Rebecca Andersson fd Grudin

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.

- 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 guided and unguided internet-based treatment for adolescents with mild and major depression. Coordinator in the involved studies.

A prevention study targeting parents with their own anxiety problems. Contribution in the delivery of the parent groups, and participation in manuscript writing.

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 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

From 2018 to 2024, I have primarily taught within higher education and health care institutions, focusing on psychology, child psychiatry, and behavioral medicine. Last couple of years I have mainly taught at Karolinska Institutet and within Stockholm Region, on topics such as youth depression, paediatric clinical trials, and psychological assessment and interventions.
For example, I conducted a 4-day course on behavioural activation for therapists within CAMHS for Region Stockholm. I also led a seminar on youth depression as part of an elective course in the medical programme at Karolinska Institutet and provided training for a research group at Lund University on using the CDRS-R for assessing youth depression. In addition, I have arranged and taught a specialist course for psychologists on supervision in healthcare, and delivered workshops on treatment for children with anxiety and depression in the Psychologist programme at Karolinska Institutet.