Eric Helmuth
Boston University
18 Papers
15 Citations
Eric Helmuth is an academic researcher from Boston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 16 publications. Previous affiliations of Eric Helmuth include VA Boston Healthcare System.
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Papers
Web intervention for OEF/OIF veterans with problem drinking and PTSD symptoms: A randomized clinical trial
Deborah J. Brief,Amy Rubin,Terence M. Keane,Justin L. Enggasser,Monica Roy,Eric Helmuth,John A. Hermos,Mark Lachowicz,Denis Rybin,David Rosenbloom +9 more
TL;DR: Results indicate that VetChange is effective in reducing drinking and PTSD symptoms in OIF/OEF veterans and further studies of VetChange are needed to assess web-based recruitment and retention methods and to determine VetChange's effectiveness in demographic and clinical sub-populations of returning veterans.
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Strategies to address participant misrepresentation for eligibility in Web-based research.
Jessica M. Kramer,Amy Rubin,Wendy J. Coster,Eric Helmuth,John A. Hermos,David Rosenbloom,Rich Moed,Meghan Dooley,Ying-Chia Kao,Kendra Liljenquist,Deborah J. Brief,Justin L. Enggasser,Terence M. Keane,Monica Roy,Mark Lachowicz +14 more
TL;DR: The challenges experienced in two different Web‐based studies in which participant misrepresentation threatened sample validity are described, including a survey study and an online intervention study, and three types of strategies researchers can use to reduce the likelihood of participant misrepresentations for eligibility in Web-based research are described.
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Drinking goal choice and outcomes in a Web-based alcohol intervention: results from VetChange.
Justin L. Enggasser,Justin L. Enggasser,John A. Hermos,John A. Hermos,Amy Rubin,Mark Lachowicz,Mark Lachowicz,Denis Rybin,Deborah J. Brief,Deborah J. Brief,Monica Roy,Monica Roy,Eric Helmuth,Eric Helmuth,David Rosenbloom,David Rosenbloom,Terence M. Keane,Terence M. Keane +17 more
TL;DR: Characteristics of participants who chose moderation and abstinence drinking goals are described and post-treatment drinking outcomes based on patterns of goal choice during a Web-based alcohol intervention for returning U.S. Veterans are examined.
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Sexual Traumatic Event Exposure, Posttraumatic Stress Symptomatology, and Alcohol Misuse Among Women: A Critical Review of the Empirical Literature
Kirsten J. Langdon,Amy Rubin,Deborah J. Brief,Justin L. Enggasser,Monica Roy,Marika Solhan,Eric Helmuth,David Rosenbloom,Terence M. Keane +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review summarizes and critically evaluates the existing literature to shed light on two key questions: (a) the impact of trauma exposure on alcohol use (and vice versa; the effect of alcohol use on risk for trauma exposure) in women, and (b) the nature of PTSD-alcohol misuse comorbidity in women.
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Reaching Concerned Partners of Heavy Drinking Service Members and Veterans through Facebook
TL;DR: A Facebook ad campaign was used to successfully recruit military spouses who were concerned about their service member or veteran partner's drinking behaviors and was able to recruit a population in need, as less than half of participants with depression, anxiety, or hazardous alcohol use received services for themselves in the past year.
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