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Substance use disorder among older adults in the United States in 2020 by Han, Beth, Gfroerer, Joseph C., Colliver, James D., Penne, Michael A.

“…ABSTRACT Aims  This study aimed to project the number of people aged 50 years or older with substance use disorder (alcohol/illicit drug dependence or abuse)…”
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The relation between tobacco taxes and youth and young adult smoking: What happened following the 2009 U.S. federal tax increase on cigarettes? by van Hasselt, Martijn, Kruger, Judy, Han, Beth, Caraballo, Ralph S, Penne, Michael A, Loomis, Brett, Gfroerer, Joseph C

“…Abstract Background On April 1, 2009, the federal government raised cigarette taxes from $0.39 to $1.01 per pack. This study examines the impact of this…”
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Associations Between Duration of Illicit Drug Use and Health Conditions: Results from the 2005–2007 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health by Han, Beth, MD, PhD, MPH, Gfroerer, Joseph C., BA, Colliver, James D., PhD

“…Purpose To estimate and compare prevalence rates of lifetime health conditions by inferred duration of illicit drug use among the general U.S. adult population…”
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Serious Psychological Distress and Mental Health Service Use Among Community-Dwelling Older U.S. Adults by Han, Beth, Gfroerer, Joseph C, Colpe, Lisa J, Barker, Peggy R, Colliver, James D

“…Objectives:This study examined the prevalence and predictors of past-year serious psychological distress and receipt of mental health services among…”
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Prevalence of alcohol dependence among US adult drinkers, 2009-2011 by Esser, Marissa B, Hedden, Sarra L, Kanny, Dafna, Brewer, Robert D, Gfroerer, Joseph C, Naimi, Timothy S

“…Excessive alcohol consumption is responsible for 88,000 deaths annually and cost the United States $223.5 billion in 2006. It is often assumed that most…”
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Screening for Serious Mental Illness in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) by Colpe, Lisa J., PhD, MPH, Epstein, Joan F., MS, Barker, Peggy R., MPH, Gfroerer, Joseph C., BA

“…Abbreviations: ADAMHA, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; SAMHSA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; SMI, serious…”
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Differences in the prevalence rates and correlates of alcohol use and binge alcohol use among five Asian American subpopulations by Lee, Hae Kook, Han, Beth, Gfroerer, Joseph C

“…Abstract Background This study (1) estimated the prevalence of alcohol and binge alcohol use among adult Asian Americans by sub-ethnicity; (2) examined alcohol…”
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Discrepancies in estimates of prevalence and correlates of substance use and disorders between two national surveys by Grucza, Richard A., Abbacchi, Anna M., Przybeck, Thomas R., Gfroerer, Joseph C.

“…ABSTRACT Aim  To assess the degree to which methodological differences might influence estimates of prevalence and correlates of substance use and disorders by…”
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Correlates of perceiving a need for treatment among adults with substance use disorder: Results from a National Survey by Hedden, Sarra L, Gfroerer, Joseph C

“…Abstract Although millions of adults meet criteria for substance use disorder (SUD) in the U.S., only a fraction receive treatment. This may be due to…”
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Substance Use Among Women: Associations with Pregnancy, Parenting, and Race/Ethnicity by Muhuri, Pradip K., Gfroerer, Joseph C.

“…Objective To examine the association of pregnancy and parenting (0- to 2-year-old child) statuses with past 30-day use of alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana,…”
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Mental health surveillance among children--United States, 2005-2011 by Perou, Ruth, Bitsko, Rebecca H, Blumberg, Stephen J, Pastor, Patricia, Ghandour, Reem M, Gfroerer, Joseph C, Hedden, Sarra L, Crosby, Alex E, Visser, Susanna N, Schieve, Laura A, Parks, Sharyn E, Hall, Jeffery E, Brody, Debra, Simile, Catherine M, Thompson, William W, Baio, Jon, Avenevoli, Shelli, Kogan, Michael D, Huang, Larke N

“…Mental disorders among children are described as "serious deviations from expected cognitive, social, and emotional development" (US Department of Health and…”
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Mortality associated with illegal drug use among adults in the United States by Muhuri, Pradip K., Gfroerer, Joseph C.

“…Objectives: To examine all-cause and cause-specific mortality over a 15-year follow-up period in relation to at-baseline reported lifetime use of illegal drugs…”
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Substance use among foreign-born youths in the united states: Does the length of residence matter? by GFROERER, Joseph C, TAN, Lucilla L

“…Gfroerer and Tan seek to provide the first national estimates of the prevalence of substance use among foreign-born youths ages 12 to 17 years and explore the…”
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Projecting Drug Use Among Aging Baby Boomers in 2020 by Colliver, James D., Compton, Wilson M., Gfroerer, Joseph C., Condon, Timothy

“…Greater rates of lifetime drug use among the baby-boom generation, combined with the size of that generation, suggest that the number of elderly persons using…”
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Drug Use Patterns and Trends in Rural Communities by Gfroerer, Joseph C, Larson, Sharon L, Colliver, James D

“…Context and Purpose: This study examines the prevalence of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use among adolescents and adults in 3 types of counties: "rural"…”
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Development of a brief mental health impairment scale using a nationally representative sample in the USA by Novak, Scott P., Colpe, Lisa J., Barker, Peggy R., Gfroerer, Joseph C.

“…A psychometric analysis was conducted to reduce the number of items needed to assess the disability associated with mental disorders using the World Health…”
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Tobacco use among racial and ethnic population subgroups of adolescents in the United States by Caraballo, Ralph S, Yee, Sue Lin, Gfroerer, Joseph C, Pechacek, Terry F, Henson, Rosemarie

“…Limited data on cigarette smoking among population subgroups hinder the development and implementation of intervention strategies for those subgroups. Because…”
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Screening for Serious Mental Illness in the General Population by Kessler, Ronald C, Barker, Peggy R, Colpe, Lisa J, Epstein, Joan F, Gfroerer, Joseph C, Hiripi, Eva, Howes, Mary J, Normand, Sharon-Lise T, Manderscheid, Ronald W, Walters, Ellen E, Zaslavsky, Alan M

“…BACKGROUND Public Law 102-321 established a block grant for adults with "serious mental illness" (SMI) and required the Substance Abuse and Mental Health…”
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Epidemiology of menthol cigarette use by Giovino, Gary A., Sidney, Stephen, Gfroerer, Joseph C., O'Malley, Patrick M., Allen, Jane A., Richter, Patricia A., Cummings, K. Michael

“…Approximately one-fourth of all cigarettes sold in the United States are mentholated. An understanding of the consequences, patterns, and correlates of menthol…”
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The National Survey on Drug Use and Health Mental Health Surveillance Study: calibration analysis by Aldworth, Jeremy, Colpe, Lisa J., Gfroerer, Joseph C., Novak, Scott P., Chromy, James R., Barker, Peggy R., Barnett-Walker, Kortnee, Karg, Rhonda S., Morton, Katherine B., Spagnola, Katherine

“…The Mental Health Surveillance Study (MHSS) is an ongoing initiative by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to develop and implement…”
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