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John R. Knight is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within medicine and psychology, with notable contributions in subfields such as radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, epidemiology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, applied psychology, and social psychology.

The scientist's research extensively addresses topics including substance abuse treatment and outcomes, prenatal substance exposure effects, digital mental health interventions, forgiveness and related behaviors, grief and bereavement in mental health, religion, spirituality and psychology, as well as global cancer incidence and screening.

Recent publications include the following papers:

  • Pediatric Primary Care Provider Perspectives on a Computer-Facilitated Screening and Brief Intervention System for Adolescent Substance Use (2020), Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Adolescent Gender and Age Differences in Religiously and Spiritually Motivated Types of Forgiveness and the Relationship to Depressive Symptoms (2021), Journal of Religion and Health
  • Patient and Radiologist Demographics Influence Perceptions of Screening Mammography Reports (2022), Journal of the American College of Radiology
  • Contrast-Enhanced In-Phase Dixon Sequence: Impact on Biopsy Clip Detection on Breast MRI (2022), American Journal of Roentgenology
  • Distribution, Period of Gravidity, and Host Identification for the Narrow Pigtoe Mussel (2020), Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

The venues where their work has frequently been published consist of:

  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Journal of Religion and Health
  • Journal of the American College of Radiology
  • American Journal of Roentgenology
  • Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

Frequent coauthors contributing to their research include:

  • Sion Kim Harris
  • Erin B. Gibson
  • Jordan A. Levinson
  • Lon Sherritt
  • Kateryna Kuzubova

Best Publications

  • Non-medical use of prescription stimulants among US college students: prevalence and correlates from a national survey

    Sean Esteban McCabe;John R. Knight;Christian J. Teter;Henry Wechsler

  • Alcohol abuse and dependence among U.S. college students

    John R Knight;Henry Wechsler;Meichun Kuo;Mark Seibring

  • Validity of the CRAFFT substance abuse screening test among adolescent clinic patients.

    John R. Knight;Lon Sherritt;Lydia A. Shrier;Sion Kim Harris

  • A new brief screen for adolescent substance abuse.

    John R. Knight;Lydia A. Shrier;Terrill D. Bravender;Michelle Farrell

  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Among Adolescents: A Review of the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Clinical Implications

    Mark L. Wolraich;Charles J. Wibbelsman;Thomas E. Brown;Steven W. Evans

  • Validity of brief alcohol screening tests among adolescents: a comparison of the AUDIT, POSIT, CAGE, and CRAFFT.

    John R. Knight;Lon Sherritt;Lon Sherritt;Sion Kim Harris;Elizabeth C. Gates

  • Nonmedical use of prescription opioids among U.S. college students: Prevalence and correlates from a national survey

    Sean Esteban McCabe;Christian J. Teter;Carol J. Boyd;John R. Knight

  • Methadone Safety: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American Pain Society and College on Problems of Drug Dependence, in Collaboration With the Heart Rhythm Society

    Roger Chou;Ricardo A. Cruciani;David A. Fiellin;Peggy Compton

  • Substance use problems and associated psychiatric symptoms among adolescents in primary care.

    Lydia A. Shrier;Sion K. Harris;Martha Kurland;John R. Knight

  • Body modification and substance use in adolescents: is there a link?

    Traci L Brooks;Elizabeth R Woods;John R Knight;Lydia A Shrier

  • The "Six T's": barriers to screening teens for substance abuse in primary care.

    Shari Van Hook;Shari Van Hook;Sion Kim Harris;Sion Kim Harris;Traci Brooks;Peggy Carey

  • Reliability and validity of the brief multidimensional measure of religiousness/spirituality among adolescents.

    Sion Kim Harris;Sion Kim Harris;Lon R. Sherritt;Lon R. Sherritt;David W. Holder;David W. Holder;John Kulig;John Kulig

  • Are Clinical Impressions of Adolescent Substance Use Accurate

    Celeste R. Wilson;Celeste R. Wilson;Lon Sherritt;Erin Gates;John R. Knight;John R. Knight

  • Computer-Facilitated Substance Use Screening and Brief Advice for Teens in Primary Care: An International Trial

    Sion Kim Harris;Ladislav Csémy;Lon Sherritt;Olga Starostova

  • Test-retest reliability of adolescents' self-report of substance use.

    Sharon Levy;Lon Sherritt;Lon Sherritt;Sion Kim Harris;Elizabeth C. Gates;Elizabeth C. Gates

  • Screening and brief intervention for alcohol and other abuse.

    Sion Kim Harris;Jennifer Louis-Jacques;John R Knight

  • Alcohol use and abuse: A pediatric concern

    Edward A. Jacobs;Alain Joffe;John R. Knight;John Kulig

  • Medical marijuana: review of the science and implications for developmental-behavioral pediatric practice.

    Scott E. Hadland;John R. Knight;Sion K. Harris

  • Erratum: Non-medical use of prescription stimulants among US college students: Prevalence and correlates from a national survey (Addiction (2005) 100 (96-106))

    S. E. McCabe;J. R. Knight;C. J. Teter;H. Wechsler

  • Alcohol use and religiousness/spirituality among adolescents.

    John R. Knight;Lon Sherritt;Sion Kim Harris;David W. Holder

  • Adolescent substance use screening in primary care: Validity of computer self-administered versus clinician-administered screening

    Sion Kim Harris;John Rogers Knight;Shari Van Hook;Lon Sherritt

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan B. Hansen
Nathan B. Hansen University of Georgia
Amy C. Justice
Amy C. Justice Yale University
Stephen A. Maisto
Stephen A. Maisto Syracuse University
Molly Magill
Molly Magill Brown University
Richard Saitz
Richard Saitz Boston University
Anthony Spirito
Anthony Spirito Brown University
Barry S. Brown
Barry S. Brown University of North Carolina Wilmington
John A. Cunningham
John A. Cunningham Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Anne H. Berman
Anne H. Berman Uppsala University
Kenneth R. Conner
Kenneth R. Conner University of Rochester Medical Center

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