Rücklab – Psychiatry research at Karolinska Institutet
Research on OCD and related disorders, precision psychiatry, psychiatric genetics, suicide prevention, stress and PTSD
Earlier this summer, Elin was a guest on the Hälsa för Livet podcast. She talked about Exhaustion disorder (Utmattningssyndrom in Swedish): the current state of research, myths and treatment.
Elin Lindsäter is a psychologist and PhD. Her research focuses on chronic stress, exhaustion and fatigue and on developing new evidence-based treatments for these conditions.
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Maria Bragesjö and her team are announcing two exciting positions for her project on intensive treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Today Lina nailed her thesis at the Karolinska University Library in Huddinge 🔨
From efficacy to implementation: Applying internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy in the treatment of OCD
We are very happy to announce that Maria has received two additional grants for her work on innovating treatment for PTSD!
Two weeks ago, we reported that Maria got 2.4 million SEK from CIMED.
Since then, she has received two new grants:
Firstly, she received 3 million from FORTE for her upcoming RCT on intensive exposure-based treatment for PTSD. You can read more about the project here. In short, it is about PTSD treatment during five intensive days instead of weekly treatment during three to five months.
In addition, she has received the ALF grant for clinical postdoc. The support consists of 500 000 SEK per year for 2 years with the possibility of extension for another 2 years.
These contributions will benefit patients through new high quality forms of trauma treatment.
Good job Maria!
Last Friday, we saw Myrto successfully defend her thesis “The pill and the will : pharmacological and psychological modulation of cognitive and affective processes”.
The thesis investigates pharmacological and psychological approaches to emotion regulation. In brief, it involves:
The opponent was Trevor Robins, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. Main supervisor was Mussie Msghina, and co-supervisors were Yanlu Wang, Tie-Qiang Li & Lina Martinsson.
Well done and congratulations, Myrto!
New article by John and Christian, among others, published in British Journal of Surgery.
The first long-term prospective cohort study from Sweden that examines the occurrence of major psychiatric co-morbidities among adult gastric bypass patients compared to non-operated patients with obesity and matched population controls. The study shows that gastric bypass surgery is associated with substantially increased risk of alcohol-related disorders and moderately increased risk of other types of substance abuse, particularly in men.
Congratulations to PTSD research, Maria has received a 2.4 million SEK CIMED project grant! 🎉
Maria’s study evaluates intensive treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), an exposure-based treatment that is given for five days instead of the regular treatment time of three to five months. Preliminary research shows intensive trauma focused treatment to be as effective as when the treatment is delivered by weekly sessions, but with the advantage that the recovery rate is faster and the proportion of patients who drop out decreases.
The first article on Braining is out! By Rücklab group members Åsa, Lina and colleagues.
The study has analyzed data from all participants in the Braining project at Psykiatri Sydväst and compared it with regular patients at the clinic as well as records for a smaller cohort of participants. The study describes the characteristics of the participants in the project and concludes that the Braining intervention reached a wide age range and patients with a wide and representative diagnostic panorama. This suggests that Braining could be a promising and safe method for implementing physical activity in a psychiatric patient population
Link to the article here. 🧠🏋️💪
What is Braining?
Braining – physical activity as additional treatment in psychiatry – is an initiative by Psykiatri Sydväst. The intervention consists of group sessions of physical activity where patients and staff train together at the psychiatric clinic. The aim is to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety and improve the quality of life and physical health of patients. The hope is that Braining will reduce stress among the staff and contribute to an improved work environment.
In Louise Epstein and Ola Hermanson’s podcast “I hjärnan på Louise Epstein”, Diana is interviewed about obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
She talks about what we know about what happens in the brain of patients with OCD, about diagnostics and the psychological treatment: exposure with ritual prevention. The treatment involves finding the obsessions and refraining from doing what feels right in the moment but in the long run upholds the problems. Author Amanda Romare also participates in the podcast and talks about her own experiences with OCD and CBT treatment.
Diana also talks about her research on Deep brain stimulation for patients with severe OCD who have not responded to various forms of psychotherapy and/or medication.
We are looking for a postdoc in precision psychiatry for Christian Rück’s research group and John Wallert’s team.
The role includes work within three very relevant research projects: 1) The Compulsory mental care project, 2) The saving lives project and 3) a project that aims to identify predictors of short-term and long-term outcomes after CBT treatment.
Read more and submit your application here.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Rücklab - Psychiatry research at Karolinska Institutet 