Christian Mannfolk

About me

I am currently a PhD student at Karolinska Institutet and a intern physician ("AT-läkare") at Karolinska University Hospital. I have been active in
research at Karolinska Institutet since 2017. Furthermore, I have several years of experience with psychiatric care and psychiatric diagnoses as a physician and a support person ("boendestödjare").
I have personally received grants from Ingrid &
Fredrik Thurings stiftelse, the Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) and Stiftelsen Professor Bror Gadelius Minnesfond.
I acquired my medical degree in January 2021 from Karolinska Institutet.

My PhD is mainly confined within the PRIOTAB project, focusing on neuroimaging and neuropsychological markers in pedophilic disorder and treatment effects. The overarching goal of my research is to provide understanding of neurobiological underpinnings of the disorder and effective treatment as well as working towards objective biomarkers for risk assessment and treatment choice.

I am also part of the working group for the new planned pharmacological intervention study for men at high risk of committing sexual offenses with a sexual psychiatric disorder, tentatively called PREVENT-MED.

Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY GLOBAL OPEN SCIENCE. 2023;3(2):292-300
Altered Neural and Behavioral Response to Sexually Implicit Stimuli During a Pictorial-Modified Stroop Task in Pedophilic Disorder
Mannfolk C; Liberg B; Abe C; Rahm C
Article: ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. 2021;143(4):363-374
Brain structure and clinical profile point to neurodevelopmental factors involved in pedophilic disorder
Abe C; Adebahr R; Liberg B; Mannfolk C; Lebedev A; Eriksson J; Langstrom N; Rahm C

Grant from Professor B Gadelius Minnesfond for imaging analysis of PRIOTAB data
Stiftelsen Professor Bror Gadelius Minnesfond
12 April 2022
Pre-doctoral research grant
Association for the Treatment & Prevention of Sexual Abuse
13 September 2021
Grant for research expenditures
Fredrik och Ingrid Thurings Stiftelse
15 December 2020 - 15 December 2022

Phd Student, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2027
Research Intern Physician, Karolinska University Hospital, 2021-2024
Junior Doctor, Psykiatri Södra Stockholm, Stockholm County Council, 2021-2021