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Overview

Robert K. Brooner is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine with a significant emphasis on Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pharmacology, and Clinical Psychology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Hepatitis C virus research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert K. Brooner include:

  • Jessica M. Peirce
  • Michael Kidorf
  • Haijuan Yan
  • Kelly E. Dunn
  • Li-Tzy Wu

Their publications have appeared in several journals, with multiple papers published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. Other venues include Addiction, Substance Abuse, Addictive Behaviors, and Journal of Traumatic Stress.

Notable recent papers by Robert K. Brooner are:

  • Technology-assisted methadone take-home dosing for dispensing methadone to persons with opioid use disorder during the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Opioid treatment program and community pharmacy collaboration for methadone maintenance treatment: results from a feasibility clinical trial, 2021, Addiction
  • Article Commentary: Research Priorities for Expanding access to Methadone Treatment for Opioid use Disorder in the United States: A National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network Task Force Report, 2021, Substance Abuse
  • The Effects of Prolonged Exposure on Substance Use in Patients With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorders, 2020, Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • The association of prefrontal cortex response during a natural reward cue-reactivity paradigm, anhedonia, and demoralization in persons maintained on methadone, 2020, Addictive Behaviors

Best Publications

  • Psychiatric and Substance Use Comorbidity Among Treatment-Seeking Opioid Abusers

    Robert K. Brooner;Van L. King;Michael Kidorf;Chester W. Schmidt

  • Sustained Cocaine Abstinence in Methadone Maintenance Patients Through Voucher-Based Reinforcement Therapy

    Kenneth Silverman;Stephen T. Higgins;Robert K. Brooner;Ivan D. Montoya;Ivan D. Montoya

  • Regular use of alcohol and tobacco in India and its association with age, gender, and poverty.

    K.J. Neufeld;D.H. Peters;M. Rani;S. Bonu

  • Smoking habits and attitudes in a methadone maintenance treatment population.

    Philip Clemmey;Robert Brooner;Mary Ann Chutuape;Michael Kidorf

  • Increasing opiate abstinence through voucher-based reinforcement therapy

    Kenneth Silverman;Kenneth Silverman;Conrad J. Wong;Stephen T. Higgins;Robert K. Brooner

  • Antisocial personality disorder and HIV infection among intravenous drug abusers

    Robert K. Brooner;Lawrence Greenfield;Chester W. Schmidt;George E. Bigelow

  • Prevalence of psychiatric and substance use disorders in opioid abusers in a community syringe exchange program.

    Michael Kidorf;Elizabeth R Disney;Van L King;Karin Neufeld

  • Assessing the effectiveness of an Internet-based videoconferencing platform for delivering intensified substance abuse counseling.

    Van L. King;Kenneth B. Stoller;Michael Kidorf;Kori Kindbom

  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and treatment outcome in opioid abusers entering treatment.

    Van L. King;Robert K. Brooner;Michael S. Kidorf;Kenneth B. Stoller

  • Drug abuse treatment success among needle exchange participants.

    R. Brooner;M. Kidorf;Van L King;P. Beilenson

  • A randomized trial of Web-based videoconferencing for substance abuse counseling.

    Van L. King;Robert K. Brooner;Jessica M. Peirce;Ken Kolodner

  • Characteristics of older opioid maintenance patients.

    Michelle R. Lofwall;Robert K. Brooner;George E. Bigelow;Kori Kindbom

  • Intravenous drug abusers with antisocial personality disorder: increased HIV risk behavior.

    Robert K. Brooner;George E. Bigelow;Eric Strain;Chester W. Schmidt

  • Assessing Traumatic Event Exposure: Comparing the Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire to the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV

    Jessica M. Peirce;Christopher K. Burke;Kenneth B. Stoller;Karin J. Neufeld

  • Cost-effectiveness of treatment for drug-abusing pregnant women

    Dace S. Svikis;Archie S. Golden;George R. Huggins;Roy W. Pickens

  • Preliminary evidence of good treatment response in antisocial drug abusers.

    Robert K Brooner;Michael Kidorf;Van L King;Kenneth Stoller

  • Antisocial behavior of intravenous drug abusers: implications for diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder.

    Robert K. Brooner;Chester W. Schmidt;Linda J. Felch;George E. Bigelow

  • Influence of psychiatric comorbidity on HIV risk behaviors: changes during drug abuse treatment.

    Van L. King;Michael S. Kidorf;Kenneth B. Stoller;Robert K. Brooner

  • Cocaine use early in treatment predicts outcome in a behavioral treatment program.

    K L Preston;K Silverman;S T Higgins;R K Brooner

  • Antisocial personality disorder among drug abusers. Relations to other personality diagnoses and the five-factor model of personality.

    Robert K. Brooner;Jeffrey H. Herbst;Chester W. Schmidt;George E. Bigelow

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl A. Latkin
Carl A. Latkin Johns Hopkins University
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Steffanie A. Strathdee University of California, San Diego
Christina S. Meade
Christina S. Meade Duke University
Stephen T. Higgins
Stephen T. Higgins University of Vermont
Paul T. Costa
Paul T. Costa Duke University
Kenneth Silverman
Kenneth Silverman Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Allan F. Mirsky
Allan F. Mirsky National Institutes of Health

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