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Sigmund Karterud

Sigmund Karterud

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Psychology

D-Index
36
Citations
5320
World Ranking
9535
National Ranking
86

Overview

Sigmund Karterud is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology. The subfields of study they have contributed to include clinical psychology, social psychology, philosophy, and applied psychology.

The main topics covered in their work are psychotherapy techniques and applications, personality disorders and psychopathology, transactional analysis in psychotherapy, mental health and psychiatry, attachment and relationship dynamics, families in therapy and culture, as well as psychiatric care and mental health services.

Karterud has published in several academic venues, most notably:

  • Group Analysis (3 publications)
  • Journal of Psychotherapy Integration (1 publication)
  • Professional Psychology Research and Practice (1 publication)
  • Frontiers in Psychology (1 publication)
  • Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (1 publication)

Notable recent papers by Karterud include:

  • "Psychotherapy of personality disorders needs an integrative theory of personality." (2020, Journal of Psychotherapy Integration)
  • "On the relationship between group analysis and mentalization-based group therapy" (2024, Group Analysis)
  • "Group treatment is favoured by Norwegian mental health leaders" (2025, Group Analysis)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Karterud are:

  • Mickey Kongerslev
  • Giovanna Esposito
  • Raffaella Passeggia
  • Gordon Gunnarsen
  • Lenka Staun

Best Publications

  • Generalizability studies of the Global Assessment of Functioning-Split version.

    Geir Pedersen;Knut Arne Hagtvet;Sigmund Karterud

  • An investigation of the prototype validity of the borderline DSM-IV construct.

    M. Johansen;S. Karterud;G. Pedersen;T. Gude

  • Day treatment of patients with personality disorders: experiences from a Norwegian treatment research network.

    Sigmund Karterud;Geir Pedersen;Elin Bjordal;Jørgen Brabrand

  • The symptom and function dimensions of the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale.

    Geir Pedersen;Sigmund Karterud;Sigmund Karterud

  • Personality disorders 2–5 years after treatment: a prospective follow‐up study

    L. Mehlum;S. Friis;T. Irion;S. Johns

  • The relationship between avoidant personality disorder and social phobia.

    Benjamin Hummelen;Theresa Wilberg;Geir Pedersen;Sigmund Karterud

  • The longitudinal pattern of suicidal behaviour in borderline personality disorder: a prospective follow‐up study

    Lars Mehlum;S. Friis;P. Vaglum;S. Karterud

  • Does acute stress disorder predict post-traumatic stress disorder in traffic accident victims? Analysis of a self-report inventory.

    Annette Kjaer Fuglsang;Hanspeter Moergeli;Ulrich Schnyder

  • An empirical study of countertransference reactions toward patients with personality disorders

    Jan Ivar Rossberg;Sigmund Karterud;Geir Pedersen;Svein Friis

  • Is SCL-90R helpful for the clinician in assessing DSM-IV symptom disorders?

    G. Pedersen;S. Karterud

  • Day hospital therapeutic community treatment for patients with personality disorders. An empirical evaluation of the containment function.

    Sigmund Karterud;Sonja Vaglum;Svein Friis;Torill Irion

  • The quality of the DSM-IV obsessive-compulsive personality disorder construct as a prototype category.

    Benjamin Hummelen;Theresa Wilberg;Geir Pedersen;Sigmund Karterud

  • Self-esteem in patients with borderline and avoidant personality disorders.

    L. I. Lynum;T. Wilberg;S. Karterud

  • Outcomes of poorly functioning patients with personality disorders in a day treatment program.

    Theresa Wilberg;Sigmund Karterud;Øyvind Urnes;Geir Pedersen

  • Mentalization as a moderator of treatment effects: Findings from a randomized clinical trial for personality disorders

    Frida Slagstad Gullestad;Merete Selsbakk Johansen;Per Høglend;Sigmund Karterud

  • Changing from a traditional psychodynamic treatment programme to mentalization-based treatment for patients with borderline personality disorder--does it make a difference?

    Elfrida H. Kvarstein;Geir Pedersen;Øyvind Urnes;Benjamin Hummelen

  • Interviews of female patients with borderline personality disorder who dropped out of group psychotherapy.

    Benjamin Hummelen;Theresa Wilberg;Sigmund Karterud

  • Mentalization-Based Group Therapy (MBT-G)

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  • The MBT Adherence and Competence Scale (MBT-ACS): Development, structure and reliability

    Sigmund Karterud;Geir Pedersen;Magnus Engen;Paul Niklas Johansson

  • Different impulsivity profiles in borderline personality disorder and bipolar II disorder

    Erlend Bøen;Erlend Bøen;Benjamin Hummelen;Torbjørn Elvsåshagen;Birgitte Boye

  • Borderline and avoidant personality disorders and the five-factor model of personality: a comparison between DSM-IV diagnoses and NEO-PI-R.

    Theresa Wilberg;Øyvind Urnes;Svein Friis;Geir Pedersen

  • The impact of avoidant personality disorder on psychosocial impairment is substantial.

    Theresa Wilberg;Sigmund Karterud;Geir Pedersen;Øyvind Urnes

Frequent Co-Authors

Theresa Wilberg
Theresa Wilberg Oslo University Hospital
Per Vaglum
Per Vaglum University of Oslo
Ulrik Fredrik Malt
Ulrik Fredrik Malt University of Oslo
Stein Andersson
Stein Andersson University of Oslo
Deborah L. Reas
Deborah L. Reas Oslo University Hospital
Anthony Bateman
Anthony Bateman University College London
Steinar Lorentzen
Steinar Lorentzen University of Oslo
Paul T. Costa
Paul T. Costa Duke University
Paul E. Jose
Paul E. Jose Victoria University of Wellington

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