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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Arnstein Mykletun is affiliated with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Norway. Their research spans multiple disciplines including health professions, medicine, and psychology, with a focus on subfields such as general health professions, psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, economics and econometrics, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their work covers key topics such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), health systems, economic evaluations and quality of life, workplace health and well-being, neural and behavioral psychology studies, mental health and patient involvement, psychiatric care and mental health services, and employment and welfare studies.

Mykletun has published in a variety of academic venues, frequently appearing in:

  • BMC Psychiatry
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • European Psychiatry
  • BMJ Open
  • Social Policy and Administration

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Beate Brinchmann
  • Miles Rinaldi
  • Eóin Killackey
  • Tarjei Widding-Havneraas
  • David McDaid

Selected recent papers by Arnstein Mykletun exemplify their research interests and contributions:

  • "A systematic meta-review of systematic reviews on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder," 2023, European Psychiatry
  • "Implementing individual placement and support (IPS): the experiences of employment specialists in the early implementation phase of IPS in Northern Norway. The IPSNOR study," 2021, BMC Psychiatry
  • "Preference-based instrumental variables in health research rely on important and underreported assumptions: a systematic review," 2021, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • "Economic analyses of supported employment programmes for people with mental health conditions: A systematic review," 2022, European Psychiatry
  • "Geographical variation in ADHD: do diagnoses reflect symptom levels?," 2022, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

The breadth of their publications indicates an interdisciplinary approach examining mental health from clinical, economic, and social perspectives. Their work includes systematic reviews and empirical studies addressing ADHD, supported employment, and health research methodologies.

Best Publications

  • Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale: factor structure, item analyses and internal consistency in a large population.

    Arnstein Mykletun;Eystein Stordal;Alv A. Dahl

  • Association of Western and Traditional Diets With Depression and Anxiety in Women

    Felice N. Jacka;Julie A. Pasco;Arnstein Mykletun;Lana J. Williams

  • Can work make you mentally ill? A systematic meta-review of work-related risk factors for common mental health problems

    Samuel B Harvey;Matthew Modini;Sadhbh Joyce;Josie S Milligan-Saville

  • Chronic insomnia as a risk factor for developing anxiety and depression.

    Dag Neckelmann;Arnstein Mykletun;Arnstein Mykletun;Alv A. Dahl

  • Does a higher educational level protect against anxiety and depression? The HUNT study.

    Ingvar Bjelland;Steinar Krokstad;Arnstein Mykletun;Alv A. Dahl

  • The hospital anxiety and depression rating scale: A cross-sectional study of psychometrics and case finding abilities in general practice

    Ingrid Olssøn;Arnstein Mykletun;Arnstein Mykletun;Alv A Dahl

  • Exercise and the Prevention of Depression: Results of the HUNT Cohort Study

    Samuel B. Harvey;Simon Øverland;Stephani L. Hatch;Simon Wessely

  • Workplace interventions for common mental disorders: a systematic meta-review.

    S. Joyce;M. Modini;H. Christensen;A. Mykletun

  • The association between anxiety, depression, and somatic symptoms in a large population: The HUNT-II study

    Tone Tangen Haug;Arnstein Mykletun;Alv A. Dahl

  • The mental health benefits of employment: Results of a systematic meta-review:

    Matthew Modini;Sadhbh Joyce;Arnstein Mykletun;Helen Christensen

  • Age-specific prevalence of the metabolic syndrome defined by the International Diabetes Federation and the National Cholesterol Education Program: The Norwegian HUNT 2 study

    Bjørn Hildrum;Bjørn Hildrum;Arnstein Mykletun;Torstein Nielsen Hole;Kristian Midthjell

  • Supported employment for people with severe mental illness: systematic review and meta-analysis of the international evidence.

    Matthew Modini;Leona Tan;Beate Brinchmann;Min-Jung Wang

  • The epidemiology of insomnia: associations with physical and mental health. The HUNT-2 study.

    Børge Sivertsen;Steinar Krokstad;Simon Øverland;Arnstein Mykletun;Arnstein Mykletun

  • Work and common psychiatric disorders.

    M Henderson;SB Harvey;S Øverland;A Mykletun;A Mykletun

  • The association between habitual diet quality and the common mental disorders in community-dwelling adults: the Hordaland Health study.

    Felice N. Jacka;Arnstein Mykletun;Michael Berk;Ingvar Bjelland

  • The Health Status of Nonparticipants in a Population-based Health Study The Hordaland Health Study

    Ann Kristin Knudsen;Matthew Hotopf;Jens Christoffer Skogen;Simon Øverland

  • Depression and Diabetes: A large population-based study of sociodemographic, lifestyle, and clinical factors associated with depression in type 1 and type 2 diabetes

    Anne Engum;Arnstein Mykletun;Kristian Midthjell;Are Holen

  • Anxiety, depression, and cause-specific mortality: the HUNT study.

    Arnstein Mykletun;Ottar Bjerkeset;Michael Dewey;Martin Prince

  • Levels of anxiety and depression as predictors of mortality: the HUNT study

    Arnstein Mykletun;Ottar Bjerkeset;Simon Øverland;Martin Prince

  • The bidirectional association between depression and insomnia: the HUNT study.

    Børge Sivertsen;Paula Salo;Arnstein Mykletun;Mari Hysing

  • Physical activity and common mental disorders

    Samuel B. Harvey;Matthew Hotopf;Simon Øverland;Arnstein Mykletun;Arnstein Mykletun

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Øverland
Simon Øverland Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Alv A. Dahl
Alv A. Dahl University of Oslo
Matthew Hotopf
Matthew Hotopf King's College London
Robert Stewart
Robert Stewart King's College London
Helen Christensen
Helen Christensen University of New South Wales
Børge Sivertsen
Børge Sivertsen Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Felice N. Jacka
Felice N. Jacka Deakin University
Michael Berk
Michael Berk Deakin University
Ottar Bjerkeset
Ottar Bjerkeset Nord University
Anthony D. LaMontagne
Anthony D. LaMontagne Deakin University

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