Published Articles
These manuscripts have undergone peer-review and are published in their final forms.
Acuff, S., Pace, R., Cole, H., Belisario, K., Dennhardt, A. A., Wallace, A., … Murphy, J. (2022, April 16). The COVID-19 Pandemic Attenuated Ongoing Declines in Drinking Trajectories in Emerging Adults: A Longitudinal Behavioral Economic Analysis. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/4cd6y
Gohari, M. R., Varatharajan, T., MacKillop, J., & Leatherdale, S. T. (2022). Examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth alcohol consumption: longitudinal changes from pre-to intra-pandemic drinking in the COMPASS Study. Journal of Adolescent Health.
Gohari, M.R., Varatharajan, T., Patte, K.A., MacKillop, J., & Leatherdale, S.T. (in press). The intersection of internalizing symptoms and alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study Preventive Medicine
Gonzalez-Roz, A., Haik, A. K., Rahman, L., Todi, A. A., Kane, C., Walji, A., Dickerman, S. R., Scarfe, M., Levitt, E. E., Belisario, K., Kelly, J. F., MacKillop., J. (in press). Impacts of the COVID-19 public health restrictions on substance use, mental health, and psychosocial functioning among individuals with alcohol use disorder. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Hall, P. A., Meng, G., Hudson, A., Sakib, M. N., Hitchman, S. C., MacKillop, J., … & Fong, G. T. (2022). Cognitive function following SARS-CoV-2 infection in a population-representative Canadian sample. Brain, behavior, & immunity-health, 21, 100454.
Joshi, D., Gonzalez, A., Griffith, L., Duncan, L., MacMillan, H., Kimber, M., Vrkljan, B., MacKillop, J., Beauchamp, M., Kates, N., & Raina, P. (2021). The trajectories of depressive symptoms among working adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of the InHamilton COVID-19 study. BMC Public Health. 2021 Oct 19;21(1):1895. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11900-8.
Levitt, E.E., Gohari, M.K., Syan, S.K., Belisario, K., Gillard, J., DeJesus, J., Levitt, A., & MacKillop, J. Public health guideline compliance and perceived government effectiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: Findings from a longitudinal cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health Americas. Feb 13, 2022.
doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100185
MacKillop, J., Cooper, A., & Costello, J. (2021). National retail sales estimates of alcohol and cannabis during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. JAMA Network Open, 4(11), e2133076-e2133076. doi: doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.33076
Markoulakis, R., Khalid, M., Da Silva, A., Kodeeswaran, S., Sinyor, M., Cheung, A., … & Levitt, A. (2022). Cross-sectional survey of the Mental health and Addictions effects, Service impacts and Care needs of children, youth and families during the COVID-19 pandemic: the COVID-19 MASC study protocol. BMJ open, 12(10), e066190.
Minhas, M., Belisario, K., González-Roz, A., Halladay, J., Morris, V., Keough, M., Murphy, J. G., & MacKillop, J. Is talk cheap? Correspondence between self-attributions about changes in drinking and longitudinal changes in drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.
Minhas, M., Belisario K, González-Roz A, Halladay J, Murphy JG, MacKillop J. COVID-19 impacts on drinking and mental health in emerging adults: Longitudinal changes and moderation by economic disruption and sex. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2021 Jul;45(7):1448-1457. doi: 10.1111/acer.14624. Epub 2021 Jun 3. PMID: 34081349
Price, A.; Tabri, N.; Stark, S.; Balodis I. M.; Wohl, M. Mental Health Over Time and Financial Concerns Predict Change in Online Gambling During COVID-19. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 2021 Dec 27. doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00750-5
Syan, S., Gohari, M., Levitt, E., Belisario, K., Gillard, J., DeJesus J. & MacKillop, J. COVID-19 Vaccine Perceptions and Differences by Sex, Age, and Education in 1,367 Community Adults in Ontario. Frontiers in Public Health
Turna J, Zhang J, Lamberti N, Patterson B, Simpson W, Francisco AP, Bergmann CG, Ameringen MV. Anxiety, depression and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from a cross-sectional survey. J Psychiatr Res. 2021 May;137:96-103. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.02.059. Epub 2021 Feb 28.PMID: 33667763
Vedelago L, Wardell JD, Kempe T, Patel H, Amlung M, MacKillop J, Keough MT. Getting high to cope with COVID-19: Modelling the associations between cannabis demand, coping motives, and cannabis use and problems. Addict Behav. 2021 Aug 21;124:107092. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107092. PMID: 34469783
Preprints
These manuscripts are currently undergoing peer-review and are not yet formally published.
Mehra K, Markoulakis R, Kodeeswaran S, Redelmeier DA, Sinyor M, MacKillop J, Cheung A, Levitt EE, Addison T, Levitt A (under review). The impact of mental health and substance use issues on COVID-19 vaccine readiness: a cross sectional community-based survey in Ontario, Canada. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.30.21262844
Scarfe, M.L., Haik, A.K., Rahman, L., Todi, A.A., Kane, C., Walji, A., Dickerman, S.R., Kelly, J.F. & MacKillop, J. I contain multitudes: A qualitative investigation of impacts of COVID-19 on alcohol use disorder recovery.
Data Briefs
These reports represent interim findings on timely topics that have not been submitted for publication yet.
Important Related Findings
Is substance use changing because of the COVID-19 pandemic? Conceptual and methodological considerations to delineating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on substance use and disorder: doi: 10.1111/add.15414