Gina Åsbø

PhD candidate

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Funding and collaboration

Employed at NORMENT (https://www.med.uio.no/norment/english/), Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research, located at Oslo University Hospital.

The project is funded by Stiftelsen Dam via Rådet for psykisk helse (The council for mental health).

Academic interests

Psychotic disorders and early psychosis. Recovery research, clinical and personal recovery and factors that contribute to to recovery. Interested in perspectives on recovery from consumers/service users, and counteracting mental health stigma.

Background

2020- PhD-student at NORMENT.
2018-2019 Clinical and cognitive assessor at NORMENT
09/2013 – 08/2018 The Wright Institute, CA. Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.)
08/2010 – 07/2012 University of Oslo, B.A. in psychology
08/2007 – 07/2010 University of Oslo, B.A. in literature

Research team

PI and main supervisor Carmen Simonsen, NORMENT and TIPS Sør-Øst. Co-supervisors from NORMENT: Ingrid Melle and Torill Ueland. Co-researcher Sindre H. Kruse. Professor Emerita, Hanne Haavind.

Advisory board:

Psychosis research group at Stavanger University Hospital: Wenche ten Velden Hegelstad and Associate professor Jone Bjørnestad. Professor Mike Slade, Mental Health Recovery and Social Inclusion, University of Nottingham

Publications

Scientific articles and book chapters

Simonsen, Carmen ; Åsbø, Gina; Slade, Mike; Wold, Kristin Fjelnseth; Widing, Line Hustad & Flaaten, Camilla Bärthel [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2024). A good life with psychosis: Rate of positive outcomes in first-episode psychosis at 10-year follow-up. Psychological Medicine. ISSN 0033-2917. doi: 10.1017/S0033291724000205. Full text in Research Archive
Kreis, Isabel; Wold, Kristin Fjelnseth; Åsbø, Gina; Simonsen, Carmen ; Flaaten, Camilla Bärthel & Engen, Magnus Johan [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2024). The relationship between visual hallucinations, functioning, and suicidality over the course of illness: a 10-year follow-up study in first-episode psychosis. Schizophrenia. 10(1). doi: 10.1038/s41537-024-00450-8. Full text in Research Archive
Widing, Line Hustad; Simonsen, Carmen ; Bjella, Thomas; Engen, Magnus Johan; Flaaten, Camilla Bärthel & Gardsjord, Erlend Strand [Show all 15 contributors for this article] (2023). Long-term Outcomes of People With DSM Psychotic Disorder NOS. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open. ISSN 2632-7899. 4(1). doi: 10.1093/schizbullopen/sgad005. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Introduction: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV diagnostic category “Psychotic disorder not otherwise specified” (PNOS) is seldom investigated, and we lack knowledge about longterm outcomes. We examined long-term symptom severity, global functioning, remission/recovery rates, and diagnostic stability after the first treatment for PNOS. Methods: Participants with first-treatment PNOS (n = 32) were reassessed with structured interviews after 7 to 10 years. The sample also included narrow schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD, n = 94) and psychotic bipolar disorders (PBD, n = 54). Symptomatic remission was defined based on the Remission in Schizophrenia Working Group criteria. Clinical recovery was defined as meeting the criteria for symptomatic remission and having adequate functioning for the last 12 months. Results: Participants with baseline PNOS or PBD had lower symptom severity and better global functioning at follow-up than those with SSD. More participants with PNOS and PBD were in symptomatic remission and clinical recovery compared to participants with SSD. Seventeen (53%) PNOS participants retained the diagnosis, while 15 participants were diagnosed with either SSD (22%), affective disorders (19%), or substanceinduced psychotic disorders (6%). Those rediagnosed with SSD did not differ from the other PNOS participants regarding baseline clinical characteristics. Conclusions: Long-term outcomes are more favorable in PNOS and PBD than in SSD. Our findings confirm diagnostic instability but also stability for a subgroup of participants with PNOS. However, it is challenging to predict diagnostic outcomes of PNOS based on clinical characteristics at first treatment.
Flaaten, Camilla Bärthel; Melle, Ingrid; Bjella, Thomas; Engen, Magnus Johan; Åsbø, Gina & Wold, Kristin Fjelnseth [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2023). Long-term course of cognitive functioning in bipolar disorder: A ten-year follow-up study. Bipolar Disorders. ISSN 1398-5647. doi: 10.1111/bdi.13364. Full text in Research Archive
Wold, Kristin Fjelnseth; Ottesen, Akiah; Flaaten, Camilla Bärthel; Johnsen, Erik; Lagerberg, Trine Vik & Romm, Kristin Lie [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2023). Early identification of treatment non-response in first-episode psychosis. European psychiatry. ISSN 0924-9338. 66(1). doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.15. Full text in Research Archive
Ihler, Henrik Myhre; Lyngstad, Siv Hege; Gardsjord, Erlend Strand; Widing, Line Hustad; Flaaten, Camilla Bärthel & Åsbø, Gina [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2023). The trajectory of two negative symptom dimensions in first-episode psychosis and the role of cannabis use: A 10-year follow-up study. Schizophrenia Research. ISSN 0920-9964. 252, p. 317–325. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2023.01.024. Full text in Research Archive
Åsbø, Gina; Ueland, Torill; Haatveit, Beathe ; Bjella, Thomas; Flaaten, Camilla Bärthel & Wold, Kristin Fjelnseth [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2022). The Time is Ripe for a Consensus Definition of Clinical Recovery in First-episode Psychosis: Suggestions Based on a 10-Year Follow-up Study. Schizophrenia Bulletin. ISSN 0586-7614. 48(4), p. 839–849. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbac035. Full text in Research Archive
Flaaten, Camilla Bärthel; Melle, Ingrid; Bjella, Thomas; Engen, Magnus Johan; Åsbø, Gina & Wold, Kristin Fjelnseth [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2022). Domain-specific cognitive course in schizophrenia: Group- and individual-level changes over 10 years. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition. ISSN 2215-0013. 30, p. 1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.scog.2022.100263. Full text in Research Archive
Engen, Magnus Johan; Vaskinn, Anja; Melle, Ingrid; Færden, Ann; Lyngstad, Siv Hege & Flaaten, Camilla Bärthel [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2022). Cognitive and Global Functioning in Patients With First-Episode Psychosis Stratified by Level of Negative Symptoms. A 10-Year Follow-Up Study. Frontiers in Psychiatry. ISSN 1664-0640. 13:841057, p. 1–13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.841057. Full text in Research Archive
Widing, Line Hustad; Simonsen, Carmen Elisabeth; Flaaten, Camilla Bärthel; Haatveit, Beathe ; Vik, Ruth Kristine & Wold, Kristin Fjelnseth [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2022). Premorbid characteristics of patients with DSM-IV psychotic disorders. Comprehensive Psychiatry. ISSN 0010-440X. 115, p. 1–7. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2022.152310. Full text in Research Archive
Flaaten, Camilla Bärthel; Melle, Ingrid; Gardsjord, Erlend Strand; Bjella, Thomas; Engen, Magnus Johan & Vaskinn, Anja [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2022). Course of intellectual functioning in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: A 10-year follow-up study. Psychological Medicine. ISSN 0033-2917. p. 1–9. doi: 10.1017/S0033291721004645. Full text in Research Archive
Widing, Line Hustad; Simonsen, Carmen Elisabeth; Flaaten, Camilla Bärthel; Haatveit, Beathe ; Vik, Ruth Kristine & Wold, Kristin Fjelnseth [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2020). Symptom Profiles in Psychotic Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. Frontiers in Psychiatry. ISSN 1664-0640. 11. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.580444. Full text in Research Archive

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