Academic Affiliation
Department of psychology, University of Oslo and Modum Bad Research Institute
Research project
My doctoral project is part of the larger project “Personalized treatment and a new understanding towards psychological disorders: a complex system approach”. This research aims to enhance personalized treatment for individuals with psychological disorders by examining how mental disorders develop and change over time in clinical populations. The project focuses on identifying key mechanisms of change and developing tools for personalized feedback.
A central part of the project is the use of Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) as an integrated part of therapy. EMA involves repeated daily assessments that capture moment-to-moment changes, which provides a detailed and dynamic picture of symptom patterns and treatment progress. In a pilot study at the Department of Anxiety Disorders we use EMA as a part of the treatment, investigating:
- How anxiety disorders develop over time in a clinical setting
- Whether personalized symptom networks, based on EMA, can facilitate tailored treatments
- How both therapists and patients experience this approach to personalized treatment
In later phases, the project will include other clinical groups (such as depression and eating disorders) with the aim of testing whether personalized feedback can improve treatment outcomes compared to standard approaches.
Research interests
- Psychotherapy and process research
- Mechanisms of change
- Anxiety disorders
- Personalized treatment and clinical decision-making
- Network analysis
- Metacognitive therapy
- Transdiagnostic processes
Publications
List of all publications from Modum Bad
International Collaborators
Wolfgang Lutz (University of Trier)
Project team
Asle Hoffart (Modum Bad/University of Oslo)
Maren Kopland (Modum Bad/University of Oslo)
Peter Sele (Modum Bad/University of Oslo)
Mikkel Eielsen (Modum Bad/University of Oslo)
Marieke Helmich (University of Oslo)
Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland (National Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress)
Omid V Ebrahimi (University of Oslo/Oxford University)
