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Gerhard Andersson

Gerhard Andersson

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Psychology
Sweden
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
161
Citations
89773
World Ranking
49
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2014 - Nordic Medical Prize, SalusAnsvar/Ulf Nilsonnes Foundation for Medical Research

Overview

Gerhard Andersson is affiliated with Linköping University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology, with a particular focus on digital mental health interventions and clinical psychology. Their research spans various subfields, including applied psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, sociology and political science, and social psychology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, which include:

  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

The most frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • Internet Interventions
  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Trials
  • BMC Psychiatry

Gerhard Andersson's recent papers include:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic: The 'black swan' for mental health care and a turning point for e-health (2020, Internet Interventions)
  • Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression (2021, JAMA Psychiatry)
  • Dismantling, optimising, and personalising internet cognitive behavioural therapy for depression: a systematic review and component network meta-analysis using individual participant data (2021, The Lancet Psychiatry)
  • Impact of post-COVID conditions on mental health: a cross-sectional study in Japan and Sweden (2022, BMC Psychiatry)
  • Therapist-supported Internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy yields similar effects as face-to-face therapy for psychiatric and somatic disorders: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis (2023, World Psychiatry)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gerhard Andersson include:

  • Per Carlbring
  • Vinaya Manchaiah
  • Eldré W. Beukes
  • Anton Käll
  • Matilda Berg

Over the course of their career, Andersson has received recognition such as the Nordic Medical Prize awarded by SalusAnsvar and the Ulf Nilsonnes Foundation for Medical Research in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Internet-Based and Other Computerized Psychological Treatments for Adult Depression: A Meta-Analysis

    Gerhard Andersson;Pim Cuijpers

  • Psychotherapy for depression in adults: a meta-analysis of comparative outcome studies.

    Pim Cuijpers;Annemieke van Straten;Gerhard Andersson;Patricia van Oppen

  • Guided Internet-based vs. face-to-face cognitive behavior therapy for psychiatric and somatic disorders : a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Gerhard Andersson;Pim Cuijpers;Per Carlbring;Heleen Riper;Heleen Riper

  • A meta-analysis of cognitive-behavioural therapy for adult depression, alone and in comparison with other treatments.

    Pim Cuijpers;Matthias Berking;Gerhard Andersson;Leanne Quigley

  • Advantages and limitations of Internet-based interventions for common mental disorders

    Gerhard Andersson;Nickolai Titov

  • Internet-based vs. face-to-face cognitive behavior therapy for psychiatric and somatic disorders: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

    Per Carlbring;Gerhard Andersson;Pim Cuijpers;Heleen Riper;Heleen Riper

  • Is guided self-help as effective as face-to-face psychotherapy for depression and anxiety disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative outcome studies.

    P Cuijpers;T Donker;A van Straten;J Li

  • Evaluating Digital Health Interventions: Key Questions and Approaches.

    Elizabeth Murray;Eric B. Hekler;Gerhard Andersson;Linda M. Collins

  • Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Network Meta-analysis.

    Eirini Karyotaki;Eirini Karyotaki;Eirini Karyotaki;Orestis Efthimiou;Orestis Efthimiou;Clara Miguel;Clara Miguel;Frederic Maas Genannt Bermpohl

  • Using the Internet to provide cognitive behaviour therapy

    Gerhard Andersson

  • Internet-administered cognitive behavior therapy for health problems: a systematic review

    Pim Cuijpers;Annemieke van Straten;Gerhard Andersson;Gerhard Andersson

  • Efficacy of self-guided internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of depressive symptoms a meta-analysis of individual participant data

    Eirini Karyotaki;Heleen Riper;Jos W. Twisk;Adriaan Hoogendoorn

  • The COVID-19 pandemic: The ‘black swan’ for mental health care and a turning point for e-health

    Tim R. Wind;Marleen Rijkeboer;Gerhard Andersson;Gerhard Andersson;Heleen Riper;Heleen Riper

  • Internet-based self-help for depression : randomised controlled trial

    Gerhard Andersson;Jan Bergström;Fredrik Holländare;Per Carlbring

  • Internet-Delivered Psychological Treatments

    Gerhard Andersson

  • The effects of psychotherapy for adult depression are overestimated: a meta-analysis of study quality and effect size

    P. Cuijpers;A. van Straten;Ernst Thomas Bohlmeijer;S.D. Hollon

  • Psychological treatment of generalized anxiety disorder: A meta-analysis

    Pim Cuijpers;Pim Cuijpers;Marit Sijbrandij;Sander Koole;Marcus Huibers

  • Interpersonal psychotherapy for depression: a meta-analysis.

    Pim Cuijpers;Anna S. Geraedts;Patricia van Oppen;Gerhard Andersson

  • Internet-delivered psychological treatments: from innovation to implementation

    Gerhard Andersson;Nickolai Titov;Blake F. Dear;Alexander Rozental

  • The efficacy of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy in treating depressive and anxiety disorders: a meta-analysis of direct comparisons

    Pim Cuijpers;Marit Sijbrandij;Sander L. Koole;Gerhard Andersson

  • Internet-based psychological treatments for depression

    Robert Johansson;Gerhard Andersson

  • Computer-aided psychotherapy for anxiety disorders: a meta-analytic review

    Pim Cuijpers;Isaac M. Marks;Annemieke van Straten;Kate Cavanagh

Frequent Co-Authors

Per Carlbring
Per Carlbring Stockholm University
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Viktor Kaldo
Viktor Kaldo Karolinska Institute
Tomas Furmark
Tomas Furmark Uppsala University
Brjánn Ljótsson
Brjánn Ljótsson Karolinska Institute
Christian Rück
Christian Rück Karolinska Institute
Erik Hedman
Erik Hedman Karolinska Institute
Heleen Riper
Heleen Riper Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Roz Shafran
Roz Shafran University College London
David Daniel Ebert
David Daniel Ebert Technical University of Munich

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