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Thomas R. Kosten is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with notable contributions in Clinical Psychology, Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work involves multiple topics, including:

  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Thomas R. Kosten has published extensively, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • American Journal on Addictions
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Translational Psychiatry

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Thomas R. Kosten include:

  • Brief Report: Increased Addictive Internet and Substance Use Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China, 2020, American Journal on Addictions
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of long term physical and mental sequelae of COVID-19 pandemic: call for research priority and action, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Internet Addiction Increases in the General Population During COVID-19: Evidence From China, 2021, American Journal on Addictions
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis on prevalence of and risk factors associated with depression, anxiety and insomnia in infectious diseases, including COVID-19: a call to action, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Mental and neurological disorders and risk of COVID-19 susceptibility, illness severity and mortality: A systematic review, meta-analysis and call for action, 2021, EClinicalMedicine

Thomas R. Kosten has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Yanping Bao
  • Jie Shi
  • Alan C. Swann
  • David A. Nielsen
  • Coreen Domingo

Best Publications

  • Substance Use Disorders in Patients With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Review of the Literature

    Leslie K. Jacobsen;Steven M. Southwick;Thomas R. Kosten

  • Distributed disturbances in brain structure and function in schizophrenia.

    Lewis Da

  • Neurobiological similarities in depression and drug dependence : A self-medication hypothesis

    Athina Markou;Thomas R. Kosten;George F. Koob

  • Systematic review: opioid treatment for chronic back pain: prevalence, efficacy, and association with addiction.

    Bridget A. Martell;Patrick G. O'Connor;Robert D. Kerns;William C. Becker

  • Management of drug and alcohol withdrawal.

    Thomas R. Kosten;Patrick G. O'Connor

  • The Neurobiology of Opioid Dependence: Implications for Treatment

    Thomas R Kosten;Tony P George

  • Urinary free-cortisol levels in posttraumatic stress disorder patients.

    John W. Mason;Earl L. Giller;Thomas R. Kosten;Robert B. Ostroff

  • Prognostic significance of psychopathology in treated opiate addicts. A 2.5-year follow-up study.

    Bruce J. Rounsaville;Thomas R. Kosten;Myrna M. Weissman;Herbert D. Kleber

  • Desipramine facilitation of initial cocaine abstinence.

    Frank H. Gawin;Herbert D. Kleber;Robert Byck;Bruce J. Rounsaville

  • Brief Report: Increased Addictive Internet and Substance Use Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China.

    Yan Sun;Yangyang Li;Yanping Bao;Shiqiu Meng

  • Free radicals, antioxidant defense systems, and schizophrenia.

    Jing Qin Wu;Thomas R. Kosten;Xiang Yang Zhang

  • Sustained urinary norepinephrine and epinephrine elevation in post-traumatic stress disorder

    Thomas R. Kosten;John W. Mason;Earl L. Giller;Robert B. Ostroff

  • Nicotine transdermal patch and atypical antipsychotic medications for smoking cessation in schizophrenia

    Tony P. George;Douglas M. Ziedonis;Alan Feingold;W. Thomas Pepper

  • Nicotine Dependence and Schizophrenia

    Douglas M. Ziedonis;Thomas R. Kosten;William M. Glazer;Richard J. Frances

  • Buprenorphine vs Methadone Maintenance Treatment for Concurrent Opioid Dependence and Cocaine Abuse

    Richard S. Schottenfeld;Juliana R. Pakes;Alison Oliveto;Douglas Ziedonis

  • A placebo controlled trial of bupropion for smoking cessation in schizophrenia

    Tony P George;Jennifer C Vessicchio;Angelo Termine;Thomas A Bregartner

  • Buprenorphine versus methadone maintenance for opioid dependence.

    Thomas R. Kosten;Richard Schottenfeld;Douglas Ziedonis;Jean Falcioni

  • Concurrent validity of the addiction severity index.

    Thomas R. Kosten;Bruce J. Rounsaville;Herbert D. Kleber

  • Cue-induced brain activity changes and relapse in cocaine-dependent patients.

    Thomas R Kosten;Barbara Ellen Scanley;Karen A Tucker;Alison Oliveto;Alison Oliveto

  • Treatment of patients with substance use disorders, second edition. American Psychiatric Association.

    Herbert D Kleber;Roger D Weiss;Raymond F Anton;Tony P George

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiang Yang Zhang
Xiang Yang Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Therese A. Kosten
Therese A. Kosten University of Houston
Herbert D. Kleber
Herbert D. Kleber Columbia University
Bruce J. Rounsaville
Bruce J. Rounsaville Yale University
David A. Nielsen
David A. Nielsen Baylor College of Medicine
Lin Lu
Lin Lu Peking University
Arthur Margolin
Arthur Margolin Yale University
James Poling
James Poling Yale University
Lawrence H. Price
Lawrence H. Price Brown University
John H. Krystal
John H. Krystal Yale University

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