Lorena Fernandez De La Cruz
Principal Researcher
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Telephone: +46852483230
Visiting address: Gävlegatan 22B, plan 8, 11330 STOCKHOLM
Postal address: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 CPF Mataix/Cols Fernandez de la Cruz, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I completed my PhD in psychiatry and clinical psychology and defended my thesis with honors in 2013 at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. In my dissertation, I explored the clinical heterogeneity of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents. For four years, I worked at the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), King's College London. During my last year at the IoP, I completed a one-year postdoc in the Mood & Development Laboratory at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. I moved to Stockholm in 2014 for a second postdoc at the Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders Across the Lifespan research group at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (CNS), led by Professor David Mataix-Cols, where I started working with psychiatric epidemiology designs. From 2016 to 2019 I was an Assistant Professor (Forskarassistent) in this group and, since 2020, I am a Senior Researcher. I qualified as Docent in Psychology in 2021.
Since September 2018, I am the Equal Treatment Representative (Ombud för Lika Villkor) at CNS. I am also the Dissemination and Outreach Coordinator for BUP Forsknings och Utvecklingscentrum (BUP FoUU) at the Stockholm Mental Health Services (SLSO), Region Stockholm.
Research
- I am the team leader of the “Health consequences and lifestyle modification group”, within the larger Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders Across the Lifespan research group. My team aims to study health outcomes, life expectancy, and causes of mortality in OCD and related conditions, such as tic disorders and anxiety disorders. We also study societal outcomes (e.g., educational attainment, labour market participation) in these disorders. We mainly use epidemiological methods in order to respond to our research questions.
Building upon the results from our epidemiological research on the association between OCD and health-related disorders, we have developed and are currently testing a lifestyle intervention to reduce cardiometabolic risk factors in individuals with OCD.
I am also interested in the development and dissemination of evidence-based treatments for OCD-related conditions (including body dysmorphic disorder and hoarding disorder) and tic disorders.
Teaching
- I am a frequent lecturer on OCD and related disorders, as well as methodological aspects of clinical research, for undergraduate (psychology and medical programs), MSc, and PhD students at Karolinska Institutet and for psychologists and psychiatrists within the Stockholm healthcare services. I am the leader of the KI PhD course Clinical Research in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Methods and Practice.
I am the main supervisor for one postdoc (Maral Jolstedt) and two PhD students (Anna Holmberg and Sofia Asplund), and co-supervisor for another four PhD students (Martina Gumpert, Sofia Jägholm, Anita Birovecz, and Moa Holmsved) at Karolinska Institutet.
Previous students that have already completed their doctoral studies under my supervision include Alba Vilaplana Pérez (2021), Laura Sevilla Cermeño (2021), Tianyang Zhang (2022), and Daniel Rautio (2024) for whom I was the main supervisor, and Per Andrén (2022), for whom I was a co-supervisor.
Articles
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Article: BEHAVIOR THERAPY. 2024;55(2):376-390
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Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2024;81(3):284-291
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Journal article: BEHAVIOR THERAPY. 2024;55(2):376-390
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Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2024;24(1):98
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2024;53(1):dyad184
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Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2024;384:e077564
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Article: COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY. 2024;:1-13
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Article: CHILD PSYCHIATRY & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. 2023;54(6):1799-1806
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Article: INTERNET INTERVENTIONS-THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MENTAL AND BEHAVIOURAL HEALTH. 2023;34:100688
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Article: BMJ OPEN. 2023;13(10):e069427
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Article: MOVEMENT DISORDERS. 2023;38(8):1419-1427
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Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2023;23(1):442
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2023;381:120-127
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Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2023;93(11):1023-1030
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Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2023;6(6):e2318212
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2023;53(7):3056-3064
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Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2023;80(4):323-330
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Article: BEHAVIOR THERAPY. 2023;54(1):43-50
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Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2022;154:117-122
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Journal article: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2022;63:e138-e139
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Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;57(9):1817-1827
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Article: BEHAVIOR THERAPY. 2022;53(5):1037-1049
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Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2022;5(8):e2225614
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Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2022;5(6):e2214779
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Article: JAMA NEUROLOGY. 2022;79(5):459-467
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2022;52(7):1268-1276
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Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2022;27(3):1712-1719
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Article: MOVEMENT DISORDERS. 2022;37(2):392-400
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Article: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2022;31(1):133-144
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Article: PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS. 2022;91(6):424-430
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Article: JAMA NEUROLOGY. 2021;78(10):1205-1211
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Article: CHILD PSYCHIATRY & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. 2021;52(5):916-927
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Article: CHILD PSYCHIATRY & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. 2021;52(4):739-750
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Article: BEHAVIOR THERAPY. 2021;52(4):821-829
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Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2021;26(4):1224-1233
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2021;51(5):861-869
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Article: MOVEMENT DISORDERS CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2021;8(3):412-419
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Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2021;4(3):e210837
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Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2021;135:189-196
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Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2021;26(3):974-985
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Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2021;281:422-430
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Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2021;89(4):407-414
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2021;51(1):83-89
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Article: MOVEMENT DISORDERS. 2021;36(1):188-195
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Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2020;3(12):e2028477
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Article: NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS. 2020;119:514-520
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Article: MOVEMENT DISORDERS. 2020;35(12):2270-2278
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Article: NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS. 2020;118:504-513
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Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2020;77(11):1147-1154
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Article: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2020;29(9):1289-1299
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Article: BEHAVIOR THERAPY. 2020;51(5):753-763
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Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2020;20(1):242
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Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2020;266:413-416
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2020;50(4):616-624
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Article: JOURNAL OF ANXIETY DISORDERS. 2019;68:102149
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Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2019;367:l5784
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2019;9(1):227
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Article: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2019;28(8):1137-1145
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Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2019;365:l1255
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Article: JAMA NEUROLOGY. 2019;76(4):454-461
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2019;49(6):1015-1024
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Article: SLEEP MEDICINE. 2019;56:104-110
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Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2018;28(9):637-645
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Article: JAMA NEUROLOGY. 2018;75(9):1098-1105
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Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2018;84(5):324-331
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Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2018;15(8):e1002635
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Article: CHILD PSYCHIATRY & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. 2018;49(4):607-620
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Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2018;23(7):1652-1658
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Article: JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 2018;319(23):2388-2400
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Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2018;23(5):1189-1197
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Article: CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH. 2018;23(2):99-106
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Article: TRANSCULTURAL PSYCHIATRY. 2018;55(2):261-285
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Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2018;75(1):47-55
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Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2017;22(11):1626-1632
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Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2017;82(2):111-118
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Article: BEHAVIOR THERAPY. 2017;48(4):462-473
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Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2016;73(11):1135-1144
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Journal article: CURRENT PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH AND REVIEWS. 2016;12(2):115-123
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Article: JOURNAL OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE AND RELATED DISORDERS. 2016;9:66-72
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Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2016;51(3):455-464
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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2015;207(6):530-535
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Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2015;54(11):895-904
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Article: JOURNAL OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE AND RELATED DISORDERS. 2015;5:37-42
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Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2015;54(1):62-70.e3
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Article: JOURNAL OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE AND RELATED DISORDERS. 2015;4:30-36
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Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2014;159:7-14
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Article: JOURNAL OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE AND RELATED DISORDERS. 2014;3(1):29-34
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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2013;203(6):445-452
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Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2013;209(2):196-201
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Article: DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY. 2013;30(8):732-740
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Article: JOURNAL OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE AND RELATED DISORDERS. 2013;2(3):346-350
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2013;162B(4):380-387
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2013;43(5):1069-1079
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2013;43(4):837-847
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Article: COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY. 2013;54(3):229-237
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Article: JOURNAL OF ANXIETY DISORDERS. 2013;27(2):204-209
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Article: DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY. 2013;30(1):61-66
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Article: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2012;27(8):598-604
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Article: DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY. 2012;29(3):210-218
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2011;41(12):2475-2484
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Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2009;170(2-3):241-244
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All other publications
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Letter: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2023;93(11):e37-e38
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Preprint: RES SQ. 2023;RES SQ
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Preprint: 2023;PsyArXiv
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Review: NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS. 2022;136:104602
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Conference publication: BEHAVIOR GENETICS. 2021;51(6):751-752
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Letter: MOVEMENT DISORDERS CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2020;7(6):725-726
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Review: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2020;50(8):1300-1315
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Preprint: 2020;PsyArXiv
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Book chapter: 2020;p. 1023-1030
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Editorial comment: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2020;77(1):9-10
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Conference publication: BEHAVIOR GENETICS. 2020;50(6):462
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Review: NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS. 2019;107:154-165
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Conference publication: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2019;29:S150-S151
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Review: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2019;2(8):e1910236
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Editorial comment: WORLD PSYCHIATRY. 2018;17(2):224-225
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Review: EVIDENCE-BASED MENTAL HEALTH. 2017;20(3):71-75
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Review: ASIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2017;27:53-66
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Corrigendum: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2017;74(5):542
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Review: NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS. 2016;71:542-562
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Review: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW. 2016;48:43-51
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Letter: WORLD PSYCHIATRY. 2016;15(1):80-81
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Conference publication: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2015;24:S119-S120
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Conference publication: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2015;24:S92-S93
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Conference publication: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2015;24:S94
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Conference publication: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2015;24:S121
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Editorial comment: MEDICINA CLINICA. 2012;138(5):215-219
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Grants
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Early treatment access for youth with BDDFolksam's Research Foundation (Folksams Forskningsstiftelse)1 January 2023 - 31 December 2024
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The Heart and Lung Foundation (Hjärt-Lungfonden)1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025
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The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet)1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025
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Forte1 January 2020 - 31 December 2022
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Forte1 January 2016 - 31 December 2019
Employments
- Principal Researcher, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2021
- PhD, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2013