A5075204264- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Cancer survivorship and care
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment
University of Iceland
2015-2023
Reykjavík University
2020
Harvard University
2016-2020
McLean Hospital
2016-2020
Albright College
2016
Boston University
2016
Abstract Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) precedes multiple myeloma (MM). Population-based screening for MGUS could identify candidates early treatment in MM. Here we describe the Iceland Screens, Treats, or Prevents Multiple Myeloma study (iStopMM), first population-based including a randomized trial follow-up strategies. Icelandic residents born before 1976 were offered participation. Blood samples are collected alongside blood sampling healthcare system....
The key characteristic of a traumatic event as defined by the Diagnostic and Mental Manual Disorders (DSM) seems to be threat life. However, evidence suggests that other types threats may play role in development PTSD disorders such social anxiety disorder (SAD). One is trauma, which involves humiliation rejection situations. In this study, we explored whether there were differences frequency, type severity trauma endured individuals with primary diagnosis SAD (n = 60) compared clinical...
Background: The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia—Present Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL) is a semi-structured interview based on the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental (DSM), assesses past present symptoms in children aged 6–18 years old. It has been translated into more than 20 languages widely used clinical work. K-SADS-PL recently revised by adopting new DSM-5 disorders modifying probes accordingly. However, research this revision critically limited. objective study...
Abstract Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a common that usually associated with impaired functioning and high levels of suicidality. The current study the first to assess prevalence BDD among patients in partial hospital program compare without on demographic clinical variables. Participants were 207 variety Axis I diagnoses. Prevalence was 7.2%, diagnosis did not predict worse treatment outcome program. Patients more likely be female younger have comorbid diagnoses than BDD. No other...
Cognitive theories of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) feature appraisal trauma as a critical factor in the development and maintenance disorder. Here we explored appraisals social (severe rejection or humiliation). Participants were outpatients with anxiety (SAD) clinically significant PTSD symptoms (PTSS) after (n = 15); two clinical control groups either SAD 32) obsessive-compulsive (OCD; n 13); group no diagnoses 38). Measures included interview to assess related open-ended...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it have substantially affected the daily lives of most world's population.We describe impact first COVID-19 wave associated social restrictions on mental health a large adult performed cohort study nested in prospective randomized clinical trial, comparing responses during previous responses. We calculated odds ratio (OR) population moving up one severity category validated instruments used measure stress (PSS-10),...
Observers typically attend preferentially to stimuli with emotional content over emotionally neutral ones. For some this attentional pull is abnormally strong, and such attention biases may play a role in the development maintenance of anxiety disorders. The assessment potential constrained by measurement methods. tasks most commonly used measure preferential orienting stimuli, dot-probe spatial cueing tasks, have yielded mixed results. We assessed sensitivity 4 visual (dot-probe, cueing,...
Cognitive theories of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) feature appraisal trauma as a critical factor in the development and maintenance disorder. Here we explored appraisals social (severe rejection or humiliation). Participants were outpatients with clinically significant PTSD symptoms (PTSS) after (n = 15); two clinical control groups either anxiety (SAD; n 32) obsessive-compulsive (OCD; 13; group no diagnoses 38). Measures included interview to assess related open-ended The...