Blar i ODA Open Digital Archive på forfatter "Berg, John Erik"
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Comorbid dysmorphic disorder persists after successful electroconvulsive treatment for depression
Berg, John Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016) -
Death by suicide long after electroconvulsive therapy : is the sense of coherence test of Antonovsky a predictor of mortality from depression?
Berg, John Erik (Mental Illness;2 (3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-02-11)Prediction of increased risk of suicide is difficult. We had the opportunity to follow up 20 patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) because of severe depression. They filled in the Antonovsky sense of ... -
Diagnosis after an acute psychiatric inpatient stay : how do psychotic and non-psychotic diagnoses relate to the results of psychometric tests of substance abuse?
Berg, John Erik; Asskildt, Trine Jarål (Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care;6, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-07-19)The AUDIT questionnaire indicated scores above cut-off for seven (38.9%) patients with a psychotic disorder, 18 (52.9%) with an affective disorder, six (66.7%) with a substance abuse diagnosis and three (23.1%) with other ... -
Do psychological job demands, decision control and social support predict return to work three months after a return-to-work(RTW) programme? The rapid-RTW cohort study
Haveraaen, Lise; Skarpaas, Lisebet Skeie; Berg, John Erik; Aas, Randi Wågø (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-15)BACKGROUND: Long-term sickness absence is a considerable health and economic problem in the industrialised world. Factors that might predict return to work (RTW) are therefore of interest. OBJECTIVE: To examine the ... -
Doctor-certified sickness absence in first and second trimesters of pregnancy among native and immigrant women in Norway
Brekke, Idunn; Berg, John Erik; Sletner, Line; Jenum, Anne Karen (Scandinavian journal of public health;41(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-01-07)Aims: The authors sought to estimate differences in doctor-certified sickness absence during pregnancy among immigrant and native women. Methods: Population-based cohort study of pregnant women attending three Child Health ... -
Electroconvulsive treatment of a patient with Parkinson's disease and moderate depression
Berg, John Erik (Mental Illness;3 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-05-19)Depression is a usual comorbidity in patients with Parkinson’s disease. It has been known for more than 50 years that electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) has a positive effect on the muscular symptoms of Parkinson’s ... -
Er økonomisk krise ensbetydende med helsekrise - hva forteller forskningen?
Dahl, Espen; Tøge, Anne Grete; Heggebø, Kristian; Elstad, Jon Ivar; Berg, John Erik; Halvorsen, Knut (Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning;18(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015) -
Expectations of the future : immigrant, asylum seeker, or refugee - does it matter?
Iversen, Valentina Cabral; Berg, John Erik; Vaaler, Arne (Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care;6 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-05)Background: Refugees and asylum seekers may have other feelings and expectations about the future than immigrants do. The aim of this study was to explore and analyse the expectations for the future among populations of ... -
Intractable schizo-affective disorder successfully treated with electroconvulsive treatment over six years
Berg, John Erik (Mental illness;4(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Some patients with severe mental disorders are refractory to psychotherapeutic or psychopharmacological interventions. We describe a patient with severe symptoms from the age of 16 to 44. Her illness is best described ... -
Leadership by fragmented destruction after a merger: an example from a facility of acute psychiatry
Berg, John Erik; Grimeland, Jorid (Mental Illness;5 (2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-10-14)Hospitals are labor intensive facilities based on highly skilled employees. A merger of hospitals is an effort to increase and rationalize this production. Decisions behind a merger are made at the top leadership level. ... -
Migrant participation in Norwegian health care. A qualitative study using key informants
Goth, Ursula-Georgine S.; Berg, John Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article; Journal article, 2011)Background: Little is known about how migrants adapt to fi rst-world public health systems. In Norway, patients are assigned a registered general practitioner (RGP) to provide basic care and serve as gatekeeper for other ... -
Mortality 5 years after detoxification and counselling as indicated by psychometric tests
Berg, John Erik; Andersen, Steinar (Substance abuse;Volume 22 - Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2001)Residential detoxification of substance abusers, using medication to alleviate withdrawal symptoms, often fails to ensure further abstention and predict which clients have the greatest risk of morbidity after detoxification. ... -
Psychometric testing of immigrants and natives in an acute psychiatric facility
Berg, John Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The diagnostic process after referral to an acute psychiatric treatment facility consists of more than the clinical investigation and laboratory tests. Psychometric tests in a broad range of languages may be such an ... -
Reluctance to change and end psychotherapy
Berg, John Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Reluctance to change therapy has clinical and economic implications. Therapists are expected to deliver treatment in a oneto- one setting ending up with patient improvement. Such an achievement is difficult to overview. ... -
Socioeconomic inequalities in health during the Great Recession: A scoping review of the research literature
Heggebø, Kristian; Tøge, Anne Grete; Dahl, Espen; Berg, John Erik (Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-10)Aims: The so-called “Great Recession” in Europe triggered widespread concerns about population health, as reflected by an upsurge in empirical research on the health impacts of the economic crisis. A growing body of empirical ... -
Substance abusers in an acute psychiatric facility: a diagnostic and logistic challenge
Berg, John Erik; Restan, Asbjørn (ISRN psychiatry;2013, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Acute resident psychiatric facilities in Norway usually get their patients after referral from a medical doctor. Acute psychiatric wards are the only places accepting persons in need of emergency hospitalisation when ... -
Which suicides increase during the economic crisis? A commentary and a proposal
Berg, John Erik (Journal article, 2016-05-31)Both suicide and economic crisis as terms are defined differently in scientific studies. Suicides before the crisis have several causes, and the proportion of such suicides during a crisis is unknown. Calculating these ...