Publications
Publications published since 2009 from OUS - Personality Disorders Research Unit
112 publications found
Publications 2021
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Avoidant personality disorder and social functioning: A longitudinal, observational study investigating predictors of change in a clinical sample
Personal Disord (in press)
DOI 10.1037/per0000471, PubMed 33507789 -
More is more: Evidence for the incremental value of the SCID-II/SCID-5-PD specific factors over and above a general personality disorder factor
Personal Disord (in press)
DOI 10.1037/per0000426, PubMed 33600207
Publications 2020
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Moving forward: closing the gap between research and practice for young people with BPD
Curr Opin Psychol, 37, 77-81 (in press)
DOI 10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.08.008, PubMed 32916475 -
Countertransference feelings and personality disorders: a psychometric evaluation of a brief version of the Feeling Word Checklist (FWC-BV)
BMC Psychiatry, 20 (1), 141
DOI 10.1186/s12888-020-02556-6, PubMed 32228529 -
The Test-Retest Reliability of Heart Rate Variability and Its Association With Personality Functioning
Front Psychiatry, 11, 558145
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.558145, PubMed 33329098 -
Development of therapeutic alliance in mentalization-based treatment-Goals, Bonds, and Tasks in a specialized treatment for borderline personality disorder
Psychother Res
DOI 10.1080/10503307.2020.1831097, PubMed 33043816 -
Preliminary Findings From a Nationwide, Multicenter Mental Health Service for Adults and Older Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder and ID
J. Policy Pract. Intellect. Disabil. -
Case study: identification of anxiety and subsequent intervention in an adolescent male with autism, severe intellectual disability and self-injurious behaviour
Int. J. Dev. Disabil. -
"If we do not look for it, we do not see it": Clinicians' experiences and understanding of identifying post-traumatic stress disorder in adults with autism and intellectual disability
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil, 33 (5), 1119-1132
DOI 10.1111/jar.12734, PubMed 32285568 -
"Driven and Tense, Stressed Out and Anxious": Clinicians' Perceptions of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Expressions in Adults with Autism and Intellectual Disability
J. Ment. Health Res. Intellect. Disabil., 13 (3), 201-230 -
Social Cognition Capacities as Predictors of Outcome in Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT)
Front Psychiatry, 11, 691
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00691, PubMed 32792996 -
A multi-center psychometric evaluation of the Severity Indices of Personality Problems 118 (SIPP-118): Do we really need all those facets?
Qual Life Res, 30 (2), 567-575
DOI 10.1007/s11136-020-02654-8, PubMed 33029679 -
Level of alexithymia as a measure of personality dysfunction in avoidant personality disorder
Nord J Psychiatry
DOI 10.1080/08039488.2020.1841290, PubMed 33146059
Publications 2019
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Measuring Personality Problems in Patients With Substance Use Disorders: A Cross-Sample Validation
J Dual Diagn, 15 (4), 324-332
DOI 10.1080/15504263.2019.1668583, PubMed 31571533 -
Specialized psychiatric services: patient characteristics, referral practice and length of stay in a representative clinical sample 2010-2016
Int. J. Dev. Disabil., 65 (4), 277-284 -
Mentalization-based treatment in groups for adolescents with borderline personality disorder: a randomized controlled trial
J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 61 (5), 594-604
DOI 10.1111/jcpp.13152, PubMed 31702058 -
Level of personality functioning as a predictor of psychosocial functioning-Concurrent validity of criterion A
Personal Disord, 11 (2), 79-90
DOI 10.1037/per0000352, PubMed 31580097 -
Evaluation of Diagnostic Thresholds for Criterion A in the Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders
J Pers Disord, 34, 40-61
DOI 10.1521/pedi_2019_33_455, PubMed 31682197 -
Patients with emotionally unstable personality disorder need appropriate emergency treatment
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 139 (15), 1442-1444 -
Suicidal patients with personality disorder
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 139 (15), 1445-1447 -
Metyrosine treatment in a woman with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and psychosis: a case study
Int. J. Dev. Disabil., 65 (2), 116-121 -
Battles of the Comfort Zone: Modelling Therapeutic Strategy, Alliance, and Epistemic Trust-A Qualitative Study of Mentalization-Based Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
J. Contemp. Psychother., 49 (3), 141-151 -
Family and caregivers' experience of mental illness in migrants with intellectual disability - reflections on practice
Adv. Ment. Health Intellet. Disabil., 13 (2), 76-88 -
Autism, intellectual disabilities and additional psychosis, and affiliation to groups with violent ideology: short communication
J. Intellect. Disabil. Offending Behav., 10 (1), 1-7 -
Inpatient treatment of borderline personality disorder in adults with intellectual disability: reflections on practice
Adv. Ment. Health Intellet. Disabil., 13 (2), 67-75 -
A 22q13.33 duplication harbouring the SHANK3 gene: does it cause neuropsychiatric disorders?
BMJ Case Rep, 12 (11)
DOI 10.1136/bcr-2018-228258, PubMed 31678916 -
Misleading about MBT in Oslo
BMC Psychiatry, 19 -
Misleading about MBT in Oslo
BMC Psychiatry, 19 (1), 208
DOI 10.1186/s12888-019-2193-5, PubMed 31272416 -
Identification of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review
J. Ment. Health Res. Intellect. Disabil., 12 (1-2), 1-25 -
Are Impairments in Theory of Mind Specific to Borderline Personality Disorder?
J Pers Disord, 34 (6), 827-841
DOI 10.1521/pedi_2019_33_417, PubMed 30785865 -
Psychometric Properties of the Severity Indices of Personality Problems (SIPP) in Two Samples A Norwegian Community Sample and Clinical Samples of Patients With and Without Personality Disorders
Eur. J. Psychol. Assess., 35 (5), 698-711
Publications 2018
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Mental health services for adolescents and adults with intellectual disabilities in Norway: a descriptive study
Adv. Ment. Health Intellet. Disabil., 12 (3-4), 121-134 -
Validity of the Birchwood insight scale in patients with schizophrenia spectrum- and bipolar disorders
Psychiatry Res, 272, 715-722
DOI 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.12.072, PubMed 30832191 -
Interrater Reliability of the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-5 Alternative Model of Personality Disorders Module i: Level of Personality Functioning Scale
J Pers Assess, 100 (6), 630-641
DOI 10.1080/00223891.2018.1483377, PubMed 30084661 -
Extreme challenges: psychiatric inpatients with severe self-harming behavior in Norway: a national screening investigation
Nord J Psychiatry, 72 (8), 605-612
DOI 10.1080/08039488.2018.1511751, PubMed 30348040 -
The Relationship Between Reflective Functioning and Affect Consciousness in Patients With Avoidant and Borderline Personality Disorders
Psychoanal. Psychol., 35 (4), 382-393 -
Mentalization-based treatment or psychodynamic treatment programmes for patients with borderline personality disorder - the impact of clinical severity
Psychol Psychother, 92 (1), 91-111
DOI 10.1111/papt.12179, PubMed 29582581 -
Revised manual for the Global Assessment of Functioning scale
Eur Psychiatry, 51, 16-19
DOI 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.12.028, PubMed 29510296 -
The Iowa Personality Disorder Screen: A validation study in a psychiatric population that receives long-term group psychotherapy for personality related problems
Personal Ment Health, 12 (3), 229-240
DOI 10.1002/pmh.1418, PubMed 29722177
Publications 2017
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The Use of Validation in Mental Health Nursing for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Illness: A Descriptive Study
Issues Ment Health Nurs, 38 (8), 619-623
DOI 10.1080/01612840.2017.1330910, PubMed 28613088 -
Patients', Family Members', and Professional Carers' Experiences of Psychoeducational Multifamily Groups for Participants with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Illness
Issues Ment Health Nurs, 38 (2), 153-159
DOI 10.1080/01612840.2016.1251514, PubMed 28215110 -
The design of the MBT-G adherence and quality scale
Scand J Psychol, 58 (4), 341-349
DOI 10.1111/sjop.12375, PubMed 28718968 -
Assessment of psychosis in ASD/ID: a case study
Adv. Ment. Health Intellet. Disabil., 11 (1), 17-23 -
Contours of a causal feedback mechanism between adaptive personality and psychosocial function in patients with personality disorders: a secondary analysis from a randomized clinical trial
BMC Psychiatry, 17 (1), 210
DOI 10.1186/s12888-017-1365-4, PubMed 28583098 -
Juggling thoughts and feelings: How do female patients with borderline symptomology and substance use disorder experience change in mentalization-based treatment?
Psychother Res, 29 (2), 251-266
DOI 10.1080/10503307.2017.1325021, PubMed 28513339 -
A Psychometric Evaluation of the DSM-IV Criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder: Dimensionality, Local Reliability, and Differential Item Functioning Across Gender
Assessment, 27 (1), 89-101
DOI 10.1177/1073191117745126, PubMed 29284276 -
The Work and Social Adjustment Scale: Psychometric properties and validity among males and females, and outpatients with and without personality disorders
Personal Ment Health, 11 (4), 215-228
DOI 10.1002/pmh.1382, PubMed 28681505
Publications 2016
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Primary emotional traits in patients with personality disorders
Personal Ment Health, 10 (4), 261-273
DOI 10.1002/pmh.1345, PubMed 27257161 -
Outpatient psychodynamic group psychotherapy - outcomes related to personality disorder, severity, age and gender
Personal Ment Health, 11 (1), 37-50
DOI 10.1002/pmh.1352, PubMed 27766761 -
Alcohol use disorders are associated with increased affective lability in bipolar disorder
J Affect Disord, 208, 316-324
DOI 10.1016/j.jad.2016.09.062, PubMed 27810713 -
Impulsivity-related traits distinguish women with co-occurring bulimia nervosa in a psychiatric sample
Int J Eat Disord, 49 (12), 1093-1096
DOI 10.1002/eat.22606, PubMed 27567004 -
Short communication: reliability and validity of the UKU Side Effect Rating Scale for adults with intellectual disabilities
Adv. Ment. Health Intellet. Disabil., 10 (3), 166-171
Publications 2015
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Is reflective functioning associated with clinical symptoms and long-term course in patients with personality disorders?
Compr Psychiatry, 64, 46-58
DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2015.05.016, PubMed 26104432 -
Favourable outcome of long-term combined psychotherapy for patients with borderline personality disorder: Six-year follow-up of a randomized study
Psychother Res, 27 (1), 51-63
DOI 10.1080/10503307.2015.1072283, PubMed 26261865 -
Mental Health Nursing of Adults With Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Illness: A Review of Empirical Studies 1994-2013
Arch Psychiatr Nurs, 30 (2), 286-91
DOI 10.1016/j.apnu.2015.08.006, PubMed 26992884 -
Attachment styles in patients with avoidant personality disorder compared with social phobia
Psychol Psychother, 89 (3), 245-60
DOI 10.1111/papt.12075, PubMed 26332087 -
Relationship Between Affect Consciousness and Personality Functioning in Patients With Personality Disorders: A Prospective Study
J Pers Disord, 30 (5), 633-652
DOI 10.1521/pedi_2015_29_220, PubMed 26168325 -
Personality Disorder and Changes in Affect Consciousness: A 3-Year Follow-Up Study of Patients with Avoidant and Borderline Personality Disorder
PLoS One, 10 (12), e0145625
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0145625, PubMed 26699730 -
Experiences in Close Relationships – Psychometric properties among patients with personality disorders
Personal Ment Health, 9 (3), 208-19
DOI 10.1002/pmh.1298, PubMed 26033784 -
Does a web-based feedback training program result in improved reliability in clinicians' ratings of the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Scale?
Psychol Assess, 27 (3), 865-73
DOI 10.1037/pas0000086, PubMed 25642933 -
Theory of mind in women with borderline personality disorder or schizophrenia: differences in overall ability and error patterns
Front Psychol, 6, 1239
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01239, PubMed 26379577
Publications 2014
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Step-down versus outpatient psychotherapeutic treatment for personality disorders: 6-year follow-up of the Ullevål personality project
BMC Psychiatry, 14, 119
DOI 10.1186/1471-244X-14-119, PubMed 24758722 -
Asperger syndrome or schizophrenia, or both? Case identification of 12 adults in a specialized psychiatric inpatient unit
Int. J. Dev. Disabil., 60 (4), 215-225 -
Different impulsivity profiles in borderline personality disorder and bipolar II disorder
J Affect Disord, 170, 104-11
DOI 10.1016/j.jad.2014.08.033, PubMed 25237733 -
Smaller stress-sensitive hippocampal subfields in women with borderline personality disorder without posttraumatic stress disorder
J Psychiatry Neurosci, 39 (2), 127-34
DOI 10.1503/jpn.130070, PubMed 24309162 -
Poor Validity of the DSM-IV Schizoid Personality Disorder Construct as a Diagnostic Category
J Pers Disord, 29 (3), 334-46
DOI 10.1521/pedi_2014_28_159, PubMed 25248009 -
Changing from a traditional psychodynamic treatment programme to mentalization-based treatment for patients with borderline personality disorder--does it make a difference?
Psychol Psychother, 88 (1), 71-86
DOI 10.1111/papt.12036, PubMed 25045028 -
Testing different versions of the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales in a clinical sample
PLoS One, 9 (10), e109394
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0109394, PubMed 25289939 -
The three factors of the psychoticism scale of SCL-90-R
Personal Ment Health, 10 (3), 244-55
DOI 10.1002/pmh.1278, PubMed 25475425 -
Self-harm and suicidal behavior in borderline personality disorder with and without bulimia nervosa
J Consult Clin Psychol, 83 (3), 643-8
DOI 10.1037/ccp0000014, PubMed 25495360 -
Patients with personality disorders in private specialist practice
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 134 (23-24), 2267-72
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.13.1581, PubMed 25492335
Publications 2013
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Adults with intellectual disabilities and mental illness in psychiatric inpatient units: empirical studies of patient characteristics and psychiatric diagnoses from 1996 to 2011
Int. J. Dev. Disabil., 59 (3), 179-190 -
Regional cortical thinning may be a biological marker for borderline personality disorder
Acta Psychiatr Scand, 130 (3), 193-204
DOI 10.1111/acps.12234, PubMed 24571788 -
Personality functioning in patients with avoidant personality disorder and social phobia
J Pers Disord, 27 (6), 746-63
DOI 10.1521/pedi_2013_27_109, PubMed 23786266 -
Emotional dysfunction in avoidant compared to borderline personality disorder: a study of affect consciousness
Scand J Psychol, 54 (6), 515-21
DOI 10.1111/sjop.12076, PubMed 24107113 -
Health service costs and clinical gains of psychotherapy for personality disorders: a randomized controlled trial of day-hospital-based step-down treatment versus outpatient treatment at a specialist practice
BMC Psychiatry, 13, 315
DOI 10.1186/1471-244X-13-315, PubMed 24268099 -
Large variation of severity and longitudinal change of symptom distress among patients with personality disorders
Personal Ment Health, 7 (4), 265-76
DOI 10.1002/pmh.1226, PubMed 24343976 -
The impact of extended longitudinal observation on the assessment of personality disorders
Personal Ment Health, 7 (4), 277-87
DOI 10.1002/pmh.1234, PubMed 24343977 -
Eating disorders in a large clinical sample of men and women with personality disorders
Int J Eat Disord, 46 (8), 801-9
DOI 10.1002/eat.22176, PubMed 23983043
Publications 2012
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Mentalization as a moderator of treatment effects: findings from a randomized clinical trial for personality disorders
Psychother Res, 23 (6), 674-89
DOI 10.1080/10503307.2012.684103, PubMed 22612470 -
Is treatment in a day hospital step-down program superior to outpatient individual psychotherapy for patients with personality disorders? 36 months follow-up of a randomized clinical trial comparing different treatment modalities
Psychother Res, 22 (4), 426-41
DOI 10.1080/10503307.2012.662608, PubMed 22417131 -
Comments on personality disorders with over-regulation of emotions and poor self-reflectivity
Personal. Ment. Health, 6 (2), 167-169 -
Constructing and Mentalizing the Matrix
Gruppenpsychother. Gruppendyn., 48 (4), 379-396 -
The MBT Adherence and Competence Scale (MBT-ACS): development, structure and reliability
Psychother Res, 23 (6), 705-17
DOI 10.1080/10503307.2012.708795, PubMed 22916991 -
Large variations of global functioning over five years in treated patients with personality traits and disorders
J Pers Disord, 26 (2), 141-61
DOI 10.1521/pedi.2012.26.2.141, PubMed 22486446 -
Is low affect consciousness related to the severity of psychopathology? A cross-sectional study of patients with avoidant and borderline personality disorder
Compr Psychiatry, 54 (2), 149-57
DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.07.003, PubMed 22998844 -
Why the factorial structure of the SCL-90-R is unstable: comparing patient groups with different levels of psychological distress using Mokken Scale Analysis
Psychiatry Res, 200 (2-3), 819-26
DOI 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.03.012, PubMed 22494703 -
Avoidant personality, cluster A traits and Taijin kyofusho: Deconstructing a treatment resistant socially fearful young man: A commentary on a case by Maruta et al.
Personal. Ment. Health, 6 (3), 276-278
Publications 2011
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My Sensory Book: Working Together to Explore Sensory Issues and the Big Feelings they can Cause: A Workbook for Parents, Professionals, and Children
J. Autism Dev. Disord., 41 (1), 132-133 -
Experiences of existential problems and psychiatric nurses' ways of addressing them
Nordisk sygeplejeforskning, 1 (2), 111-128
PublikaID 115 -
Some suggestions for the DSM-5 schizotypal personality disorder construct
Compr Psychiatry, 53 (4), 341-9
DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.05.009, PubMed 21741634 -
Commentary on narcissistic personality disorder
Personal. Ment. Health, 5 (3), 235-237 -
A study of the dimensionality and measurement precision of the SCL-90-R using item response theory
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res, 20 (3), e39-55
DOI 10.1002/mpr.347, PubMed 21812065 -
The symptom and function dimensions of the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale
Compr Psychiatry, 53 (3), 292-8
DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.04.007, PubMed 21632038
Publications 2010
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Psychotherapy for personality disorders: 18 months' follow-up of the ullevål personality project
J Pers Disord, 24 (2), 188-203
DOI 10.1521/pedi.2010.24.2.188, PubMed 20420475 -
Psychiatric disorders in adolescents and adults with autism and intellectual disability: a representative study in one county in Norway
Res Dev Disabil, 31 (6), 1669-77
DOI 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.04.009, PubMed 20493660 -
Is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, histrionic personality disorder category a valid construct?
Compr Psychiatry, 51 (5), 462-70
DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.11.009, PubMed 20728002 -
Treatment of borderline personality disorder with schizotypal traits by Cesare Maffei, MD
Personal. Ment. Health, 4 (3), 229-232 -
Carmen: Histrionic personality disorder and psychotherapy Comment
Personal. Ment. Health, 4 (2), 153-157 -
Validity aspects of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, narcissistic personality disorder construct
Compr Psychiatry, 52 (5), 517-26
DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.11.001, PubMed 21193181 -
Long-term continuation treatment after short-term day treatment of female patients with severe personality disorders: Body awareness group therapy versus psychodynamic group therapy
Nord J Psychiatry, 64 (2), 115-22
DOI 10.3109/08039480903487525, PubMed 20392134 -
Interpersonal problems: self-therapist agreement and therapist consensus
J Clin Psychol, 67 (3), 308-17
DOI 10.1002/jclp.20762, PubMed 21254058 -
Using measures from the SCL-90-R to screen for personality disorders
Personal. Ment. Health, 4 (2), 121-132 -
Psychiatric symptoms and countertransference feelings: an empirical investigation
Psychiatry Res, 178 (1), 191-5
DOI 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.09.019, PubMed 20452056 -
PANDAS and anorexia nervosa--a spotters' guide: suggestions for medical assessment
Eur Eat Disord Rev, 18 (2), 116-23
DOI 10.1002/erv.977, PubMed 20148396
Publications 2009
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A cross-national validity study of the Severity Indices of Personality Problems (SIPP-118)
Personal. Ment. Health, 3 (1), 41-55 -
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, paranoid personality disorder diagnosis: a unitary or a two-dimensional construct?
Compr Psychiatry, 50 (6), 533-41
DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.01.003, PubMed 19840591 -
The Psychopathology in Autism Checklist (PAC): A pilot study
Res. Autism Spectr. Disord., 3 (1), 179-195 -
Substance use disorders among personality disordered patients admitted for day hospital treatment. Implications for service developments
Nord J Psychiatry, 63 (1), 57-63
DOI 10.1080/08039480802298705, PubMed 19172500 -
[Self-harm and personality disorders]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 129 (9), 872-6
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.08.0140, PubMed 19415088 -
The impact of avoidant personality disorder on psychosocial impairment is substantial
Nord J Psychiatry, 63 (5), 390-6
DOI 10.1080/08039480902831322, PubMed 19333817 -
Nineteen-month stability of Revised NEO Personality Inventory domain and facet scores in patients with personality disorders
J Nerv Ment Dis, 197 (3), 187-95
DOI 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181923fa0, PubMed 19282686