Professor i klinisk psykologi
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) are often used concomitantly to treat social anxiety disorder (SAD), but few studies have examined the effect of this combination. We conducted a study to evaluate if adding escitalopram to Internet-delivered CBT (ICBT) improves clinical outcome and alters brain reactivity and connectivity in SAD. It … Read more
Det är sedan tidigare känt att kognitiv beteendeterapi så väl som moderna antidepressiva läkemedel (SSRI [Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors]) ensamt kan ha god effekt på social fobi. Dock har få studier undersökt effekten av att kombinera dessa. Bristen på kunskap blir tydlig när man läser Socialstyrelsens nationella riktlinjer (se bilden nedan). I en artikel som … Read more
Efter 8 år av väntan har nu den vetenskapliga tidskriften Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (ISSN: 1650-6073) äntligen fått sin efterlängtade “impact factor“. En impact factor är en siffra som vägleder forskare och läsare i djungeln av tidskrifter. Ju högre impact factor desto bättre tidskrift. Men långt ifrån alla tidskrifter har ens en impact factor. Faktum är … Read more
Research conducted during the last decades has provided increasing evidence for the use of psychological treatments for a number of psychiatric disorders and somatic complaints. However, by focusing only on the positive outcomes, less attention has been given to the potential of negative effects. Despite indications of deterioration and other adverse and unwanted events during … Read more
Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) has proven to be an effective treatment in improving patients’ ability to cope with tinnitus. However, some patients prefer face-to-face therapy to ICBT, and a few studies have shown considerable dropout rates if the treatment is not guided. This renders it important to identify factors that contribute to the commencement … Read more
Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) has proven to be an effective treatment in improving patients’ ability to cope with tinnitus. However, some patients prefer face-to-face therapy to ICBT, and a few studies have shown considerable dropout rates if the treatment is not guided. This renders it important to identify factors that contribute to the commencement … Read more
Internetbaserad psykologisk behandling mot exempelvis social fobi, nedstämdhet och tinnitusbesvär ger ofta goda resultat. Men vi vet samtidigt att det inte är någon mirakelbehandling som passar alla. Det ideala vore förstås om man på förhand kunde förutsäga vilka personer behandlingen passar bäst för och vilka som troligtvis inte skulle ha någon större behållning av den. … Read more
Little is known about the individual factors that predict outcomes in Internet-administered psychological treatments. In a paper that was published in PeerJ today we hypothesized that greater cognitive flexibility (i.e. the ability to simultaneously consider several concepts and tasks and switch effortlessly between them in response to changes in environmental contingencies) would provide a better … Read more
Vi ville undersöka om posttraumatiska stressymptom är relaterade till selektiv uppmärksamhet för cancerrelaterade ord hos en grupp föräldrar som alla hade barn som nyligen fått en barncancerdiagnos. I en studie, som idag publicerats i tidskriften PLoS ONE, fick 66 föräldrar svara på ett antal frågeformulär gällande grad av posttraumatiska stressymptom samt enkäter som mäter ångest- … Read more
We wanted to investigate whether posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) are related to attentional bias towards cancer-related stimuli among parents of children recently diagnosed with cancer. We conducted a study and included 66 participants. These participants were parents who completed questionnaires measuring posttraumatic stress symptoms, level of depression and anxiety as well as the emotional Stroop … Read more