Susan Mikulich-Gilbertson, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry-Substance Dependence

Publications

  • Bhatia D, Berg O, Davies R, Mikulich Gilbertson S, Sakai J. The Association Between Sexual Identity, Depression, and Adolescent Substance Use. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023 Nov 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38019347
  • Calcaterra SL, Lockhart S, Natvig C, Mikulich S. Barriers to initiate buprenorphine and methadone for opioid use disorder treatment with postdischarge treatment linkage. J Hosp Med. 2023 Oct;18(10):896-907. PubMed PMID: 37608527
  • Hinckley JD, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, He JP, Bhatia D, Ellingson JM, Nguyenkhoa Vu B, Ries Merikangas K, Sakai JT. Cannabis Use Is Associated With Depression Severity and Suicidality in the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement. JAACAP Open. 2023 Jun;1(1):24-35. PubMed PMID: 37538853
  • Sakai JT, Chintaluru Y, Raymond KM, McWilliams S, Carter RM, Winters DE, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK. A revised prosocial behavior game: Testing associations with psychopathic traits and the effects of moral elevation using a randomized clinical trial. PLoS One. 2023;18(4):e0283279. PubMed PMID: 37075031
  • Bhatia D, Mikulich SK, Natvig C, Sakai JT. Emergence of Sex Differences in U.S. Adolescent Substance Use. Subst Use Misuse. 2023;58(8):1021-1029. PubMed PMID: 37073541
  • Legget KT, Cornier MA, Sarabia L, Delao EM, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Natvig C, Erpelding C, Mitchell T, Hild A, Kronberg E, Tregellas JR. Sex Differences in Effects of Mood, Eating-Related Behaviors, and BMI on Food Appeal and Desire to Eat: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study. Nutrients. 2023 Feb 2;15(3). PubMed PMID: 36771467
  • Winters DE, Mikulich SK, Hopfer C, Sakai JT. Adolescents in Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: Callous-Unemotional Traits Moderate Associations Between Transdiagnostic Symptoms and Adolescent Suicidality. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023 Apr;54(2):397-405. PubMed PMID: 34559328
  • Bhatia D, Hinckley J, Mikulich S, Sakai J. Cannabis Legalization and Adolescent Use of Electronic Vapor Products, Cannabis, and Cigarettes. J Addict Med. 2022 Jan-Feb 01;16(1):e16-e22. PubMed PMID: 35120066
  • Rolfzen ML, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Natvig C, Carrico JA, Lobato RL, Krause M, Bartels K. Corrigendum to "Association between alcohol use disorder and hospital outcomes in colectomy patients - A retrospective cohort study" [Journal of Clinical Anesthesia Volume 78 (2022)/Article 110674]. J Clin Anesth. 2022 Sep;80:110851. PubMed PMID: 35490531
  • Bhatia D, Hinckley J, Mikulich S, Sakai J. Cannabis Legalization and Adolescent Use of Electronic Vapor Products, Cannabis, and Cigarettes. J Addict Med. 2022 Jan-Feb 01;16(1):e16-e22. PubMed PMID: 35120066
  • Natvig C, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Laudenslager ML, Bradley CJ. Association between employment status change and depression and anxiety in allogeneic stem cell transplant caregivers. J Cancer Surviv. 2022 Oct;16(5):1090-1095. PubMed PMID: 34417708
  • Rolfzen ML, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Natvig C, Carrico JA, Lobato RL, Krause M, Bartels K. Association between alcohol use disorder and hospital outcomes in colectomy patients - A retrospective cohort study. J Clin Anesth. 2022 Jun;78:110674. PubMed PMID: 35168136
  • Winters DE, Mikulich SK, Hopfer C, Sakai JT. Adolescents in Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: Callous-Unemotional Traits Moderate Associations Between Transdiagnostic Symptoms and Adolescent Suicidality. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2021 Sep 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34559328
  • Natvig C, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Laudenslager ML, Bradley CJ. Association between employment status change and depression and anxiety in allogeneic stem cell transplant caregivers. J Cancer Surviv. 2021 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34417708
  • Davis RA, Winston H, Gault JM, Kern DS, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Abosch A. Deep Brain Stimulation for OCD in a Patient With Comorbidities: Epilepsy, Tics, Autism, and Major Depressive Disorder. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. Spring 2021;33(2):167-171. PubMed PMID: 33535803
  • Pensak NA, Carr AL, Jones J, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Kutner JS, Kilbourn K, Sannes TS, Brewer BB, Kolva E, Joshi T, Laudenslager ML. A pilot study of mobilized intervention to help caregivers of oncology patients manage distress. Psychooncology. 2021 Apr;30(4):520-528. PubMed PMID: 33217070
  • Bhatia D, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Sakai JT. Prescription Opioid Misuse and Risky Adolescent Behavior. Pediatrics. 2020 Jan 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31907292
  • Bartels K, Mahoney K, Raymond KM, McWilliams SK, Fernandez-Bustamante A, Schulick R, Hopfer CJ, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK. Opioid and non-opioid utilization at home following gastrointestinal procedures: a prospective cohort study. Surg Endosc. 2020 Jan;34(1):304-311. PubMed PMID: 30945059
  • Pensak NA, Carr AL, Jones J, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Kutner JS, Kilbourn K, Sannes TS, Brewer BB, Kolva E, Joshi T, Laudenslager ML. A pilot study of mobilized intervention to help caregivers of oncology patients manage distress. Psychooncology. 2020 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33217070
  • Libbon R, Baker S, Watson M, Natvig C, Strom L, Mikulich S. Sex Effects on Coping, Dissociation, and PTSD in Patients With Non-epileptic Seizures. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2020 Oct 15;22(12):69. PubMed PMID: 33057811
  • Carrico JA, Mahoney K, Raymond KM, McWilliams SK, Mayes LM, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Bartels K. Predicting Opioid Use Following Discharge After Cesarean Delivery. Ann Fam Med. 2020 Mar;18(2):118-126. PubMed PMID: 32152015
  • Bhatia D, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Sakai JT. Prescription Opioid Misuse and Risky Adolescent Behavior. Pediatrics. 2020 Feb;145(2). PubMed PMID: 31907292
  • Sempio C, Huestis MA, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Klawitter J, Christians U, Henthorn TK. Population pharmacokinetic modeling of plasma ?9-tetrahydrocannabinol and an active and inactive metabolite following controlled smoked cannabis administration. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2020 Mar;86(3):611-619. PubMed PMID: 31747464
  • Krause M, McWilliams SK, Bullard KJ, Mayes LM, Jameson LC, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Fernandez-Bustamante A, Bartels K. Neostigmine Versus Sugammadex for Reversal of Neuromuscular Blockade and Effects on Reintubation for Respiratory Failure or Newly Initiated Noninvasive Ventilation: An Interrupted Time Series Design. Anesth Analg. 2020 Jul;131(1):141-151. PubMed PMID: 31702700
  • Bartels K, Mahoney K, Raymond KM, McWilliams SK, Fernandez-Bustamante A, Schulick R, Hopfer CJ, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK. Opioid and non-opioid utilization at home following gastrointestinal procedures: a prospective cohort study. Surg Endosc. 2020 Jan;34(1):304-311. PubMed PMID: 30945059
  • Sempio C, Huestis MA, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Klawitter J, Christians U, Henthorn TK. Population Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Plasma ?(9) -tetrahydrocannabinol and an Active and Inactive Metabolite Following Controlled Smoked Cannabis Administration. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2019 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31747464
  • Krause M, McWilliams SK, Bullard KJ, Mayes LM, Jameson LC, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Fernandez-Bustamante A, Bartels K. Neostigmine Versus Sugammadex for Reversal of Neuromuscular Blockade and Effects on Reintubation for Respiratory Failure or Newly Initiated Noninvasive Ventilation: An Interrupted Time Series Design. Anesth Analg. 2019 Nov 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31702700
  • Laudenslager ML, Simoneau TL, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Natvig C, Brewer BW, Sannes TS, Kilbourn K, Gutman J, McSweeney P. A randomized control trial of stress management for caregivers of stem cell transplant patients: Effect on patient quality of life and caregiver distress. Psychooncology. 2019 Aug;28(8):1614-1623. PubMed PMID: 31127974
  • Carr AL, Jones J, Mikulich Gilbertson S, Laudenslager ML, Kutner JS, Kilbourn K, Sannes TS, Brewer BW, Kolva E, Joshi T, Amoyal Pensak N. Impact of a Mobilized Stress Management Program (Pep-Pal) for Caregivers of Oncology Patients: Mixed-Methods Study. JMIR Cancer. 2019 May 3;5(1):e11406. PubMed PMID: 31066678
  • Hoffenberg EJ, McWilliams S, Mikulich-Gilbertson S, Murphy B, Hoffenberg A, Hopfer CJ. Cannabis Oil Use by Adolescents and Young Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Mar;68(3):348-352. PubMed PMID: 30801394
  • Sakai JT, Raymond KM, McWilliams SK, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK. Testing helping behavior and its relationship to antisocial personality and psychopathic traits. Psychiatry Res. 2019 Apr;274:98-104. PubMed PMID: 30780067
  • Sannes TS, Simoneau TL, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Natvig CL, Brewer BW, Kilbourn K, Laudenslager ML. Distress and quality of life in patient and caregiver dyads facing stem cell transplant: identifying overlap and unique contributions. Support Care Cancer. 2019 Jun;27(6):2329-2337. PubMed PMID: 30353229
  • Whitmore CA, Sakai J, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Davies RD. A Four-Week Reflective Writing Program in the Psychiatry Clerkship: Testing Effects on Reflective Capacity. Acad Psychiatry. 2019 Apr;43(2):171-174. PubMed PMID: 29704195
  • Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Wagner BD, Grunwald GK, Riggs PD, Zerbe GO. Using empirical Bayes predictors from generalized linear mixed models to test and visualize associations among longitudinal outcomes. Stat Methods Med Res. 2019 May;28(5):1399-1411. PubMed PMID: 29488446
  • Sannes TS, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Natvig CL, Brewer BW, Simoneau TL, Laudenslager ML. Caregiver Sleep and Patient Neutrophil Engraftment in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: A Secondary Analysis. Cancer Nurs. 2018 Jan Feb;41(1):77-85. PubMed PMID: 27922914
  • Carrico JA, Mahoney K, Raymond KM, Mims L, Smith PC, Sakai JT, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Hopfer CJ, Bartels K. The Association of Patient Satisfaction-Based Incentives with Primary Care Physician Opioid Prescribing. J Am Board Fam Med. 2018 Nov-Dec;31(6):941-943. PubMed PMID: 30413550
  • Sannes TS, Simoneau TL, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Natvig CL, Brewer BW, Kilbourn K, Laudenslager ML. Distress and quality of life in patient and caregiver dyads facing stem cell transplant: identifying overlap and unique contributions. Support Care Cancer. 2018 Oct 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30353229
  • Merkow JS, Hoerauf JM, Moss AF, Brainard J, Mayes LM, Fernandez-Bustamante A, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Bartels K. Animal experimental research design in critical care. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2018 Jul 5;18(1):71. PubMed PMID: 29976162
  • Wagner BD, Grunwald GK, Zerbe GO, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Robertson CE, Zemanick ET, Harris JK. On the Use of Diversity Measures in Longitudinal Sequencing Studies of Microbial Communities. Front Microbiol. 2018;9:1037. PubMed PMID: 29872428
  • Whitmore CA, Sakai J, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Davies RD. A Four-Week Reflective Writing Program in the Psychiatry Clerkship: Testing Effects on Reflective Capacity. Acad Psychiatry. 2018 Apr 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29704195
  • Hoffenberg EJ, McWilliams SK, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Murphy BV, Lagueux M, Robbins K, Hoffenberg AS, de Zoeten E, Hopfer CJ. Marijuana Use by Adolescents and Young Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Pediatr. 2018 Aug;199:99-105. PubMed PMID: 29673723
  • Bartels K, Fernandez-Bustamante A, McWilliams SK, Hopfer CJ, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK. Long-term opioid use after inpatient surgery - A retrospective cohort study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Jun 1;187:61-65. PubMed PMID: 29627407
  • Henthorn TK, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK. µ-Opioid Receptor Agonists: Do They Have Utility in the Treatment of Acute Pain?. Anesthesiology. 2018 May;128(5):867-870. PubMed PMID: 29543630
  • Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Wagner BD, Grunwald GK, Riggs PD, Zerbe GO. Using empirical Bayes predictors from generalized linear mixed models to test and visualize associations among longitudinal outcomes. Stat Methods Med Res. 2018 Jan 1;:962280218758357. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29488446
  • Al-Tayyib A, Riggs P, Mikulich-Gilbertson S, Hopfer C. Prevalence of Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioids and Association With Co-occurring Substance Use Disorders Among Adolescents in Substance Use Treatment. J Adolesc Health. 2018 Feb;62(2):241-244. PubMed PMID: 29174697
  • Sannes TS, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Natvig CL, Brewer BW, Simoneau TL, Laudenslager ML. Caregiver Sleep and Patient Neutrophil Engraftment in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: A Secondary Analysis. Cancer Nurs. 2018 Jan Feb;41(1):77-85. PubMed PMID: 27922914
  • Al-Tayyib A, Riggs P, Mikulich-Gilbertson S, Hopfer C. Prevalence of Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioids and Association With Co-occurring Substance Use Disorders Among Adolescents in Substance Use Treatment. J Adolesc Health. 2017 Nov 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29174697
  • Crowley TJ, Dalwani MS, Sakai JT, Raymond KM, McWilliams SK, Banich MT, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK. Children's brain activation during risky decision-making: A contributor to substance problems?. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 Sep 1;178:57-65. PubMed PMID: 28641131
  • Sakai JT, Dalwani MS, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Raymond K, McWilliams S, Tanabe J, Rojas D, Regner M, Banich MT, Crowley TJ. Imaging decision about whether to benefit self by harming others: Adolescents with conduct and substance problems, with or without callous-unemotionality, or developing typically. Psychiatry Res. 2017 May 30;263:103-112. PubMed PMID: 28371655
  • Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Wagner BD, Riggs PD, Zerbe GO. On estimating and testing associations between random coefficients from multivariate generalized linear mixed models of longitudinal outcomes. Stat Methods Med Res. 2017 Jun;26(3):1130-1145. PubMed PMID: 25636408
  • Coors ME, Raymond KM, Hopfer CJ, Sakai J, McWilliams SK, Young S, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK. Adolescents with substance use disorder and assent/consent: Empirical data on understanding biobank risks in genomic research. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Dec 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26774949
  • Sannes TS, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Natvig CL, Laudenslager ML. Intraindividual Cortisol Variability and Psychological Functioning in Caregivers of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients. Psychosom Med. 2015 Nov 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26569536
  • Chumachenko SY, Sakai JT, Dalwani MS, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Dunn R, Tanabe J, Young S, McWilliams SK, Banich MT, Crowley TJ. Brain cortical thickness in male adolescents with serious substance use and conduct problems. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2015;41(5):414-24. PubMed PMID: 26337200
  • Crowley TJ, Dalwani MS, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Young SE, Sakai JT, Raymond KM, McWilliams SK, Roark MJ, Banich MT. Adolescents' Neural Processing of Risky Decisions: Effects of Sex and Behavioral Disinhibition. PLoS One. 2015;10(7):e0132322. PubMed PMID: 26176860
  • Wagner B, Riggs P, Mikulich-Gilbertson S. The importance of distribution-choice in modeling substance use data: a comparison of negative binomial, beta binomial, and zero-inflated distributions. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2015;41(6):489-97. PubMed PMID: 26154448
  • Dalwani MS, McMahon MA, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Young SE, Regner MF, Raymond KM, McWilliams SK, Banich MT, Tanabe JL, Crowley TJ, Sakai JT. Female adolescents with severe substance and conduct problems have substantially less brain gray matter volume. PLoS One. 2015;10(5):e0126368. PubMed PMID: 26000879
  • Laudenslager ML, Simoneau TL, Kilbourn K, Natvig C, Philips S, Spradley J, Benitez P, McSweeney P, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK. A randomized control trial of a psychosocial intervention for caregivers of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients: effects on distress. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2015 Aug;50(8):1110-8. PubMed PMID: 25961767
  • Krmpotich T, Mikulich-Gilbertson S, Sakai J, Thompson L, Banich MT, Tanabe J. Impaired Decision-Making, Higher Impulsivity, and Drug Severity in Substance Dependence and Pathological Gambling. J Addict Med. 2015 Jul-Aug;9(4):273-80. PubMed PMID: 25918968
  • Coors ME, Raymond KM, McWilliams SK, Hopfer CJ, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK. Adolescent perspectives on the return of individual results in genomic addiction research. Psychiatr Genet. 2015 Jun;25(3):127-30. PubMed PMID: 25748091
  • Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Wagner BD, Riggs PD, Zerbe GO. On estimating and testing associations between random coefficients from multivariate generalized linear mixed models of longitudinal outcomes. Stat Methods Med Res. 2015 Jan 30. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25636408
  • Coors ME, Raymond KM, McWilliams SK, Hopfer CJ, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK. What adolescents enrolled in genomic addiction research want to know about conflicts of interest. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Feb 1;147:272-5. PubMed PMID: 25577477
  • Dalwani MS, Tregellas JR, Andrews-Hanna JR, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Raymond KM, Banich MT, Crowley TJ, Sakai JT. Default mode network activity in male adolescents with conduct and substance use disorder. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 Jan 1;134:242-50. PubMed PMID: 24210423
  • Tanabe J, York P, Krmpotich T, Miller D, Dalwani M, Sakai JT, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Thompson L, Claus E, Banich M, Rojas DC. Insula and orbitofrontal cortical morphology in substance dependence is modulated by sex. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2013 Jun-Jul;34(6):1150-6. PubMed PMID: 23153869
  • Simoneau TL, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Natvig C, Kilbourn K, Spradley J, Grzywa-Cobb R, Philips S, McSweeney P, Laudenslager ML. Elevated peri-transplant distress in caregivers of allogeneic blood or marrow transplant patients. Psychooncology. 2013 Sep;22(9):2064-70. PubMed PMID: 23440998
  • Perry RI, Krmpotich T, Thompson LL, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Banich MT, Tanabe J. Sex modulates approach systems and impulsivity in substance dependence. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Nov 1;133(1):222-7. PubMed PMID: 23725607
  • Thurstone C, Salomonsen-Sautel S, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Hartman CA, Sakai JT, Hoffenberg AS, McQueen MB, Min SJ, Crowley TJ, Corley RP, Hewitt JK, Hopfer CJ. Prevalence and predictors of injection drug use and risky sexual behaviors among adolescents in substance treatment. Am J Addict. 2013 Nov-Dec;22(6):558-65. PubMed PMID: 24131163
  • Hopfer C, Salomonsen-Sautel S, Mikulich-Gilbertson S, Min SJ, McQueen M, Crowley T, Young S, Corley R, Sakai J, Thurstone C, Hoffenberg A, Hartman C, Hewitt J. Conduct disorder and initiation of substance use: a prospective longitudinal study. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2013 May;52(5):511-518.e4. PubMed PMID: 23622852
  • Rolfen ML, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, et al. (in press) Association between alcohol use disorder and hospital outcomes in colectomy patients. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
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