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Andri Steinþór Björnsson - Professor
–
School of Health Sciences
Andri Steinþór Björnsson
Íslenska
Professor
Location
Nýi Garður / Ng-110
Phone
525 - 5177
Email
asb [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Psychology
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0307-2512
Research portal – Andri Steinþór Björnsson
Courses 2024 - 2025
SÁL228F - Psychotherapy - Adults
SÁL104G - Explaining behaviour
Collaboration
,
Education
2009
,
,
McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
,
2009
,
,
Brown University
,
2009
,
Doktorspróf
,
University of Colorado
,
PhD in clinical psychology
2005
,
MA
,
University of Colorado
,
2003
,
MA
,
University of Iceland
,
1998
,
BA
,
University of Iceland
,
1990
,
BS
,
University of Iceland
,
Professional Experience
2011 -
,
Professor,
Psychology Department University of Iceland (from
Published works
2024
Developing a Brief Cognitive Task Intervention to Reduce Long-Standing Intrusive Memories of Trauma
Clinical Psychology in Europe
2023
Adverse childhood experiences and psychological functioning among women with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
Correction
Blood Cancer Journal
Appraisals of Social Trauma and Their Role in the Development of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder
Behavioral Sciences
2022
The half-painted picture: Reviewing the mental health impacts of cancer screening
Medicine (United States)
The first wave of COVID-19 and concurrent social restrictions were not associated with a negative impact on mental health and psychiatric well-being
Journal of Internal Medicine
Using a Brief Mental Imagery Competing Task to Reduce the Number of Intrusive Memories
JMIR Formative Research
2021
Reducing intrusive memories of childhood trauma using a visuospatial intervention
JMIR Formative Research
Upphaf klínískrar sálfræði: Í byrjun 20. aldar eða eftir seinni heimsstyrjöld?
Correction: Reducing Intrusive Memories of Childhood Trauma Using a Visuospatial Intervention: Case Study in Iceland
JMIR Formative Research
Iceland screens, treats, or prevents multiple myeloma (iStopMM)
Blood Cancer Journal
Algengi líkamsskynjunarröskunar á Íslandi
Sálfræðiritið
2020
Algengi líkamsskynjunarröskunar í almennu úrtaki og samanburður við einstaklinga með almenna kvíðaröskun og einstaklinga án geðraskana
Sálfræðiritið
Social trauma and its association with posttraumatic stress disorder and social anxiety disorder
Journal of Anxiety Disorders
Body dysmorphic disorder is associated with risk for suicidality and inpatient hospitalization
Psychiatry Research
Measuring biases of visual attention
Behavioral Sciences
Foraging with Anne Treisman
Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics
2019
Líkamsskynjunarröskun - Helstu einkenni, algengi, greining og meðferð
Læknablaðið
Posttraumatic stress disorder in African American and Latinx Adults
American Psychologist
Líkamsskynjunarröskun
Laeknabladid
Próffræðilegir eiginleikar, samleitni og aðgreiniréttmæti Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale og Social Phobia Weekly Summary Scale í íslenskum þýðingum
Sálfræðiritið
Body dysmorphic disorder and major depressive episode have comorbidity-independent associations with suicidality in an acute psychiatric setting
Journal of Affective Disorders
Próffræðilegir eiginleikar Sheehan Disability Scale, Quality of Life Scale og Patient Health Questionnaire í íslenskri þýðingu
Sálfræðiritið
2018
„Það er fróðlegt og krefjandi að vinna í teymi“ Þverfræðilegt nám á heilbrigðisvísindas við iHáskóla Íslands: þriggja ára þróunarverkefni
Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
Brief report
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Próffræðilegir eiginleikar, samleitni- og aðgreiniréttmæti Liebowitz Soial Anxiety Scale og Social Phobia Weekly Summary Scale í íslenskum þýðingum
Sálfræðiritið
Próffræðilegir eiginleikar Sheehan Disability Scale, Quality of Life Scale og Parient Health Questionnaire í íslenskri þýðingu
Sálfræðiritið
2017
Age at onset and clinical course of body dysmorphic disorder
The OutSMARTers Program for Children With ADHD
Journal of Attention Disorders
2016
Prevalence and Characteristics of Body Dysmorphic Disorder among Patients in a Partial Hospital Program
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Skyndiframfarir í sálrænni meðferð
Sálfræðiritið
Maðurinn er félagslegt dýr
2015
Er þörf á sérstakri heilbrigðismóttöku fyrir háskólanemendur?
Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
Barking up the wrong tree in attentional bias modification? Comparing the sensitivity of four tasks to attentional biases
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
Orsakir og íleiðsla í vísindum: Viðbrögð við áleitnum hugsunum
Money talks in attention bias modification
Visual Cognition
Group climate development in brief group therapies
Group Dynamics
2014
Do obsessions and compulsions play a role in social anxiety disorder?
Harvard Review of Psychiatry
Personality pathology factors predict recurrent major depressive disorder in emerging adults
Journal of Clinical Psychology
Two-year course of generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder with agoraphobia in a sample of latino adults
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Changes in body image and dieting among 16-19-year-old Icelandic students from 2000 to 2010
Body Image
Líkamsskynjunarröskun: Algengi í átröskunarteymi Geðsviðs Landspítala - háskólasjúkrahúss
Sálfræðiritið
Experimenting with Psychotherapy
Attention bias modification: A new treatment intervention for anxiety
Sálfræðiritið
Posttraumatic stress disorder in African Americans
Psychiatry Research
Erratum
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
2013
Erratum
Depression and Anxiety
Age at onset and clinical correlates in body dysmorphic disorder
Comprehensive Psychiatry
Two-year course of generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder in a longitudinal sample of African American adults
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Cued panic attacks in body dysmorphic disorder
Journal of Psychiatric Practice
2012
Hvað spáir fyrir um árangur af hugrænni atferlismeðferð í hópi og almennri hópmeðferð við félagsfælni á meðal háskólanema?
Sálfræðiritið
Science and Practice in Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training
Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
2011
Impact of stressful life events on the course of panic disorder in adults
Journal of Affective Disorders
Cognitive-behavioral group therapy versus group psychotherapy for social anxiety disorder among college students
Depression and Anxiety
The clinical course of body dysmorphic disorder in the harvard/brown anxiety research project (HARP)
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Psychometric properties of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) in a longitudinal study of African Americans with anxiety disorders
Journal of Anxiety Disorders
Beyond the "Psychological Placebo"
Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
2010
Trastorno dismórfico corporal
Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience
Avoidant Personality Disorder
The effects of experiential avoidance and rumination on depression among college students
International Journal of Cognitive Therapy
2005
Specificity and nonspecificity in psychotherapy
Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
2004
Vísindabyltingin og rætur hennar í fornöld og á miðöldum
Keywords for Specialisation:
Social anxiety disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder
Effectiveness of psychotherapy
Trauma
Treatment development
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