Dr. Deborah Hasin is a member of the Executive Committee for the Columbia University Center for Homelessness Prevention Studies. She is also professor of Clinical Epidemiology at Columbia University in the Mailman School of Public Health and the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Hasin is a nationally recognized expert in the measurement and epidemiology of alcohol, substance use, and mental illness, and their comorbidity. Dr. Hasin is noted for the development of the PRISM, a research diagnostic tool for psychiatric disorder and substance use comorbidity. She is a prolific author who has received continuous NIH funding since 1990. Her work has influenced thinking and teaching about concepts of alcohol dependence nationally and internationally.

Areas of expertise
Epidemiology/measurement in substance use disorders and psychiatric comorbidity

Selected publications

Hasin D, Samet S, Nunes E, Meydan J, Matseaone K, Waxman R (2006) Diagnosis of comorbid psychiatric disorders in substance users assessed with the Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Disorders for DSM-IV. Am J Psychiatry 163(4):689-96.

Hasin D, Goodwin R, Stinson F, Grant BF (2005) The epidemiology of major depressive disorder: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Archives of General Psychiatry 62:1097-1106.

Aharonovich E, Liu X, Samet S, Nunes E, Waxman R, Hasin D (2005) Post-discharge cannabis use and its relationship to cocaine, alcohol, and heroin use: a prospective study. American Journal of Psychiatry 162:1507-1514.

Hasin DS, Hatzenbuehler M, Smith S, Grant BF (2005) Co-occurring DSM-IV drug abuse in DSM-IV drug dependence: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 80:117-23.

Hasin DS, Grant BF (2004) The co-occurrence of DSM-IV Alcohol Abuse in DSM-IV alcohol dependence: results of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions heterogeneity that differs by population subgroup. Archives of General Psychiatry 61:891-896.

Hasin D, Schuckit M, Martin CS, Grant BG, Bucholz KK, Helzer JE (2003) The validity of DSM-IV alcohol dependence: what do we know and what do we need to know? Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 27:244-252.

Hasin D, Grant B (2002) Major depression in 6,050 former drinkers: association with past alcohol dependence. Arch Gen Psychiatry 59:794-800.

Hasin D, Liu X-H, Nunes E, McCloud S, Samet S, Endicott J (2002) Effects of major depression on remission and relapse of substance dependence. Arch Gen Psychiatry 59:375-380.

Hasin D, Trautman K, Endicott J (1998) Psychiatric Research Interview for Substance and Mental Disorders [PRISM]: Phenomenologically-based diagnosis in patients who abuse alcohol or drugs. Psycho-pharmacology Bulletin 34:3-8.