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Yvonne Forsell

Yvonne Forsell

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
62
Citations
12840
World Ranking
1287
National Ranking
11

Overview

Yvonne Forsell is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and psychology, with a pronounced focus on mental health and cognitive processes. Forsell's work encompasses both clinical and experimental aspects of psychology as well as pediatrics, perinatology, and child health. Additional areas of study include pathology, forensic medicine, and applied psychology.

The scientist has contributed publications to a variety of academic venues, with frequent appearances in journals such as BMC Public Health, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Brain Behavior and Immunity, JAMA Network Open, and BMJ Open.

Major research topics covered by Forsell include:

  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Physical Activity and Health

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Forsell include:

  • Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Effects of a synbiotic on symptoms, and daily functioning in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - A double-blind randomized controlled trial, 2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Association of Preeclampsia and Perinatal Complications With Offspring Neurodevelopmental and Psychiatric Disorders, 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • Conceptual Design of an Extended Reality Exercise Game for the Elderly, 2022, Applied Sciences
  • Childhood adversity increases methylation in the GRIN2B gene, 2020, Journal of Psychiatric Research

Forsell collaborates frequently with several colleagues, including Catharina Lavebratt, Philippe A. Melas, Andreas Lundin, Yajun Liang, and Jette Möller. These co-authors have partnered with Forsell on diverse studies, contributing to the scientist's interdisciplinary approach to research.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in an elderly urban population: relationship with age, sex, and education.

    Laura Fratiglioni;M. Grut;Y. Forsell;M. Viitanen

  • Neuropsychological functions in anxiety disorders in population-based samples: evidence of episodic memory dysfunction.

    Eija Airaksinen;Maria Larsson;Yvonne Forsell

  • Prevalence and associated factors of depressive and anxiety symptoms during pregnancy: A population based study in rural Bangladesh

    Hashima E Nasreen;Hashima E Nasreen;Zarina N Kabir;Yvonne Forsell;Maigun Edhborg

  • Cognitive functions in depressive disorders: evidence from a population-based study.

    E. Airaksinen;M. Larsson;I. Lundberg;Y. Forsell

  • The occurrence of depressive symptoms in the preclinical phase of AD: a population-based study.

    AK Berger;L Fratiglioni;Y Forsell;B Winblad

  • Do guided internet-based interventions result in clinically relevant changes for patients with depression? An individual participant data meta-analysis.

    Eirini Karyotaki;David Daniel Ebert;Liesje Donkin;Heleen Riper

  • Genetic and epigenetic associations of MAOA and NR3C1 with depression and childhood adversities.

    Philippe A. Melas;Yabin Wei;Yabin Wei;Chloe C. Y. Wong;Louise K. Sjöholm;Louise K. Sjöholm

  • Low birth weight in offspring of women with depressive and anxiety symptoms during pregnancy: results from a population based study in Bangladesh.

    Hashima E Nasreen;Hashima E Nasreen;Zarina Nahar Kabir;Yvonne Forsell;Maigun Edhborg

  • Physical exercise and internet-based cognitive–behavioural therapy in the treatment of depression: randomised controlled trial

    Mats Hallgren;Martin Kraepelien;Agneta Öjehagen;Nils Lindefors

  • Clinical Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias in a Population Survey: Agreement and Causes of Disagreement in Applying Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Revised Third Edition, Criteria

    Laura Fratiglioni;Michaela Grut;Yvonne Forsell;Matti Viitanen

  • Memory complaints of elderly people in a population survey: variation according to dementia stage and depression.

    Michaela Grut;Anthony F. Jorm;Anthony F. Jorm;Laura Fratiglioni;Yvonne Forsell

  • Implementing clinical guidelines in psychiatry: a qualitative study of perceived facilitators and barriers.

    Tord Forsner;Johan Hansson;Mats Brommels;Mats Brommels;Anna Åberg Wistedt

  • Physical Activity Patterns of People Affected by Depressive and Anxiety Disorders as Measured by Accelerometers: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Björg Helgadóttir;Yvonne Forsell;Örjan Ekblom

  • Variations in FKBP5 and BDNF genes are suggestively associated with depression in a Swedish population-based cohort

    Catharina Lavebratt;Elin Åberg;Louise K. Sjöholm;Yvonne Forsell

  • Episodic memory functioning in a community-based sample of old adults with major depression: utilization of cognitive support.

    Lars Bäckman;Yvonne Forsell

  • CRY2 is associated with depression

    Catharina Lavebratt;Louise K. Sjöholm;Pia Soronen;Tiina Paunio

  • The use of alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) in detecting alcohol use disorder and risk drinking in the general population: validation of AUDIT using schedules for clinical assessment in neuropsychiatry.

    Andreas Lundin;Mats Hallgren;Natalja Balliu;Yvonne Forsell

  • Determinants of non-participation, and the effects of non-participation on potential cause-effect relationships, in the PART study on mental disorders.

    Ingvar Lundberg;Kerstin Damström Thakker;Tore Hällström;Yvonne Forsell

  • Major Depression in a Population of Demented and Nondemented Older People: Prevalence and Correlates

    Yvonne Forsell;Bengt Winblad

Frequent Co-Authors

Mats Hallgren
Mats Hallgren Karolinska Institute
Anthony F. Jorm
Anthony F. Jorm University of Melbourne
Laura Fratiglioni
Laura Fratiglioni Karolinska Institute
Viktor Kaldo
Viktor Kaldo Karolinska Institute
Nils Lindefors
Nils Lindefors Karolinska Institute
Lars Bäckman
Lars Bäckman Karolinska Institute
Åke Wahlin
Åke Wahlin Jönköping University
Maria Larsson
Maria Larsson Stockholm University
Eirini Karyotaki
Eirini Karyotaki Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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