132 projects

BEHANDLING-God og treffsikker diagnostikk, behandling og rehabilitering

Long term effectiveness of dialectical behaviour therapy vs enhanced usual care for adolescents with self-harming and suicidal behaviours

Self-harming individuals frequently report high levels of depressive symptoms which are not always reflected in the clinicians' assessments. Studies on adults suggest that comorbid Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) has an effect on the presentation and outcome of depression. BPD as a diagnosi...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2016

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

Healthy and educated: Exploring the reciprocal relationship between educational attainment and mental health

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Awarded: NOK 6.4 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2018

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Behavioral and imaging studies of hallucinations

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Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2015

Location: Vestland

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Suicide among individuals outside mental health services.

Annually, more than 500 individuals kill themselves in Norway. Half of all suicides occur among individuals with no current mental health treatment. Poor knowledge of risk factors for such suicides seriously impedes effective prevention. Thus, the primary objective for this project is to gain ne...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Axis I and Axis II Psychiatric Disorders in Norwegian Twins: A Follow-Up Study

The main aim of the project is to explore etiological factors underlying the development and co-occurrence of selected mental disorders (axis I disorders) and personality disorders (PDs) in early adulthood. Longitudinal twin studies are ideally suited to address these issues. We have previously...

Awarded: NOK 7.9 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2015

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Co-morbid Diabetes and Eating Disorders - an exploration of prevalence, psychological correlates and diabetic control

This project is a sub study of the Norweagian Childhood Diabetes Registry and investigated disturbed eating behavior in type 1 diabetes. The prevalence rates of disturbed eating among 770 males and females with type 1 diabetes aged 11-19 years was 18% in the whole sample, 9% among males and 28% a...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Does center based child care improve development in disadvantaged children?

The objectives of this project are to gain knowledge about whether development in disadvantaged children at 3, 5 and 8 years of age is improved by early (1-3 years) center based child care. Further, we will examine to what extent the increased coverage an d reduced cost of early center based chil...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Early Life Stress: A Translational Study of Affective and Behavioral Outcomes and Genetic Modulation.

This translational and cross-disciplinary project explores the relationships between adverse early life experiences and the development of risk or resilience to later life stress, with a focus on behavioural changes and genetic modulation. In humans, abu se, parental neglect and other traumatic ...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Vestland

BEHANDLING-God og treffsikker diagnostikk, behandling og rehabilitering

The social, psychological, genetic and neurobiological context of pediatric OCD and OCD treatment response

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has a relatively low prevalence (0,5-3,0%) in children and adolescents but is very serious illness causing suffering and impairment. About half of adults with OCD report significant OCD symptoms as children, and OCD is according to WHO the 10th worst disorder l...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2018

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Øyerkonferansen. Årlig forskningskonferanse om mental helse.

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Awarded: NOK 0.80 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Vestland

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Eating problems from infancy to adulthood. Knowledge about risk factors and developmental pathways from two longitudinal population studies

The aim of the proposed study is to provide new knowledge about (1) risk factors for eating problems, and (2) longitudinal pathways of eating problems from early childhood through adolescence into adulthood. The research project is motivated by several re cent reviews showing that we need more in...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

The Effects of Violence and Impoverishment on Psychosocial Health Among Pastoralist Communities in Northern Kenya

This research contributes to the anthropology of violence, psychosocial health, and inequality. Applying a comparative regional and multiethnic approach to the configuration of war scenarios in Northern Kenya (and Southern Ethiopia) our research team examine the effects of endemic violence thr...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Vestland

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Research, social resources and health promotive interventions among young refugees

There is a discrepancy between the needs for mental health services among refugees and the utilization of these services. Therefore, the overarching goal is to learn more about how refugees make use of social resources for the well-being of their children . One objective is to investigate the rol...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

How to help when silence is not golden? A RCT study of children with selective mutism (SM) 3-9 years of age

Selective mutism (SM) describes inhibited, anxious and withdrawn children who are persistently mute in important social situations despite ability to talk. SM may cause great suffering and create problems, both socially and educationally, and problems per sist. SM is associated with social anxiet...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Regulation of emotion in children with ADHD- a longitudinal study

We aim to recruit 30 children with a combined type of attention deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD) and 30 controls aged 9-12 years. The children will go through a careful clinical characterization, neuropsychological testing, MR scanning and measuring of ERP's. The participants will receive tr...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Vestland

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Psychotherapy Process Mapping Network: Identification of mediators, moderators, and change mechanisms to improve delivery of care

After decades of research, we do not have evidenced-based explanations for how or why psychotherapy works, and the ?greatest casualty of this lack of knowledge is the public at large? (Kazdin, 2008, pp 147). Although there is a large amount of theoretical explanation about effectiveness drawn fr...

Awarded: NOK 6.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Buskerud

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Continuity and Discontinuity of Psychiatric Disorders in Young Children: Testing a Socio-ecological and Transactional Model - Part 1

The few studies conducted to date indicate that psychiatric disorders appear in young children at the same rate as in other age groups and that there is substantial continuity between preschool behavioral and emotional problems and later psychopathology. Nevertheless, not all children who have p...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Network for Psychiatric Epidemiology. Causes and consequences of mental disorders

Network for Psychiatric Epidemiology (NEPE) is a Norwegian network for mental health epidemiology aiming to run and facilitate research projects on causes and consequences of mental disorders. The present project will take advantage of the research possi bilities nearly unique for Norway by empl...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Vestland

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Longitudinal MRI Studies of Brain Morphology in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: Etiological Risk and Genetic Association.

Schizophrenia is often considered being a neurodevelopmental disease. The phenotype is heterogeneous with high heritability (80%) and unknown etiology and pathophysiology. Morphological brain abnormalities appear to be intrinsic features of the disease. I n previous scientific studies, abnormalit...

Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Cultural perspectives on mental health in Northern Troms

This project seeks to develop, implement and study a culturally sensitive treatment approach within a multi-cultural region of Northern Norway. The approach will be developed in association with the treatment institution and a cross-diciplinary team. The essence of the approach is that the patie...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2015

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

11th European Conference on Traumatic Stress

NKVTS er tildelt arrangementet av ECOTS 2009 av European Society for Traumatic Sstress Studies (www.ESTSS.org). ECOTS 2009 er den største konferansen inne psykotraumatologi i Europa. Arrangeres hvert annet år. Målgruppen: forskere, behandlere, beslutnings takere, representanter for brukerorganisa...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for children: A study of process and outcome.

This study seeks to examine whether Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) results in better outcomes for traumatized youth than the treatment that is commonly provided in regular clinical practice in Norwegian Child Guidance Clinics. The fo llowing research questions are posed: Is ...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Mothers of children with congenital heart disease (CHD): psychosocial problems from pregnancy through child age 3 years

Background: Mothers that are pregnant with, give birth to and take care of an infant with congenital heart disease (CHD) are at risk to develop serious psychological and social problems. Today, advanced surgery saves the life of ever more severely affecte d children with CHD. Yet, we know little ...

Awarded: NOK 6.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Long term effects of early intervention in psychosis: Ten year follow-up of the TIPS study.

Mental illness is now the largest cause of disability in the developed countries, and schizophrenia is ranked among the leading causes of the total burden of disease worldwide. In addition to personal suffering, the disorder also represents a major proble m to society In spite of more than 75 000...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Ethnicity and mental health among youths: a longitudinal project

The research project will investigate social factors that may affect the development of mental health among youths from ethnic minority groups and from the majority population, with analyses distinguishing between the genders. Data will be collected in Dr ammen. Research indicates that perceived...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Depression in adolescence. Precursors and developmental pathways from 18 months to 18 years.

The purpose of the project is to identify precursors, early predictors and developmental pathways to symptoms of depression in adolescence. We will also investigate gender differences related to development of mental health. The proposed project is base d on a longitudinal, prospective populati...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Longitudinal studies of Major Depression Disorder and cognitive functioning and emotional information processing: predictors for relapse?

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Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2015

Location: Vestland

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Preschool ADHD: Early characteristics, developmental trajectories, risk and protective factors in a prospective birth cohort

Background: ADHD is highly prevalent, characterized by age inappropriate levels of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness. It represents a substantial threat to healthy social and academic development, and increased risk for psychiatric comorbidity. Knowledge about early characteristics, d...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2015

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Effectiveness of group and individual treatment of childhood anxiety disorders in ordinary community clinics. A randomized controlled trial.

Anxiety disorders (ADs) in childhood are common, may cause great suffering, and may persist into adulthood. Few children with an AD receive psychiatric treatment for their illness compared to children with ADHD and behavorial disorders. Knowledge of effec tive treatments and predictors of positiv...

Awarded: NOK 6.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Suicidal behaviour in a cultural perspective

Although research on suicidal behaviour is quite abundant, we are still far from reaching a full understanding of the meaning(s) of such behaviour. In pursuit of this goal, we need to take cultural aspects into consideration. Two approaches to study the m eaning(s) of suicidal behaviour is to loo...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage