Origins and Pathways to Drug Abuse

Research Topics

Topics of interest in the area of origins and pathways to drug abuse include but are not limited to:

• Risk and Resilience including Similarities and Differences in the Genders
• Impact of Child Psychopathology and Child Interventions on Subsequent Drug Abuse (archives)
• Development of Children Growing Up in Drug Abusing Family & Neighborhood Environments (e.g., child abuse and neglect, HIV and early parental death)
• Genetic Epidemiology
• Impact of Age of Onset of Drug Use on Subsequent Development
• Behavioral Characteristics
• Temperament Features
• Basic Behavioral Research and Animal Models
• Gender, Age, Ethnic, and Racial Differences
• Methodological and Statistical Strategies for Longitudinal Studies
• The roles of the internet, television, movies, and popular music and culture (e.g., raves)