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Levent Kirisci is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with particular focus in clinical psychology and epidemiology. Kirisci's contributions include work in social psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's main research topics include substance abuse treatment and outcomes, posttraumatic stress disorder research, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mental health treatment and access, mental health via writing, traumatic brain injury research, and various mental health research topics.

Levent Kirisci has published papers in several venues, with multiple contributions in Research Square, the Journal of Personalized Medicine, and Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. Other publication venues include Addictive Behaviors and Psychological Assessment.

  • The Performance of Gene Expression Signature-Guided Drug-Disease Association in Different Categories of Drugs and Diseases (2020), Molecules
  • Developmental trajectory classes in psychological dysregulation predict later decision-making competence (2020), Addictive Behaviors
  • Elaborating on the longitudinal measurement invariance and construct validity of the triarchic psychopathy scales from the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (2021), Psychological Assessment
  • Impact of pharmacist motivational interviewing on hepatitis B vaccination in adults with diabetes (2022), Journal of the American Pharmacists Association
  • DeepBiomarker2: Prediction of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorder Risk in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Patients Using Electronic Medical Records and Multiple Social Determinants of Health (2024), Journal of Personalized Medicine

Kirisci has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including Xiguang Qi, Maureen Reynolds, Oshin Miranda, M. Daniel Brannock, and Thomas R. Kosten. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary approaches within their fields.

Best Publications

  • Neurobehavioral Disinhibition in Childhood Predicts Early Age at Onset of Substance Use Disorder

    Ralph E. Tarter;Levent Kirisci;Ada Mezzich;Jack R. Cornelius

  • Common liability to addiction and “gateway hypothesis”: Theoretical, empirical and evolutionary perspective

    Michael M. Vanyukov;Ralph E. Tarter;Galina P. Kirillova;Levent Kirisci

  • Efficacy of Valproate Maintenance in Patients With Bipolar Disorder and Alcoholism: A Double-blind Placebo-Controlled Study

    Ihsan M. Salloum;Jack R. Cornelius;Dennis C. Daley;Levent Kirisci

  • Neurobehavior disinhibition in childhood predisposes boys to substance use disorder by young adulthood: direct and mediated etiologic pathways

    Ralph E Tarter;Levent Kirisci;Miguel Habeych;Maureen Reynolds

  • Adolescent versus adult onset and the development of substance use disorders in males.

    Duncan B Clark;Levent Kirisci;Ralph E Tarter

  • Child abuse potential in parents with histories of substance use disorder.

    Robert T. Ammerman;David J. Kolko;Levent Kirisci;Timothy C. Blackson;Timothy C. Blackson

  • Origins and consequences of child neglect in substance abuse families

    Marija G. Dunn;Ralph E. Tarter;Ada C. Mezzich;Michael Vanyukov

  • Monte carlo studies in item response theory

    Michael R Harwell;Clement A. Stone;Tse Chi Hsu;Levent Kirisci

  • Liability to substance use disorders: 1. Common mechanisms and manifestations.

    Michael M Vanyukov;Ralph E Tarter;Levent Kirisci;Galina P Kirillova

  • An application of item response theory analysis to alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine criteria in DSM-IV

    James W. Langenbucher;Erich Labouvie;Christopher S. Martin;Pilar M. Sanjuan

  • Childhood risk categories for adolescent substance involvement: a general liability typology.

    Duncan B. Clark;Jack R. Cornelius;Levent Kirisci;Ralph E. Tarter

  • Substance use and risky sexual behavior in female adolescents

    Ada Castillo Mezzich;Ralph E. Tarter;Peter R. Giancola;Sandy Lu

  • Association between hyperactivity and executive cognitive functioning in childhood and substance use in early adolescence.

    Sema Aytaclar;Ralph E. Tarter;Levent Kirisci;Sandy Lu

  • Predictors of marijuana use in adolescents before and after licit drug use: examination of the gateway hypothesis.

    Ralph E. Tarter;Michael Vanyukov;Levent Kirisci;Maureen Reynolds

  • Item response theory analysis of diagnostic criteria for alcohol and cannabis use disorders in adolescents: implications for DSM-V.

    Christopher S. Martin;Tammy Chung;Levent Kirisci;James W. Langenbucher

  • Analysis of risk factors for adverse drug events in critically ill patients

    Sandra L. Kane-Gill;Levent Kirisci;Margaret M. Verrico;Jeffrey M. Rothschild

  • Norms and sensitivity of the adolescent version of the Drug Use Screening Inventory

    Levent Kirisci;Ada Mezzich;Ralph Tarter

  • Behavioral self-regulation: correlates and 2 year follow-ups for boys at risk for substance abuse.

    Michael A. Dawes;Ralph E. Tarter;Levent Kirisci

  • Executive cognitive functioning predicts reactive aggression in boys at high risk for substance abuse: a prospective study.

    Peter R. Giancola;Howard B. Moss;Christopher S. Martin;Levent Kirisci

  • Robustness of Item Parameter Estimation Programs to Assumptions of Unidimensionality and Normality

    Levent Kirisci;Tse-chi Hsu;Lifa Yu

  • Child abuse potential in parents with histories of substance use disorder - Are they at increased risk?

    Robert T. Ammerman;Robert T. Ammerman;David J. Kolko;Levent Kirisci;Timothy C. Blackson;Timothy C. Blackson

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph E. Tarter
Ralph E. Tarter University of Pittsburgh
Michael M. Vanyukov
Michael M. Vanyukov University of Pittsburgh
Ada C. Mezzich
Ada C. Mezzich University of Pittsburgh
Jack R. Cornelius
Jack R. Cornelius University of Pittsburgh
Tammy Chung
Tammy Chung Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Peter R. Giancola
Peter R. Giancola University of Kentucky
Christopher S. Martin
Christopher S. Martin University of Pittsburgh
Michael E. Thase
Michael E. Thase University of Pennsylvania
Robert T. Ammerman
Robert T. Ammerman Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Diana H. Fishbein
Diana H. Fishbein Pennsylvania State University

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