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Lin LA. Older Adults are at Heightened Risk of the Effects of Cannabis Use: Response to Walaszek. [Letter to the Editor]. The American journal of psychiatry. 2024 Nov 1; 181(11):1022-1023, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20240681.
Liu SA, Brown TR, King AA, Lin LA, Rehman SS, Grucza RA, Xu KY. Opioid-related emergency admissions in people with opioid dependence/use disorder with and without sickle cell disease: An analysis of multi-state insurance claims. General hospital psychiatry. 2024 Sep 24; 91:83-88.
Tomlinson DC, Coughlin LN, Bohnert KM, Ilgen MA. Cannabis expectancies and associations with cannabis use and health functioning among adults with chronic pain. Addictive Behaviors. 2025 Jan 1; 160:108166, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108166.
Howell BA, Lin LA, Coughlin LN. Treatment for Co-Occurring Stimulant and Opioid Use Disorders: Overcoming Barriers in the Era of Polysubstance Use. [Editorial]. JAMA psychiatry. 2024 Sep 1; 81(9):853-854.
Frost MC, Coughlin LN, Zhang L, Lin LA. Comparison of Treatment Receipt and Hospitalization Among Patients With Stimulant Use Disorder and/or Opioid Use Disorder in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of addiction medicine. 2024 Sep 1; 18(5):561-566.
Koumpias AM, Fleming O, Lin LA. Association of licensure and relationship requirement waivers with out-of-state tele-mental health care, 2019-2021. Health Affairs Scholar. 2024 Apr 1; 2(4):qxae026.
Cohen-Mekelburg S, Valicevic A, Lin LA, Saini SD, Kim HM, Adams MA. Inflammatory Bowel Disease Hospitalizations Are Similar for Patients Receiving Televisit-Delivered Outpatient Care and Those Receiving Traditional In-Person Care. The American journal of gastroenterology. 2024 Aug 1; 119(8):1555-1562.
Lin LA, Bonar EE, Coughlin LN. Toward a Harm Reduction Approach to Cannabis Use Disorder. The American journal of psychiatry. 2024 Feb 1; 181(2):98-99.
Coughlin LN, Frost MC, Zhang L, Lin LA. Impact of COVID-19 on stimulant use disorder treatment: A national cohort study in the Veterans Health Administration. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2023 Nov 1; 252:110965.
Coughlin LN, Lin LA, Bonar EE. An agenda for research to transform care for cannabis use disorder. [Editorial]. Addictive Behaviors. 2024 Jan 1; 148:107774.
Kales HC, Maust DT, Gitlin LN. Addressing Dementia-Related Behaviors Before, During, and After the Pandemic-Disrupting the Behavior-to-Prescribing Reflex. [Editorial]. JAMA psychiatry. 2023 Mar 1; 80(3):199-201.
Pizzi LT, Prioli KM, Jutkowitz E, Piersol CV, Lyketsos CG, Abersone I, Marx KA, Gitlin LN. Economic Analysis of the Tailored Activity Program: A Nonpharmacological Approach to Improve Quality of Life in People Living With Dementia and their Caregivers. Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. 2023 Jul 1; 42(7):1433-1444.
Mulhauser K, Hampstead BM, Coughlin LN, Ilgen MA. The association between cannabis use and subjective memory complaints in older adults in the United States. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS. 2023 Nov 1; 29(9):870-877.
Frost MC, Zhang L, Kim HM, Lin LA. Use of and Retention on Video, Telephone, and In-Person Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open. 2022 Oct 3; 5(10):e2236298.
Lin LA, Zhang L, Kim HM, Frost MC. Impact of COVID-19 Telehealth Policy Changes on Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder. The American journal of psychiatry. 2022 Oct 1; 179(10):740-747.
Lin LA, Powell VD, Macleod C, Bohnert ASB, Lagisetty P. Factors associated with clinician treatment recommendations for patients with a new diagnosis of opioid use disorder. Journal of substance abuse treatment. 2022 Oct 1; 141:108827.
Bicket MC, Lin LA, Waljee J. New Persistent Opioid Use After Surgery: A Risk Factor for Opioid Use Disorder? Annals of surgery. 2022 Feb 1; 275(2):e288-e289.
Frank CJ, Lin LA. Defining and supporting high-quality telehealth for patients with opioid use disorder: The promise and potential pitfalls of telehealth expansion. Substance Abuse. 2022 Jan 1; 43(1):1370-1373.
Maust DT, Lin LA, Candon M, Strominger J, Marcus SC. Linking a Survey of Clinician Benzodiazepine-Related Beliefs to Risk of Benzodiazepine Prescription Fills Among Patients in Medicare. Annals of Family Medicine. 2022 Jan 1; 20(6):556-558.
Coughlin LN, Zhang L, Bohnert ASB, Maust DT, Goldstick J, Lin LA. Patient characteristics and treatment utilization in fatal stimulant-involved overdoses in the United States Veterans Health Administration. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 2022 Apr 1; 117(4):998-1008.
Coughlin LN, Pfeiffer P, Ganoczy D, Lin LA. Quality of Outpatient Depression Treatment in Patients With Comorbid Substance Use Disorder. The American journal of psychiatry. 2021 May 1; 178(5):414-423.
Jawitz NG, Gellad ZF, Lin L, Wood RK, Leiman DA. Patient, Physician, and Procedure Characteristics Are Independently Predictive of Polyp Detection Rates in Clinical Practice. Digestive diseases and sciences. 2021 Aug 1; 66(8):2570-2577.
Leiman DA, Jawitz NG, Lin L, Wood RK, Gellad ZF. Terminal ileum intubation is not associated with colonoscopy quality measures. Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology. 2020 Sep 1; 35(9):1503-1508.
Coughlin LN, Walton MA, McCormick R, Blow FC. Prevalence and Severity of Alcohol and Cannabis Use Across the Urban-Rural Continuum in the Michigan National Guard. The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association. 2020 Mar 1; 36(2):234-239.
Kales HC, Gitlin LN, Lyketsos CG. When Less is More, but Still Not Enough: Why Focusing on Limiting Antipsychotics in People With Dementia Is the Wrong Policy Imperative. Journal of The American Medical Directors Association. 2019 Sep 1; 20(9):1074-1079.
Haffajee RL, Lin LA, Bohnert ASB, Goldstick JE. Characteristics of US Counties With High Opioid Overdose Mortality and Low Capacity to Deliver Medications for Opioid Use Disorder. JAMA Network Open. 2019 Jun 5; 2(6):e196373.
Erwin MC, Dennis PA, Coughlin LN, Calhoun PS, Beckham JC. Examining the relationship between negative affect and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among smokers using ecological momentary assessment. Journal of affective disorders. 2019 Jun 15; 253:285-291.
Leggett AN, Kales HC, Gitlin LN. Finding fault: Criticism as a care management strategy and its impact on outcomes for dementia caregivers. International journal of geriatric psychiatry. 2019 Apr 1; 34(4):571-577.
Maust DT, Lin LA, Blow FC. Benzodiazepine Use and Misuse Among Adults in the United States. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 2019 Feb 1; 70(2):97-106.
Maust DT, Lin LA, Blow FC, Marcus SC. County and Physician Variation in Benzodiazepine Prescribing to Medicare Beneficiaries by Primary Care Physicians in the USA. Journal of general internal medicine. 2018 Dec 1; 33(12):2180-2188.
Polenick CA, Struble LM, Stanislawski B, Turnwald M, Broderick B, Gitlin LN, Kales HC. "The Filter is Kind of Broken": Family Caregivers' Attributions About Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2018 May 1; 26(5):548-556.
Davis AK, Lin LA, Ilgen MA, Bohnert KM. Recent cannabis use among Veterans in the United States: Results from a national sample. Addictive Behaviors. 2018 Jan 1; 76:223-228.
Lin LA, Bohnert ASB, Jannausch M, Goesling J, Ilgen MA. Use of non-pharmacological strategies for pain relief in addiction treatment patients with chronic pain. The American journal on addictions. 2017 Sep 1; 26(6):564-567.
Gitlin LN, Kales HC, Marx K, Stanislawski B, Lyketsos C. A randomized trial of a web-based platform to help families manage dementia-related behavioral symptoms: The WeCareAdvisor™. Contemporary clinical trials. 2017 Nov 1; 62:27-36.
Finn RT, Boyd A, Lin L, Gellad ZF. Bolus Administration of Fentanyl and Midazolam for Colonoscopy Increases Endoscopy Unit Efficiency and Safety Compared With Titrated Sedation. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. 2017 Sep 1; 15(9):1419-1426.e2.
Lin LA, Hosanagar A, Park TW, Bohnert AS. Opioid Overdose: Risk Assessment and Mitigation in Outpatient Treatment. Journal of addiction medicine. 2016 Nov 1; 10(6):382-386.
Lin LA, Ilgen MA, Jannausch M, Bohnert KM. Comparing adults who use cannabis medically with those who use recreationally: Results from a national sample. Addictive Behaviors. 2016 Oct 1; 61:99-103.
Howell TF, Winter SM, Mann WC, Gitlin LN, Piersol CV. TAP-VA: A non-pharmacological intervention addressing problem behaviors in veterans with dementia. Poster session presented at: Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting; 2015 Nov 21; Orlando, FL.
Kales HC, Gitlin LN. Non-pharmacological Approaches to Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Problem Behaviors in Dementia. Presented at: Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education Symposium; 2015 May 29; Boston, MA.
Kales HC, Gitlin LN, Lyketsos CG. Assessment and management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 2015 Mar 2; 350:h369.
Black AC, McMahon TJ, Potenza MN, Fiellin LE, Rosen MI. Gender moderates the relationship between impulsivity and sexual risk-taking in a cocaine-using psychiatric outpatient population. Personality and Individual Differences. 2015 Mar 1; 75:190-194.
Kales HC, Gitlin L. The Time is Now to Address Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia. [Cyberseminar]. 2015 Feb 5.
Murphy DR, Singh H, Berlin L. Communication Breakdowns and Diagnostic Errors: A Radiology Perspective. Diagnosis. 2014 Dec 1; 1(4):253–261.
Lim Y, Gitlin LN, Vogel WB, Mann WC. The Cost-Effectiveness of Non-Pharmacologic, Behavioral Intervention in Veterans with Dementia: The Tailored Activity Program. Poster session presented at: Florida Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference; 2014 Nov 8; Fort Myers, FL.
Arthur PB, Gitlin LN, Mann WC. Addressing Attrition: A Hindering Aspect of Dementia Caregiving Trials. Cary, NC: Oxford Univ. Press, Inc.; 2014 Nov 1. 54 (Supplement 1). Available from: https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/issue/54/Suppl_1.
Gellad ZF, Voils CI, Lin L, Provenzale D. Physician perceptions on colonoscopy quality: results of a national survey of gastroenterologists. Gastroenterology research and practice. 2014 Mar 6; 2014:510494.
Fraker J, Kales HC, Blazek M, Kavanagh J, Gitlin LN. The role of the occupational therapist in the management of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia in clinical settings. Occupational therapy in health care. 2014 Jan 1; 28(1):4-20.
Arthur PB, Mann WC, Gitlin L. Staying Blind in a Colorful World: Minimizing Collection Bias in Trials with Intensive Interventions. Poster session presented at: Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting; 2013 Nov 21; New Orleans, LA.
Kales HC, Gitlin L. A Non-Pharmacological Approach to Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Problem Behaviors in Dementia. Paper presented at: Wayne State University Institute of Gerontology Grand Rounds; 2013 Nov 5; Livonia, MI.
Arthur PB, Mann WC, Gitlin LN. Staying Blind in a Colorful World: Minimizing Collection Bias in Trials with Intensive Interventions. Cary, NC: Oxford Univ. Press, Inc.; 2013 Nov 1. 53. Available from: https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/issue/53/S1.
Gitlin LN, Mann WC, Vogel WB, Arthur PB. A non-pharmacologic approach to address challenging behaviors of Veterans with dementia: description of the tailored activity program-VA randomized trial. BMC geriatrics. 2013 Sep 23; 13(1):96.
Kales HC, Gitlin LN. The Front Lines: A Nonpharmacological Approach to Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Problem Behaviors in Dementia. Paper presented at: Alzheimer's Association International Conference; 2013 Jul 13; Boston, MA.
Callahan CM, Kales HC, Gitlin LN, Lyketsos CG. The historical development and state of the art approach to delivery of dementia care services. In: de Waal H, Lyketsos CG, Ames D, O'Brien J, editors. Designing Dementia Care Services. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell; 2013. Chapter 2. 17-30 p.
Kales HC, Gitlin LN. Managing the Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia: Rolling the Dice with Usual Care vs. the Interdisciplinary DICE Approach. Paper presented at: Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds; 2013 Jun 27; Hershey, PA.
Gellad ZF, Voils CI, Lin L, Provenzale D. Clinical practice variation in the management of diminutive colorectal polyps: results of a national survey of gastroenterologists. The American journal of gastroenterology. 2013 Jun 1; 108(6):873-8.
Kales HC, Gitlin L. Managing the Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia: Rolling the dice with usual care vs. the interdisciplinary DICE approach. Paper presented at: Wayne State University Institute of Gerontology Grand Rounds; 2013 May 13; Dearborn, MI.
Fiellin LE, Tetrault JM, Becker WC, Fiellin DA, Hoff RA. Previous use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana and subsequent abuse of prescription opioids in young adults. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 2013 Feb 1; 52(2):158-63.
Gitlin LN, Kales HC, Lyketsos CG. Nonpharmacologic management of behavioral symptoms in dementia. JAMA. 2012 Nov 21; 308(19):2020-9.
Arthur PB, Gitlin L, Mann WC. In progress: An efficacy trial of the tailored activity program for Veterans with dementia. Poster session presented at: Florida Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference; 2012 Nov 2; Tampa, FL.
Lin L, McCarthy JF, Welsh D, Kamholz B, Kales HC. Continued Antipsychotic Use After an Episode of Delirium. Presented at: American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Annual Meeting; 2007 Mar 4; New Orleans, LA.
Gitlin LN, Mann W, Tomit M, Marcus SM. Factors associated with home environmental problems among community-living older people. Disability and rehabilitation. 2001 Nov 20; 23(17):777-87.