Disability Community Service. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, DOI: 10.1111/jir.12168.
Kouimtsidis C, Stahl D, West R, Drummond C. 2014. Can outcome expectancies be measured across substances? Development and validation of a questionnaire for populations in treatment. Drugs and Alcohol Today, 14(4), 172-186.
Pullin J, Kouimtsidis C. 2014. Alcohol liaison services for the general hospital. Is a specialist nurse necessary to improve service effectiveness and quality? Mental Health Practice, 18. 1, 28-29.
Kouimtsidis C, Stahl D, West R, Drummond C. 2014. How important are Positive and Negative Outcome Expectancies in the treatment of Addiction. A narrative review of the literature. Drugs and Alcohol Today, 14. 3, 137-149. (DOI 10.1108/DAT-11-2013-0051).
Holland R, Maskrey V, Notley C, Robinson A, Swift L, Gale T, Kouimtsidis C. 2014. Treatment retention, drug use and social functioning outcomes in those receiving three months versus one month of supervised opioid maintenance treatment. Results from the Super C randomised controlled trial. Addiction, DOI, 10.1111/add.12439.
Kouimtsidis C, Kolli S. 2014. Preparation for alcohol detoxification group programme. Service users’ evaluation of individual sessions. Journal of Substance Use, Vol. 19, No. 1-2, 184-187.
Kouimtsidis C, Stahl D, West R, Drummond C. 2014. Path Analysis of Cognitive Behavioural Models in substance misuse. What is the relationship between concepts involved? Journal of Substance Use, 19 (6),399-404.
Notley C, Holland R, Maskrey V, Nagar J, Kouimtsidis C. 2013. Regaining control: The patient experience of supervised compared with unsupervised consumption in opioid substitution treatment. Drug and Alcohol Review (early view: doi: 10.1111/dar.12079).
Kouimtsidis C, St John- Smith P, Kemp P, Ikkos G. 2013. Evidence Based Mental Healthcare and Service Innovation: Review of Concepts and Challenges. Psychiatriki (English ed.), 24(1), 45-54.
Kouimtsidis C. 2013. Community alcohol detoxification; the challenge of changing service provision. Short report. Journal of Substance Use, 18(2), 166-169. DOI: 10.3109/14659891.2011.627410
Sairam M, Magon R, Kouimtsidis C. 2012. Enhancing the effectiveness of community drug & alcohol teams in working with opioid dependent pregnant women in substitution treatment. The Psychiatrist, 36(11), 421-423.
Felice AM, Kouimtsidis C. 2012. Level of support and quality standards for GPs providing substitute prescribing treatment in Hertfordshire. Mental Health Practice, 16 (1), 19-22.
Reynolds M, Nayak S, Kouimtsidis C. 2012. Intrusive Memories of trauma in PTSD and Addiction. The Psychiatrist, 36 (8), 284 – 289.
Kouimtsidis C, Reynolds M, Coulton S, Drummond C. 2012. How does Cognitive Behaviour Therapy work with opioid dependent clients? Results of the UKCBTMM Study. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 19(3), 253–258.
Kouimtsidis C. Drabble K & Ford L. 2011. Implementation and evaluation of a three stages community treatment programme for alcohol dependence. A short report. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 19 (1), 81-83. DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2011.562938
Kouimtsidis C, Wikramanayake M, Patel R, Schifano F, Grieve S. 2011. Implementation of Hepatitis B vaccination programme in Hertfordshire Community Drug Teams. E letter The Psychiatrist.
Reynolds M., Hinchliffe K., Asamoah V., Kouimtsidis C. 2011. Trauma, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in a Substance Use Community Clinic. The Psychiatrist, 35, (7), 256-260.
Kouimtsidis C. & Ford L. 2011. A staged programme approach for alcohol dependence: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy groups for detoxification preparation and aftercare; preliminary findings. Short report. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 18 (3), 237-239.
Kouimtsidis C, Salazar C, Houghton B 2020. Motivational Interviewing and Behaviour Change. In ISAM Addiction Textbook, 2nd revision.
Kouimtsidis C 2020. Structured Preparation for Detoxification from Alcohol (SPADe). A pre-habilitation approach for the treatment of alcohol dependence. (ελεύθερη χρήση)
https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/research/current-studies/drug-alcohol/spade
Kouimtsidis C, Scior K, Hassiotis A. 2017. A Manual for Extended Brief Intervention for Alcohol Misuse by People with Learning Disabilities. (ελεύθερη χρήση)
https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/application/files/7615/1669/9810/Research_manual4Alc.pdf
Magon R. & Kouimtsidis C. 2011. Opiate dependence and pregnancy. In: 101 recipes for audit in Psychiatry; eds: Oakley C, Coccia F, Masson N, McKinnon I, Simmons M. Blackwell & Royal College of Psychiatrists Publications, London, 49-52.
Tanna E. & Kouimtsidis C. 2011. Care plans in Community Drug and Alcohol Teams. In: 101 recipes for audit in Psychiatry; eds: Oakley C, Coccia F, Masson N, McKinnon I, Simmons M. Blackwell & Royal College of Psychiatrists Publications, London, 111-113.
Kouimtsidis C. & Drummond C. 2010. Cognitive behaviour therapy for opiate misusers in methadone maintenance treatment. In: Responding to Drug Misuse; Research and Policy Priorities In Health and Social Care. Edited by Susanne MacGregor. Routledge, London.
Kouimtsidis C, Reynolds M, Drummond C, Davis P, Tarrier N. 2007. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the Treatment of Addiction: A Treatment Planner for Clinicians. John Wiley and Sons Ltd, London.
Kouimtsidis C, Bosco A, Scior K, Baio G, Hunter R, Pezzoni V, Hassiotis A. Alcohol misuse in people with mild to moderate learning disabilities living in the community; lessons from the Extended Brief Intervention in learning disabilities(EBI-LD) feasibility study. Alcoholis, April 2017 | Vol 39 | No. 2 | ISSN 1351-054
Mueller C, Brooks A, Kouimtsidis C, Sullivan P, Raymont V. 2016. Establishing a novel psychiatrist-led outpatient service for traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychiatry News, 11, 30-32.
Kouimtsidis C. & Duka T. 2014. Structured intervention to prepare dependent drinkers to achieve abstinence; is there a case for shifting the prevailing treatment paradigm? Hellenic Psychiatric Association London branch, invited editorial, December.
International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), Busan 2018. (I) Plenary speaker: Supervised consumption in opioid substitution treatment; an expensive barrier or an incentive for behaviour change? A ten years old challenge. (II) The concept of pre-habilitation in the treatment of alcohol dependence. The experience from Structured Preparation before Alcohol Detox (SPADe) implementation. Suggestions for future research within the Neuroscience Interest Group round table.
EUROPAD conference, 2018. Could and should CBT models be used across substances?
ICAAD conference 2018. Alcohol misuse in special populations.
European Society Biological Research on Alcoholism ESBRA annual conference 2017. (I) Plenary speaker: Alcohol misuse in special populations. (II) Clinical implications and interventions to reduce the risk of unsuccessful alcohol detoxifications. (III) Cognitive behavioural treatment in alcohol use disorders. A user guide.
Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) International Conference 2017. (Organiser and chair): Alcohol misuse and services in special populations: learning disabilities, people with traumatic brain injuries and pregnant women for the management of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
Society for Studies of Addiction (SSA) Annual Meeting, 2016. (On behalf of EBI-LD study group). A feasibility study of extended brief intervention for alcohol misuse in adults with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities living in the community.
Organisation Against Drugs of Greece, alcohol conference. Athens, May 2016. Treatment interventions for alcohol dependence.
RCPsych Addiction Faculty Annual Conference, 2016. (Organiser and speaker), Lingford-Hughes A, Duka T. What is the evidence supporting a change of the treatment paradigm of alcohol dependence? The role of structured preparation prior detoxification.
ISAM Dundee 2015. (Organiser and speaker), Lingford-Hughes A, Duka T. What is the evidence supporting a change of the treatment paradigm of alcohol dependence? The role of structured preparation prior detoxification.
SSA Annual Meeting, 2014. Structured preparation for alcohol detoxification. Is there enough evidence to change the treatment paradigm? Results from a cohort study.
Surrey National Conference on Alcohol, May 2014. Kouimtsidis C, Lynch J, Flanagan M. (organisers). Alcohol; Future Directions. Kouimtsidis C. Structured Preparation for Alcohol Dependence; need to change treatment paradigm.
SSA Annual Meeting, November 2013. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy treatment models revisited; the role of negative expectancies.
SSA Annual Meeting, November 2012. (On behalf of PAD group study). An exploratory qualitative study seeking participant views evaluating preparation for alcohol detoxification groups.
SSA Annual Meeting, November 2011. (On behalf of SUPER-C group). Effectiveness, cost effectiveness and qualitative evaluation of supervised consumption in substitution treatment? Results of the SUPER-C trial.
RCPsych Addiction Faculty, Annual Conference 2011. (On behalf of SUPER C group). Is supervised consumption an expensive barrier to substitution treatment? Results of the SUPER C trial.
21st Pan-Hellenic Congress, May 2011, Athens. (I) Adapt and Survive: Innovation in Mental Health Services in the National Health Service in England. (II) National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines; their value and challenge of local implementation.