Ásgeir R. Helgason (born 1957) is an Icelandic scientist working at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Since 2002 he has been an associate professor in psychology at the Departments of Oncology-Pathology and Public Health at the Karolinska Institutet and Reykjavik University, Iceland.
Ásgeir is best known for his population based research on sexual function31st NACS conference, September 4–7, 2008 13:10-14.00 Ásgeir Helgason, Iceland/Sweden: Opening lecture. "Waning orgasm pleasure after radical treatment for localized prostate cancer and impacts on . and emotional isolationEmotional isolation in elderly men: . in elderly men and prostate cancer patients, patient trade-offPhD thesis (1997): Prostate Cancer Treatment and Quality of Life – a Three Level Epidemiological Approach. and his work on smoking cessation and quitlines.Smoking cessation - quitlines:. Helgason was a prime mover in the establishment of the Swedish and Icelandic national quitlines for smoking cessation (1998) and responsible for their development. He was also engaged in the development of a similar telephone-based proactive treatment for people who seek help for controlling their alcohol consumption (alcohol quitline).
Other work includes research on motivational interviewing and palliative care, followed by an ethical analysis of facilitating death talk in end-of-life care.
Ásgeir has two sons. His father was scientist Helgi Valdimarsson, and he is a brother of scientist Agnar Helgason and a brother-in-law of writer Tim Moore.
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Sexual function in middle aged and elderly men Emotional isolation in elderly men
DN debatt (Swedish) Aftonbladet - on emotional isolation (Swedish) DN - on oral tobacco (Swedish) Samtal om döden/Death talk DN debatt (Swedish) List of scientific publications at US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Death talk