Psychiatry and mental health in theory and practice

Our research group works with and studies prevention and rehabilitation for people with mental disorders. We focus on developing initiatives that meet the needs of both patients, healthcare professionals and organisations and thereby contribute to evidence based practice.

We conduct qualitative research in a psychiatric context aiming to create knowledge on health professionals' experiences with recovery-oriented practice, patient involvement and cross-sectoral collaboration.

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Our research examines quality of life in healthy people of different ages and patients with physical and mental health challenges in different life situations using patient-reported questionnaires (PROMS). Furthermore, our methods include interviews, participant observations, discourse analysis, qualitative content analysis, systematic reviews, and questionnaires.

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Thisted, C. N., Labriola, M., Nielsen, C. V., Kristiansen, S. T., Petersen, J. S. & Bjerrum, M. (2020). Managing employees' depression from the employees', co-workers' and employers' perspectives. An integrative review. Disability and Rehabilitation, 42(4), 445-459. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2018.1499823

Thisted, C. N. (2020). Preventing potentially avoidable admissions - a mixed methods systematic review protocol. (pp. 1-6).

Håkonsen, S. J., Pedersen, P. U., Bygholm, A., Peters, M. D. J. & Bjerrum, M. (2020). Speaking the same language: Development of a Nutrition Minimum Data Set for healthcare professionals in primary healthcare. Health Informatics Journal, 26(1), 248-263. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458218824707

Kristiansen, S. T., Videbech, P. B., Bjerrum, M. & Larsen, E. R. (2020). The efficacy of ball blankets on insomnia in depression in outpatient clinics: study protocol for a randomized crossover multicentre trial. Trials, 21(1), Article 720. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04638-y, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04638-y

Thisted, C. N., Labriola, M., Nielsen, C. V., Håkonsen, S. J. & Bjerrum, M. (2020). Understanding depression as a workplace issue: Clarifying employers’ attitudes to manage employees with depression. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, 65(4), 857-868. https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-203137

Thisted, C. N. & Jørgensen, M. J. (2019). A framework for evidence-based cross-sectorial interventions targeting potentially preventable admissions. Poster session presented at 3rd Annual Research Meeting at the Department of Clinical Medicine .

Lockwood, C., Stannard, D., Bjerrum, M., Carrier, J., Evans, C., Hannes, K., Munn, Z., Porritt, K. & Salmond, S. (2019). A situated philosophical perspective would make some of the paradigm wars in qualitative evidence synthesis redundant: A commentary on Bergdahl’s critique of the meta-aggregative approach. Nursing Inquiry, 26(4), Article e12317. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12317

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