I am a psychologist, PhD and researcher at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. As a researcher I am affiliated to the Mataix-Cols research group. I also work closely with the Serlachius research group. If you are interested in the research that I do togehter with my colleages, you can find an up-to-date list of my publications on this page with links to the original articles, many of them are open access.

My research revolves around the following three areas:

Internet Cognitive Behavior Therapy (ICBT) and digital psychology: From idea to implementation

Today, effective treatments for mental health problems are available. However, many individuals who suffer from mental illhealth do not get access to evidence-based treatments, or, in many cases, any treatment. Sweden, for example, is a large country with a relatively small population. For many people in rural areas a visit to the nearest mental health provider involves travelling half a day, oneway. Internet-devliverd therapy has been developed as a solution to this problem, and make effective treatments accessible independent of geographical distances or other barriers. Together with colleagues from Karolinska Institutet, clinicians and international collaborators, we have developed digital treatments for a range of diagnoses and age groups. Several of the novel treatments that have been developed are now implemented in regular health care, e.g. our treatment for youth with obsessive compulsive disorder, now implemented in the regional mental health service for children and adolsecents.

What, how much and for whom? The measurement, prediction and benchmarking of mental health outcomes.

This area of my research activities is concerned with the outcome of treatments for mental health conditions. If we could personalize treatments for mental health conditions we could help more people with the same resources. To do that, we need to be precise in our measurements, have accurate statistical models and we need ways to benchmark clinical results with gold standard outcomes from controlled studies. We also need to understand how we use our limited healthcare resources wisely, and use methods that give us most “bang for the buck”, meaning cost-effective methods.

Climate change psychology, sustainable behavior change and adaption

Representative surveys show that the majority of us are worried about climate change and its consequences. The aim of my research in this are is to understand psychological aspects of climate change, how we can facilitate sustainable behavior change and adapt to a changing climate.