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
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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

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Employments

  • Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2025
  • Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2025

Degrees and Education

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

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