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Gerd Kvale is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and medicine, primarily focusing on clinical psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Their work covers a range of topics within mental health, particularly on obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders and autism spectrum disorder research.

Kvale's research spans several subfields, including clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, and neurology. Their primary research interests involve obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, COVID-19 and mental health, long-term effects of COVID-19, and eating disorders and behaviors.

Notable frequent publication venues for Kvale include:

  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Kvale has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Kristen Hagen
  • Bjarne Hansen
  • Stian Solem
  • Anders Lillevik Thorsen
  • Stéphanie Le Hellard

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Kvale are:

  • Cohort Profile: COVIDMENT: COVID-19 cohorts on mental health across six nations (2021), published in International Journal of Epidemiology
  • An overview of the first 5 years of the ENIGMA obsessive-compulsive disorder working group: The power of worldwide collaboration (2020), published in Human Brain Mapping
  • Structural neuroimaging biomarkers for obsessive-compulsive disorder in the ENIGMA-OCD consortium: medication matters (2020), published in Translational Psychiatry
  • Cognitive behavior therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder in routine clinical care: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022), published in Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • The functional connectome in obsessive-compulsive disorder: resting-state mega-analysis and machine learning classification for the ENIGMA-OCD consortium (2023), published in Molecular Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs Zopiclone for Treatment of Chronic Primary Insomnia in Older Adults A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Børge Sivertsen;Siri Omvik;Ståle Pallesen;Bjørn Bjorvatn

  • Cognitive behavioral treatments of obsessive-compulsive disorder. A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies published 1993-2014.

    Lars-Göran Öst;Audun Havnen;Bjarne Hansen;Gerd Kvale

  • Outcome of psychological treatments of pathological gambling: a review and meta‐analysis

    Ståle Pallesen;Morten Mitsem;Gerd Kvale;Bjørn-Helge Johnsen

  • Dental fear in adults: a meta‐analysis of behavioral interventions

    Gerd Kvale;Ulf Berggren;Peter Milgrom

  • Prevalence of insomnia in the adult Norwegian population.

    Stale Pallesen;Inger Hilde Nordhus;Geir Høstmark Nielsen;Odd E. Havik

  • Attentional and physiological characteristics of patients with dental anxiety.

    Bjørn Helge Johnsen;Julian F Thayer;Jon C Laberg;Bjørn Wormnes

  • Dental anxiety among 18-yr-olds in Norway. Prevalence and related factors.

    Erik Skaret;Magne Raadal;Einar Berg;Gerd Kvale

  • Dental anxiety and dental avoidance among 12 to 18 year olds in Norway.

    Erik Skaret;Magne Raadal;Einar Berg;Gerd Kvale

  • Cognitive behavioral and pharmacological treatments of OCD in children : A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Lars-Göran Öst;Lars-Göran Öst;Lars-Göran Öst;Eili N. Riise;Gro Janne Wergeland;Bjarne Hansen

  • Subcortical Brain Volume, Regional Cortical Thickness, and Cortical Surface Area Across Disorders: Findings From the ENIGMA ADHD, ASD, and OCD Working Groups

    Premika S W Boedhoe;Daan van Rooij;Martine Hoogman;Jos W R Twisk

  • Emotional Processing in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 25 Functional Neuroimaging Studies

    Anders Lillevik Thorsen;Anders Lillevik Thorsen;Pernille Hagland;Pernille Hagland;Joaquim Radua;Joaquim Radua;David Mataix-Cols

  • Cohort Profile: COVIDMENT: COVID-19 cohorts on mental health across six nations

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  • Validation of the Dental Fear Scale and the Dental Belief Survey in a Norwegian sample.

    Gerd Kvale;Einar Berg;Casper Meyer Nilsen;Magne Raadal

  • Factors related to missed and cancelled dental appointments among adolescents in Norway.

    Erik Skaret;Magne Raadal;Gerd Kvale;Einar Berg

  • Outcome of pharmacological treatments of pathological gambling: a review and meta-analysis.

    Ståle Pallesen;Helge Molde;Helga Myrseth Arnestad;Jon Christian Laberg

  • The ability of Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale and Spielberger's State Anxiety Inventory to distinguish between fearful and regular Norwegian dental patients.

    Gerd Kvale;Einar Berg;Magne Raadal

  • One- vs. five-session treatment of dental phobia: A randomized controlled study

    Kristin Haukebø;Erik Skaret;Lars-Göran Öst;Lars-Göran Öst;Magne Raadal

  • Treatment of dental anxiety disorders. Outcome related to DSM-IV diagnoses

    Gerd Kvale;Magne Raadal;Margrete Vika;Bjørn Helge Johnsen

  • Nonpharmacological interventions for insomnia in older adults: A meta-analysis of treatment efficacy.

    Staale Pallesen;Inger Hilde Nordhus;Gerd Kvale

  • Fear of blood, injury, and injections, and its relationship to dental anxiety and probability of avoiding dental treatment among 18-year-olds in Norway

    Margrethe Vika;Erik Skaret;Magne Raadal;Lars-Göran Öst

  • Mapping Cortical and Subcortical Asymmetry in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Findings From the ENIGMA Consortium

    Xiang-Zhen Kong;Premika S W Boedhoe;Yoshinari Abe;Pino Alonso

  • Affective and cognitive attitudes, uncertainty avoidance and intention to obtain genetic testing: An extension of the Theory of Planned Behaviour

    Katharina Wolff;Karin Nordin;Wibecke Brun;Gunilla Berglund

  • Relationship between caries prevalence at 5 years of age and dental anxiety at 10.

    M Raadal;G V Strand;E C Amarante;G Kvale

Frequent Co-Authors

Carles Soriano-Mas
Carles Soriano-Mas University of Barcelona
David Mataix-Cols
David Mataix-Cols Karolinska Institute
Odd E. Havik
Odd E. Havik University of Bergen
Damiaan Denys
Damiaan Denys University of Amsterdam
María del Pino Alonso Ortega
María del Pino Alonso Ortega Bellvitge University Hospital
Kenneth Hugdahl
Kenneth Hugdahl University of Bergen
Inger Hilde Nordhus
Inger Hilde Nordhus University of Bergen
Ståle Pallesen
Ståle Pallesen University of Bergen
Fabrizio Piras
Fabrizio Piras Fondazione Santa Lucia
H. Blair Simpson
H. Blair Simpson Columbia University

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