Sean Esteban McCabe, PhD

Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Sean Esteban McCabe, PhD, is affiliated with multiple institutes at the University of Michigan, including the Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health, the Institute for Social Research, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, and the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation. McCabe has published extensively on addiction, psychiatry, and LGBTQ issues, focusing on topics such as prescription opioid and benzodiazepine use, substance use disorder symptoms, prescription stimulant misuse motives, and the interplay between sexual orientation, adverse childhood experiences, and comorbid mental health disorders. The work spans diverse populations including adolescents, young adults, and older adults, with an emphasis on substance use disorder trajectories and sources of medication misuse. Frequent collaborators include Ty S. Schepis, Timothy E. Wilens, Brady T. West, Carol J. Boyd, and Christian J. Teter.

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Nonmedical Use and Substance Use Disorder Symptoms in US Adults Co-Prescribed Opioids and Benzodiazepines
Brief Report

Nonmedical Use and Substance Use Disorder Symptoms in US Adults Co-Prescribed Opioids and Benzodiazepines

September 8, 2025

While most adults with co-use reported no nonmedical use (NMU), they demonstrated increased odds of NMU and substance use disorder symptoms relative to those prescribed opioids only, benzodiazepines only,...
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Sexual Orientation, ACEs, and Comorbidity
Original Research

Sexual Orientation, ACEs, and Comorbidity

December 1, 2020

People in sexual minority groups are more likely than heterosexual individuals to experience adverse childhood experiences. Is trauma in childhood associated with increased mental health and substance use disorders...
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Original Research

Stimulant Misuse Motives in Adolescents and Young Adults

November 3, 2020

Prescription stimulant misuse (PSM) is common in adolescents and young adults. Do motives for PSM differ by age in these individuals? This study examined PSM motives across age decades...
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Original Research

Older Adult Opioid Misuse, Psychopathology, and Health

November 19, 2019

How does prescription opioid misuse affect people who are 50 years old and older? Are there standardized tools for assessment of misuse? What associated factors should clinicians look for...
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Original Research

Sources of Prescription Medication Misuse

March 20, 2018

For preventing prescription drug misuse in young adults, it's important to know the source from which they obtained the drugs. This study used data from a large nationally representative...
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Original Research

Three-Year Course of Multiple Substance Use Disorders

May 24, 2017

Are multiple substance use disorders more persistent than individual substance use disorders? This study reports sociodemographic and psychiatric characteristics associated with development of more than 1 substance use disorder...
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