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Sven Andréasson

Sven Andréasson

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
43
Citations
9421
World Ranking
4357
National Ranking
51

Overview

Sven Andréasson is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of medicine and psychology, with a total of 41 publications in medicine and 29 in psychology. Their work notably intersects with subfields such as epidemiology, applied psychology, general health professions, physiology, and pathology and forensic medicine.

Their main research topics focus on substance abuse treatment and outcomes, behavioral health and interventions, and digital mental health interventions. Additional topics include alcohol consumption and health effects, physical activity and health, health policy implementation science, and homelessness and social issues.

Frequent publication venues for Andréasson include:

  • Addiction
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Drug and Alcohol Review
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Addiction Science & Clinical Practice

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Andréasson cover a range of topics related to alcohol use and interventions. These include:

  • The burden of alcohol on health care during COVID-19 (2020), published in Drug and Alcohol Review
  • Internet-based therapy versus face-to-face therapy for alcohol use disorder, a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial (2020), published in Addiction
  • Effects of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Harmful Alcohol Use and Alcohol Dependence as Self-help or With Therapist Guidance: Three-Armed Randomized Trial (2021), published in Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Effects of acute exercise on craving, mood and anxiety in non-treatment seeking adults with alcohol use disorder: An exploratory study (2021), published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Brief interventions for alcohol use disorders in low- and middle-income countries: barriers and potential solutions (2022), published in International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Andréasson include:

  • Mats Hallgren
  • Anders Hammarberg
  • Maria Jirwe
  • Sara Wallhed Finn
  • Davy Vancampfort

Best Publications

  • CANNABIS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA A Longitudinal Study of Swedish Conscripts

    Sven Andréasson;Ann Engström;Peter Allebeck;Ulf Rydberg

  • Self reported cannabis use as a risk factor for schizophrenia in Swedish conscripts of 1969: historical cohort study

    Stanley Zammit;Peter Allebeck;Sven Andreasson;Ingvar Lundberg

  • Schizophrenia and city life

    G Lewis;A David;S Andréasson;P Allebeck

  • Alcohol and mortality among young men: longitudinal study of Swedish conscripts.

    Sven Andreasson;Peter Allebeck;Anders Romelsjö

  • Cannabis and schizophrenia.

    Sven Andréasson;Peter Allebeck;Ann Engström;Ulf Rydberg

  • Alcohol consumption, dependence, and treatment barriers: perceptions among nontreatment seekers with alcohol dependence.

    Sara Wallhed Finn;Ann-Sofie Bakshi;Sven Andréasson

  • Alcohol Consumption and Stroke Mortality 20-Year Follow-up of 15 077 Men and Women

    Helen Hansagi;Anders Romelsjö;Maria Gerhardsson de Verdier;Sven Andréasson

  • Treatment of Alcohol Abuse: An Evidence‐Based Review

    Mats Berglund;Sten Thelander;Mikko Salaspuro;Johan Franck

  • Alcohol prevention targeting licensed premises: a study of effects on violence.

    Eva Wallin;Thor Norström;Sven Andréasson

  • Schizophrenia in users and nonusers of cannabis. A longitudinal study in Stockholm County.

    S. Andréasson;P. Allebeck;U. Rydberg

  • Cannabis, schizophrenia and other non-affective psychoses: 35 years of follow-up of a population-based cohort

    E. Manrique-Garcia;Stanley Zammit;C. Dalman;T. Hemmingsson

  • Abstinence in late adolescence--antecedents to and covariates of a sober lifestyle and its consequences.

    H. Leifman;E. Kühlhorn;P. Allebeck;S. Andréasson

  • Effects of alcohol on the heart

    Claudia D. Spies;Michael Sander;Karl Stangl;Joaquim Fernandez-Sola

  • Perioperative morbidity and mortality in chronic alcoholic patients.

    Claudia Spies;Hanne Tønnesen;Sven Andreasson;Anders Helander

  • Alcohol Consumption and the Physical Availability of Take-Away Alcohol: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of the Days and Hours of Sale and Outlet Density

    Adam Sherk;Tim Stockwell;Tanya Chikritzhs;Sven Andréasson

  • Has the leaning tower of presumed health benefits from 'moderate' alcohol use finally collapsed?

    Tanya Chikritzhs;Tim Stockwell;Timothy Naimi;Sven Andreasson

  • Overserving at licensed premises in Stockholm: effects of a community action program.

    Eva Wallin;Johanna Gripenberg;Sven Andréasson

  • Mortality and causes of death among homeless women and men in Stockholm

    Ulla Beijer;Sven Andreasson;Gunnar Ågren;Anna Fugelstad

  • Alcohol and J‐Shaped Curves

    Sven Andréasson

  • Estimates of harm associated with changes in Swedish alcohol policy: results from past and present estimates

    Sven Andreasson;Harold D. Holder;Thor Norström;Esa Österberg

  • Cannabis and mortality among young men: a longitudinal study of Swedish conscripts.

    S Andréasson;P Allebeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Romelsjö
Anders Romelsjö Karolinska Institute
Tanya Chikritzhs
Tanya Chikritzhs Curtin University
Harold D. Holder
Harold D. Holder Pacific Institute
Mats Hallgren
Mats Hallgren Karolinska Institute
Thor Norström
Thor Norström Stockholm University
Anne H. Berman
Anne H. Berman Uppsala University
John Holmes
John Holmes University of Sheffield
Emily C. Williams
Emily C. Williams University of Washington
Sion Kim Harris
Sion Kim Harris Boston Children's Hospital
John R. Knight
John R. Knight Boston Children's Hospital

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