Kenneth L. Kirsh, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
2001 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States 
Area:
Clinical Psychology, Oncology

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2016 Rzetelny A, Zeller B, Miller N, Kirsh KL, Passik SD. Definitive LC-MS/MS Drug Monitoring Impacts Substance-use Treatment Planning and Patient Outcomes: A Brief Report. Journal of Addiction Medicine. PMID 27649263 DOI: 10.1097/Adm.0000000000000258  0.366
2016 Rzetelny A, Zeller B, Miller N, City KE, Kirsh KL, Passik SD. Counselors' Clinical Use of Definitive Drug Testing Results in Their Work with Substance-Use Clients: a Qualitative Study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 14: 64-80. PMID 26798328 DOI: 10.1007/S11469-015-9569-7  0.329
2015 Chambers J, Gleason RM, Kirsh KL, Twillman R, Webster L, Berner J, Fudin J, Passik SD. An Online Survey of Patients' Experiences Since the Rescheduling of Hydrocodone: The First 100 Days. Pain Medicine (Malden, Mass.). PMID 26814291 DOI: 10.1093/Pm/Pnv064  0.393
2015 Peppin JF, Cheatle MD, Kirsh KL, McCarberg BH. The complexity model: a novel approach to improve chronic pain care. Pain Medicine (Malden, Mass.). 16: 653-66. PMID 25752874 DOI: 10.1111/Pme.12621  0.412
2015 Passik SD, Kirsh KL, Twillman RK. FDA/DEA/PDMP/UDT: alphabet soup or sensible and integrated risk management? Journal of Opioid Management. 11: 77-81. PMID 25750168 DOI: 10.5055/Jom.2015.0255  0.306
2015 Kirsh KL, Heit HA, Huskey A, Strickland J, Egan K, Passik SD. Trends in drug use from urine drug testing of addiction treatment clients. Journal of Opioid Management. 11: 61-8. PMID 25750166 DOI: 10.5055/Jom.2015.0253  0.321
2014 McCarberg BH, Kirsh KL, Passik SD. Clinicians' perspective on the use of immunoassay versus definitive laboratory quantitation methodologies for medication monitoring. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 28: 255-8. PMID 25102041 DOI: 10.3109/15360288.2014.938887  0.49
2014 Kirsh KL, Ehlenberger E, Huskey A, Strickland J, Egan City K, Passik SD. Exploring rates of abnormal pharmacogenetic findings in a pain practice. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 28: 28-32. PMID 24601730 DOI: 10.3109/15360288.2013.878015  0.447
2014 Peppin JF, Marcum S, Kirsh KL. The chronic pain patient and functional assessment: use of the 6-Minute Walk Test in a multidisciplinary pain clinic. Current Medical Research and Opinion. 30: 361-5. PMID 23883277 DOI: 10.1185/03007995.2013.828587  0.456
2013 Lowery AE, Starr T, Dhingra LK, Rogak L, Hamrick-Price JR, Farberov M, Kirsh KL, Saltz LB, Breitbart WS, Passik SD. Frequency, characteristics, and correlates of pain in a pilot study of colorectal cancer survivors 1-10 years post-treatment. Pain Medicine (Malden, Mass.). 14: 1673-80. PMID 24010414 DOI: 10.1111/Pme.12223  0.462
2012 Kirsh K, Peppin J, Coleman J. Characterization of prescription opioid abuse in the United States: focus on route of administration. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 26: 348-61. PMID 23675595 DOI: 10.3109/15360288.2012.734905  0.367
2012 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. What Principles Should Guide the Prescribing of Opioids for Non-Cancer-Related Pain? Evidence-Based Practice of Palliative Medicine. 82-86. DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-3796-7.00016-1  0.449
2011 Passik SD, Kirsh KL, Webster L. Pseudoaddiction revisited: a commentary on clinical and historical considerations. Pain Management. 1: 239-48. PMID 24646390 DOI: 10.2217/Pmt.11.12  0.485
2011 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. Ethical considerations in urine drug testing. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 25: 265-6. PMID 21810007 DOI: 10.3109/15360288.2011.599486  0.387
2011 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. Addictions in pain clinics and pain treatment. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1216: 138-43. PMID 21272017 DOI: 10.1111/J.1749-6632.2010.05897.X  0.513
2011 Kirsh KL, Fishman SM. Multimodal approaches to optimize outcomes of chronic opioid therapy in the management of chronic pain. Pain Medicine (Malden, Mass.). 12: S1-11. PMID 21226840 DOI: 10.1111/J.1526-4637.2010.00992.X  0.452
2011 Heitzmann CA, Merluzzi TV, Jean-Pierre P, Roscoe JA, Kirsh KL, Passik SD. Assessing self-efficacy for coping with cancer: development and psychometric analysis of the brief version of the Cancer Behavior Inventory (CBI-B). Psycho-Oncology. 20: 302-12. PMID 20878830 DOI: 10.1002/Pon.1735  0.335
2011 Peppin J, Marcum S, Kirsh K. S648 CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT USING THE SIX MINUTE WALK TEST European Journal of Pain Supplements. 5: 284. DOI: 10.1016/S1754-3207(11)70978-6  0.325
2010 Schneider JP, Kirsh KL. Defining clinical issues around tolerance, hyperalgesia, and addiction: a quantitative and qualitative outcome study of long-term opioid dosing in a chronic pain practice. Journal of Opioid Management. 6: 385-95. PMID 21268999 DOI: 10.5055/Jom.2010.0036  0.45
2010 Kirsh KL. Differentiating and managing common psychiatric comorbidities seen in chronic pain patients. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 24: 39-47. PMID 20345199 DOI: 10.3109/15360280903583123  0.477
2009 Smith HS, Kirsh KL, Passik SD. Chronic opioid therapy issues associated with opioid abuse potential. Journal of Opioid Management. 5: 287-300. PMID 19947070 DOI: 10.5055/Jom.2009.0029  0.473
2009 Smith HS, Kirsh KL. Identifying and managing the risk of opioid misuse Therapy. 6: 685-693. DOI: 10.2217/Thy.09.60  0.495
2009 Peppin JF, Klim G, Burke J, Kirsh KL. A partial review of the appropriate use of opioid analgesics in the treatment of chronic pain: Toward a model of good practice and rational pharmacotherapy Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 21: 25-65. DOI: 10.1615/CritRevPhysRehabilMed.v21.i1.20  0.379
2009 Passik SD, Dhingra LK, Kirsh KL. Cancer pain management in the chemically dependent patient Cancer Pain: Assessment and Management, Second Edition. 423-432. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511642357.023  0.374
2008 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. The interface between pain and drug abuse and the evolution of strategies to optimize pain management while minimizing drug abuse. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 16: 400-4. PMID 18837636 DOI: 10.1037/A0013634  0.503
2008 Savage SR, Kirsh KL, Passik SD. Challenges in using opioids to treat pain in persons with substance use disorders. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. 4: 4-25. PMID 18497713 DOI: 10.1151/Ascp08424  0.494
2008 Kirsh KL, Smith HS. Special issues and concerns in the evaluation of older adults who have pain. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine. 24: 263-74, vi. PMID 18387455 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cger.2007.12.005  0.5
2008 Passik SD, Kirsh KL, Casper D. Addiction-related assessment tools and pain management: Instruments for screening, treatment planning, and monitoring compliance Pain Medicine. 9. DOI: 10.1111/J.1526-4637.2008.00486.X  0.492
2008 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. Forget the recipes: Let's talk data [2] Pain Medicine. 9: 261-265. DOI: 10.1111/J.1526-4637.2008.00414.X  0.489
2007 Smith HS, Kirsh KL. Documentation and potential tools in long-term opioid therapy for pain. Anesthesiology Clinics. 25: 809-23, vii. PMID 18054146 DOI: 10.1016/J.Anclin.2007.07.005  0.492
2007 Kirsh KL, Jass C, Bennett DS, Hagen JE, Passik SD. Initial development of a survey tool to detect issues of chemical coping in chronic pain patients. Palliative & Supportive Care. 5: 219-26. PMID 17969825 DOI: 10.1017/S1478951507000387  0.468
2007 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. Commentary on Jung and Reidenberg's "Physicians being deceived": aberrant drug-taking behaviors: what pain physicians can know (or should know). Pain Medicine (Malden, Mass.). 8: 442-4; author reply . PMID 17661860 DOI: 10.1111/J.1526-4637.2007.00338.X  0.486
2007 Passik SD, Byers K, Kirsh KL. Empathy and the failure to treat pain. Palliative & Supportive Care. 5: 167-72. PMID 17578068 DOI: 10.1017/S1478951507070241  0.475
2007 Thornberry T, Schaeffer J, Wright PD, Haley MC, Kirsh KL. An exploration of the utility of hypnosis in pain management among rural pain patients. Palliative & Supportive Care. 5: 147-52. PMID 17578065 DOI: 10.1017/S1478951507070216  0.456
2007 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. King of pain: what Elvis's death tells us about media coverage of celebrities and the pain/addiction interface. Journal of Opioid Management. 3: 69-70. PMID 17520985 DOI: 10.5055/Jom.2007.0040  0.409
2007 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. Will the number of milligrams of an opioid dose ever re-achieve the truly meaningless status it deserves? Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 21: 39-41. PMID 17430829 DOI: 10.1080/J354V21N01_09  0.35
2007 Smith HS, Kirsh KL. Documentation and potential tools in long-term opioid therapy for pain. The Medical Clinics of North America. 91: 213-28. PMID 17321282 DOI: 10.1016/J.Mcna.2006.10.005  0.492
2007 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. Weighing in on the off-label use of Actiq for noncancer-related pain: a recipe for success or a recipe for disaster? Pain Medicine (Malden, Mass.). 8: 130-3. PMID 17305684 DOI: 10.1111/J.1526-4637.2006.00295.X  0.487
2007 Graves KD, Arnold SM, Love CL, Kirsh KL, Moore PG, Passik SD. Distress screening in a multidisciplinary lung cancer clinic: prevalence and predictors of clinically significant distress. Lung Cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 55: 215-24. PMID 17084483 DOI: 10.1016/J.Lungcan.2006.10.001  0.372
2006 Passik SD, Heit H, Kirsh KL. Reality and responsibility: a commentary on the treatment of pain and suffering in a drug-using society. Journal of Opioid Management. 2: 123-7. PMID 17319444 DOI: 10.5055/Jom.2006.0020  0.473
2006 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. An opioid screening instrument: long-term evaluation of the utility of the pain medication questionnaire by Holmes et al. Pain Practice : the Official Journal of World Institute of Pain. 6: 69-71. PMID 17309712 DOI: 10.1111/J.1533-2500.2006.00065.X  0.383
2006 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. Fear and loathing in the pain clinic. Pain Medicine (Malden, Mass.). 7: 363-4; discussion 36. PMID 16898950 DOI: 10.1111/J.1526-4637.2006.00189.X  0.427
2006 Hahn EJ, Rayens MK, Kirsh KL, Passik SD. Brief report: pain and readiness to quit smoking cigarettes. Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society For Research On Nicotine and Tobacco. 8: 473-80. PMID 16801305 DOI: 10.1080/14622200600670355  0.413
2006 Kirsh KL, Passik SD. Palliative care of the terminally ill drug addict. Cancer Investigation. 24: 425-31. PMID 16777696 DOI: 10.1080/07357900600705565  0.444
2006 Passik SD, Hays L, Eisner N, Kirsh KL. Psychiatric and pain characteristics of prescription drug abusers entering drug rehabilitation. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 20: 5-13. PMID 16702131 DOI: 10.1080/J354V20N02_03  0.455
2006 Passik SD, Kirsh KL, Donaghy KB, Portenoy RK. Pain and aberrant drug-related behaviors in medically ill patients with and without histories of substance abuse. The Clinical Journal of Pain. 22: 173-81. PMID 16428952 DOI: 10.1097/01.Ajp.0000161525.48245.Aa  0.532
2005 Passik SD, Kirsh KL, Whitcomb L, Schein JR, Kaplan MA, Dodd SL, Kleinman L, Katz NP, Portenoy RK. Monitoring outcomes during long-term opioid therapy for noncancer pain: results with the Pain Assessment and Documentation Tool. Journal of Opioid Management. 1: 257-66. PMID 17319559 DOI: 10.5055/Jom.2005.0055  0.487
2005 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. A pilot examination of the impact of cancer patients' fatigue on their spousal caregivers. Palliative & Supportive Care. 3: 273-9. PMID 17039982 DOI: 10.1017/S1478951505050431  0.311
2005 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. Managing pain in patients with aberrant drug-taking behaviors. The Journal of Supportive Oncology. 3: 83-6. PMID 15724951  0.35
2004 Kirsh KL, Walker R, Snider S, Weisenfluh S, Brown GM, Passik SD. Hospice staff members' views on conducting end-of-life research. Palliative & Supportive Care. 2: 273-82. PMID 16594412 DOI: 10.1017/S1478951504040362  0.305
2004 Passik SD, Kirsh KL, Leibee S, Kaplan LS, Love C, Napier E, Burton D, Sprang R. A feasibility study of dignity psychotherapy delivered via telemedicine. Palliative & Supportive Care. 2: 149-55. PMID 16594244 DOI: 10.1017/S1478951504040209  0.332
2004 Kirsh KL, McGrew JH, Passik SD. Difficulties in screening for adjustment disorder, Part II: An attempt to develop a novel self-report screening instrument in cancer patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation. Palliative & Supportive Care. 2: 33-41. PMID 16594233 DOI: 10.1017/S1478951504040052  0.622
2004 Kirsh KL, McGrew JH, Dugan M, Passik SD. Difficulties in screening for adjustment disorder, Part I: Use of existing screening instruments in cancer patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation. Palliative & Supportive Care. 2: 23-31. PMID 16594232 DOI: 10.1017/S1478951504040040  0.618
2004 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. Assessing aberrant drug-taking behaviors in the patient with chronic pain. Current Pain and Headache Reports. 8: 289-94. PMID 15228888 DOI: 10.1007/S11916-004-0010-3  0.498
2004 Passik SD, Kirsh KL, Whitcomb L, Portenoy RK, Katz NP, Kleinman L, Dodd SL, Schein JR. A new tool to assess and document pain outcomes in chronic pain patients receiving opioid therapy. Clinical Therapeutics. 26: 552-61. PMID 15189752 DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(04)90057-4  0.498
2004 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. Opioid therapy in patients with a history of substance abuse. Cns Drugs. 18: 13-25. PMID 14731056 DOI: 10.2165/00023210-200418010-00002  0.53
2003 Hays L, Kirsh KL, Passik SD. Seeking drug treatment for OxyContin abuse: a chart review of consecutive admissions to a substance abuse treatment facility in Kentucky. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn. 1: 423-8. PMID 19761073 DOI: 10.6004/Jnccn.2003.0035  0.343
2003 Theobald DE, Kirsh KL, Holtsclaw E, Donaghy K, Passik SD. An open label pilot study of citalopram for depression and boredom in ambulatory cancer patients. Palliative & Supportive Care. 1: 71-7. PMID 16594290 DOI: 10.1017/S1478951503030037  0.334
2003 Passik SD, Inman A, Kirsh K, Theobald D, Dickerson P. Initial validation of a scale to measure purposelessness, understimulation, and boredom in cancer patients: toward a redefinition of depression in advanced disease. Palliative & Supportive Care. 1: 41-50. PMID 16594287 DOI: 10.1017/S1478951503030062  0.333
2003 Inman A, Kirsh KL, Passik SD. A pilot study to examine the relationship between boredom and spirituality in cancer patients. Palliative & Supportive Care. 1: 143-51. PMID 16594276 DOI: 10.1017/S1478951503030165  0.341
2003 Kirsh KL, Dugan C, Theobald DE, Passik SD. A chart review, pilot study of two single-item screens to detect cancer patients at risk for cachexia. Palliative & Supportive Care. 1: 331-5. PMID 16594222 DOI: 10.1017/S1478951503030487  0.331
2003 Kibiger G, Kirsh KL, Wall JR, Passik SD. My mind is as clear as it used to be: A pilot study illustrating the difficulties of employing a single-item subjective screen to detect cognitive impairment in outpatients with cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 26: 705-15. PMID 12906955 DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(03)00237-9  0.323
2003 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. The need to identify predictors of aberrant drug-related behavior and addiction in patients being treated with opioids for pain. Pain Medicine (Malden, Mass.). 4: 186-9. PMID 12873265 DOI: 10.1046/J.1526-4637.2003.03018.X  0.48
2003 Passik SD, Kirsh KL, Theobald DE, Dickerson P, Trowbridge R, Gray D, Beaver M, Comparet J, Brown J. A retrospective chart review of the use of olanzapine for the prevention of delayed emesis in cancer patients. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 25: 485-8. PMID 12727048 DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(03)00078-2  0.361
2003 Passik SD, Whitcomb LA, Kirsh KL, Theobald DE. An unsuccessful attempt to develop a single-item screen for insomnia in cancer patients. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 25: 284-7. PMID 12614963 DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(02)00692-9  0.319
2003 Fudin J, Levasseur DJ, Passik SD, Kirsh KL, Coleman J. Chronic pain management with opioids in patients with past or current substance abuse problems Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 16: 291-308. DOI: 10.1177/0897190003258507  0.364
2002 Passik SD, Kirsh KL, Whitcomb L, Dickerson PK, Theobald DE. Pain clinicians' rankings of aberrant drug-taking behaviors. Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 16: 39-49. PMID 14635824 DOI: 10.1080/J354V16N04_04  0.435
2002 Passik SD, Kirsh KL, Donaghy K, Holtsclaw E, Theobald D, Cella D, Breitbart W. Patient-related barriers to fatigue communication: initial validation of the fatigue management barriers questionnaire. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 24: 481-93. PMID 12547048 DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(02)00518-3  0.37
2002 Passik SD, Kirsh KL. Re. Probing the paradox of patients' satisfaction with inadequate pain management. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 24: 361-3. PMID 12505203 DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(02)00505-5  0.446
2002 Kirsh KL, Whitcomb LA, Donaghy K, Passik SD. Abuse and addiction issues in medically ill patients with pain: attempts at clarification of terms and empirical study. The Clinical Journal of Pain. 18: S52-60. PMID 12479254 DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200207001-00006  0.495
2002 Passik SD, Kirsh KL, Theobald D, Donaghy K, Holtsclaw E, Edgerton S, Dugan W. Use of a depression screening tool and a fluoxetine-based algorithm to improve the recognition and treatment of depression in cancer patients. A demonstration project. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 24: 318-27. PMID 12458113 DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(02)00493-1  0.378
2002 Passik SD, Lundberg J, Kirsh KL, Theobald D, Donaghy K, Holtsclaw E, Cooper M, Dugan W. A pilot exploration of the antiemetic activity of olanzapine for the relief of nausea in patients with advanced cancer and pain. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 23: 526-32. PMID 12067777 DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(02)00391-3  0.308
2002 Theobald DE, Kirsh KL, Holtsclaw E, Donaghy K, Passik SD. An open-label, crossover trial of mirtazapine (15 and 30 mg) in cancer patients with pain and other distressing symptoms. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 23: 442-7. PMID 12007762 DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(02)00381-0  0.348
2002 Whitcomb LA, Kirsh KL, Passik SD. Substance abuse issues in cancer pain. Current Pain and Headache Reports. 6: 183-90. PMID 12003688 DOI: 10.1007/S11916-002-0033-6  0.503
2000 Passik SD, Kirsh KL, McDonald MV, Ahn S, Russak SM, Martin L, Rosenfeld B, Breitbart WS, Portenoy RK. A pilot survey of aberrant drug-taking attitudes and behaviors in samples of cancer and AIDS patients Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 19: 274-286. PMID 10799794 DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(00)00119-6  0.378
2000 Passik SD, Lundberg JC, Rosenfeld B, Kirsh KL, Donaghy K, Theobald D, Lundberg E, Dugan W. Factor analysis of the Zung self-rating depression scale in a large ambulatory oncology sample Psychosomatics. 41: 121-127. PMID 10749949 DOI: 10.1176/Appi.Psy.41.2.121  0.313
2000 Passik SD, Schreiber J, Kirsh KL, Portenoy RK. A chart review of the ordering and documentation of urine toxicology screens in a cancer center: do they influence patient management? Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 19: 40-4. PMID 10687325 DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(99)00137-2  0.34
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