User:Johanssonrobert/Gerhard Andersson
 | This is not a Wikipedia article: It is an individual user's work-in-progress page, and may be incomplete and/or unreliable. For guidance on developing this draft, see Wikipedia:So you made a userspace draft. Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
Gerhard Andersson | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | June 10, 1966 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University |
| Known for | Internet treatment of psychological disorders Cognitive behavioural treatment of tinnitus |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Clinical Psychology |
| Institutions | Linköping University Karolinska Institute Uppsala University |
Gerhard Andersson (born June 10, 1966) is a Swedish psychologist, psychotherapist and Professor of clinical psychology at Linköping University, and Guest Professor at Karolinska Institutet.
Professor Andersson is known as the father of Internet-based psychological treatments. Moreover, his contributions in the field of tinnitus have enriched the research field widely. Andersson was appointed as a professor at the age of 37, and has been highly productive. Andersson works with a lot of researchers and clinicians and is highly skilled in collaborations with others.
Research fields
Tinnitus
Gerhard Andersson is one of the world leading researchers in the field of psychologically oriented tinnitus research. His contributions to the field influenced the tinnitus research strongly. For example, Andersson and his colleagues provided the first comprehensive meta-analytic review on psychological treatments of tinnitus in 1999. In the following years, Andersson was interested in basic research as well as in the development and improvement of psychological treatment approaches. Thus, he studied for example cognitive disruptions in tinnitus patients, changes in regional cerebral blood flow or the role of tinnitus loudness for perceived distress. Moreover, Andersson and his colleagues developed several treatment concepts to reduce tinnitus distress based on cognitive behavioural therapy. At his department, Andersson is currently leading a tinnitus research group who has quite recently published several new papers on tinnitus, e.g. a meta-analysis on cognitive-behavioural treatments for tinnitus or a questionnaire on tinnitus acceptance.
Internet treatment - the Swedish model
asdfasdf
Health psychology
As a clinical psychologist working in the field of behavioral medicine for over 15 years, Andersson has devoted much of his research to the study of how behavioral, cognitive, biological, and social variables influence health and illness. His research in this area covers a broad range of conditions, including chronic pain, cancer, irritable bowel syndrome, dizziness, hearing loss, diabetes, tinnitus, burn damages, and health anxiety. Andersson’s work focuses primarily on the development and evaluation of behavioral and cognitive therapies for medical conditions, but his research in health psychology also concerns the study of how cognitive, behavioral and genetic factors are involved in health and prevention of illness. A particular interest of his is cognitive aspects and to apply various theories and methods from cognitive psychology in the study of health problems. Among many recent activities, Andersson is currently involved in studies on the role of acceptance in chronic medical conditions, including the first clinical trials on acceptance oriented CBT for tinnitus.
Other research
xxxx
Education
Professor Andersson received his education at Uppsala University, Department of Psychology, and graduated in 1991 (M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology). His first Ph.D. was in Clinical Psychology (1995) and his second Ph.D. was in Medicine (2000). Most recently he has completed a B.A. in Theology (2010). In 1997, Andersson received the qualification as associate professor. He was appointed full professor in clinical psychology at Linköping University in 2003. Since 2007, Andersson also holds a position as guest professor at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, in the department of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychiatry. During his whole career he has worked part-time as a clinician, mainly in audiology, but also in psychiatry.
Publications
Professor Andersson has published more than 270 scientific papers, 7 books and more than 22 book chapters. His present h-index is 33 (last updated 2011-06-10).