Publications

  • DeTore, N. R., Roberts, K. B., Kaur, J., & Schuster, R. M. (2026). Disconnection from care among adolescents with psychotic experiences.Psychiatry research, 356, 116886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116886

  • DeTore, N. R., Balogun, O., Choi, K. W., & Holt, D. J. (2026). Transdiagnostic prevention in youth mental health, Part 2: Interventions.Neuropsychopharmacology, 51(1), 310–322. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-025-02234-9

  • Weser, V. U., Hieftje, K., Shaker, J., Antwi, D., Singh, K. P., Schuster, R., & Camenga, D. (2026). School staff experiences with vaping disciplinary procedures in Connecticut schools: A qualitative study of middle school staff.Nicotine & tobacco research: official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 28(5), 809–816. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaf229

  • Costello, M. A., Crocker, J., Kaur, J., Du, R., Oxendine, E., Greenspan, L., Butler, R., & Schuster, R. M. (2026). Exploring self-referral as a low-burden, universally administered strategy to connect adolescents to mental health supports following anonymous school-based screening. School psychology (Washington, D.C.), 41(4), 434–445. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000719

  • Gilman, J., Potter, K., Kaur, J., Lee, P., Schuster, R., Bjork, J., Weigard, A., Evins, A. E., Roffman, J., & Tervo-Clemmens, B. (2026). Impulsivity-related predictors of adolescent substance use initiation. Psychological medicine, 56, e41. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291726103225

  • Holt, D. J., Choi, K. W., DeTore, N. R., & Balogun, O. (2026). Transdiagnostic prevention in youth mental health, Part I: rationale, shared risk factors. Neuropsychopharmacology: official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 51(1), 293–309. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-025-02233-w

  • Feibus, I., Mahiques, M. B., Costello, M., Potter, K., Bentley, K. H., Hoeppner, B. B., Liu, L., Evohr, B., Yan, L., Gilman, J., Evins, A. E., Kossowsky, J., & Schuster, R. M. (2025). Characterizing proximal risk for depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation with acute cannabis use and withdrawal among adolescents using ecological momentary assessment: Study protocol.PLOS ONE, 20(12), e0338790. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0338790.

  • Schuster, R. M., Costello, M. A., Potter, K., Torquati, M., Gilman, J. M., & Evins, A. E. (2025). Neurocognitive outcomes in adolescents with and without four weeks of cannabis abstinence: a randomized clinical trial using contingency management. Frontiers in psychiatry, 16, 1723633. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1723633

  • Vargas, T. G., Costello, M., Tiemeier, H., Lam, P., Bollmann-Dodd, T., Kaur, J., & Schuster, R. M. (2025). Neighborhood deprivation and adolescent mental health: The protective role of school staffing patterns.Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, S0890856725002722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2025.06.003. PMID: 40578756

  • Pachas, G. N., Reeder, H. T., Evins, A. E., Casottana, K., Borrego Mahiques, M., Bodolay, A., Gray, C. A., Potter, K. W., Keuroghlian, A. S., & Schuster, R. M. (2025). Substance use, suicidal behavior, and other mental health outcomes among youth with intersectional sexual and gender diverse identities. JAACAP open, 3(4), 947–958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaacop.2024.09.011

  • Costello, M. A., Pascale, M., Potter, K., Knoll, S. J., Bodolay, A., Kaur, J., Du, R., Greenspan, L., Gray, C. A., McIntyre, J., & Schuster, R. M. (2025). Understanding adolescent mental health symptom progression in school-based settings: The Substance Use and Risk Factors (SURF) longitudinal survey.School Psychology, 40(6), 666–679. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000681. PMID: 39928444

  • DeTore, N. R., Balogun-Mwangi, O., Eberlin, E. S., Dokholyan, K. N., Rizzo, A., & Holt, D. J. (2024). An artificial intelligence-nased virtual human avatar application to assess the mental health of health care professionals: A validation study. Journal of Medical Extended Reality, 1(1), 215–226. https://doi.org/10.1089/jmxr.2024.0016

  • Liu, J., Knoll, S. J., Pascale, M. P., Gray, C. A., Bodolay, A., Potter, K. W., Gilman, J., Evins, A. E., & Schuster, R. M. (2024). Intention to quit or reduce e-cigarettes, cannabis, and their co-use among a school-based sample of adolescents.Addictive Behaviors, 157, 108101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108101. PMID: 38986353; PMCID: PMC11283349

  • DeTore, N. R., Burke, A., Nyer, M., & Holt, D. J. (2024). A brief resilience-enhancing intervention and loneliness in at-risk young adults: A secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.JAMA network open, 7(2), e2354728. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.54728

  • Tervo-Clemmens, B., Karim, Z. A., Khan, S. Z., Ravindranath, O., Somerville, L. H., Schuster, R. M., Gilman, J. M., & Evins, A. E. (2024). The developmental timing but not magnitude of adolescent risk-taking propensity is consistent across social, environmental, and psychological factors.Journal of Adolescent Health, 74(3), 613–616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.11.001. PMID: 38085210

  • Tervo-Clemmens, B., Gilman, J. M., Evins, A. E., Bentley, K. H., Nock, M. K., Smoller, J. W., & Schuster, R. M. (2024). Substance use, suicidal thoughts, and psychiatric comorbidities among high school students.JAMA Pediatrics, 178(3), 310–313. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.6263. PMID: 38285470; PMCID: PMC10825781

  • Cooke, M. E., Knoll, S. J., Streck, J. M., Potter, K., Lamberth, E., Rychik, N., Gilman, J. M., Evins, A. E., & Schuster, R. M. (2024). Contingency management is associated with positive changes in attitudes and reductions in cannabis use even after discontinuation of incentives among non-treatment seeking youth.Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 256, 111096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111096. PMID: 38277735; PMCID: PMC10923125

  • Liu, J., Knoll, S. J., Pascale, M. P., Gray, C. A., Bodolay, A., Potter, K. W., Gilman, J., Eden Evins, A., & Schuster, R. M. (2024). Intention to quit or reduce e-cigarettes, cannabis, and their co-use among a school-based sample of adolescents. Addictive behaviors, 157, 108101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108101

  • Schuster, R. M., Cather, C., Pachas, G. N., Nielsen, L., Iroegbulem, V., Dufour, J., Potter, K., Levy, S., Gray, K. M., & Evins, A. E. (2023). A randomized controlled trial of varenicline and brief behavioral counseling delivered by lay counselors for adolescent vaping cessation: Study protocol. Frontiers in psychiatry, 14, 1083791. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1083791

  • Baumer, A. M., Nestor, B. A., Potter, K., Knoll, S., Evins, A. E., Gilman, J., Kossowsky, J., & Schuster, R. M. (2023). Assessing changes in sleep across four weeks among adolescents randomized to incentivized cannabis abstinence.Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 252, 110989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.110989. Erratum: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.111020. PMID: 37839357; PMCID: PMC10691527

  • Gray, C. A., Iroegbulem, V., Deming, B., Butler, R., Howell, D., Pascale, M. P., Bodolay, A., Potter, K., Turncliff, A., Lynch, S., Whittaker, J., Ward, J., Maximus, D., Pachas, G. N., & Schuster, R. M. (2023). A pragmatic clinical effectiveness trial of a novel alternative to punishment for school-based substance use infractions: Study protocol for the iDECIDE curriculum.Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1203558. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1203558. PMID: 37670822; PMCID: PMC10475570

  • Liu, J., Butler, R., Turncliff, A., Gray, C., Lynch, S., Whittaker, J., Iroegbulem, V., Howell, D., & Schuster, R. M. (2023). An urgent need for school-based diversion programs for adolescent substance use: A statewide survey of school personnel.Journal of Adolescent Health, 73(3), 428–436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.04.006. PMID: 37318411; PMCID: PMC10524742

  • DeTore, N. R., Luther, L., Deng, W., Zimmerman, J., Leathem, L., Burke, A. S., Nyer, M. B., & Holt, D. J. (2023). Efficacy of a transdiagnostic, prevention-focused program for at-risk young adults: a waitlist-controlled trial.Psychological medicine, 53(8), 3490–3499. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722000046.

  • Clauss, J. A., Bhiku, K., Burke, A., Pimentel-Diaz, Y., DeTore, N. R., Zapetis, S., Zvonar, V., Kritikos, K., Canenguez, K. M., Cather, C., & Holt, D. J. (2023). Development of a transdiagnostic, resilience-focused intervention for at-risk adolescents.Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England), 32(3), 592–601. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2022.2140790.

  • Schuster, R. M., Potter, K., Lamberth, E., Rychik, N., Hareli, M., Allen, S., Broos, H. C., Mustoe, A., Gilman, J. M., Pachas, G., & Evins, A. E. (2021). Alcohol substitution during one month of cannabis abstinence among non-treatment seeking youth.Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 107, 110205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2020.110205. PMID: 33309538; PMCID: PMC7882030

  • Savulich, G., Rychik, N., Lamberth, E., Hareli, M., Evins, A. E., Sahakian, B. J., & Schuster, R. M. (2021). Sex differences in neuropsychological functioning are domain-specific in adolescent and young adult regular cannabis users.Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 27(6), 592–606. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617720001435. PMID: 34261559

  • Cooke, M. E., Gilman, J. M., Lamberth, E., Rychik, N., Tervo-Clemmens, B., Evins, A. E., & Schuster, R. M. (2021). Assessing changes in symptoms of depression and anxiety during four weeks of cannabis abstinence among adolescents.Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 689957. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.689957. PMID: 34276449; PMCID: PMC8280499

  • Schuster, R. M., Gilman, J., Schoenfeld, D., Evenden, J., Hareli, M., Ulysse, C., Nip, E., Hanly, A., Zhang, H., & Evins, A. E. (2018). One month of cannabis abstinence in adolescents and young adults is associated with improved memory. The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 79(6), 17m11977. https://doi.org/10.4088/JCP.17m11977