Rebecca Andersson (fd Grudin)

Rebecca Andersson (fd Grudin)

Phd Student
Telephone: +46852483299
Visiting address: Barn- o ungdomspsykiatriskt forkningscentrum,Gävlegatan 22B, plan 8, 11330 Stockholm
Postal address: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 CPF Högström, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • PhD student, clinical psychologist, and trial coordinator in a research project evaluating feasibility, experiences, and efficacy of scalable psychological interventions for adolescent depression. Planned PhD defence: May 16 2025.

Research

  • RESEARCH INTERESTS

    • Psychological interventions to treat youth mental health issues, specifically depression.
    • Scalable interventions. Internet-delivered interventions.
    • Reaching underserved groups.

     

    RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

    Ongoing

    • PhD-project – developing and evaluating therapist-guided and self-guided internet-based treatment for adolescents with mild and major depression. Coordinator in the involved studies.
    • A feasibility study on internet-based trauma-focused CBT for adolescents with PTSD. Consultation on treatment development, proofreading the treatment, and advising on standard operating and clinical procedures.

     

    Previous

    • A prevention study targeting parents with their own anxiety problems. Contribution in the delivery of the parent groups, and participation in manuscript writing.
    • A multi-site clinical trial of group training for adolescents with depression within CAMHS Sweden. Involvement in planning (selecting of outcome measures), training blinded assessors, conducting qualitative interviews, and manuscript writing.
    • Improving occupational psychological health among intensive care medical staff with communication skills training. Involvement in delivering the intervention and writing up the results.
    • A pilot study of group-CBT for insomnia for adults with chronic pain. Study design, delivering the intervention and manuscript writing.
    • A trial on a group-based intervention for individuals with comorbid obesity and eating disorders. I wrote my Master thesis in this project.

Teaching

  • In recent years, I have primarily taught at Karolinska Institutet, within the psychology and medical programmes, as well as doctoral education, and for various health care professionals in psychiatry on topics such as youth depression, paediatric clinical trials, and psychological assessment and interventions.

     

    For instance, I have trained practitioners in child and adolescent psychiatry, including a four-day course on behavioural activation for depression for diverse therapists within Child Psychiatry. I also love talking about psychology and research with children and youths; for instance, I have talked about my research to eight-year-olds (2024) and our RCT at free digital seminars for schools and youth centres (2022, 2023, and 2024). From 2019 to 2023, I answered young people’s questions about psychology and mental health on the website Psykologiguiden UNG, which is funded by the Swedish Inheritance Fund and supported by the Swedish Student Council and the Swedish Psychological Association.

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