Rebecca Andersson

Rebecca Andersson

Affiliated to Research
Telephone: +46852483299
Visiting address: Norra Stationsgatan 69, plan 7, 11364 Stockholm
Postal address: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 CPF Lundgren, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • PhD and clinical psychologist. 

    Currently, I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Psychotherapy, Education and Research (KCP).

    My PhD defence took place on 16 May 2025, and the thesis focused on a research project assessing the feasibility, experiences, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of scalable psychological interventions for adolescent depression.

Research

  • Interests

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

    Ongoing projects

    • Combined exercise and psychologial treatment for adults with moderate to severe depression: feasibility, effectiveness and mechanisms. PI: Tobias Lundgren.
    • Feasibility study of internet-based trauma-focused CBT for adolescents with PTSD. Consultation on treatment development, proofreading the treatment materials, and advising on standard operating and clinical procedures, and conducting qualitative study interviews. PI: Maria Bragesjö.
    • PhD-project – developing and evaluating therapist-guided and self-guided internet-based treatment for adolescents with mild and moderate depression. Coordinator in the involved studies. PI: Eva Serlachius

    Previous projects

    • Prevention study targeting parents with anxiety problems. Contributed to delivery of parent groups, and participated in manuscript writing. PI: Johan Åhlén.
    • A multi-site clinical trial of group training for adolescents with depression within CAMHS Sweden. Involved in planning, training blinded assessors, conducting qualitative interviews, and manuscript writing. PI: Håkan Jarbin.
    • RCT to improve occupational psychological health among intensive care medical staff through communication skills training. Responsible for delivering the intervention and contributing to the writing of study results. PI: Rikard Wicksell.
    • Pilot study of group-based CBT for insomnia in adults with chronic pain. Responsible for study design, intervention delivery, and manuscript writing. PI: Linda Holmström.
    • A trial on a group-based intervention for individuals with comorbid obesity and eating disorders. I wrote my Master thesis in this project. PI: Ata Ghaderi.

Teaching

  • In recent years, I have mainly taught at Karolinska Institute, within the psychology and medical programmes, as well as doctoral education, and for various healthcare 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 enjoy discussing psychology and research with children and youths; for example, I have presented 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 Psykologiguiden UNG, funded by the Swedish Inheritance Fund and supported by the Swedish Student Council and the Swedish Psychological Association.

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Grants

  • Visit at Wolfson Centre for Youth Mental Health, Cardiff University, Wales
    Jerringfonden
    1 September 2024 - 31 October 2024
  • Fredrik and Ingrid Thuring's Foundation
    1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024
  • Stiftelsen Frimurare Barnhuset i Stockholm 2021
  • Stiftelsen Frimurare Barnhuset i Stockholm 2022
  • Stiftelsen Frimurare Barnhuset i Stockholm 2023
  • Stiftelsen Frimurare Barnhuset i Stockholm 2019

Employments

  • Affiliated to Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2028

Degrees and Education

  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2025

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