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Trond Heir is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and has a publication record spanning medicine and psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology. Their research covers medical and psychological aspects, particularly related to mental health outcomes associated with trauma and public health crises.

The scientist's recent academic contributions include studies on post-traumatic stress and its risk factors linked to COVID-19. Selected papers include:

  • "Prevalence and Risk Factors for Post-Traumatic Stress in Hospitalized and Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients" (2021), published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Associated Factors during the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Norway" (2020), published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Visual impairment and depression: Age-specific prevalence, associations with vision loss, and relation to life satisfaction" (2020), published in World Journal of Psychiatry
  • "The economic burden of dissociative disorders: A qualitative systematic review of empirical studies." (2020), published in Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • "Personality traits and the risk of becoming lonely in old age: A 5-year follow-up study" (2020), published in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Frequent coauthors include Tore Bonsaksen, Øivind Ekeberg, Laila Skogstad, Inger Schou-Bredal, and Tine K. Grimholt, indicating collaboration within overlapping mental health and public health domains.

Heir has published extensively in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • BMC Public Health
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Preprints.org
  • Frontiers in Public Health

Their main fields of study consist of Medicine and Psychology, with a notable emphasis on Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Epidemiology, and Neurology as subfields. The research topics frequently addressed include:

  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • Elder Abuse and Neglect

Through these areas, the scientist contributes to understanding the psychological and physiological impacts of traumatic events and public health emergencies, with an intersection of mental health consequences and broader systemic issues in healthcare and aging populations.

Best Publications

  • Bereavement and mental health after sudden and violent losses: a review.

    Pål Kristensen;Lars Weisæth;Trond Heir

  • Work-related post-traumatic stress disorder

    M. Skogstad;M. Skorstad;A. Lie;H. S. Conradi

  • Brief measure of posttraumatic stress reactions: Impact of Event Scale-6

    Siri Thoresen;Kristian Tambs;Kristian Tambs;Ajmal Hussain;Trond Heir

  • Mental health problems and post‐migration stress among multi‐traumatized refugees attending outpatient clinics upon resettlement to Norway

    Dinu-Stefan Teodorescu;Trond Heir;Edvard Hauff;Tore Wentzel-Larsen;Tore Wentzel-Larsen

  • The mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors on arrival in the host country

    Marianne Vervliet;Melinda A. Meyer Demott;Marianne Jakobsen;Eric Broekaert

  • Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among unaccompanied asylum-seeking adolescents in norway.

    Marianne Jakobsen;Melinda A. M Demott;Trond Heir

  • Posttraumatic growth, depressive symptoms, posttraumatic stress symptoms, post-migration stressors and quality of life in multi-traumatized psychiatric outpatients with a refugee background in Norway

    Dinu-Stefan Teodorescu;Johan Siqveland;Trond Heir;Edvard Hauff;Edvard Hauff

  • Self-reported asthma and exercise-induced asthma symptoms in high-level competitive cross-country skiers

    T. Heir;S. Oseid

  • Loneliness among adults with visual impairment: prevalence, associated factors, and relationship to life satisfaction.

    Audun Brunes;Marianne B. Hansen;Trond Heir;Trond Heir

  • Psychiatric disorders and functional impairment among disaster victims after exposure to a natural disaster: A population based study

    Ajmal Hussain;Lars Weisaeth;Trond Heir

  • The impact of the asylum process on mental health: a longitudinal study of unaccompanied refugee minors in Norway

    Marianne Jakobsen;Melinda Ashley Meyer DeMott;Tore Wentzel-Larsen;Trond Heir

  • Age, body composition, aerobic fitness and health condition as risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries in conscripts.

    Trond Heir;G. Eide

  • Injury proneness in infantry conscripts undergoing a physical training programme: smokeless tobacco use, higher age, and low levels of physical fitness are risk factors

    Trond Heir;G. Eide

  • Epidemiology of musculoskeletal injuries among Norwegian conscripts undergoing basic military training.

    T. Heir;P. Glomsaker

  • Chronic pain in multi-traumatized outpatients with a refugee background resettled in Norway: a cross-sectional study.

    Dinu-Stefan Teodorescu;Dinu-Stefan Teodorescu;Trond Heir;Johan Siqveland;Johan Siqveland;Edvard Hauff;Edvard Hauff

  • Psychiatric disorders among disaster bereaved: an interview study of individuals directly or not directly exposed to the 2004 tsunami

    Pål Kristensen;Lars Weisæth;Trond Heir

  • Predictors of Complicated Grief After a Natural Disaster: A Population Study Two Years After the 2004 South-East Asian Tsunami

    Pål Kristensen;Lars Weisæth;Trond Heir

  • Population-based norms of the Life Orientation Test–Revised (LOT-R)

    Inger Schou-Bredal;Trond Heir;Laila Skogstad;Tore Bonsaksen

  • Longitudinal changes in recalled perceived life threat after a natural disaster

    Trond Heir;Auran Piatigorsky;Lars Weisæth

  • World assumptions, posttraumatic stress and quality of life after a natural disaster: a longitudinal study.

    Egil Nygaard;Trond Heir

  • Health and Disability The mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors on arrival in the host country

    Marianne Vervliet;Melinda A. Meyer Demott;Marianne Jakobsen;Eric Broekaert

Frequent Co-Authors

Morten Birkeland Nielsen
Morten Birkeland Nielsen National Institute of Occupational Health
Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Tore Wentzel-Larsen Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies
Adèle C. Green
Adèle C. Green QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Ask Elklit
Ask Elklit University of Southern Denmark
Jan Haavik
Jan Haavik University of Bergen
Atle Dyregrov
Atle Dyregrov University of Bergen
Tor Endestad
Tor Endestad University of Oslo
Erik Lykke Mortensen
Erik Lykke Mortensen University of Copenhagen
Eric Broekaert
Eric Broekaert Ghent University
Richard J. Loewenstein
Richard J. Loewenstein University of Maryland, Baltimore

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