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Tord Ivarsson is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research predominantly spans the field of Psychology, with a particular focus on Clinical Psychology. Additional areas of study include Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's main research topics cover Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Sexual function and dysfunction studies, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology.

Tord Ivarsson has contributed to multiple papers, including the following recent publications:

  • Screening efficiency of the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ) and Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) in Swedish help seeking outpatients, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: An Empirical Approach to Defining Treatment Response and Remission in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, 2021, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy in children and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder: a feasibility study, 2021, Journal of Neural Transmission
  • Diagnostic efficiency and validity of the DSM-oriented Child Behavior Checklist and Youth Self-Report scales in a clinical sample of Swedish youth, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Quality of life in pediatric patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder during and 3 years after stepped-care treatment, 2021, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors of Ivarsson include:

  • Gudmundur Skarphéðinsson
  • Bernhard Weidle
  • Per Hove Thomsen
  • Nor Christian Torp
  • Davíð R.M.A. Højgaard

Tord Ivarsson has published extensively in specific academic venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
  • Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Best Publications

  • Anknytningsteori : Betydelsen av nära känslomässiga relationer

    Anders Broberg;Pehr Granqvist;Tord Ivarsson;Pia Risholm Mothander

  • Bullying in adolescence: psychiatric problems in victims and bullies as measured by the Youth Self Report (YSR) and the Depression Self-Rating Scale (DSRS).

    Tord Ivarsson;Anders G Broberg;Tomas Arvidsson;Christopher Gillberg

  • Examining relations among attachment, religiosity, and new age spirituality using the adult attachment interview

    Pehr Granqvist;Tord Ivarsson;Anders G. Broberg;Berit Hagekull

  • Anknytning i praktiken : Tillämpningar av anknytningsteorin

    Anders Broberg;Pia Risholm-Mothander;Pehr Granqvist;Tord Ivarsson

  • Functional impairment in clinical samples of Norwegian and Swedish children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Robert Valderhaug;Tord Ivarsson

  • Self-reported competencies and problems among Swedish adolescents: a normative study of the YSR

    A. G. Broberg;K. Ekeroth;P. A. Gustafsson;Kjell Hansson

  • Effectiveness of cognitive behavior treatment for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: Acute outcomes from the Nordic Long-term OCD Treatment Study (NordLOTS)

    Nor Christian Torp;Kitty Dahl;Gudmundur Skarphedinsson;Per Hove Thomsen

  • Autism spectrum traits in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

    Tord Ivarsson;Karin Melin

  • Categorical and dimensional aspects of co-morbidity in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

    Tord Ivarsson;Tord Ivarsson;Karin Melin;Lena Wallin

  • Weight concerns, body image, depression and anxiety in Swedish adolescents

    Tord Ivarsson;Per Svalander;Oeystein Litlere;Lauri Nevonen

  • Predictors Associated With Improved Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Outcome in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    Nor Christian Torp;Kitty Dahl;Gudmundur Skarphedinsson;Scott Compton

  • The Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) as measure of depression in Swedish adolescents. A normative study.

    Tord Ivarsson;Per Svalander;Oeystein Litlere

  • The place of and evidence for serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents: Views based on a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Tord Ivarsson;Gudmundur Skarphedinsson;Hege Kornør;Brynhildur Axelsdottir

  • A 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy study in adults with obsessive compulsive disorder: relationship between metabolite concentrations and symptom severity

    Göran Starck;Göran Starck;Maria Ljungberg;Maria Ljungberg;Marie Nilsson;Lars Jönsson

  • The Youth Self-Report (YSR) and the Depression Self-Rating Scale (DSRS) as measures of depression and suicidality among adolescents

    T. Ivarsson;Christopher Gillberg;T. Arvidsson;A. G. Broberg

  • Continued cognitive-behavior therapy versus sertraline for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder that were non-responders to cognitive-behavior therapy: a randomized controlled trial.

    Gudmundur Skarphedinsson;Bernhard Weidle;Per Hove Thomsen;Kitty Dahl

  • Depressive disorders in teenage-onset anorexia nervosa: a controlled longitudinal, partly community-based study.

    Tord Ivarsson;Maria Råstam;Elisabet Wentz;I.Carina Gillberg

  • Depressive symptoms in Swedish adolescents: Normative data using the Birleson Depression Self-Rating Scale (DSRS)

    Tord Ivarsson;Christopher Gillberg

  • Diurnal Cortisol Levels and Cortisol Response in Youths with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    Per E Gustafsson;Per A Gustafsson;Tord Ivarsson;Nina Nelson

  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: Empirical review and clinical recommendations.

    Martin E. Franklin;Hilary E. Kratz;Jennifer B. Freeman;Tord Ivarsson

  • The Nordic long-term OCD treatment study (NordLOTS): rationale, design, and methods

    Per Hove Thomsen;Nor C Torp;Kitty Dahl;Karin Christensen

  • A 2–4 year follow up of depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts among adolescent psychiatric inpatients

    T. Ivarsson;B. Larsson;Christopher Gillberg

  • Cognitive Development and Social-Emotional Functioning in Young Foster Children: A Follow-up Study from 2 to 3 Years of Age

    Heidi Jacobsen;Vibeke Moe;Tord Ivarsson;Tore Wentzel-Larsen

  • Standard individual cognitive behaviour therapy for paediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: a systematic review of effect estimates across comparisons.

    Gudmundur Skarphedinsson;Ketil Hanssen-Bauer;Hege Kornør;Einar R. Heiervang

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott N. Compton
Scott N. Compton Duke University
Erik Lykke Mortensen
Erik Lykke Mortensen University of Copenhagen
Eric A. Storch
Eric A. Storch Baylor College of Medicine
Anders G. Broberg
Anders G. Broberg University of Gothenburg
Pehr Granqvist
Pehr Granqvist Stockholm University
Adam B. Lewin
Adam B. Lewin University of South Florida
Martin E. Franklin
Martin E. Franklin University of Pennsylvania
Maria Råstam
Maria Råstam Lund University
Isobel Heyman
Isobel Heyman University College London
Lars Smith
Lars Smith University of Oslo

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