Scholars@Duke
Nicole Helmke

Nicole Helmke

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology
3643 N. Roxboro Street, Behavioral Health Building, Durham, NC 27704
3643 N. Roxboro Street, Durham, NC 27704

Selected Publications

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adult mental health-related admissions at a large university health system in North Carolina - one year into the pandemic.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2023 OBJECTIVE: Pandemic-associated stress may have exacerbated preexisting mental health and substance use disorders (MH/SUD) and caused new MH/SUD diagnoses which would be expected to lead to an increase in visits to emergency departments and hospital admissi ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

(PO-070) A Case of Takotsubo’s Cardiomyopathy and Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

Conference Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry · May 2022 Full text Cite

COVID-19-associated psychosis: A systematic review of case reports.

Journal Article Gen Hosp Psychiatry · 2021 OBJECTIVES: To describe the comorbidities, presentations, and outcomes of adults with incident psychosis and a history of COVID-19. METHODS: We completed a descriptive systematic review of case reports according to PRISMA guidelines, including cases of adu ... Full text Link to item Cite

The epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal Article Lancet Glob Health · March 2014 BACKGROUND: Amid rapid urbanisation, the HIV epidemic, and increasing rates of non-communicable diseases, people in sub-Saharan Africa are especially vulnerable to kidney disease. Little is known about the epidemiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in su ... Full text Link to item Cite