Sara Wallhed Finn

Sara Wallhed Finn

Adjunct Lecturer | Docent
Visiting address: Norra Stationsgatan 69, 11364 Stockholm
Postal address: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 CPF Jayaram/Hammarberg, 171 77 Stockholm
Part of:
  • Department of Clinical Neuroscience
  • Centre for Psychiatry Research at CNS
  • Psychological treatment of addiction – Anders Hammarberg and Nitya Jayaram-Lindström's research group

About me

  • I am an Associate Professor of public health (docent) in the group Epidemiology of Psychiatric Conditions, Substance use and Social Environment (EPICSS), at the department for Global Public Health. I am also a clinical psychologist and work clinically in specialist addiction care at Riddargatan 1, mottagningen för alkohol och hälsa at Stockholm Centre for Dependency Disorders (www.riddargatan1.se [1]).

    Awards
    First price Swedish Alcohol Retail Monopoly (Systembolagets) Junior scholarship for alcohol research 2019

    Price second best abstract.

    ”Treatment for alcohol dependence in primary care compared to specialist treatment – a randomised controlled trial”.
    International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol & Other Drugs (INEBRIA). Conference New York 2017. Wallhed Finn, S., Hammarberg, A., Andreasson, S.

    Price best poster.

    “Treatment of alcohol dependence: A randomized controlled trial comparing treatment in primary care with specialized 
    addiction treatment”. European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies. Conference Stockholm 2016. Wallhed Finn, S., Hammarberg, A., Andreasson, S.

    Price best poster. ”Treatment for alcohol dependence in primary care compared to specialist treatment – a randomised controlled trial”.

    Swedish association for Alcohol and Drug research (Svenska föreningen för Alkohol- och Drogforskning). Conference Norrköping 2016. Wallhed Finn, S., Hammarberg, A., Andreasson, S.


    Books
    Hammarberg, A. & Wallhed Finn, S. (2015). Controlled drinking – a treatment manual (Åter till kontrollerat drickande – en handbok för kliniker).
    Studentlitteratur.


    Johansson, K. & Wallhed Finn, S. (2012). ”Prescription drug dependence”  (Läkemedelsberoende) in ”Psychology of dependence”(Missbrukspsykologi). Ed. Fahlke, C. Liber.

Research

  • My research focuses around development, effects and long-term outcomes of  health care intervention to prevent and treat alcohol use disorders. My main  focus is on individuals with moderate severity of alcohol dependence.

    Moreover, I lead projects on the utilization of evidence-based treatments. I am also interested in treatment seeking for alcohol use disorders and  interventions to increase treatment seeking with special focus on stigma.

Teaching

  • My teaching mainly focusses around epidemiology, prevention and treatment of
    alcohol use disorders.
    I teach at:
    - Clinical Psychologist program at Karolinska Institutet
    - Center for Psychiatry Research in Stockholm, mainly health care staff

Articles

All other publications

  • Conference publication: ADDICTION SCIENCE & CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2023;18(SUPPL 1)
    Finn SW; Mejldal A
  • Conference publication: ADDICTION SCIENCE & CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2022;17(SUPPL 1)
    Finn SW; Nielsen AS
  • Conference publication: ALCOHOL-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 2022;46:227A
    Ingesson S; Jayaram-Lindstrom N; Andreasson S; Finn SW; Hammarberg A
  • Editorial: JOURNAL OF STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 2022;83(2):296-297
    DE Bejczy A; Finn SW; Soderpalm B; Andreasson S
  • Letter: ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM. 2019;54(6):667
    Andreasson S; Wallhed-Finn S; Hammerberg A
  • Doctoral thesis: 2018
    Wallhed Finn S
  • Conference publication: ADDICTION SCIENCE & CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2017;12(Suppl 1):25
    Holloway AS; Ferguson J; Landale S; Cariola L; Newbury-Birch D; Flynn A; Knight JR; Sherritt L; Harris SK; O’Donnell AJ; Kaner E; Hanratty B; Loree AM; Yonkers KA; Ondersma SJ; Gilstead-Hayden K; Martino S; Adam A; Schwartz RP; Wu L-T; Subramaniam G; Sharma G; McNeely J; Berman AH; Kolaas K; Petersén E; Bendtsen P; Hedman E; Linderoth C; Müssener U; Sinadinovic K; Spak F; Gremyr I; Thurang A; Mitchell AM; Finnell D; Savage CL; Mahmoud KF; Riordan BC; Conner TS; Flett JAM; Scarf D; McRee B; Vendetti J; Gallucci KS; Robaina K; Clark BJ; Jones J; Reed KD; Hodapp RM; Douglas I; Burnham EL; Aagaard L; Cook PF; Harris BR; Yu J; Wolff M; Rogers M; Barbosa C; Wedehase BJ; Dunlap LJ; Mitchell SG; Dusek KA; Gryczynski J; Kirk AS; Oros MT; Hosler C; O’Grady KE; Brown BS; Angus C; Sherborne S; Gillespie D; Meier P; Brennan A; de Vargas D; Soares J; Castelblanco D; Doran KM; Wittman I; Shelley D; Rotrosen J; Gelberg L; Edelman EJ; Maisto SA; Hansen NB; Cutter CJ; Deng Y; Dziura J; Fiellin LE; O’Connor PG; Bedimo R; Gibert C; Marconi VC; Rimland D; Rodriguez-Barradas MC; Simberkoff MS; Justice AC; Bryant KJ; Fiellin DA; Giles EL; Coulton S; Deluca P; Drummond C; Howel D; McColl E; McGovern R; Scott S; Stamp E; Sumnall H; Vale L; Alabani V; Atkinson A; Boniface S; Frankham J; Gilvarry E; Hendrie N; Howe N; McGeechan GJ; Ramsey A; Stanley G; Clephane J; Gardiner D; Holmes J; Martin N; Shevills C; Soutar M; Chi FW; Weisner C; Ross TB; Mertens J; Sterling SA; Shorter GW; Heather N; Bray J; Cohen HA; McPherson TL; Adam C; López-Pelayo H; Gual A; Segura-Garcia L; Colom J; Ornelas IJ; Doyle S; Donovan D; Duran B; Torres V; Gaume J; Grazioli V; Fortini C; Paroz S; Bertholet N; Daeppen J-B; Satterfield JM; Gregorich S; Alvarado NJ; Muñoz R; Kulieva G; Vijayaraghavan M; Adam A; Cunningham JA; Díaz E; Palacio-Vieira J; Godinho A; Kushir V; O’Brien KHM; Aguinaldo LD; Sellers CM; Spirito A; Chang G; Blake-Lamb T; LaFave LRA; Thies KM; Pepin AL; Sprangers KE; Bradley M; Jorgensen S; Catano NA; Murray AR; Schachter D; Andersen RM; Rey GN; Vahidi M; Rico MW; Baumeister SE; Johansson M; Sinadinovic C; Hermansson U; Andreasson S; O’Grady MA; Kapoor S; Akkari C; Bernal C; Pappacena K; Morley J; Auerbach M; Neighbors CJ; Kwon N; Conigliaro J; Morgenstern J; Magill M; Apodaca TR; Borsari B; Hoadley A; Scott Tonigan J; Moyers T; Fitzgerald NM; Schölin L; Barticevic N; Zuzulich S; Poblete F; Norambuena P; Sacco P; Ting L; Beaulieu M; Wallace PG; Andrews M; Daley K; Shenker D; Gallagher L; Watson R; Weaver T; Bruguera P; Oliveras C; Gavotti C; Barrio P; Braddick F; Miquel L; Suárez M; Bruguera C; Brown RL; Capell JW; Paul Moberg D; Maslowsky J; Saunders LA; McCormack RP; Scheidell J; Gonzalez M; Bauroth S; Liu W; Lindsay DL; Lincoln P; Hagle H; Wallhed Finn S; Hammarberg A; Andréasson S; King SE; Vargo R; Kameg BN; Acquavita SP; Van Loon RA; Smith R; Brehm BJ; Diers T; Kim K; Barker A; Jones AL; Skinner AC; Hinman A; Svikis DS; Thacker CL; Resnicow K; Beatty JR; Janisse J; Puder K; Bakshi A-S; Milward JM; Kimergard A; Garnett CV; Crane D; Brown J; West R; Michie S; Rosendahl I; Andersson C; Gajecki M; Blankers M; Donoghue K; Lynch E; Maconochie I; Phillips C; Pockett R; Phillips T; Patton R; Russell I; Strang J; Stewart MT; Quinn AE; Brolin M; Evans B; Horgan CM; Liu J; McCree F; Kanovsky D; Oberlander T; Zhang H; Hamlin B; Saunders R; Barton MB; Scholle SH; Santora P; Bhatt C; Ahmed K; Hodgkin D; Gao W; Merrick EL; Drebing CE; Larson MJ; Sharma M; Petry NM; Saitz R; Weisner CM; Young-Wolff KC; Lu WY; Blosnich JR; Lehavot K; Glass JE; Williams EC; Bensley KM; Chan G; Dombrowski J; Fortney J; Rubinsky AD; Lapham GT; Forray A; Olmstead TA; Gilstad-Hayden K; Kershaw T; Dillon P; Weaver MF; Grekin ER; Ellis JD; McGoron L; McGoron L
  • Letter: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2016;113:DWHL
    Wåhlin S; Finn SW; Andréasson S

Employments

  • Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2027
  • Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2026

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2024
  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2018

Supervision

  • Supervision to doctoral degree

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