Svein Overland

St. Olavs Hospital · National unit of Forensic Expertise

Norwegian legislation concerning individuals with cognitive impairments who have committed serious violent or sexual offences.

Introduction While the general uptake of e-mental health interventions remained low over the past years, physical distancing and lockdown measures relating to the COVID-19 pandemic created a need and demand for online consultations in only a matter of weeks. Objective This study investigates the uptake of online consultations provided by mental he...

BACKGROUND While the general uptake of e-mental health interventions remained low over the past years, physical distancing and quarantine measures relating to the COVID-19 pandemic created a need and demand for online consultations and telepsychology in only a matter of weeks. OBJECTIVE This study investigates the uptake of online consultations pr...

This paper is now published in Internet Interventions: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2021.100405

A guide to blended families

This consensus statement from the different members of the EFPA project group on E-health aims to provide general rules of thumb concerning the dissemination in and use of digital psychological interventions in practice.

The chapter describes the digital revolutions and how this affects youth daily life in regard to trends and positive and negative consequences.

Proteus is a program for the prevention of new online sexual offences and the use of Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM) The psychiatric forensic department of St. Olavs Hospital (avdeling Brøset) has for some time worked with the Police in the region of Trøndelag in advising and developing new forms for collaboration and intervention The Po...

Chronic illnesses cause considerable burden in quality of life, often leading to physical, psychological and social dysfunctioning of the sufferers and their family. There is a growing need for flexible provision of home-based psychological services to increase reach even for traditionally underserved chronic illness sufferer populations. Digital i...

Helsetilsynets laeringspunkter kan paradoksalt nok hindre godt selvmordsforebyggende arbeid med vår pasientgruppe.

The majority of mental health disorders remain untreated. Many limitations of traditional psychological interventions such as limited availability of evidence-based interventions and clinicians could potentially be overcome by providing Internet- and mobile-based psychological interventions (IMIs). This paper is a report of the Taskforce E-Health o...

An updated textbook that covers the various aspects of monetary and computer games, and attempting to collect and systematize existing knowledge and present new research on gambling and gaming.

Metakognitiv terapi (MKT) er en behandlingsform som har fått økende interesse i de siste årene. Målet med denne artikkelen er å vise hvordan MKT kan anvendes for barn og unge som plages med angstsymptomer.

Effects of pornography consumption remains a hotly debated issue. The views range from the embracement of pornography as a tool to enhance the joys of sexuality to the conviction that porno­ graphy can reduce sexual satisfaction and lead to attitudes supporting violence or sexual aggression. This brief report re­ views the scientific literature con...

Barneombudet gir i BARN sitt syn på hvilke temaer som er mest betydningsfulle for barns oppvekst i Norge i dag. Boken gir unike perspektiver på barn og unges oppvekstvilkår. Sentrale forskere, kunnskapsformidlere og andre utvalgte stemmer er med på laget. Tekst og foto fra barn og ungdom er viktige bidrag. Sammen formidler de hva barnekonvensjonen...

Stalking har lenge vært forbundet med berømte personer som blir forfulgt og plaget. Ny kunnskap viser derimot at forekomsten er langt mer vanlig enn tidligere antatt, og at det kan ramme hvem som helst. Stalking innbefatter uønsket kontakt, trusler, skadeverk og vold. Den er ofte motivert av et ønske om hevn, kjærlighet eller dominans, men kan også...