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Dr. Linda A. Teplin is the Director of the Health Disparities and Public Policy Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She is the Primary Investigator for the Northwestern Project, the first large-scale longitudinal study of mental health needs and outcomes of delinquent youth after detention. For nearly two decades, the Northwestern Project has tracked and re-interviewed nearly 2000 participants, first recruited when they entered the Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention center when they were ages 10-18 years. The Northwestern Project assesses a broad range of outcomes, including psychiatric disorders, trajectories of substance abuse, patterns of service utilization, violence, HIV/AIDS, and death rates.
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Education/Academic qualification
Sociology, PhD, Sociology, Northwestern University
… → 1975
Sociology, MA, Northwestern University
… → 1972
Sociology, BA, Roosevelt University Chicago
… → 1971
Research interests keywords
- HIV Infection
- Health Disparities
- Mental Health
- Mental Health Service Utilization
- Public Health
- Public Policy
- Social Science
- Substance Use Disorders
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Consequences of Incarceration on Health, Age-Related Conditions, and Risk Factors for ADRD
Teplin, L. A. (PD/PI), Abram, K. M. (Co-Investigator), Gefen, T. D. (Co-Investigator), Kershaw, K. N. (Co-Investigator), McDade, T. (Co-Investigator), Weintraub, S. (Co-Investigator) & Welty, L. J. (Co-Investigator)
8/15/24 → 4/30/29
Project: Research project
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NIJ FY23 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research, Evaluation, and Associated Training & Technical Assistance Support
Teplin, L. A. (PD/PI), Abram, K. M. (Co-Investigator) & Welty, L. J. (Co-Investigator)
1/1/24 → 12/31/25
Project: Research project
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Firearm Involvement in Adolescent Children of Formerly Incarcerated Parents: A Prospective Intergenerational Study of Resilience Within Families
Teplin, L. A. (PD/PI), Teplin, L. A. (PD/PI), Abram, K. M. (Co-Investigator), Abram, K. M. (Co-Investigator), Brown, C. H. (Co-Investigator), Brown, C. H. (Co-Investigator), Petitclerc, A. (Co-Investigator), Petitclerc, A. (Co-Investigator), Welty, L. J. (Co-Investigator) & Welty, L. J. (Co-Investigator)
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
9/30/20 → 9/29/25
Project: Research project
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Delinquent and Criminal Behaviors of Parents and Their Adolescent Children: A Prospective Intergenerational Study of Children of Former Juvenile Offenders
Teplin, L. A. (PD/PI), Teplin, L. A. (PD/PI), Teplin, L. A. (PD/PI), Abram, K. M. (Co-Investigator), Abram, K. M. (Co-Investigator), Abram, K. M. (Co-Investigator), Petitclerc, A. (Co-Investigator), Petitclerc, A. (Co-Investigator), Petitclerc, A. (Co-Investigator), Welty, L. J. (Co-Investigator), Welty, L. J. (Co-Investigator) & Welty, L. J. (Co-Investigator)
5/1/20 → 4/30/26
Project: Research project
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Firearm Involvement Among Parents and Their Adolescent Children: A Prospective Longitudinal Study of At-Risk Youth
Teplin, L. A. (PD/PI), Teplin, L. A. (PD/PI), Abram, K. M. (Co-Investigator), Abram, K. M. (Co-Investigator), Brown, C. H. (Co-Investigator), Brown, C. H. (Co-Investigator), Welty, L. J. (Co-Investigator), Welty, L. J. (Co-Investigator), Jakubowski, J. A. (Other) & Jakubowski, J. A. (Other)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
9/1/18 → 8/31/25
Project: Research project
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Adverse Childhood Experiences, Sexual Orientation-Related Victimization, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Men Living with and Without HIV
Appleton, A. A., Lee, S., Kuniholm, M. H., Vásquez, E., Cohen, M. H., Donohue, J., Florismoore, M., Friedman, M. R., Gustafson, D., Hanna, D. B., Jones, D. L., Mimiaga, M. J., Moran, C. A., Plankey, M. W., Shitole, S. G., Teplin, L. A., Ware, D. & Wise, J. M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: AIDS.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Associations of Partnership Types and Quality on Cognitive Performance Among Midlife and Older Sexual Minority Men With or Without HIV
Yoo-Jeong, M., Weinstein, A. M., Ware, D., Brennan-Ing, M., Shoptaw, S., Teplin, L. A., Haberlen, S. A., Friedman, M. R. & Plankey, M. W., Jan 2025, In: AIDS and behavior. 29, 1, p. 198-210 13 p., b2462.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Do Substances Used in Adolescence Predict the Persistence of Substance Use Disorders in Adulthood? A 15-Year Study of Youth After Detention
Welty, L. J., Luna, M. J., Aaby, D. A., Harrison, A. J., Potthoff, L. M., Abram, K. M. & Teplin, L. A., Feb 2025, In: Journal of Adolescent Health. 76, 2, p. 210-219 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Incarceration and Subsequent Psychosocial Outcomes: A 16-Year Longitudinal Study of Youth After Detention
Thomas, S. E. E., Abram, K. M., Aaby, D., Welty, L. J., Arzu, J. L., Salvati, J. M. & Teplin, L. A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Inequities in Mental Health Services: A 16-Year Longitudinal Study of Youth in the Justice System
Luna, M. J., Abram, K. M., Aaby, D. A., Welty, L. J. & Teplin, L. A., Apr 2024, In: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 63, 4, p. 422-432 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access9 Scopus citations
Datasets
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Northwestern Juvenile Project (Cook County, IL): Baseline, 1995-1998 [Restricted]
Teplin, L. A. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2013
DOI: 10.3886/icpsr32603.v1, https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/NAHDAP/studies/32603/versions/V1
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Keeping the Peace: Police Discretion and the Mentally Disordered in Chicago, 1980-1981
Teplin, L. A. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 1985
DOI: 10.3886/icpsr08438.v1, http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NACJD/studies/8438/version/1
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Version 1
Teplin, L. A. (Creator), Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2016
DOI: 10.3886/icpsr34931.v1, http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NACJD/studies/34931/version/1
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Circumstances and toxicology of violence-related deaths among young people who have had contact with the youth justice system: a data linkage study
Willoughby, M. (Creator), Young, J. T. (Creator), Hail-Jares, K. (Creator), Spittal, M. J. (Creator), Borschmann, R. (Creator), Patton, G. (Creator), Sawyer, S. M. (Creator), Janca, E. (Creator), Teplin, L. (Creator), Heffernan, E. (Creator) & Kinner, S. A. (Creator), figshare, 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5737066, https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Circumstances_and_toxicology_of_violence-related_deaths_among_young_people_who_have_had_contact_with_the_youth_justice_system_a_data_linkage_study/5737066
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