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Overview

Silvia S. Martins is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medical and public health topics, with a strong emphasis on epidemiology, substance abuse treatment, and outcomes related to opioid and cannabis use disorders.

Their main fields of study include Medicine, with subfields in Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, and Pharmacology. This interdisciplinary approach supports their research on various health and social issues.

Frequent topics in their work include:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Several coauthors have collaborated frequently with Martins, highlighting established research partnerships in their field. These include Deborah S. Hasin, Magdalena Cerdá, Pia M. Mauro, Katherine M. Keyes, and Mark Olfson.

Silvia S. Martins has published extensively across multiple venues, with a notable number of articles appearing in:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • American Journal of Epidemiology

Among their recent papers are:

  • US Trends in Drug Overdose Mortality Among Pregnant and Postpartum Persons, 2017-2020 (2022, JAMA)
  • Racial and Ethnic Differences in Cannabis Use Following Legalization in US States With Medical Cannabis Laws (2021, JAMA Network Open)
  • Investigating the effect of national government physical distancing measures on depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic through meta-analysis and meta-regression (2021, Psychological Medicine)
  • Racial/Ethnic and Geographic Trends in Combined Stimulant/Opioid Overdoses, 2007-2019 (2021, American Journal of Epidemiology)
  • Association of Medicaid Expansion With Opioid Overdose Mortality in the United States (2020, JAMA Network Open)

Best Publications

  • The Burden of Mental Disorders

    William W. Eaton;Silvia S. Martins;Gerald Nestadt;O. Joseph Bienvenu

  • Association Between Recreational Marijuana Legalization in the United States and Changes in Marijuana Use and Cannabis Use Disorder From 2008 to 2016

    Magdalena Cerdá;Magdalena Cerdá;Christine Mauro;Ava Hamilton;Natalie S. Levy

  • ADHD in a school sample of Brazilian adolescents: a study of prevalence, comorbid conditions, and impairments.

    Luis A. Rohde;Joseph Biederman;Ellis A. Busnello;Heloisa Zimmermann

  • Trends in Marijuana Use Among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Reproductive-Aged Women, 2002-2014.

    Qiana L. Brown;Aaron L. Sarvet;Dvora Shmulewitz;Silvia S. Martins

  • Worldwide Prevalence and Trends in Unintentional Drug Overdose: A Systematic Review of the Literature

    Silvia S. Martins;Laura Sampson;Magdalena Cerdá;Sandro Galea

  • Mood and anxiety disorders and their association with non-medical prescription opioid use and prescription opioid-use disorder: longitudinal evidence from the National Epidemiologic Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions

    Silvia S. Martins;Miriam C. Fenton;Katherine M. Keyes;Carlos Blanco

  • Perceived risk of regular cannabis use in the United States from 2002 to 2012: Differences by sex, age, and race/ethnicity

    Lauren R. Pacek;Pia M. Mauro;Silvia S. Martins;Silvia S. Martins

  • Changes in US Lifetime Heroin Use and Heroin Use Disorder: Prevalence From the 2001-2002 to 2012-2013 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.

    Silvia S. Martins;Aaron Sarvet;Julian Santaella-Tenorio;Tulshi Saha

  • Telescoping and gender differences in alcohol dependence: new evidence from two national surveys.

    Katherine M. Keyes;Silvia S. Martins;Carlos Blanco;Deborah S. Hasin

  • Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use in Childhood and Early Adolescence Predicts Transitions to Heroin Use in Young Adulthood: A National Study

    Magdalena Cerdá;Magdalena Cerdá;Julián Santaella;Brandon D.L. Marshall;June H. Kim

  • Demographic trends among older cannabis users in the United States, 2006-13.

    Benjamin H. Han;Scott Sherman;Pia M. Mauro;Silvia S. Martins

  • Predictors of Transition to Heroin Use among Initially Non-Opioid Dependent Illicit Pharmaceutical Opioid Users: A Natural History Study

    Robert G. Carlson;Ramzi W. Nahhas;Silvia S. Martins;Raminta Daniulaityte

  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in a Diverse Culture: Do Research and Clinical Findings Support the Notion of a Cultural Construct for the Disorder?

    Luis Augusto Rohde;Cláudia Szobot;Guilherme Polanczyk;Marcelo Schmitz

  • State-level medical marijuana laws, marijuana use and perceived availability of marijuana among the general U.S. population

    Silvia S. Martins;Christine M. Mauro;Julian Santaella-Tenorio;June H. Kim

  • Factors at play in faster progression for female pathological gamblers: An exploratory analysis

    Hermano Tavares;Silvia S. Martins;Daniela S. S. Lobo;Camila M. Silveira

  • Association Between Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and Nonfatal and Fatal Drug Overdoses: A Systematic Review

    David S. Fink;Julia P. Schleimer;Aaron Sarvet;Kiran K. Grover

  • Pathological gambling, gender, and risk-taking behaviors.

    Silvia Saboia Martins;Hermano Tavares;Hermano Tavares;Daniela Sabbatini da Silva Lobo;Ana Maria Galetti

  • The widening gender gap in marijuana use prevalence in the U.S. during a period of economic change, 2002-2014.

    Hannah Carliner;Pia M. Mauro;Qiana L. Brown;Dvora Shmulewitz

  • Mental health service utilization for psychiatric disorders among Latinos living in the United States: the role of ethnic subgroup, ethnic identity, and language/social preferences

    Katherine M. Keyes;Katherine M. Keyes;S. S. Martins;Mark L. Hatzenbuehler;Carlos Blanco;Carlos Blanco

  • Urban-rural variation in the socioeconomic determinants of opioid overdose

    Veronica A. Pear;William R. Ponicki;Andrew Gaidus;Katherine M. Keyes

  • Pathways between nonmedical opioid use/dependence and psychiatric disorders: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions

    Silvia S. Martins;Katherine M. Keyes;Carla L. Storr;Carla L. Storr;Hong Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Magdalena Cerdá
Magdalena Cerdá New York University
Deborah S. Hasin
Deborah S. Hasin Columbia University
Melanie M. Wall
Melanie M. Wall Columbia University
Brandon D. L. Marshall
Brandon D. L. Marshall Brown University
Pamela J. Surkan
Pamela J. Surkan Johns Hopkins University
Robert G. Carlson
Robert G. Carlson Wright State University
Nicholas S. Ialongo
Nicholas S. Ialongo Johns Hopkins University
Charles C. Branas
Charles C. Branas Columbia University
Ramin Mojtabai
Ramin Mojtabai Johns Hopkins University
Rosa M. Crum
Rosa M. Crum Johns Hopkins University

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