Jeremiah Weinstock Ph.D.
Professor, Clinical Program; Department Chair
Department of Psychology
Courses Taught
Abnormal Psychology; Addictions: Assessment and Intervention; Clinical Health Psychology; Clinical Supervision
Education
Ph.D., University of Memphis
M.S., University of Memphis
B.A., Brandeis University
Research Interests
Addictive Behaviors with an emphasis on gambling disorder and exercise as an intervention.
Labs and Facilities
(Morrissey Hall, Room 2833)
Professor Weinstock is accepting applications for the Fall 2025 academic year
Publications and Media Placements
Articles
Mulhauser, K., Weinstock, J., & Ruppert, P. (in press). Changes in neuropsychological
status during the initial phase of abstinence in alcohol use disorder: Implications
for clinical care. Substance Use & Misuse.
Perry, J., Hansen, A., Ross, M. J., Montgomery, T., Weinstock, J. (in press). Effectiveness
of athletes' mental strategies in maintaining high heart rate variability: Utility
of a brief athlete-specific stress assessment protocol. Journal of Clinical Sport
Psychology.
Van Patten, R., Weinstock, J., & McGrath, A.B. (in press). Health outcomes in individuals
with problem and pathological gambling: An analysis of the 2014 North Carolina Behavioral
Risk Factor Survey System (BRFSS). Journal of Gambling Studies.
Perry, J., Ross, M.J., Weinstock, J., Weaver, T.L. (in press). Efficacy of a brief
mindfulness intervention to enhance athletic task performance. The Sport Psychologist.
Perry, J., Ross, M. J., Weinstock, J., Gfeller, J. (2017). Examining the interrelationships
between motivation, conscientiousness, and individual endurance sport performance.
Journal of Sports Science, 5, 146-156.
Weinstock, J., April, L. M., & Kallmi, S. (2017). Is subclinical gambling really subclinical?
Addictive Behaviors, 73, 185-191.
Weinstock, J., Farney, M.R. , Elrod, N. M., Henderson, C. E., & Weiss, E. P. (2017).
Exercise as an adjunctive treatment for substance use disorders: Rationale and intervention
description. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 72, 40-47.
Rash, C. J., Stitzer, M., & Weinstock, J. (2017). Contingency management: New directions
and remaining challenges for an evidence-based intervention. Journal of Substance
Abuse Treatment, 72, 10-18.
Weinstock, J., Petry, N. M., Pescatello, L. S., & Henderson, C. E. (2016). Sedentary
college student drinkers can start exercising and reduce drinking after intervention.
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 30, 791-801.
Weinstock, J., Mulhauser, K. R. W., Oremus, E. G., & D'Agostino, A. R. (2016). Demand
for gambling: Development and assessment of a Gambling Purchase Task. International
Gambling Studies, 16, 316-327.
Rash, C. J., Weinstock, J., Van Patten, R.(2016). A review of gambling disorder and
substance use disorders. Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 7, 3-13.
Brett, E. I. , Weinstock, J., Burton, S., Wenzel, K. R., Weber, S., & Moran, S. (2014).
Do the DSM-5 diagnostic revisions affect the psychometric properties of the Brief
Biosocial Gambling Screen? International Gambling Studies, 14(3), 447-456.
Weinstock, J., Scott, T. L., Burton, S., Rash, C.J., Moran, S., Biller, W., & Kruedelbach,
N., (2014). Suicidal ideation in gamblers calling a helpline. Addiction Research &
Theory, 22, 398-406.
Weinstock, J. & Rash, C. J. (2014). Clinical and research implications of gambling
disorder in DSM-5. Current Addiction Reports, 1, 159-165.
Leavens, E. , Marotta, J., & Weinstock, J. (2014). Disordered gambling in residential
substance use disordered patients and its potential impact. Journal of Addictive Diseases,
33, 163-173.
Wenzel, K. R., Weinstock, J., Vander Wal, J., & Weaver, T. (2014). Examining the role
of negative urgency in a predictive model of bulimic symptoms eating behaviors. Eating
Behaviors, 15, 343-349.
Weinstock, J., Capizzi, J., Weber, S. M., Pescatello, L. S., & Petry, N. M. (2014).
Exercise as an intervention for sedentary hazardous drinking college students: A pilot
study. Mental Health & Physical Activity, 7, 55-62.
Weinstock, J., Rash, C. J., Burton, S., Moran, S., O'Neil, K., Biller, W., Kruedelbach,
N. (2013). Examination of proposed DSM-5 changes to pathological gambling in a helpline
sample. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 69, 1305-1314.
Weinstock, J., Massura, C. E., & Petry, N. M. (2013). Professional and pathological
gamblers: Similarities and differences. Journal of Gambling Studies, 29, 205-216.
Panza, G., Weinstock, J., Ash, G. I., & Pescatello, L. S. (2012). Psychometric evaluation
of the Timeline Followback for exercise among college students. Psychology of Sport
& Exercise, 13, 779-788.
Weinstock, J., Wadeson, H. K., & VanHeest, J. L. (2012). Exercise as an adjunct treatment
for opiate agonist treatment: Review of the current research and implementation strategies.
Substance Abuse, 33, 350-360.
Rash, C. J., Weinstock, J., & Petry, N. M. (2011). Drinking patterns of pathological
gamblers before, during, and after gambling treatment. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors,
25, 664-674.
Petry, N. M., Weinstock, J., & Alessi, S. M. (2011). A randomized trial of contingency
management delivered in the context of group counseling. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology, 79, 686-696.
Weinstock, J., Burton, S., Rash, C. J., Moran, S., Biller, W., Kruedelbach, N., Phoenix,
N., & Morasco, B. (2011). Predictors of engaging in problem gambling treatment: Data
from the West Virginia Problem Gamblers Help Network. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors,
25, 372-379.
Weinstock, J., Rash, C. J., & Petry, N. M. (2010). Contingency management for cocaine
use in methadone maintenance patients: When does abstinence happen? Psychology of
Addictive Behaviors, 24, 282-291.
Weinstock, J. (2010). A review of exercise as intervention for sedentary hazardous
drinking college students: Rationale and issues. Journal of American College Health,
58, 539-544.
Petry, N. M., Weinstock, J., Alessi, S. M., Lewis, W. M., & Dieckhaus, K. (2010).
Groupbased randomized trial of contingencies for health and abstinence in HIV patients.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78, 89-97.
Petry, N. M., Weinstock, J., Morasco, B. J., & Ledgerwood, D. M. (2009). Brief motivational
interventions for college student problem gamblers. Addiction, 104, 1569-1578.
Barry, D., Weinstock, J., & Petry, N. M. (2008). Ethnic differences in HIV risk behaviors
among methadone-maintained women receiving contingency management for cocaine use
disorders. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 98, 144-153.
Weinstock, J., & Petry, N. M. (2008). Pathological gambling college students' perceived
social support. Journal of College Student Development, 49, 625-632.
Weinstock, J., Barry, D., & Petry, N. M. (2008). Exercise-related activities are associated
with positive outcome in contingency management treatment for substance use disorders.
Addictive Behaviors, 33, 1072-1075.
Weinstock, J., Whelan, J. P., & Meyers, A. W. (2008). College students' gambling behavior:
When does it become harmful? Journal of American College Health, 56, 513-521.
Petry, N. M., Weinstock, J., Ledgerwood, D. M., & Morasco, B. J. (2008). A randomized
trial of brief interventions for problem and pathological gamblers. Journal of Consulting
and Clinical Psychology, 76, 318-328.
§Weinstock, J., Ledgerwood, D. M., Modesto-Lowe, V., & Petry, N. M. (2008). Ludomania:
Cross-cultural examinations of gambling and its treatment. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria,
30, S3-S10.
Ledgerwood, D. M., Weinstock, J., Morasco, B., & Petry, N. M. (2007). Clinical features
and treatment prognosis of pathological gamblers with and without recent gambling-related
illegal behavior. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 35, 294-301.
Weinstock, J., Whelan, J. P., Meyers, A. W., & McCausland, C. (2007). The performance
of two pathological gambling screens in college students. Assessment, 14, 399-407.
Petry, N. M., & Weinstock, J. (2007). Internet gambling is common in college students
and associated with poor mental health. American Journal on Addictions, 16, 325-330.
Weinstock, J., Ledgerwood, D. M., & Petry, N. M. (2007). The association between posttreatment
gambling behavior and harm in pathological gamblers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors,
21, 185-193.
Morasco, B. J., Weinstock, J., Ledgerwood, D. M., & Petry, N. M. (2007). Psychological
factors that promote and inhibit pathological gambling. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice,
14, 208-217.
Weinstock, J., Whelan, J. P., Meyers, A. W., & Watson, J. M. (2007). Gambling behavior
of student athletes and a student cohort: What are the odds? Journal of Gambling Studies,
23, 13-24.
Taylor, D. J., Lichstein, K. L., Weinstock, J., Sanford, S. & Temple, J. R. (2007).
A pilot study of cognitive-behavioral therapy of insomnia in people with mild depression.
Behavior Therapy, 38, 49-57.
Weinstock, J., Alessi, S. M., & Petry, N. M. (2007). Regardless of psychiatric severity
the addition of contingency management to standard treatment improves retention and
drug use outcomes. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 87, 288-296.
Weinstock, J., Armentano, C., & Petry, N. M. (2006). Prevalence and health correlates
of gambling problems in substance abuse counselors. American Journal on Addictions,
15, 144-149.
Weinstock, J., Blanco, C., & Petry, N. M. (2006). Health correlates of pathological
gambling in a methadone maintenance clinic. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology,
14, 87-93.
Weinstock, J., Whelan, J. P., & Meyers, A. W. (2004). Behavioral assessment of gambling:
An application of the Timeline Followback method. Psychological Assessment, 16, 72-80.
Brewer, B. W., Van Raalte, J. L., Petitpas, A. J., Sklar, J. H., Pohlman, M. H., Krushell,
R. J., Ditmar, T. D., Daly, J. M., & Weinstock, J. (2000). Preliminary psychometric
evaluation of a measure of adherence to clinic-based sport injury rehabilitation.
Physical Therapy in
Sport, 1, 68-74.
Books & Other
Baxley, C., Weinstock, J., & Buchanan, T.W. (2017). Anxiety sensitivity: Exploring
its relationship to gambling disorder. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Cho, D., Armeli, S., Tennen, H., & Weinstock, J. (2017). Daily- and person-level associations
between physical activity and alcohol use among university students. Manuscript submitted
for publication.
April, L. M., & Weinstock, J. (2017). The relationship between gambling severity and
risk of criminal recidivism. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Mulhauser, K., Weinstock, J., Van Patten, R.V.*, & Merz, Z.C. (2017). Examining the
stability of the UPPS-P during initial abstinence and residential treatment for substance
use disorder. Manuscript submitted for publication.