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Matthew C. Aalsma

Psychology · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentChild Abuse and TraumaCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisSubstance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

Publications

319

Citations

3,361

Est. group size

~6

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

30

Publishing since 1997

Research summary
AI-generated

Matthew C. Aalsma studies the mental health and wellbeing of young people, especially adolescents involved in the juvenile justice or child welfare systems. Much of the work focuses on substance use treatment, screening, and prevention, along with how healthcare and social service systems can better collaborate to serve vulnerable populations. Recent projects also include community-engaged efforts to improve access to services like COVID-19 testing, HIV care, and treatment for opioid use.

Adolescent mental health and developmentSubstance use treatment and preventionYouth in the justice and child welfare systemsCommunity-engaged and implementation researchHealth interventions for underserved populations

Publication activity has been steady across the last decade, generally ranging from about 15 to 30 papers per year with no clear long-term decline.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 16.8/year recently
2017: 15 publications172018: 23 publications182019: 30 publications30192020: 17 publications202021: 19 publications212022: 17 publications222023: 15 publications232024: 27 publications242025: 21 publications252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Adolescent Health×46
  • PMC×10
  • Author eBooks×6
  • Health & Justice×5
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence×5

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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