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Novel investigations will contribute to enhance prevention and treatment of substance abusers.

On May 4, 2007, Candice Goldstein, the Director of the Substance Abuse Counseling and Community Health, Alcohol and Other Drug Studies programs, earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Alliant International University.

Dr. Goldstein is a California State Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC-II), and holds two Master of Arts Degrees in Psychology. Her first Master's degree was earned in Counseling 
Psychology at New York University, and the second was in Clinical Psychology from California School of Professional Psychology.
 
Her dissertation, titled "A Comparison of Methamphetamine Users and Non-Methamphetamine Substance Abusers on Levels of Sensation Seeking and Narcissism among the Outpatient Drug Treatment Population" demonstrate that metamphetamine users exhibit personality traits similar to other drug users and also disproves that age may be a 
significant factor. Implications of these findings in clinical treatment of both adolescent and adult substance abusers and 
prevention for adolescents at-risk for substance abuse are vast. Future research assessing adult drug treatment patients on levels of narcissism over time in treatment and the relationship between narcissism and sensation seeking among polysubstance abusers would yield data relevant to enhancing prevention efforts and standard of care in clinical treatment.

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