Hsien-Chang Lin

Medicine · Indiana University

Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Smoking Behavior and Cessation Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis

Publications

Citations

445

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2009

Research summary

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Hsien-Chang Lin studies patterns of substance use—including alcohol, cigarettes, cannabis, and opioids—and how they develop over the life course, often starting in childhood and adolescence. The research examines links between substance use and factors such as childhood adversity, emotional dynamics, and depression, as well as the effects of policies like prescription drug monitoring programs.

Substance use and addictionAdolescent and youth drinking, smoking, and cannabis useChildhood adversity and mental healthOpioid prescribing and drug monitoring policyEmotion dynamics and cigarette dependence

Publication activity has been intermittent over the past decade, with small clusters of output in some years and gaps in others, and a recent uptick in 2026.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.8/year recently

Recent publications

Longitudinal patterns of threat- and deprivation-based childhood adversity and their impact on adolescent drinking, smoking, and depression
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2026
Aggressive-Depressive Trajectories in Childhood and Their Associations with Drinking Behaviors and Problems in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
Journal of Youth and Adolescence · 2020
The association between short-term emotion dynamics and cigarette dependence: A comprehensive examination of dynamic measures
Drug and Alcohol Dependence · 2020
Associations between statewide prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) requirement and physician patterns of prescribing opioid analgesics for patients with non-cancer chronic pain
Addictive Behaviors · 2017
The Relationships of Cigarette and Alcohol Use With the Initiation, Reinitiation, and Persistence of Cannabis Use
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs · 2016

Publishes in

Addictive Behaviors×3
Journal of Youth and Adolescence×1
Drug and Alcohol Dependence×1
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs×1
The International Journal of Aging and Human Development×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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