• Verbal memory is linked to average oxygen saturation during sleep, not the apnea-hypopnea index nor novel hypoxic load variables 

  Thorisdottir, K.; Hrubos-Strøm, Harald; Karhu, T.; Nikkonen, S.; Dammen, Toril; Nordhus, Inger Hilde; Leppänen, T.; Jónsdóttir, M.K.; Arnardottir, E.S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Introduction: The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is the current diagnostic parameter for diagnosing and estimating the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). It is, however, poorly associated with the main clinical symptom ...

• Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Choosing Treatment with Extended-Release Naltrexone: A 6-Month Naturalistic Study 

  Brenna, Ida Halvorsen; Waleur, Karin Merethe; Saltyte Benth, Jurate; Solli, Kristin Klemmetsby; Mordal, Jon; Løberg, Else-Marie; Weimand, Bente; Tanum, Lars Håkon Reiestad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)

  Introduction: The treatment efficacy of extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX) for opioid use disorder (OUD) has been demonstrated in several studies, but not in naturalistic settings where opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is ...

• Young Adults with a History of Residential Youth Care: A Cohort Profile of a Hard-to-Reach Population 

  Greger, Hanne Klæboe; Stuifbergen, Maria Catherina; Jozefiak, Thomas; Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen; Lydersen, Stian; Rimehaug, Tormod; Schalinski, Inga; Seim, Astrid Røsland; Singstad, Marianne Tevik; Wallander, Jan; Wichstrøm, Lars; Lehmann, Stine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024-10-30)

  Adults with a history of living in residential youth care (RYC) face elevated risks across various life domains. In this cohort profile paper, we outline the design of a comprehensive follow-up study—the VINGO study—targeting ...

• Growth in challenging situations: A qualitative investigation of therapists’ experience of delivering emotion-focused therapy 

  Stiegler, Jan Reidar; Schanche, Elisabeth; Danielsen, Yngvild Sørebø; Hjeltnes, Aslak (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Objective: Psychotherapy does not work equally well for all clients. For research to support clinicians in helping more clients, we need to better understand the process of when therapy become particularly challenging. In ...

• A Critical Reconstruction of Evidence-based Practice in Psychology. Evidence and Ethics 

  Berg, Henrik (Book, 2025)

  Evidence-based practice in psychology is the dominant regulatory principle in clinical psychology, defining psychological knowledge and its application. This book provides a critical analysis and a reconstruction of the ...

• Unique associations between strategies of coping with COVID-19-related stress and internalizing symptoms in a clinical sample of adolescents 

  Haugland, Bente Storm Mowatt; Hysing, Mari; Danielsen, Yngvild Sørebø; Compas, Bruce E.; Knudsen, Linda Helen; Håland, Åshild Tellefsen; Wergeland, Gro Janne Henningsen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Youth internalizing symptoms increased significantly during COVID-19, suggesting a need for more knowledge on how to prevent youth mental health problems during future widespread societal health crises. This cross-sectional ...

• The Single Case Study is a Crucial Bridge between Research and Practice 

  Råbu, Marit; Binder, Per Einar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Qualitative single case studies offer insights into developmental processes within specific contexts. Case studies enables us to investigate how development takes place, since it allows for a detailed examination of ...

• Nothing less than a creative triumph: a study of children admitted to hospital for serious somatic illness or injury and their experience of art therapy 

  Loreskär, Patricia; Binder, Per-Einar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background: Hospitalization can be an extremely distressing experience for seriously ill and injured children. Art therapy has a well-established clinical history, and recent research has begun to demonstrate its effectiveness ...

• Training students to become responsive therapists: implications from a sequential mixed-methods study on situations that therapists find challenging 

  Stige, Signe Hjelen; Torrissen, Marion Hernes; Danielsen, Yngvild Sørebø; Jakobsen, Reidar; Morken, Katharina Teresa Enehaug; Dundas, Ingrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Objective To draw implications for training of therapist responsiveness from a sequential mixed-methods study on challenging clinical situations. Method Study 1: online survey mapping frequency and perceived difficulty ...

• Mirror, mirror on my screen: Focus on self-presentation on social media is associated with perfectionism and disordered eating among adolescents. Results from the “LifeOnSoMe”-study 

  Danielsen, Hilde Einarsdatter; Finserås, Turi Reiten; Andersen, Amanda Iselin Olesen; Hjetland, Gunnhild Johnsen; Woodfin, Vivian Irena; Skogen, Jens Christoffer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background Social media use, perfectionism, and disordered eating have all increased over the last decades. Some studies indicate that there is a relationship between self-presentation behaviors and being exposed to ...

• Academic Performance, Health and Support Needs: Comparing Foster Care Alumni and Peers in Higher Education in Norway 

  Lehmann, Stine; Hysing, Mari; Sivertsen, Børge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  The completion rates of higher education are low among young adults with a history of foster care. Understanding how students from foster care alumni fare is imperative for facilitating attainment and preventing drop-out. ...

• Stress and coping strategies among youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based cohort study 

  Lehmann, Stine; Skogen, Jens Christoffer; Sandal, Gro Mjeldheim; Bjørknes, Ragnhild; Haug, Ellen Merethe Melingen; Fadnes, Lars Thore; Mæland, Silje; Haugland, Bente Storm Mowatt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  The COVID-19 pandemic caused a worldwide health- and societal crisis. Youth were exposed to enduring stressors. We examined types and load of stressors faced by youth, and their use of coping strategies. A population-based ...

• Acute effects of light during daytime on central aspects of attention and affect: A systematic review 

  Bjerrum, Louise; Nordhus, Inger Hilde; Sørensen, Lin; Wulff, Katharina; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Flo-Groeneboom, Elisabeth; Visted, Endre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Light regulates both image- and various non-image forming responses in humans, including acute effects on attention and affect. To advance the understanding of light’s immediate effects, this systematic review describes ...

• Mental Health and Well-being in Adolescent and Adult Siblings of Persons with Severe Mental Illness: A Scoping review 

  Lønning, Ingvild Synnøve; Fjermestad, Krister Westlye; Haugland, Bente Storm Mowatt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Systematic knowledge about siblings of persons with mental illness is needed. The aim of this literature review was to gain knowledge about the mental health and well-being of siblings of individuals with severe mental ...

• A burden of rare copy number variants in obsessive-compulsive disorder 

  Halvorsen, Matthew W.; de Schipper, Elles; Bäckman, Julia; Strom, Nora I.; Hagen, Kristen; Zayats, Tetyana; Eide, Thorstein Olsen; Noh, Hyun Ji; Morrill, Kathleen; Lichtenstein, Paul; Kähler, Anna Katarina; Höffler, Kira Daniela; Djurfeldt, Diana R.; Chen, Long Long; Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin; Karlsson, Elinor K.; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Wallert, John; Bulik, Cynthia M.; Fundín, Bengt; Landén, Mikael; Kvale, Gerd; Hansen, Bjarne Kristian Aaslie; Haavik, Jan; Mattheisen, Manuel; Rück, Christian; Mataix-Cols, David; Crowley, James J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Current genetic research on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) supports contributions to risk specifically from common single nucleotide variants (SNVs), along with rare coding SNVs and small insertion-deletions (indels). ...

• Childhood trauma types in relation to antipsychotic effectiveness in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A prospective, pragmatic, randomized controlled study 

  Mørkved, Nina; Johnsen, Erik; Kroken, Rune Andreas; Joa, Inge; Kjelby, Eirik; Rettenbacher, M.A.; Bartz-Johannessen, Christoffer; Løberg, Else-Marie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Treatment with antipsychotics (APs) for schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) is generally effective, however, a significant proportion does not respond favorably. Childhood trauma (CT) subtypes (physical, sexual, and ...

• Executive functions in older adults with generalised anxiety disorder and healthy controls: Associations with heart rate variability, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and physical fitness 

  Sirevåg, Kristine; Stavestrand, Silje Haukenes; Specht, Karsten; Nordhus, Inger Hilde; Hammar, Åsa Karin; Molde, Helge; Mohlman, Jan; Endal, Trygve Bruun; Halmøy, Anne; Andersson, Eva; Sjøbø, Trond; Nordahl, Hans Morten; Thayer, Julian F.; Hovland, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Executive functions (EF) decline with age and this decline in older adults with generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) may be influenced by heart rate variability (HRV), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and physical ...

• Self-reported health, function, and use of health care services in older prostate cancer survivors compared to matched controls: a cross-sectional study 

  Sletten, Reidun; Jordhøy, Marit Slaaen; Oldervoll, Line Merethe; Skjellegrind, Håvard Kjesbu; Saltyte Benth, Jurate; Åstrøm, Lennart; Kirkevold, Øyvind; Bergh, Sverre; Grønberg, Bjørn Henning; Rostoft, Siri; Bye, Asta; Mork, Paul Jarle; Christiansen, Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Purpose Information about outcomes of particular relevance to older prostate cancer survivors is limited. This study aimed to compare health, activities of daily living (ADL), and use of health care services between ...

• Validation of the Reactive Attachment Disorder and Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder Assessment (RADA): A DSM-5 Semistructured Interview 

  Archambault, Maude; Cyr, Chantal; Minnis, Helen; Lehmann, Stine; Monette, Sebastien (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Very few empirically validated tools exist for assessing reactive attachment disorder (RAD) and disinhibited social engagement disorder (DSED). The RAD and DSED assessment interview (RADA), a semistructured diagnostic ...

• Patient adherence as a predictor of acute and long-term outcomes in concentrated exposure treatment for difficult-to-treat obsessive-compulsive disorder 

  Tjelle, Kristian August; Opstad, Håvard Berg; Solem, Stian; Kvale, Gerd; Wheaton, Michael G.; Björgvinsson, Thröstur; Hansen, Bjarne Kristian Aaslie; Hagen, Kristen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is considered the first-line psychotherapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Substantial research supports the effectiveness of ERP, yet a notable portion of ...

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