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LSU Anxiety and Addictive Behaviors Clinic

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LSU’s Anxiety & Addictive Behaviors Research Laboratory & Clinic specializes in research & treatme

The Anxiety and Addictive Behaviors Clinic (AABC) is committed to the development and provision of state-of-the-art treatments and assessments for individuals suffering from anxiety-related problems and problems associated with substance use (e.g., alcohol, ma*****na).

01/26/2026

Meet the Team Monday: Big WELCOME to new Honors Student Sasha Quintanilla! Sasha is a junior majoring in Psychology with a concentration in cognitive neuroscience with an honors research and sociology minor. Her interests include the mental health of s*xual and racial minorities, anxiety disorders, and psychopathology. She plans to attend graduate school to get a PhD in clinical psychology after graduating.

01/15/2026

Excited to see our first publication of 2026! This paper, co-authored with graduate students Caroline Scherzer (on internship at MUSC), Luke Vargo, & Paige Morris (MIRECC Fellow at the VA Philadelphia), found s*x differences in the relations of negative emotions with opioid misuse severity. Full text available here: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/W3R9WGJIB7RVT828EZPU/full?target=10.1080/14659891.2025.2461288
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01/12/2026

Big CONGRATULATIONS to undergraduate honors student, Lan Qiu, who will present a poster, Dual Ni****ne and Cannabis Use among Asian American and Pacific Island Adults: The Role of Anxiety and Negative Reinforcement Expectancies on Ni****ne Outcomes, at the 2026 Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction national conference in Kansas City! Way to GEAUX! LSU LSU College of Humanities & Social Sciences LSU Research LSU Discover - Undergraduate Research Program LSU Ogden Honors College Society of Addiction Psychology - APA Division 50 ABCT Addictive Behaviors Special Interest Group (SIG)

01/08/2026

First team meeting of the Mardi Gras Season means King Cake! Happy Mardi Gras! Laissez les bons temps rouler!

01/06/2026

Big CONGRATULATIONS to graduate student Katie Thomas on publishing a first-authored paper in Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment! Together with Drs. Buckner, Vujanovic, Zvolensky, & Smit, she found that the indirect effect of posttraumatic stress symptoms on heavy drinking via relationship impairment was moderated by s*x, such that posttraumatic stress symptoms were related to heavy drinking indirectly via relationship impairment for women, but not men. This work highlights the importance of considering the role of s*x in efforts to understand factors related to risky alcohol use. Way to GEAUX, Katie! LSU LSU College of Humanities & Social Sciences LSU Research

12/18/2025

Congratulations to all the students graduating today, including former research assistant, Delaney, who is graduating today after having been recognized by ’s Distinguished Undergraduate Research Program! Way to GEAUX!

12/16/2025

So proud of what our team accomplished this year! 🎉 From training graduate students in rigorous research and impactful clinical work - with publications and awards to show for it - to mentoring undergraduates through hands-on research, publications, and conference presentations. We also secured federal funding to advance our research and clinical training missions, while expanding community-based clinical services to increase access to evidence-based care. So grateful for our students, collaborators, and community partners who make this work possible. Way to GEAUX team! LSU LSU College of Humanities & Social Sciences LSU Research

12/09/2025

Exciting to see this paper published! Grad student Luke Vargo lead this test of the interactive effects of distress intolerance, anxiety sensitivity (AS), & s*x on alcohol outcomes, finding that distress intolerance was related to greater binge drinking frequency among men with lower AS, and among women with higher AS. Results highlight the important role of s*x in alcohol-related behaviors. Great work!

Check out full text here: https://rdcu.be/eTHro

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12/05/2025

Big CONGRATULATIONS to graduate student Katie Thomas for successfully defending her master’s thesis project, The Impact of Dyadic Coping on Alcohol Use and Related Problems among College Students in Romantic Relationships! Way to GEAUX! LSU LSU College of Humanities & Social Sciences LSU Research

12/04/2025

Congratulations to graduate student Chris Buenrostro for successfully proposing his master’s thesis project, Purpose in Life as a Moderator in the Relationship Between Depression and Anxiety and Cannabis-Related Outcomes Among College Students! Way to GEAUX!

11/26/2025

Big THANKS to everyone who stopped by to talk about our research during the ABCT Addictive Behaviors Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting & the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies SIG EXPO! And way to GEAUX graduate students Khoa Le & Luke Vargo who presented!

Le: Racism and cannabis outcomes among Asian American and Pacific Island adults

Vargo: Assessing momentary distress tolerance self-efficacy

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11/24/2025

Big THANKS to everyone who attended our symposium at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Friday evening, Romantic relationship dynamics and alcohol use: Rigorous science aimed at understanding relationship factors related to use and efforts to improve treatment outcomes by involving romantic partners! And to our speakers:

Dr. Julianne Flanagan: Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy Delivered via Telehealth in a Clinical Trial Setting: A Mixed-methods Examination

Dr. Jaye Derrick: Relationship-specific Motives for Alcohol Use in College Dating Couples: An EMA Study

AABC grad student Katie Thomas: The Impact of Significant Other Support and S*x on Alcohol Use Among Black Adults: An Analysis from Ecological Momentary Assessment

Dr. Julia Buckner: Discussant

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5131 O'Donovan Drive, Suite 300
Baton Rouge, LA
70808

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 6pm
Tuesday	8am - 6pm
Wednesday	8am - 6pm
Thursday	8am - 8pm
Friday	8am - 8pm

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(225) 578-5778

Website

http://www.lsu.edu/psychology/aabc/

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