David S Fink
Biographic Data
| ID | 5145148 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David S Fink |
| GIVEN NAMES | David S |
| FAMILY NAME | Fink |
| SIGNATURE | FINK D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York State Psychiatric Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1531-1525 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Cannabis Legalization and Cannabis Use Disorder by Sex in Veterans Health Administration Patients, 2005–2019
BACKGROUND: Understanding sex differences in the effects of cannabis legalization and increasing risk for cannabis use disorder (CUD) is important. We hypothesized that from 2005 to 2019, increases in CUD prevalence due to state medical or recreational cannabis laws (MCL; RCL) would differ among male and female veterans treated at the U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VHA), with greater increases among females. METHODS: Data obtained through t…
Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorder Among U.S. Adults with Psychiatric Disorders
BACKGROUND: Rates of cannabis use disorder (CUD) have increased disproportionately among Veterans Administration (VA) patients with psychiatric disorders compared to patients with no disorder. However, VA patient samples are not representative of all U.S. adults, so results on disproportionate increases in CUD prevalence could have been biased. To address this concern, we investigated whether disproportionate increases in the prevalence of cannab…
Cannabis Legalization and Opioid Use Disorder in Veterans Health Administration Patients
The results of this cohort study suggest that MCL and RCL enactment was associated with greater OUD prevalence in VHA patients over time, with the greatest increases among middle-aged and older patients and those with chronic pain. The findings did not support state cannabis legalization as a means of reducing the burden of OUD during the ongoing opioid epidemic
The relationship of medical and recreational cannabis laws with opioid misuse and opioid use disorder in the USA
Comparing individuals in MCL alone states to those in states without such laws, we found an inconsistent pattern of decreased odds of opioid outcomes, which were more pronounced among people reporting cannabis use. The pattern did not hold for individuals in RCL states. In line with a substitution-oriented perspective, findings suggests that MCLs may be associated with reductions in opioid use among people using cannabis but additional work to re…
Cannabis legalization and increasing cannabis use in the United States
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Prescription drug monitoring programs operational characteristics and fatal heroin poisoning
America’s Declining Well-Being, Health, and Life Expectancy
Although recent declines in life expectancy among non-Hispanic Whites, coined “deaths of despair,” grabbed the headlines of most major media outlets, this is neither a recent problem nor is it confined to Whites. The decline in America’s health has been described in the public health literature for decades and has long been hypothesized to be attributable to an array of worsening psychosocial problems that are not specific to Whites. To test some…
Model-based and design-based inference goals frame how to account for neighborhood clustering in studies of health in overlapping context types
Accounting for non-independence in health research often warrants attention. Particularly, the availability of geographic information systems data has increased the ease with which studies can add measures of the local "neighborhood" even if participant recruitment was through other contexts, such as schools or clinics. We highlight a tension between two perspectives that is often present, but particularly salient when more than one type of poten…
Gender, Position of Authority, and the Risk of Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among a National Sample of U.S. Reserve Component Personnel
Trajectories of posttraumatic stress symptoms after civilian or deployment traumatic event experiences
Holding the source population constant, PTSS trajectory models were similar for civilian and deployment-related trauma, suggesting that irrespective of traumatic event experienced there might be some universal trajectory patterns. Thus, the differences in source populations may have induced the heterogeneity observed among prior PTSS trajectory studies. (PsycINFO Database Record
Racial discrimination, socioeconomic position, and illicit drug use among US Blacks
The Impact of Sexual Functioning Problems on Mental Well-Being In U.S. Veterans from the Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Conflicts
Substantial literature currently exists linking medically-related sexual problems and Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). This study explores the impact of global/non-medically linked sexual functioning problems and HRQoL in United States (U.S.) Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans. A total of 415 veterans newly registered to the Veterans Health Administration (VA) completed measures of demographic, mental hea…
Factors Associated With Physical Aggression Among US A rmy Soldiers
There are a growing number of studies that have approximated levels of aggression and associated outcomes among combat veterans returning from I raq and A fghanistan using brief screening assessments. However, further research to evaluate the relative role of combat exposures and overt physical behaviors is required to further elucidate potential associations between military service, combat deployment, and overt physical aggression. The purpose …
Cognition of arousal and actual arousal as determinants of emotion
America’s Declining Well-Being, Health, and Life Expectancy
Although recent declines in life expectancy among non-Hispanic Whites, coined “deaths of despair,” grabbed the headlines of most major media outlets, this is neither a recent problem nor is it confined to Whites. The decline in America’s health has been described in the public health literature for decades and has long been hypothesized to be attributable to an array of worsening psychosocial problems that are not specific to Whites. To test some…
Racial discrimination, socioeconomic position, and illicit drug use among US Blacks
Cognition of arousal and actual arousal as determinants of emotion
Factors Associated With Physical Aggression Among US A rmy Soldiers
There are a growing number of studies that have approximated levels of aggression and associated outcomes among combat veterans returning from I raq and A fghanistan using brief screening assessments. However, further research to evaluate the relative role of combat exposures and overt physical behaviors is required to further elucidate potential associations between military service, combat deployment, and overt physical aggression. The purpose …
Cognition of arousal and actual arousal as determinants of emotion
The Impact of Sexual Functioning Problems on Mental Well-Being In U.S. Veterans from the Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Conflicts
Substantial literature currently exists linking medically-related sexual problems and Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). This study explores the impact of global/non-medically linked sexual functioning problems and HRQoL in United States (U.S.) Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans. A total of 415 veterans newly registered to the Veterans Health Administration (VA) completed measures of demographic, mental hea…
Factors Associated With Physical Aggression Among US A rmy Soldiers
There are a growing number of studies that have approximated levels of aggression and associated outcomes among combat veterans returning from I raq and A fghanistan using brief screening assessments. However, further research to evaluate the relative role of combat exposures and overt physical behaviors is required to further elucidate potential associations between military service, combat deployment, and overt physical aggression. The purpose …
Gender, Position of Authority, and the Risk of Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among a National Sample of U.S. Reserve Component Personnel
Trajectories of posttraumatic stress symptoms after civilian or deployment traumatic event experiences
Holding the source population constant, PTSS trajectory models were similar for civilian and deployment-related trauma, suggesting that irrespective of traumatic event experienced there might be some universal trajectory patterns. Thus, the differences in source populations may have induced the heterogeneity observed among prior PTSS trajectory studies. (PsycINFO Database Record
Racial discrimination, socioeconomic position, and illicit drug use among US Blacks
Model-based and design-based inference goals frame how to account for neighborhood clustering in studies of health in overlapping context types
Accounting for non-independence in health research often warrants attention. Particularly, the availability of geographic information systems data has increased the ease with which studies can add measures of the local "neighborhood" even if participant recruitment was through other contexts, such as schools or clinics. We highlight a tension between two perspectives that is often present, but particularly salient when more than one type of poten…
America’s Declining Well-Being, Health, and Life Expectancy
Although recent declines in life expectancy among non-Hispanic Whites, coined “deaths of despair,” grabbed the headlines of most major media outlets, this is neither a recent problem nor is it confined to Whites. The decline in America’s health has been described in the public health literature for decades and has long been hypothesized to be attributable to an array of worsening psychosocial problems that are not specific to Whites. To test some…
Prescription drug monitoring programs operational characteristics and fatal heroin poisoning
HealthCall
Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorder Among U.S. Adults with Psychiatric Disorders
BACKGROUND: Rates of cannabis use disorder (CUD) have increased disproportionately among Veterans Administration (VA) patients with psychiatric disorders compared to patients with no disorder. However, VA patient samples are not representative of all U.S. adults, so results on disproportionate increases in CUD prevalence could have been biased. To address this concern, we investigated whether disproportionate increases in the prevalence of cannab…
Cannabis Legalization and Opioid Use Disorder in Veterans Health Administration Patients
The results of this cohort study suggest that MCL and RCL enactment was associated with greater OUD prevalence in VHA patients over time, with the greatest increases among middle-aged and older patients and those with chronic pain. The findings did not support state cannabis legalization as a means of reducing the burden of OUD during the ongoing opioid epidemic
The relationship of medical and recreational cannabis laws with opioid misuse and opioid use disorder in the USA
Comparing individuals in MCL alone states to those in states without such laws, we found an inconsistent pattern of decreased odds of opioid outcomes, which were more pronounced among people reporting cannabis use. The pattern did not hold for individuals in RCL states. In line with a substitution-oriented perspective, findings suggests that MCLs may be associated with reductions in opioid use among people using cannabis but additional work to re…
Cannabis legalization and increasing cannabis use in the United States
Cannabis Legalization and Cannabis Use Disorder by Sex in Veterans Health Administration Patients, 2005–2019
BACKGROUND: Understanding sex differences in the effects of cannabis legalization and increasing risk for cannabis use disorder (CUD) is important. We hypothesized that from 2005 to 2019, increases in CUD prevalence due to state medical or recreational cannabis laws (MCL; RCL) would differ among male and female veterans treated at the U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VHA), with greater increases among females. METHODS: Data obtained through t…
Medicine (12 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Internal Medicine (6 works) · Poison control (6 works) · Cannabis (5 works) · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (4 works)