Research on OCD and related disorders, precision psychiatry, psychiatric genetics, suicide prevention, stress and PTSD
Karolinska Institutet held its traditional Conferment ceremony for doctoral students. The ceremony took place in the Blue Hall of Stockholm City Hall was followed by a banquet in the Golden Hall and dance. Erik Andersson was promoted to PhD, as symbolized by putting on a funny hat.
Anyway, we congratulate Erik to this achivement! You are the best!
Chia-Ying Chou is a postdoc in professor Carol Mathews’s research group at the University of California, San Francisco. She is also a part of the largest clinical trial on Hoarding Disorder to date. Volen got the chance to follow her work with indivudals with hoarding closely and learn some important points on treatment for hoarding. Our lab’s treamtent study for hoarding is just around the corner and we are sure that all the new insights from this trip to California will be beneficial for our coming study participants.
Thank you Carol and Chia-Ying!
We at Rück Lab are in the planning stages of a treatment study on Hoarding Disorder, the first in Sweden. In preparation for this, we are meeting up with professionals in California with experience helping people with hoarding. David Bain works at the Mental Health Association of San Francisco and is also a part of a large clinical trial on group treatment for Hoarding Disorder. Dave was generous enough to share his vast experience of hoarding treatment and how it can be delivered effectively. Thank you for being so welcoming and sharing with us Dave!
Volen is in California this week, meeting with professionals involved in hoarding task forces and treatment of Hoarding Disorder in and around San Francisco. Below are two members of the relatively new task force in Santa Clara, Dana Girard and Mallory von Kugelgen. A fruitful discussion which led to new ideas about what a Swedish task force could focus on.
It is obvious that there is a lot to be done for people with Hoarding Disorder in Sweden, and that collaboration across organizations is key, More updates from the trip to come.
Our study of d-cycloserine in OCD is out now in JAMA Psychiatry (click for link). This randomized clinical trial examines whether d-cycloserine augments cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and whether concomitant use of antidepressants moderates the effects of d-cycloserine.
Sammanfattning på svenska: http://ki.se/nyheter/tuberkulosmedicin-kan-forbattra-effekt-av-kbt
Andersson E, Hedman E, Enander J, Radu Djurfeldt D, Ljótsson B, Cervenka S, Isung J, Svanborg C, Mataix-Cols D, Kaldo V, Andersson G, Lindefors N, Rück C. D-cycloserine vs Placebo as Adjunct to Cogntive Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Interaction With Antidepressants: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online May 13, 2015. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0546.
We just finished a retreat for our group. We were honored that Jim Crowley and Christopher Lalima, Hofstra University had flown in for the meeting.
Gustaf Brander is the latest PhD student to join the battle agianst OCD, or in this particular case, to identify risk factors for OCD. He is a psychologist by training and Prof David Mataix-Cols is his main supervisor and Eva Serlachius and Christian Rück co-supervisors.
Assistant Professor James J. Crowley is now affilated to Karolinska Institutet and our group. Jim is currently at the Department of Genetics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Check out some his recent publications here. We are very proud to have him at KI.Idag talade Christian Rück i programmet Kropp och Själ i P1. Hela programmet handlade om PANDAS/PANS.
We welcome Lina Lundström to our group. Lina is a CBT psychologist currently working at Mottagningen för Tvångssyndrom in Huddinge. She will work in a still secret project you will soon read more about…..
Rücklab - Psychiatry research at Karolinska Institutet 
