News Release - Professor Marlatt’s Research Led to Increased Understanding of Addictive Behaviors

University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences learned yesterday that Professor G. Alan Marlatt, a clinical psychologist whose groundbreaking work in addictive behaviors spanned nearly four decades, passed away on Monday morning, March 14.
 
Marlatt’s research had a major impact on understanding the interaction between thoughts, emotions, and situations as predictors of addictive behaviors, such as substance abuse problems.
 
Marlatt was a full professor and director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington (UW). He joined the UW faculty in 1972 and founded the Addictive Behaviors Research Center within the department of Psychology a decade later. He has mentored hundreds of researchers and clinicians in the field of addictive behaviors.  > > > > Read More
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