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BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

INFECTION, FEVER, IMMUNE SIGNATURES AND ANTIBODY PROFILES IN MOTHER-CHILD PAIRS WITH AND WITHOUT AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS.

The scientific aims of the project have been changed since the grant was awarded. The aims are now to study how children?s risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is affected by the following exposures: (1) Maternal iodine status in pregnancy. Idoine is crucial for brain development, particular...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2015-2023

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Neuropsychiatric genetics meeting - facilitate international research collaboration in Norway

This is a tribute to the exceptional contributions of the Nordic Countries to psychiatry and in particular psychiatric genetics over the last decades. From early twin studies to studies in genetic isolates, research based on population registries or birth cohorts, sophisticated biobanking initia...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Vestland

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Healthy brain and cognition from 0-100 years: Prognosis, preservation and plasticity

Lifebrain aims to establish a solid foundation of knowledge for understanding how brain health and cognitive function can be optimized in response to the enormous societal challenges with the ageing of the European population. Our main objective is to ide ntify and validate trends and determinant...

Awarded: NOK 74,999

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Suicide Prevention mHealth-based Intervention in General Population

Everywhere in Europe suicide represents an epidemiological and a socio-economic burden. A number of projects, including European projects, have investigated suicide and related-disorders prevention and provided guidelines for strategies on suicide prevent ion including e-health programmes and awa...

Awarded: NOK 49,999

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Developmental trajectories of mental health problems in young European children

The main ambition of this proposal is to reduce the burden of mental health problems of young children and adolescents in Europe. This is important for the children themselves and for their families, but also for the societies they belong too, in view of all COSTs involved and loss of productive...

Awarded: NOK 18,782

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

Secondary prevention of depression applying an experimental Attentional Bias Modification procedure.

A premise for this project is that targeting basic cognitive and neural mechanisms has the potential to translate into new principles for depression treatment and prevention of relapse of depressive episodes. The project is a translational study testing a new computerized method for correcting im...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2018

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

Coping Kids: a randomized controlled study of a new indicated preventive intervention for children with symptoms of anxiety and depression

The primary aim of the Coping Kids study was to examine if a new group and school based program, Coping Kids, is more effective than treatment as usual (TAU) in reducing high levels of symptoms of both anxiety and depression among 8-12 year old schoolchildren, and further examine relevant variabl...

Awarded: NOK 7.1 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2019

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

COGNITIVE AND CEREBRAL CHANGES IN PATIENTS WITH ANOREXIA NERVOSA

The present project examined how the brain and cognitive functions are affected by anorexia. The methods used were neuropsychological/cognitive testing and functional brain imaging with MR. Patients were examined when they were in the acute disease phase of anorexia and at 10 months after the fir...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2018

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

Mental health outcomes in adopted children - a longitudinal register-based study

International adoption involves both risk and protection for later adjustment. International adoptees often experience adverse conditions in the time before adoption, placing them at risk of developing mental health problems. The adolescent years can be especially challenging, as questions relate...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2017

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

2011 Norway attacks: Predictors of long-term physical and mental health in victims of the Utøya Island massacre.

The study The objective of this study was to assess the reactions of those who were exposed to the terror attack at Utøya the 22nd of July, 2011, and their parents. The effect of terror , the impact of coinciding injuries, and psychosocial adversities in the aftermath of the event was investigat...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2018

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

NORNI - nasjonalt møte for standardisering av MRI hjerneavbildning for forskning på mentale lidelser

Felles protokoller for hjerneavbildning vil være til stor nytte for klinisk psykiatrisk forskning. MR-undersøkelser ved ulike hjernelidelser har mange likhetstrekk, noe som gjør det mulig å standardisere MR datainnsamlingen på tvers av studier. Dette har ikke vært gjort tidligere i Norge, mest p...

Awarded: NOK 32,624

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

Identifying the polygenic basis of the human brain and neurodevelopmental disorders

Schizophrenia and other severe mental disorders are recognized as leading health problem world-wide and are among the most costly disorders to affect humans. Identifying the underlying pathophysiology is imperative and can lead to major health benefits through better treatment and prevision strat...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

Psychiatric Disorders in Young Children-Part 2. Trajectories of Disorders from age 4 to 12: Differential Susceptibility to the Environment

Effective treatment and preventive efforts targeting children's mental health problems should be rooted in knowledge on the prevalence and course of psychiatric disorders as well their risk and protective factors. Most research has addressed factors at one point in time that might predict mental ...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

Identifying the polygenic basis of the human brain and psychiatric disorders

Mental disorders are the major cause of disease burden and disability in the world. There are many factors that play a role in the development of these diseases and we have a great need for new knowledge. Therefore, identification of underlying pathophysiology is crucial. In a number of clinica...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2019

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BEHANDLING-God og treffsikker diagnostikk, behandling og rehabilitering

Disease mechanisms in chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME): an integrated, translational approach

The first aim of the project was to explore cognitive alterations among adolescents suffering from the chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The methods consist partly of specific cognitive test, and partly of functional imaging of the brain (fMRI). We compare the patient group with healthy controls of...

Awarded: NOK 7.6 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Akershus

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Understandig terror and violence in the lives of children and adolescents.

Bakgrunn og initiativ Arrangementet er initiert fra International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) i etterkant av terrorkatastrofen i Oslo i 2011. ISTSS er det største og mest fremtredene forskningsfelleskap innen fagfeltet traumatisk stress. Fagpersoner fra ISTSS har på flere måter...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Re-assessing trauma and violence: Re-framing the bodily, the spoken and the self

This international workshop grows out of the research project "The Effects of Violence and Impoverishment on Psychosocial Health among Pastoralist Communities in Northern Kenya" funded by the programme. This additional workshop, not included in the origin al project budget, aims to bring together...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Vestland

BEHANDLING-God og treffsikker diagnostikk, behandling og rehabilitering

How do genetic, clinical and treatment factors affect outcome in severe mental disorders?

The aim of the project was to find effective treatment for severe mental disorders and identify risk factors for disease. This has been done by integrating ongoing Norwegian studies in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The project is based on a collaboration between all health regions in No...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2018

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

The XXVII World congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention

Selvmord er ett av verdens største folkehelseproblem; Verdens helseorganisasjon (WHO) anslår at hvert år tar mer enn en million mennesker i verden sitt eget liv, dvs. ett dødsfall hvert 40. sekund. Selvmord er med andre ord en vanligere dødsårsak enn tra fikkulykker og langt flere dør ved selvmo...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BEHANDLING-God og treffsikker diagnostikk, behandling og rehabilitering

A randomized controlled trial of a web-based program for prenatal-and postpartum depressive symptoms in new mothers.

The study is a randomized controlled trial where the objective is to test the effectiveness of a web-based program (Mamma Mia) on postpartum depressive symptoms. The study was initiated in June 2012 and terminated in June, 2016. Mamma Mia is a fully automated internet-based intervention that was ...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2016

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Nordic Congress of Psychiatry Tromsø, Norway 5-8 June 2012 (www.ncp2012.org)

Nordic Congress of Psychiatry (NCP) arrangeres hvert tredje år og omfatter både voksen- og barne- og ungdsomspykiatri. Målgruppen er psykiatere og leger i psykiatrisk spesialistutdanning fra alle de nordiske land, samt fra de baltiske stater. Vi vil også spesielt invitere leger og forskere fra N...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2012-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Forskningskonferansen Forskning nytter

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Awarded: NOK 0.75 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2015

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

Longitudinal Brain Imaging and Investigation of Etiological and Outcome Factors in Early Onset Psychosis.

We have established a comprehensive database of systematically collected research information on adolescent schizophrenia and affective spectrum psychosis disorders (early-onset psychosis disorders; EOP) for current and future scientific investigations. The database contains detailed data on clin...

Awarded: NOK 7.6 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2020

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Mental health and developmental trajectories of the brain - the influence of genetics, early environmental factors and preterm brain injury.

This projects aims to create new knowledge about how biological, psychological and social factors may influence mental health and brain development in persons born preterm with very low birth weight (VLBW: birth weight < 1500g) in a life-time perspective. Brain developmental trajectories and pre...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2016

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

From genes to phenotypes of neurodevelopmental disorders in children, impact of environmental factors and epistasis.

Causes of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are complex. ASD has a high heredity and has therefore long sought for genetic risk factors for the disease. A number of genetic risk factors for ASD have been identified, but this still explains less than 15% of cases. The BUPgen project has discovere...

Awarded: NOK 10.1 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2017

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BEHANDLING-God og treffsikker diagnostikk, behandling og rehabilitering

The influence of stimulant therapy and comorbidity on decisions in ADHD

Current research shows that approximately half of the children with ADHD continue to have ADHD as adults. Adults with ADHD must, differently then children, make independent decisions for which they might be less equipped than healthy adults. We hypothesi ze that because decision making and learn...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2016

Location: Oslo - Oslove

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

A Longitudinal, Mixed Method Study of Socio-Cultural Adaptation and Mental Health among Unaccompanied Minor Refugees after Resettlement.

The aim is to take advantage of a unique data set of interviews and 4 waves of questionnaire information collected from unaccompanied minor refugees (UMR) after resettlement, to get information about the dynamics of changes in mental health and socio-cult ural adaptation. We will examine the inte...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2015

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BEHANDLING-God og treffsikker diagnostikk, behandling og rehabilitering

Bergen Psychosis Project 2

The Bergen Psychosis Project 2 (BP2) is a prospective, randomized, controlled comparison of antipsychotic drugs amisulpride, aripiprazole, and olanzapine, conducted independently of the pharmaceutical industry. BP2 developed into a multi-centre study with sites in Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger and...

Awarded: NOK 6.6 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2019

Location: Vestland

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

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

Awarded: NOK 6.4 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2018

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BEDREHELSE-Bedre helse og livskvalitet

A gene-environment model for the study of the development of mental problems in youths

Mental health includes both mental illnesses/symptoms and mental strengths/resources. Knowledge about the causes behind youth mental health problems and resources is important both for understanding and intervention. Results based on data from our twin study shows that the variation in both diffi...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2016

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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