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Similarities of substance use between medical and nursing specialtiesC L Storr
Department of Mental Hygiene, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Subst Use Misuse 35:1443-69. 2000..In addition, similarities in specialty membership and substance use across medicine and nursing suggests there may be common risk factors related to substance use that could be addressed using interdisciplinary approaches...
Profiles of current disruptive behavior: association with recent drug consumption among adolescentsCarla L Storr
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Mental Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Addict Behav 32:248-64. 2007..Adolescents evidencing multiple behavior problems, particularly emerging conduct problems, need to be thoroughly assessed for recent drug involvement...
Adult smokers in Colombia: who isn't giving it up?Carla L Storr
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Addict Behav 33:412-21. 2008..In conclusion, our findings describe the characteristics of regular smokers in Colombia and identify subgroups of non-quitters that may help guide tobacco control activities...
The Fagerström test for nicotine dependence: a comparison of standard scoring and latent class analysis approachesCarla L Storr
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, 8th Fl, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 80:241-50. 2005....
Early childhood misbehavior and the estimated risk of becoming tobacco-dependentCarla L Storr
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Epidemiol 160:126-30. 2004..6, 95% confidence interval: 1.1, 2.5). Interventions that seek to improve childhood behavior might reduce early onset tobacco smoking and risk of tobacco dependence among smokers...
Neighborhood environment and opportunity to try methamphetamine ("ice") and marijuana: evidence from Guam in the Western Pacific region of MicronesiaCarla L Storr
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Subst Use Misuse 39:253-76. 2004..This study adds new evidence on the potential importance of environmental and psychosocial contexts of neighborhood environment that might help account for the nonrandom distribution of youthful drug involvement...
Empirically derived latent classes of tobacco dependence syndromes observed in recent-onset tobacco smokers: epidemiological evidence from a national probability sample surveyCarla L Storr
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 6:533-45. 2004..If the three-class model of tobacco dependence is correct, early-onset smoking may confer modest excess risk of becoming tobacco dependent during the first 2 years after smoking onset...
Mental health and gambling in urban female adolescentsSilvia S Martins
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 1900, USA
J Adolesc Health 40:463-5. 2007..Female adolescent recreational gambling was associated with high levels of childhood hyperactivity measured at age 6, past-year substance use, and past-year anxiety symptoms...
Depressed mood in childhood and subsequent alcohol use through adolescence and young adulthoodRosa M Crum
Johns Hopkins Health Institutions, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, 2024 E Monument St, Ste 2 500, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:702-12. 2008....
Gender differences in mental health characteristics and gambling among African-American adolescent gamblersSilvia S Martins
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 1900, USA
Am J Addict 17:126-34. 2008..Internalizing behavior was associated with female gambling. No male-female differences in substance use/lifetime conduct disorder among gamblers were noted. Gambling preferences/frequency differed across genders...
Gambling and adverse life events among urban adolescentsCarla L Storr
Department of Family and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, 655 W Lombard Street Ste 655A, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Gambl Stud 28:325-36. 2012..01, 95% CI = 0.92, 1.11, P = 0.876). During adolescence, life events appear to be connected more with the frequency of gambling rather than with problems related to gambling...
Correlates of extramedical use of OxyContin versus other analgesic opioids among the US general populationSilvia S Martins
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, 8th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21205 1900, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 99:58-67. 2009..There has been substantial public and media attention regarding extramedical use of OxyContin, but few studies focus on the characteristics of extramedical OxyContin users and whether they differ from extramedical other opioid users...
Childhood antecedents of exposure to traumatic events and posttraumatic stress disorderCarla L Storr
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Psychiatry 164:119-25. 2007..The authors prospectively examined childhood antecedents of exposure to traumatic events to estimate the risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among those exposed to trauma...
Association between adverse life events and addictive behaviors among male and female adolescentsGrace P Lee
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Addict 21:516-23. 2012..Adverse life events have been associated with gambling and substance use as they can serve as forms of escapism. Involvement in gambling and substance use can also place individuals in adversely stressful situations...
Comparison of job stress and obesity in nurses with favorable and unfavorable work schedulesKihye Han
School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Occup Environ Med 54:928-32. 2012..To compare obesity-related factors between female nurses with favorable work schedules (WSs) and unfavorable WSs...
Race/ethnicity and sex differences in progression from drinking initiation to the development of alcohol dependenceAnika A H Alvanzo
Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Room 8047a, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 118:375-82. 2011..We examined whether a telescoping effect is present in the general population comparing race/ethnicity subgroups and comparing men and women stratified by race...
Is depressed mood in childhood associated with an increased risk for initiation of alcohol use during early adolescence?Rosa M Crum
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
Addict Behav 33:24-40. 2008..In addition, we examined whether these associations varied according to the youths' report that alcohol consumption occurred with or without parental permission...
Pathways between nonmedical opioid use/dependence and psychiatric disorders: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related ConditionsSilvia S Martins
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 103:16-24. 2009..While nonmedical use of opioids and psychiatric disorders are prevalent in the population, little is known about the temporal ordering between nonmedical opioid use and dependence and psychiatric disorders...
Compounded effect of early adolescence depressive symptoms and impulsivity on late adolescence gambling: a longitudinal studyGrace P Lee
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 642 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205 1900, USA
J Adolesc Health 48:164-9. 2011..This study examined the possible synergistic effect of depressive symptoms and impulsivity in early adolescence on late adolescence gambling behaviors among a longitudinal cohort of 678 students from Baltimore, Maryland...
A comparison of working conditions among nurses in Magnet and non-Magnet hospitalsAlison M Trinkoff
School of Nursing, University of Maryland, 655 W Lombard St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Nurs Adm 40:309-15. 2010..To compare working conditions (ie, schedule, job demands, and practice environment) of nurses working in American Nurses Credentialing Center-designated Magnet and non-Magnet hospitals...
Smoking estimates from around the world: data from the first 17 participating countries in the World Mental Health Survey ConsortiumCarla L Storr
Department of Family and Community Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Tob Control 19:65-74. 2010....
Sociodemographic and substance use correlates of gambling behavior in the Canadian general populationSilvia S Martins
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Mental Health, Baltimore, MD 21205 1900, USA
J Addict Dis 29:338-51. 2010..92; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 5.46,14.55; p<.001), to admit to having an alcohol or drug problem (AOR: 3.80; 95% CI:2.21,6.52; p<.001), and to use electronic gambling devices (AOR: 4.85; 95% CI: 3.08-7.66; p<.001)...
Association of sleep disturbance with chronicity and remission of alcohol dependence: data from a population-based prospective studyRosa M Crum
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 28:1533-40. 2004....
Intimate partner violence and patterns of alcohol abuse and dependence criteria among women: a latent class analysisLareina N La Flair
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA llafl
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 73:351-60. 2012....
Adolescent ecstasy and other drug use in the National Survey of Parents and Youth: the role of sensation-seeking, parental monitoring and peer's drug useSilvia S Martins
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205 1900, USA
Addict Behav 33:919-33. 2008..School prevention programs should target high-sensation-seeking adolescents and also encourage them to affiliate with non-drug using peers...
Influences of parenting practices on the risk of having a chance to try cannabisChuan-Yu Chen
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Pediatrics 115:1631-9. 2005..Certain parenting practices in the mid-primary school years may have a durable impact, perhaps helping to shield youths from having a chance to try cannabis throughout adolescence and into young adulthood...
Birth-cohort trends in lifetime and past-year prescription opioid-use disorder resulting from nonmedical use: results from two national surveysSilvia S Martins
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, 8th Floor, Suite 896, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 1900, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 71:480-7. 2010....
Childhood predictors of first chance to use and use of cannabis by young adulthoodCarla L Storr
Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Maryland, 655 West Lombard Street Rm 655A, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 117:7-15. 2011..To prospectively examine the linkage between childhood antecedents and progression to early cannabis involvement as manifest in first chance to try it and then first onset of cannabis use...
Incidence rates for alcohol dependence among adults: prospective data from the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Follow-Up Survey, 1981-1996Rosa M Crum
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, 2024 East Monument Street, Suite 2 500, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Stud Alcohol 66:795-805. 2005....
Depression syndromes with risk of alcohol dependence in adulthood: a latent class analysisRosa M Crum
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 79:71-81. 2005..Other predictors of alcohol dependence identified in the analyses are discussed...
Characteristics associated with rapid transition to tobacco dependence in youthCarla L Storr
University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 10:1099-104. 2008..05) and being female (p = .02) were associated with being tobacco dependent. The rapid transition to dependence in youth depends not only on cigarette consumption features, but may also be associated with individual characteristics...
Reports of drinking to self-medicate anxiety symptoms: longitudinal assessment for subgroups of individuals with alcohol dependenceRosa M Crum
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Depress Anxiety 30:174-83. 2013....
Posttraumatic stress disorder and suicide attempts in a community sample of urban american young adultsHolly C Wilcox
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Johns Hopkins University, 600 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:305-11. 2009....
Sub-clinical anxiety and the onset of alcohol use disorders: longitudinal associations from the Baltimore ECA follow-up, 1981-2004Ryan Macdonald
Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21202 2001, USA
J Addict Dis 30:45-53. 2011..2). Moreover, the authors found that this association might be stronger for women than for men...
Do adolescent ecstasy users have different attitudes towards drugs when compared to marijuana users?Silvia S Martins
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 94:63-72. 2008....
Job stress and work schedules in relation to nurse obesityKihye Han
School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201 1579, USA
J Nurs Adm 41:488-95. 2011..This study aimed to examine the relationship between job stress/work schedules (JS/WS) and obesity among nurses...
Gambling behavior subtypes among respondents with gambling-related problems in a population-based sampleSilvia S Martins
Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins, 624 N Broadway, 8th Floor, Suite 896, Baltimore, MD 21205 1900, USA
J Addict Dis 30:169-80. 2011..Gamblers in classes 2 and 3 were most likely to be moderate-risk and problem gamblers. Community-based prevention efforts may need to address each subgroup differently but also according to their characteristics...
Are educational aspirations associated with the risk of alcohol use and alcohol use-related problems among adolescents?Rosa M Crum
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Subst Use Misuse 40:151-69. 2005..Using prospective data, we hypothesized that public middle school students with high educational aspirations would report less alcohol use, and alcohol use-related problems in the subsequent year...
Early onset inhalant use and risk for opiate initiation by young adulthoodCarla L Storr
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway 8th FL, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 78:253-61. 2005....
Early childhood behavior trajectories and the likelihood of experiencing a traumatic event and PTSD by young adulthoodCarla L Storr
Dept of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 655 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 44:398-406. 2009..The findings illustrate that repeated assessments of disruptive classroom behavior during early school years identifies more fully males at increased risk for PTSD-level traumatic events, than a single measure at school entry does...
Environmental influences associated with gambling in young adulthoodSilvia S Martins
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Urban Health 90:130-40. 2013..81 (1.18, 6.69)). Higher neighborhood disadvantage, particularly aspects of the neighborhood concerning the inhabitants, was associated with gambling frequency and problems among young adult gamblers from an urban, low-income setting...
Sleep disturbance and risk for alcohol-related problemsRosa M Crum
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Health Institutions, 2024 E Monument Street, Suite 2 500, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Psychiatry 161:1197-203. 2004..Using prospective data, the authors assessed the risk of alcohol-related problems among individuals with self-reported sleep disturbances because of worry...
Clinical features associated with receipt of alcohol treatmentJacqueline J Lloyd
School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
J Stud Alcohol 65:750-7. 2004..In this study, we sought to identify specific clinical features of alcohol dependence and other characteristics of recent drinkers that might help differentiate drinkers who receive treatment...
Nurses' work schedule characteristics, nurse staffing, and patient mortalityAlison M Trinkoff
School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Nurs Res 60:1-8. 2011..Although nurse staffing has been found to be related to patient mortality, there has been limited study of the independent effect of work schedules on patient care outcomes...
Potential influences on initiation and persistence of extramedical prescription pain reliever use in the US populationKrista Dowling
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Clin J Pain 22:776-83. 2006..DISCUSSION: This study supplies data that can improve our understanding of factors associated with the extramedical use of prescription pain relievers among 2 distinct stages of use...
Ethnicity as manifest in drug-specific vocabulary and subsequent risk of starting cannabis use in early adolescenceHolly C Wilcox
Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Ethn Dis 15:485-91. 2005..0; 95% CI 3.6-33.7; P<.001). A youth's working vocabulary may signal important variations in health- and disease-related behavior, such as illegal drug use...
Body mass index estimates using a categorical body weight variable: a cross-sectional secondary data analysisKihye Han
School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Int J Nurs Stud 49:1552-7. 2012..Self-reported weight data have been considered questionable because of under- or over-reporting trends and stigma, especially among females...
Perceived physical demands and reported musculoskeletal problems in registered nursesAlison M Trinkoff
Department of Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Am J Prev Med 24:270-5. 2003..As a first step toward reducing MSDs and their consequences, this study was designed to examine the relationship between perceived physical demands and reported neck, shoulder, and back MSDs in nurses...
A randomized controlled trial of two primary school intervention strategies to prevent early onset tobacco smokingCarla L Storr
Department of Mental Hygiene, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health, 624 N Broadway 8th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21205-1999, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 66:51-60. 2002..57, 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.34-0.96; adjusted relative risk for FSP/control contrast=0.69, 95% CI, 0.50-0.97). Results lend support to targeting the early antecedent risk behaviors for tobacco smoking...
Early alcohol experiences and adolescent mental health: a population-based study in TaiwanChuan Yu Chen
Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
Drug Alcohol Depend 95:209-18. 2008..The type of early alcohol involvement in adolescence may exert differential effects on emotions and behaviors expressed across and within syndromes; these may warrant distinctions in informing etiological research and preventive efforts...
Gender and the tobacco-depression relationship: a sample of African American college students at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU)Yan Wang
Drug Abuse Research Program/Center for Health Disparities Solutions, Public Health Program, Morgan State University, 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane, Montebello Complex, D103 Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
Addict Behav 30:1437-41. 2005..012). However, female smokers were not more likely to be depressed than female non-smokers (OR=1.0; 95% CI, 0.5, 2.1). Findings from this study suggest the need of gender-specific tobacco or depression interventions among HBCU students...
Alcohol use and health-related quality of life among youth in TaiwanChuan Yu Chen
National Health Research Institutes, Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Research, Taipei, Taiwan
J Adolesc Health 39:752.e9-16. 2006..We probe whether the relationship linking alcohol use with health-related quality varies by health-orientated domains (e.g., physical, social, or emotional) and if it differs with other drug involvement...
Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder: a study of youths in urban AmericaNaomi Breslau
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, B645 West Fee Hall, East Lansing 48824, USA
J Urban Health 81:530-44. 2004....
The structure of posttraumatic stress disorder: latent class analysis in 2 community samplesNaomi Breslau
Department of Epidemiology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, B645 West Fee Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:1343-51. 2005..Classification of persons exposed to traumatic events into clinically homogeneous groups would facilitate further etiologic and treatment research, as well as research on the relationship of trauma and PTSD with other disorders...
Carrying habits into old age: prescription drug use without medical advice by older American adultsAudrey Zarba
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:170-1. 2005
Drug dependence enviromics: job strain in the work environment and risk of becoming drug-dependentPhilip L Reed
Department of Epidemiology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Am J Epidemiol 163:404-11. 2006....
