Research
Representative Publications
Helm, A., Shaffer, P., Andre, M., Kachadoorian, E., Casey, S., & Smelson, D. Exploring Chronic Pain and Other Clinical Characteristics in Drug Treatment Court Participants. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy (2026). doi: 10.1186/s13011-026-00740-7
Pontiff, R., Helm, A., Milani, S., Morrow, M., & Tucker, C. Prevalence and Competing Risk of Psychiatric Comorbidities in Chronic Low Back Pain by Age Group. PAIN Reports (in press).
Hall, O.T., Sturgeon, J.A., Bradley, J., Helm, A., Rausch, J., Kuloszewski, E., Deaner, M., Malvestutto, C., Lipps, A., & Hassett, A. Pain is Associated with Reduced Adherence to Safer Injection Practices among People who Inject Opioids. Harm Reduction Journal (in press).
Helm A, Kachadoorian E, Shaffer PM, Hall OT, Smelson D. Clinical Characteristics of Patients With and Without Chronic Pain Seeking Behavioral Health Treatment for Co-Occurring Opioid Use and Mental Health Disorders. Subst Use Addctn J. 2026 Jan;47(1):179-185. doi: 10.1177/29767342251351127. Epub 2025 Jul 12. PubMed PMID: 40650534.
Related Work
Helm AF, Andre MA, Shaffer PM, Bruzios KE, Marcus S, Harter J, Smelson D. Multicomponent Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment and Wraparound Services for Individuals Experiencing Chronic Homelessness. Community Ment Health J. 2024 Aug;60(6):1203-1213. doi: 10.1007/s10597-024-01271-w. Epub 2024 Apr 16. PubMed PMID: 38625650.
Helm AF, McDermott JM. Impact of tablet use on young children's inhibitory control and error monitoring. J Exp Child Psychol. 2022 Oct;222:105446. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105446. Epub 2022 Jun 7. PubMed PMID: 35688116.
Helm AF, McCormick SA, Deater-Deckard K, Smith CL, Calkins SD, Bell MA. Parenting and Children's Executive Function Stability Across the Transition to School. Infant Child Dev. 2020 Jan-Feb;29(1). doi: 10.1002/icd.2171. Epub 2019 Dec 29. PubMed PMID: 32617081; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7331947.
Helm AF, Spencer RMC. Television use and its effects on sleep in early childhood. Sleep Health. 2019 Jun;5(3):241-247. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2019.02.009. Epub 2019 Apr 13. PubMed PMID: 30987948; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6581597.
