Erik Andersson now a PhD, first to come out of our lab.

Erik Andersson today defended his thesis in the best of ways and is now a PhD from the Karolinska Institutet. Opponent was Prof Sabine Wilhelm, Harvard and she said “this is the best dissertation I have come across, by far”. The dissertation committee consisted of Prof Bo Runeson, Prof Christina Hultman and Professor Mats Fredriksson. Main supervisor was Christian Rück and Viktor Kaldo, Nils Lindefors and Gerhard Andersson were co-supervisors. Let’s celebrate!

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Erik Andersson, new PhD, adimired by Sabine Wilhelm and Christian Rück.

Erik Andersson nails his thesis

Boom. He nailed it.
Boom. He nailed it.

Erik Andersson nailed his thesis “Enhancing cognitive behavior therapy in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder” to the KI library as the traditional publication. He will defend his work on September 19. 

The thesis defense is open to the public. Details here: http://ki.se/cns/kalender/disputation-erik-andersson

Erik Andersson to defend his thesis on September 19th

Erik Andersson2010-08-17SthlmErik Andersson will defend his thesis “Enhancing cognitive behavior therapy in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder” on September 19. Christian Rück is the main supervisor and co-supervisors are Viktor Kaldo, Nils Lindefors, Gerhard Andersson. Sabine Wilhelm, Harvard Medical School, will be the opponent.

The thesis defense is open to the public. Details here: http://ki.se/cns/kalender/disputation-erik-andersson

New publication: Internetbased CBT for teenagers with OCD

First author Fabian Lenhard
First author Fabian Lenhard.

A study published in PloS ONE tested a new ICBT platform. Twenty-one adolescents (12–17 years) with OCD and their parents were enrolled in the study. All participants received 12 weeks of ICBT with therapist support. Treatment yielded significant improvements with a large effect size of d = 2.29 (95% CI 1.5–3.07) on the CY-BOCS. Patients continued to improve at follow-up. This is a study out of Eva Serlachius’ research group at Karolinska Institutet. Click reference for full text.

Lenhard F, Vigerland S, Andersson E, Rück C, Mataix-Cols D, et al. (2014) Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Adolescents with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Open Trial. PLoS ONE 9(6): e100773. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100773

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