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Scott H. Kollins

Scott H. Kollins

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
70
Citations
19338
World Ranking
770
National Ranking
367

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Scott H. Kollins is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and psychology. Their work primarily intersects psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, and clinical psychology, with additional research in experimental and cognitive psychology as well as developmental and educational psychology.

The focus of Kollins' research centers on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a topic they have addressed in 96 publications. They have also contributed to studies on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Child Development and Digital Technology, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Children's Physical and Motor Development, Sleep and related disorders, and Bipolar Disorder and Treatment.

Frequent collaborators include Jessica R. Lunsford-Avery, Matthew Engelhard, Ann Childress, Bernard F. Fuemmeler, and Géraldine Dawson. Their work has been published across various scientific journals, with notable frequent publications in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Scientific Reports, Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, and Journal of Attention Disorders.

Selected recent papers exemplify their research scope and impact:

  • The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based conclusions about the disorder, 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • A novel digital intervention for actively reducing severity of paediatric ADHD (STARS-ADHD): a randomised controlled trial, 2020, The Lancet Digital Health
  • The role of machine learning in clinical research: transforming the future of evidence generation, 2021, Trials
  • It Is Time to REACT: Opportunities for Digital Mental Health Apps to Reduce Mental Health Disparities in Racially and Ethnically Minoritized Groups, 2021, JMIR Mental Health
  • Effectiveness of a digital therapeutic as adjunct to treatment with medication in pediatric ADHD, 2021, npj Digital Medicine

Kollins was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2011, which is a distinction reflecting their contributions to psychological science.

Best Publications

  • The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based Conclusions about the Disorder

    Stephen V. Faraone;Tobias Banaschewski;David Coghill;Yi Zheng

  • Conners Rating Scales-Revised.

    C. Keith Conners

  • Evaluating Dopamine Reward Pathway in ADHD: Clinical Implications

    Nora D. Volkow;Gene-Jack Wang;Scott H. Kollins;Tim L. Wigal

  • Efficacy and Safety of Immediate-Release Methylphenidate Treatment for Preschoolers with ADHD.

    Laurence Greenhill;Scott Kollins;Howard Abikoff;James Mccracken

  • Temporal discounting: basic research and the analysis of socially important behavior.

    Thomas S. Critchfield;Scott H. Kollins

  • Motivation deficit in ADHD is associated with dysfunction of the dopamine reward pathway

    Nora D. Volkow;Gene-Jack Wang;Gene-Jack Wang;Jeffrey H. Newcorn;Scott H. Kollins

  • Association Between Smoking and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in a Population-Based Sample of Young Adults

    Scott H. Kollins;F. Joseph McClernon;Bernard F. Fuemmeler

  • Assessing the abuse potential of methylphenidate in nonhuman and human subjects: a review.

    Scott H Kollins;Emily K MacDonald;Craig R Rush

  • A novel digital intervention for actively reducing severity of paediatric ADHD (STARS-ADHD): a randomised controlled trial.

    Scott H Kollins;Scott H Kollins;Denton J DeLoss;Elena Cañadas;Jacqueline Lutz

  • A Comparison of Once-Daily Extended-Release Methylphenidate Formulations in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in the Laboratory School (The Comacs Study)

    James M Swanson;Sharon B Wigal;Tim Wigal;Edmund Sonuga-Barke

  • Self-Regulation of Emotion, Functional Impairment, and Comorbidity Among ChildrenWith AD/HD.

    Arthur D. Anastopoulos;Taylor F. Smith;Melanie E. Garrett;Erin Morrissey-Kane

  • Delay discounting is associated with substance use in college students

    Scott H Kollins

  • Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and child neurodevelopmental outcomes: a meta-analysis

    C. E. Sanchez;C. Barry;A. Sabhlok;K. Russell

  • Safety and tolerability of methylphenidate in preschool children with ADHD.

    Tim Wigal;Laurence Greenhill;Shirley Chuang;James McGOUGH

  • Stimulant-Related Reductions of Growth Rates in the PATS

    James Swanson;Laurence Greenhill;Tim Wigal;Scott Kollins

  • Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate in Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Lenard A. Adler;David W. Goodman;Scott H. Kollins;Richard H. Weisler

  • Methylphenidate-Elicited Dopamine Increases in Ventral Striatum Are Associated with Long-Term Symptom Improvement in Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

    Nora D. Volkow;Gene-Jack Wang;Dardo Tomasi;Scott H. Kollins

  • The Preschool Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment Study (PATS) 6-Year Follow-Up.

    Mark A. Riddle;Kseniya Yershova;Deborah Lazzaretto;Natalya Paykina

  • The role of machine learning in clinical research: transforming the future of evidence generation

    E. Hope Weissler;E. Hope Weissler;Tristan Naumann;Tomas Andersson;Rajesh Ranganath

  • Cannabinoid exposure and altered DNA methylation in rat and human sperm.

    Susan K. Murphy;Nilda Itchon-Ramos;Zachary Visco;Zhiqing Huang

  • ADHD and Smoking

    Francis Joseph McClernon;Scott Haden Kollins

  • Clinical presentation of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in preschool children: the Preschoolers with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment Study (PATS).

    Kelly L Posner;Glenn Alexander Melvin;Desiree W Murray;So Sonia Gugga

Frequent Co-Authors

F. Joseph McClernon
F. Joseph McClernon Duke University
James M. Swanson
James M. Swanson University of California, Irvine
James T. McCracken
James T. McCracken University of California, Los Angeles
Jean C. Beckham
Jean C. Beckham Duke University
Allison E. Ashley-Koch
Allison E. Ashley-Koch Duke University
Charles E. Cunningham
Charles E. Cunningham McMaster University
Joanna S. Fowler
Joanna S. Fowler Brookhaven National Laboratory
Nora D. Volkow
Nora D. Volkow National Institutes of Health
Geraldine Dawson
Geraldine Dawson Duke University
Jean Logan
Jean Logan New York University

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