Julia Boberg

ORCID: 0000-0003-3399-2838
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Research Areas
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Stuttering Research and Treatment
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social and Educational Sciences
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy

Karolinska Institutet
2018-2025

Stockholm Health Care Services
2019-2025

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2024

California University of Pennsylvania
2023

The London College
2023

University of Gothenburg
2023

Karolinska University Hospital
2021-2022

Child Health and Development Institute
2021

Stockholm County Council
2021

Uppsala University
2016

Importance Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a highly specialized treatment that in short supply worldwide. Objectives To investigate whether both therapist-guided and unguided internet-based CBT (ICBT) are noninferior to face-to-face adults with OCD, conduct health economic evaluation, determine effects were moderated by source of participant referral. Design, Setting, Participants This study single-blinded, noninferiority, randomized clinical...

10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.1967 article EN cc-by-nc-nd JAMA Network Open 2022-03-14
Nora I. Strom Zachary F. Gerring Marco Galimberti Dongmei Yu Matthew Halvorsen and 95 more Abdel Abdellaoui Cristina Rodriguez‐Fontenla Julia Sealock Tim B. Bigdeli Jonathan R. I. Coleman Behrang Mahjani Jackson G. Thorp Katharina Bey Christie L. Burton Jurjen J. Luykx Gwyneth Zai Silvia Alemany Christine André Kathleen D. Askland Nerisa Banaj Cristina Barlassina Judith Becker Nissen O. Joseph Bienvenu Donald W. Black Michael H. Bloch Julia Boberg Sigrid Børte Rosa Bosch Michael S. Breen Brian P. Brennan Helena Brentani Joseph D. Buxbaum Jonas Bybjerg‐Grauholm Enda M. Byrne Judit Cabana‐Domínguez Beatríz Camarena Adrian Camarena Carolina Cappi Ángel Carracedo Miguel Casas Maria Cristina Cavallini Valentina Ciullo Edwin H. Cook Jesse M. Crosby Bernadette Cullen Elles de Schipper Richard Delorme Srdjan Djurovic Jason A. Elias Xavier Estivill Martha J. Falkenstein Bengt T. Fundín Lauryn E. Garner Chris German Christina Gironda Fernando S. Goes Marco A. Grados Jakob Grove Wei Guo Jan Haavik Kristen Hagen Kelly Harrington Alexandra Havdahl Kira Höffler Ana Gabriela Hounie Donald Hucks Christina M. Hultman Magdalena Janecka Eric Jenike Elinor K. Karlsson Kara N. Kelley Julia Klawohn Janice Krasnow Kristi Krebs Christoph Lange Nuria Lanzagorta Daniel F. Levey Kerstin Lindblad‐Toh Fabìo Macciardi Brion S. Maher Brittany M. Mathes Evonne McArthur Nathaniel W. McGregor Nicole McLaughlin Sandra Meier Eurípedes C. Miguel Maureen Mulhern Paul S. Nestadt Erika L. Nurmi Kevin S. O’Connell Lisa Osiecki Olga Therese Ousdal Teemu Palviainen Nancy L. Pedersen Fabrizio Piras Federica Piras Sriramya Potluri Raquel Rabionet Alfredo Ramı́rez Scott L. Rauch

Abstract Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects ∼1% of the population and exhibits a high SNP-heritability, yet previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have provided limited information on genetic etiology underlying biological mechanisms disorder. We conducted GWAS meta-analysis combining 53,660 OCD cases 2,044,417 controls from 28 European-ancestry cohorts revealing 30 independent significant SNPs SNP-based heritability 6.7%. Separate for clinical, biobank, comorbid,...

10.1101/2024.03.13.24304161 preprint EN cc-by-nc-nd medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024-03-13

This study applied supervised machine learning with multi-modal data to predict remission of major depressive disorder (MDD) after psychotherapy. Genotyped adult patients (n = 894, 65.5% women, age 18-75 years) diagnosed mild-to-moderate MDD and treated guided Internet-based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (ICBT) at the Internet Psychiatry Clinic in Stockholm were included (2008-2016). Predictor types demographic, clinical, process (e.g., time complete online questionnaires), genetic (polygenic...

10.1038/s41398-022-02133-3 article EN cc-by Translational Psychiatry 2022-09-01

To date, four genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have been published, reporting a high single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-heritability 28% but finding only one significant SNP. A sub-stantial increase in sample size will likely lead to further identification SNPs, genes, and biological pathways mediating the susceptibility OCD. We conducted GWAS meta-analysis with 2-3-fold case (OCD cases: N = 37,015, controls: 948,616) compared last OCD GWAS,...

10.1101/2024.03.06.24303776 preprint EN cc-by-nc-nd medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024-03-08

A large proportion of patients undergoing cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) do not respond sufficiently to treatment. Identifying predictors change in symptom severity after treatment could inform clinical decision-making, allow better-tailored interventions, and avoid failure. Prior research on response has, however, yielded inconsistent findings with limited utility. Here, we investigated the predictive power nine polygenic risk scores (PRSs)...

10.1002/ajmg.b.33026 article EN cc-by-nc-nd American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2025-03-07
Nora I. Strom Dongmei Yu Zachary F. Gerring Matthew Halvorsen Abdel Abdellaoui and 95 more Cristina Rodriguez‐Fontenla Julia Sealock Tim B. Bigdeli Jonathan R. I. Coleman Behrang Mahjani Jackson G. Thorp Katharina Bey Christie L. Burton Jurjen J. Luykx Gwyneth Zai Kathleen D. Askland Cristina Barlassina Judith Becker Nissen Laura Bellodi O. Joseph Bienvenu Donald W. Black Michael H. Bloch Julia Boberg Rosa Bosch Michael S. Breen Brian P. Brennan Helena Brentani Joseph D. Buxbaum Jonas Bybjerg‐Grauholm Enda M. Byrne Beatríz Camarena Adrian Camarena Carolina Cappi Ángel Carracedo Miguel Casas Maria Cristina Cavallini Valentina Ciullo Edwin H. Cook Vladimir Coric Bernadette Cullen Elles de Schipper Bernie Devlin Srdjan Djurovic Jason A. Elias Lauren Erdman Xavier Estivil Martha J. Falkenstein Bengt T. Fundín Maiken E. Gabrielsen Fernando S. Goes Marco A. Grados Jakob Grove Wei Guo Jan Haavik Kristen Hagen Alexandra Havdahl Ana Gabriela Hounie Donald Hucks Christina M. Hultman Magdalena Janecka Michael A. Jenike Elinor K. Karlsson Julia Klawohn Lambertus Klei Janice Krasnow Kristi Krebs Jason W. Krompinger Nuria Lanzagorta Fabìo Macciardi Brion S. Maher Evonne McArthur Nathaniel W. McGregor Nicole McLaughlin Sandra Meier Eurípedes C. Miguel Maureen Mulhern Paul S. Nestadt Erika L. Nurmi Kevin S. O’Connell Lisa Osiecki Teemu Palviainen Fabrizio Piras Federica Piras Ann E. Pulver Raquel Rabionet Alfredo Ramı́rez Scott L. Rauch Abraham Reichenberg Jennifer Reichert Mark A. Riddle Stephan Ripke Aline S. Sampaio Miriam A. Schiele Laura Sloofman Jan Smit Janet L. Sobell María Soler Artigas Laurent F. Thomas Homero Vallada Jeremy Veenstra‐VanderWeele

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heritable disorder, but no definitive, replicated OCD susceptibility loci have yet been identified by any genome-wide association study (GWAS). Here, we report results from GWAS in the largest case-control sample (N = 14,140 cases and N 562,117 controls) to date. We explored genetic architecture of OCD, including its relationships other psychiatric non-psychiatric phenotypes. In analysis, one SNP associated with at significant level. Subsequent...

10.1101/2021.10.13.21261078 preprint EN cc-by-nc-nd medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2021-10-23

Major depressive disorder is heritable and a leading cause of disability. Cognitive behavior therapy an effective treatment for major depression. By quantifying genetic risk scores based on common variants, the aim this report was to explore utility psychiatric cognitive trait scores, predicting response 894 adults with therapy. The participants were recruited in setting, primary outcome score measured using Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale-Self Rated. Single-nucleotide polymorphism...

10.1038/s41380-018-0289-9 article EN cc-by Molecular Psychiatry 2018-11-08

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is known to be substantially heritable; however, the contribution of genetic variation across allele frequency spectrum this heritability remains uncertain. The authors used two new homogeneous cohorts estimate OCD from inherited and contrasted results with those previous studies.The sample consisted 2,090 Swedish-born individuals diagnosed 4,567 control subjects, all genotyped for common variants, specifically >400,000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms...

10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.21010101 article EN American Journal of Psychiatry 2021-11-18

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> The operational definitions of treatment response, partial and remission in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are widely used clinical trials regular practice. However, the clinimetric sensitivity these definitions, that is, whether they identify patients experience meaningful changes their everyday life, remains unexplored. <b><i>Objective:</i></b> objective was to examine children adults with OCD....

10.1159/000527115 article EN cc-by-nc Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2022-01-01

Abstract Obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD) is a debilitating psychiatric disorder, yet its etiology unknown and treatment outcomes could be improved if biological targets identified. Unfortunately, genetic findings for OCD are lagging behind other disorders. Thus, there pressing need to understand the causal mechanisms implicated in order improve clinical reduce morbidity societal costs. Specifically, large‐scale, etiologically informative study integrating environmental factors that...

10.1002/ajmg.b.32756 article EN American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2019-08-19

Abstract Current genetic research on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) supports contributions to risk specifically from common single nucleotide variants (SNVs), along with rare coding SNVs and small insertion-deletions (indels). The contribution OCD large, copy number (CNVs), however, has not been formally assessed at a similar scale. Here we describe an analysis of CNVs called genotype array data in 2,248 deeply phenotyped cases 3,608 unaffected controls Sweden Norway. We found that...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-3749504/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2024-01-03

Purpose Depression and anxiety afflict millions worldwide causing considerable disability. MULTI-PSYCH is a longitudinal cohort of genotyped phenotyped individuals with depression or disorders who have undergone highly structured internet-based cognitive-behaviour therapy (ICBT). The overarching purpose to improve risk stratification, outcome prediction secondary preventive interventions. precision medicine initiative that combines clinical, genetic nationwide register data. Participants...

10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069427 article EN cc-by-nc BMJ Open 2023-10-01

10.1016/0094-730x(90)90033-o article EN Journal of Fluency Disorders 1990-02-01

Abstract Treatment response and resistance in major depressive disorder (MDD) are suggested to be heritable. Due significant challenges defining treatment-related phenotypes, our understanding of their genetic bases is limited. This study aimed derive a stringent definition treatment investigate the overlap between MDD. Using electronic medical records on use antidepressants electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) from Swedish registers, we derived phenotype treatment-resistant depression (TRD)...

10.1038/s41398-023-02602-3 article EN cc-by Translational Psychiatry 2023-09-28

Abstract Objective Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is known to be substantially heritable; however, the contribution of common genetic variation across allele frequency spectrum this heritability remains uncertain. We use two new, homogenous cohorts estimate OCD from and contrast results with prior studies. Methods The sample consisted 2096 Swedish-born individuals diagnosed 4609 controls, all genotyped for variants, specifically >400,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) minor...

10.1101/2021.01.26.21250409 preprint EN cc-by-nc-nd medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2021-01-27

Abstract Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) is an effective and accessible treatment for mild to moderate depression anxiety disorders. However, up 50% of patients do not experience sufficient symptom relief. Identifying patient characteristics predictive higher post-treatment severity crucial devising personalized interventions avoid failures reduce healthcare costs. Using the new Swedish multimodal database MULTI-PSYCH, we expand upon established predictors outcome...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-4075444/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2024-03-29

Abstract Treatment response and resistance in major depressive disorder (MDD) are suggested to be heritable. Due significant challenges defining treatment-related phenotypes, our understanding of their genetic bases is limited. This study aimed derive a stringent definition treatment investigate overlap between MDD. Using electronic medical records on the use antidepressants electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) from Swedish registers, we derived phenotype treatment-resistant depression (TRD)...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-2556941/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2023-02-20

Couples with one partner who stutters completed questionnaires about the fluent partners' awareness of their spouses' stuttering; general knowledge how spouses had helped partners; and nature benefits spousal participation in therapy. Findings strongly suggested that may be helpful Considerations suggestions for involving are made on basis these findings those surveys by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) include fluency

10.1055/s-2008-1064081 article EN Seminars in Speech and Language 1997-01-01
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