Internet, health and clinical psychology research group

Internet, health and clinical psychology research group is located at Linköping university, with national and international collaborations and affiliated members.

The group focus on intervention research on a wide range of clinical conditions such as anxiety and mood disorders and health problems like tinnitus and chronic pain. We also study psychological aspects of health conditions, including cognition, epidemiology and neuropsychology. Several research projects deal with Internet-delivered treatment and assessment in the form of randomized controlled trials.  

News

2012-02-26 Few evidence of tinnitus alarm

Alarming reports that many young people suffer from hearing damage when listening to music are reports reports TV4 Norrköping, Sweden. See interview with Gerhard Andersson about the ambiguity of extended music listening actually will result in permanent hearing loss, here.

2012-02-06 Guest researcher

The research team has been visited by Bogdan Tulbure PhD from Babes-Bolyai University in Romania. Bogdan will spend two months at Linköping University to work with a social anxiety disorder study over the Internet.

2012-01-16 Current research

During the spring semester a large number of research projects are to be implemented by the research group on the Internet, health and clinical psychology with Linköping University, Umeå University, Karolinska Institute. All studies are done over the internet-administered treatment that is ethics-reviewed and free.

Some selected studies:

• Smartphone-administered guided CBT treatment for social anxiety disorder in adults
• Treatment study in Sorani (Kurdish), for Kurds who suffer from depression or depressed mood
• Treatment of depression and anxiety, focusing on your feelings
• Couple therapy for same-sex couples who have difficulty communicating and agreeing
• Treatment for pregnant women suffering from childbirth fear and who are expecting their first child
• Evaluation of Internet-based support system, the treatment will be available via a tablet
• Internet-based CBT treatment, which treats insomnia and implemented in conjunction with primary health care in Östergötland

Learn more current studies through studie.nu
 

New graduate and current in the media 2011-09-09  

PhD student Jacob Dahl researching in brain imaging of tinnitus and tinnitus-related cognitive functions are welcomed to the team! Read more tinnitus and treatment iintervju with Gerhard Andersson and Vendela Zetterqvist in SvD here.

Summer Clearance 2011-06-16

The research team had a summer closing June 16 in the country side in Skänninge. We wish you a nice summer!

New graduate students 2011-04-28

The research group has recently been strengthened with several new graduate students. Graduate students Hoa Ly, Jesper Dagöö and Robert Pearson Asplund will work with the development of CBT treatment for smartphones, and Kristoffer N T Månsson that works with functional brain imaging (fMRI) of social phobia.

Read more about who is included in the research group here.

New organisation started 2011-03-22

A new non-profit organisations for everyone who is intressed in Internet treatment has started, called Niffit. The annual meeting took place in Stockholm the 17th of March and decisions was taken on board and the purpose of the organisation. The meeting elected Gerhard Andersson as president, members aslo elected is Per Carlbring, Robert Johansson, Brjánn Ljótsson, Linda Snecker, and Alexander Alasjö and Kristin Silfvernagel as stand-ins.