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PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

"Maternal leave, cash benefit and infant psychological difficulties: a longitudinal baseline study of 34 000 0-18 months old"

The extent to which homecare or day-care for infants may be beneficial or detrimental for subgroups of infants may depend on the family environment. The primary goal of this project will be to provide new information on childcare and infants? adaptation d uring the first 18 months of life. The pr...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

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Immunity-linked genes in cognition and schizophrenia

Epidemiological data has clearly identified immune challenges during fetal and early life as a risk factor for developing psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and autism. Traditionally the brain was believed to be devoid of immunological responses as its ability to respond by the classical...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Vestland

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Resource-oriented music therapy for psychiatric patients with low therapy motivation: Randomised controlled trial

Background Previous research has shown positive effects of music therapy for people with schizophrenia and other mental disorders. In clinical practice, music therapy is often offered to psychiatric patients with low therapy motivation, but little resear ch exists about this population. The aim ...

Awarded: NOK 6.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

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Adolescent Mental Health: A Prospective Family Study

The aim of the research project is to improve the understanding of the social processes for developing mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety among Norwegian adolescents. Further, we want to examine the risk and protective factors such as social network, parental characteristica, ...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

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Utilizing the Internet to deliver mental health self-help interventions to underserved populations in rural areas

The overall objective of this project is to contribute to the knowledge necessary in developing effective Internet-based self-help programs for preventing mental health problems and new episodes. This will be accomplished through two complementary PhD sub -projects based on data from a randomized...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2014

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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Social Change, Health Care Intervention and Suicidality. - A Longitudinal Prospective Study of Suicidal behaviour.

1) Background Due to the lack of national statistics on suicide attempts in Norway, few studies have been published regarding the development of suicide attempts in the population. Since a main suicide prevention strategy in Norway is to provide follow-up for suicide attempters, there is a need ...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

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Mental disorders and developmental deviations in children (6-36 months) with congenital heart disease (CHD): a prospective case-control stud

Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) occurs among 0.5-1.0% of newborns. Treatment possibilities have been dramatically improved during the past decade, leading to increased survival rates. How-ever, previous studies in CHD survivors suggest a higher risk of mental disorders, such as anxiet...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Folate and fatty acids in early life and neurodevelopmental disorders: developmental language delay as an early marker

We intend to study the relationship between intake of folate and fatty acids during early life and the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders (ND) such as autism and attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Having language problems at the age of three is a strong predictor for neurodevel...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Oslo

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

EARLY BIPOLAR DISORDER: CLINICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN FIRST EPISODE MANIA

Bipolar disorder (BPD) is a severe psychiatric disorder characterized by manic and depressive episodes with periods of normal mood in between. Recent lines of evidence suggest that BPD is a more severe illness that previously believed and it is regarded as one of the most important factors contr...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

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Anxiety disorders in children- association with neurodevelopmental delay/disorder and temperament/personality. A clinical case-control study

Anxiety disorders (AD's) in childhood are common and may cause great suffering.Childhood AD's may persist into adulthood and knowledge of important risk factors for development and maintenance of these disorders is essential.The development of AD's is due to a complex interaction between biologi...

Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

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Integrating psychotherapy research and research on psychotherapy training

A promising line of research to improve the general effectiveness and efficacy of psychotherapy and to reduce dropout is to focus on the investigation of alliance formation and repair of alliance ruptures. This study draws upon five essential components: (1) focus on interpersonal process; (2) th...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2015

Location: Oslo

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Chronic skin diseases, depression, self-esteem and body image among adolescents in Oslo

Negative self-evaluation is central in the maintenance of depression, and low self-esteem among depressed individuals is described with experienced feelings of inadequacy, inferiority, worthlessness and incompetence. Self-esteem related to body image is s alient among adolescents especially femal...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

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The effects of serotonin polymorphisms and gender on cognitive control and brain function in major depression and healthy subjects.

Major depressive disorders (MDD) present a significant mental health concern to individuals and to our society and there is strong evidence that women are diagnosed with MDD twice as much as men. Cognitive functioning is the main outcome variable of this project. However, there is a considerable ...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Oslo

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Major depression, cognitive function and cortisol

Our knowledge of the relationships between depression, cortisol levels and daily cortisol profiles, and cognitive impairment in a long-term perspective is scant. We aim to study these relationships over two years in patients with MDD diveded in to subgrou ps of patients with a first time episode,...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2014

Location: Vestland

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Phenotyping of adolescents with bipolar disorder and with schizophrenia in a longitudinal study

The currently used categorical ICD-10 and DSM-IV diagnoses play an important part in many areas of clinical psychiatry and psychiatric research. However, recent focus in genetic research on the severe mental disorders increases the need for theoretical co nstructs that are more precise descriptio...

Awarded: NOK 0.72 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Vestland

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Family-based Treatment of Depressed Adolescents: An Empirical Study with Norwegian Adolescents in Specialty Mental Health Care

Depression disorder affects 9-11% of Norwegian and Scandinavian adolescents. The prevalence is higher (61%) for those in mental health care. Depression and affective disorders in adolescence have negative consequences for the individual, family and the so ciety at large. There is an emerging body...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Rogaland

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Supporting Patient Communication and Coping with Illness in Childhood Cancer

Children with cancer experience complex physical, psychosocial, and behavioural symptoms/problems due to the illness treatment, uncertain diagnosis, and medical procedures. To help children cope with their problems and prevent psychological distress, we d eveloped the support system, Peds-CHOICE,...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Oslo

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The Karolinska Project for Early Treatment of Women with Alcohol Addiction (EWA). Mortality and Morbidity 15-25 years after treatment

Summary: This is a unique, prospective longitudinal study of 420 women with alcohol addiction who were treated within a specialized woman only treatment program (EWA) that was started in 1981. Based on a randomised design, 100 of the eligible women were t reated at EWA, while another 100 were ref...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

SUSCEPTIBILITY GENES FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA AND BIPOLAR DISORDER: TRANSLATING FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS TO CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY.

Schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar (BP) disorder are severe mental disorders, which are both ranked among the leading causes of the total burden of diseases worldwide. Despite decades of research devoted to psychotic illnesses, the understanding of underlyin g biological mechanisms is inadequate and...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

RUSMIDDEL-Rusmiddelforskning

Alcohol problems and depression: A 15-year longitudinal, nationwide study of mental health among Norwegian doctors.

Background: Concurrent depressive disorder and abuse of alcohol is common in the general population, and longitudinal studies that clarify this interplay over time and identify risk factors are highly required. Health care workers and in particular doctor s show high levels of depressive symptoms...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Oslo

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Effects of integrated and comprehensive treatment to persons with mental disorders and substance use disorders.

Patients with co-occurring substance abuse and mental disorders are characterized by high suicide and treatment drop-out rates, and long-lasting interpersonal, work, school, health and legal problems. And because mental disorders and substance misuse inte ract and co-excists, it is important to p...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

An MRI investigation of brain development in young children with autism within the Autism Birth Cohort Study

Autism is a chronic, severe disorder of brain development and function, manifesting in the first years of life by impaired language, social reciprocity, and activity. In the current study, 200 children with autism and 100 control children will be examined with brain MRI at the age of 3-4 years. ...

Awarded: NOK 12,499

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Vestland

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Developmental pathways of mental health problems from childhood through adolescence

The aim of the present project is to examine developmental pathways of mental health problems among children included in the Bergen Child Study (BCS) (www.uib.no/bib). In the first step, all children attending 2. to 4. grade in the Bergen and Sund munici palities in Norway in 2002 (n=9652) were ...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

The tsunami - a prospective study of long term health effects in Norwegian citizens exposed to the disaster

Background: NKVTS was tasked by the Directorate of Health and Social Affairs to carry out a research programme on disaster-related issues in the aftermath of the desember 2004 Tsunami. The research programme consists of 8 projects of which one encompasse s 2.900 Norwegian citizens exposed to the...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Pathways to Adolescent Depression in Immigrant Youth: Longitudinal Studies

The main goal is to investigate the role of specific psychosocial profiles underlying depressive disorders in adolescence, and ethnic group variation in the distribution of adolescents among the identified profiles. The subgoals are 1)Examine 3 hypothesi zed and other unanticipated psychosocial ...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2013

Location: Oslo

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

The matter of the first friendships

It has been quite exceptional to study day care centers as contexts for toddler's first friendships. It has been equal unusual to consider resilience and protective factors that provide support and adaptation for at-risk children. The potential for preven tion surely lies in increasing our knowle...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Oslo

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Coping and protection - A longitudinal study of children and their mothers

The principal objective is to attain knowledge about pathways to good social competence or mental health problems among children and their mothers. The longitudinal perspective implies studying health outcomes among children associated with age typical de velopment, and maternal health outcomes a...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Oslo

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

A Translational Basic Research Programme on ADHD

This proposed, integrated project is centred on understanding the neurobiology of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Recent advances in modern neuroscience make it possible to make a focused attack on the topic. The proposal contains a multi disciplinary approach with different leve...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Oslo

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

ADHD in Norway: Basic and translational studies

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common condition among school age children world-wide. In addition, most affected individuals will continue to show symptoms as adults. Still, it has long been considered a controversial diagnosis in th e general population, as well as in the p...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Risk and protective factors for psychiatric disorders and symptoms among preschoolers: A prospective community study

1.Young children have psychiatric disorders and they endure. The rate of psychiatric disorders in early childhood is between 9% and 21%, which is comparable with rates at other ages. Moreover, there is a strong continuity of disorders and symptoms from ye arly childhood into later childhood and a...

Awarded: NOK 6.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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