Genetic and environmental influences on the development of behavior problems and substance abuse issues among adolescents. Additional interests include the feasibility of executive cognitive functioning tasks in adolescents with serious substance and conduct problems compared to community controls, as well as the feasibility of conducting fMRI research in troubled adolescents and a control group of general population adolescents.
Selected Publications:
1. Crowley TJ (2006). Adolescents and substance-related disorders: research agenda to guide decisions on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-V). Addiction, 101, 115-24. | pubmed abstract |
2. Crowley TJ, Raymond KM, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Thompson LL, Lejuez CW (2006). A risk-taking "set" in a novel task among adolescents with serious conduct and substance problems. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 45(2), 175-83. | pubmed abstract |
3. Crowley TJ, Mikulich SK, Ehlers KM, Hall SK, Whitmore EA. (2003). Discriminative validity and clinical utility of an abuse-neglect interview for adolescents with conduct and substance use problems. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 160(8), 1461-9. | pubmed abstract |