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Linda B. Cottler is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, and Pharmacology. The body of work includes 182 publications in these areas.

The scientist's research topics concentrate on several areas including Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis, Ethics in Clinical Research, Health Policy Implementation Science, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, and Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
  • Current Opinion in Psychiatry
  • The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
  • Substance Use & Misuse

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, most notably:

  • Catherine W. Striley (47 joint publications)
  • Joseph J. Palamar (29 joint publications)
  • Nicole D. Fitzgerald (24 joint publications)
  • Nae Won (14 joint publications)
  • Yiyang Liu (11 joint publications)

Among recent papers published by Linda B. Cottler are:

  • "Trends in seizures of powders and pills containing illicit fentanyl in the United States, 2018 through 2021" (2022), published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • "Correspondence Between Perceived Pubertal Development and Hormone Levels in 9-10 Year-Olds From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study" (2021), published in Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • "Baseline brain function in the preadolescents of the ABCD Study" (2021), published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "Sex Differences in Willingness to Participate in Research Based on Study Risk Level Among a Community Sample of African Americans in North Central Florida" (2020), published in Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
  • "Trends in characteristics of fentanyl-related poisonings in the United States, 2015-2021" (2022), published in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Best Publications

  • Smoking, smoking cessation, and major depression.

    Alexander H. Glassman;John E. Helzer;Lirio S. Covey;Linda B. Cottler

  • Image processing and analysis methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.

    Donald J. Hagler;Sean N. Hatton;M. Daniela Cornejo;Carolina Makowski

  • Utilization of health and mental health services. Three Epidemiologic Catchment Area sites.

    Sam Shapiro;Elizabeth A. Skinner;Larry G. Kessler;Michael Von Korff

  • Cross-cultural feasibility, reliability and sources of variance of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI)

    Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Lee N. Robins;Linda B. Cottler;Norman Sartorius

  • Taking chances: problem gamblers and mental health disorders--results from the St. Louis Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study.

    R M Cunningham-Williams;L B Cottler;W M Compton rd;E L Spitznagel

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder among substance users from the general population

    Linda B. Cottler;Wilson M. Compton;Douglas Mager;Edward L. Spitznagel

  • The reliability of the CIDI-SAM: a comprehensive substance abuse interview.

    Linda B. Cottler;Lee N. Robins;John E. Helzer

  • The Role of Psychiatric Disorders in Predicting Drug Dependence Treatment Outcomes

    Wilson M. Compton;Linda B. Cottler;Jacqueline L. Jacobs;Arbi Ben-Abdallah

  • Childhood victimization and drug abuse: a comparison of prospective and retrospective findings.

    Cathy Spatz Widom;Barbara Luntz Weiler;Linda B. Cottler

  • WHO Study on the reliability and validity of the alcohol and drug use disorder instruments: overview of methods and results

    B Üstün;W Compton;D Mager;T Babor

  • Age of sexual debut among US adolescents

    Patricia A. Cavazos-Rehg;Melissa J. Krauss;Edward L. Spitznagel;Mario Schootman

  • Concordance of DSM-IV alcohol and drug use disorder criteria and diagnoses as measured by AUDADIS-ADR, CIDI and SCAN

    Linda B Cottler;Bridget F Grant;Jack Blaine;Vanetsanos Mavreas

  • The Service Assessment for Children and Adolescents (SACA): Adult and child reports

    Arlene Rubin Stiffman;Sarah McCUE Horwitz;Kimberly Hoagwood;Wilson Compton

  • The association of sexual dysfunction and substance use among a community epidemiological sample.

    Sharon D Johnson;Deborah L Phelps;Linda B Cottler

  • Sex differences in prescription opioid use.

    Mirsada Serdarevic;Catherine W. Striley;Linda B. Cottler

  • Clinical observation of assessment using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). An analysis of the CIDI Field Trials--Wave II at the St Louis site.

    Aleksandar Janča;Lee N. Robins;Linda B. Cottler;Terrence S. Early

  • Reliability of the Services Assessment for Children and Adolescents

    Sarah McCue Horwitz;Kimberly Hoagwood;Arlene R. Stiffman;Thomas Summerfeld

  • Substance dependence and other psychiatric disorders among drug dependent subjects: race and gender correlates.

    Wilson M. Compton;Linda B. Cottler;Arbi Ben Abdallah;Deborah L. Phelps

  • EFFECT OF QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN ON RECALL OF DRUG EXPOSURE IN PREGNANCY

    Allen A. Mitchell;Linda B. Cottler;Samuel Shapiro

  • The CIDI-core substance abuse and dependence questions: Cross-cultural and nosological issues

    Linda B. Cottler;Lee N. Robins;B. F. Grant;Jack D. Blaine

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura J. Bierut
Laura J. Bierut Washington University in St. Louis
Carl G. Leukefeld
Carl G. Leukefeld University of Kentucky
Lee N. Robins
Lee N. Robins Washington University in St. Louis
Sara Jo Nixon
Sara Jo Nixon University of Florida
Lisa J. Merlo
Lisa J. Merlo University of Florida
Susan F. Tapert
Susan F. Tapert University of California, San Diego
Deborah S. Hasin
Deborah S. Hasin Columbia University
Bridget F. Grant
Bridget F. Grant National Institutes of Health
Amanda Sheffield Morris
Amanda Sheffield Morris Oklahoma State University
Wesley K. Thompson
Wesley K. Thompson University of California, San Diego

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