John E Helzer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6186956 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John E Helzer |
| GIVEN NAMES | John E |
| FAMILY NAME | Helzer |
| SIGNATURE | HELZER J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington University in St. Louis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A low-cost, sustainable intervention for drinking reduction in the HIV primary care setting
Excess drinking poses multiple substantial health risks to HIV-infected individuals. However, no published intervention studies have focused on drinking reduction as the main outcome in HIV primary care patients. An intervention in this setting must place minimal demands on pressured staff and resources. This pilot study tested such an intervention, which consisted of brief Motivational Interviewing (MI) and HealthCall, an automated daily telepho…
Level of education and alcohol abuse and dependence in adulthood
OBJECTIVES. Prospectively gathered data were used to reexamine and to strengthen previously described observations about education and the risk of alcohol abuse and dependence. The hypothesis was that individuals who dropped out of high school and those who entered college but failed to get a college degree might be at increased risk for an alcohol disorder. METHODS. Study subjects were selected between 1980 and 1984 by taking probability samples…
Psychiatric Morbidity of Foreign Students in Yugoslavia
Psychiatric morbidity of hospitalized foreign students in Yugoslavia was analyzed in a 25-year retrospective study and was compared to the psychiatric morbidity of a group of Yugoslav students hospitalized in the same psychiatric institutions, over the same time period. Results showed significantly higher rates of paranoid and depressive reactions amongstforeign students, and suggested correlation between their psychiatric morbidity and maladapta…
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the General Population
There have been numerous studies of post-traumatic stress disorder in trauma victims, war veterans, and residents of communities exposed to disaster. Epidemiologic studies of this syndrome in the general population are rare but add an important perspective to our understanding of it. We report findings on the epidemiology of post-traumatic stress disorder in 2493 participants examined as part of a nationwide general-population survey of psychiatr…
The Application of Labeling Theory to Alcoholism
As applied to alcoholism, the labeling theory of deviance contends that being labeled by others as an alcoholic results in the acceptance of self-labels, and a self-fulfilling prophecy of alcoholic behavior. This theory was tested in a sample of treated alcoholics who varied in the numbers of alcoholic labels they acknowledged from family members and others. These alcoholics were questioned five to eight years following admission to a treatment f…
A Comparison of Clinical and Diagnostic Interview Schedule Diagnoses
We examined the level of agreement between diagnoses derived from data gathered by lay interviewers using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) in a general population survey (the Epidemiologic Catchment Area project) and both DIS and clinical diagnoses made by psychiatrists. Overall percent agreement between the lay DIS and the psychiatrists clinical impression ranged from 79% to 96%. The chance-corrected concordance was .60 or better for eigh…
The Impact of Combat on Later Alcohol Use in Vietnam Veterans
Level of education and alcohol abuse and dependence in adulthood
OBJECTIVES. Prospectively gathered data were used to reexamine and to strengthen previously described observations about education and the risk of alcohol abuse and dependence. The hypothesis was that individuals who dropped out of high school and those who entered college but failed to get a college degree might be at increased risk for an alcohol disorder. METHODS. Study subjects were selected between 1980 and 1984 by taking probability samples…
The Impact of Combat on Later Alcohol Use in Vietnam Veterans
A Comparison of Clinical and Diagnostic Interview Schedule Diagnoses
We examined the level of agreement between diagnoses derived from data gathered by lay interviewers using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) in a general population survey (the Epidemiologic Catchment Area project) and both DIS and clinical diagnoses made by psychiatrists. Overall percent agreement between the lay DIS and the psychiatrists clinical impression ranged from 79% to 96%. The chance-corrected concordance was .60 or better for eigh…
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the General Population
There have been numerous studies of post-traumatic stress disorder in trauma victims, war veterans, and residents of communities exposed to disaster. Epidemiologic studies of this syndrome in the general population are rare but add an important perspective to our understanding of it. We report findings on the epidemiology of post-traumatic stress disorder in 2493 participants examined as part of a nationwide general-population survey of psychiatr…
The Application of Labeling Theory to Alcoholism
As applied to alcoholism, the labeling theory of deviance contends that being labeled by others as an alcoholic results in the acceptance of self-labels, and a self-fulfilling prophecy of alcoholic behavior. This theory was tested in a sample of treated alcoholics who varied in the numbers of alcoholic labels they acknowledged from family members and others. These alcoholics were questioned five to eight years following admission to a treatment f…
Psychiatric Morbidity of Foreign Students in Yugoslavia
Psychiatric morbidity of hospitalized foreign students in Yugoslavia was analyzed in a 25-year retrospective study and was compared to the psychiatric morbidity of a group of Yugoslav students hospitalized in the same psychiatric institutions, over the same time period. Results showed significantly higher rates of paranoid and depressive reactions amongstforeign students, and suggested correlation between their psychiatric morbidity and maladapta…
Level of education and alcohol abuse and dependence in adulthood
OBJECTIVES. Prospectively gathered data were used to reexamine and to strengthen previously described observations about education and the risk of alcohol abuse and dependence. The hypothesis was that individuals who dropped out of high school and those who entered college but failed to get a college degree might be at increased risk for an alcohol disorder. METHODS. Study subjects were selected between 1980 and 1984 by taking probability samples…
A low-cost, sustainable intervention for drinking reduction in the HIV primary care setting
Excess drinking poses multiple substantial health risks to HIV-infected individuals. However, no published intervention studies have focused on drinking reduction as the main outcome in HIV primary care patients. An intervention in this setting must place minimal demands on pressured staff and resources. This pilot study tested such an intervention, which consisted of brief Motivational Interviewing (MI) and HealthCall, an automated daily telepho…
Medicine (6 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Alcohol (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (2 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (2 works) · Vietnam War (2 works)