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Guðmundur Ágúst Skarphéðinsson - Professor
–
School of Health Sciences
Guðmundur Ágúst Skarphéðinsson
Íslenska
Professor
Location
Nýi Garður
Phone
5255573
Email
gskarp [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Psychology
Website
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gudmundur_Skarphedinsson
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8618-153X
Research portal – Guðmundur Ágúst Skarphéðinsson
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023
Courses 2023 - 2024
SÁL208G - Work Methods in Psychological Studies
SÁL229F - Treatment of Child and adolescent psychopathology
Education
2015
,
Ph.D.
,
University of Oslo
,
Institute of Clinical Medicine
2011
,
M.Sc.
,
University of Iceland
,
Strategic Management
2004
,
cand. psych.
,
University of Iceland
,
Clinical Psychology
2004
,
BA
,
University of Iceland
,
Psychology
Professional Experience
2018 -
,
Associate Professor,
University of Iceland
2017 -
2018,
Assistant Professor,
University of Iceland
2016 -
2017,
Clinical Psychologist,
Sorlandet Hospital, Kvinesdal, Norway
2014 -
2016,
Researcher,
Regional Center of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (RBUP), Oslo, Norway
2010 -
2014,
Ph.D. Fellow,
Regional Center of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (RBUP), Oslo, Norway
2006 -
2010,
Clinical Psychologist,
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Landspitali University Hospital
2010 -
2010,
Clinical Psychologist,
Sorlandet Hospital, Arendal, Norway
2005 -
2006,
Psychologist,
Institute of Testing, Reykjavik, Iceland
2004 -
2004,
School Psychologist,
Reykjavik Service Center
Published works
2023
Body Dysmorphic Symptoms in Youth with Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: Prevalence, Clinical Correlates, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Outcome
Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Efficacy and safety of serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRI) for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
Comparative effectiveness of cognitive behavioral treatment, serotonin, and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors for anxiety in children and adolescents: a network meta-analysis
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
Parents’ experience and views on the assessment and treatment of children with OCD within the public mental health system in Iceland: a qualitative study
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
The Feasibility and Efficacy of a Group-Based, Brief Transdiagnostic Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Adolescents with Internalizing Problems
Child Psychiatry & Human Development
Family Accommodation in Pediatric Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder: Investigating Prevalence and Clinical Correlates in the NordLOTS Study
Child Psychiatry & Human Development
2022
Parent–youth agreement on psychiatric diagnoses and symptoms: results from an adolescent outpatient clinical sample
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
Quality of life in pediatric patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder during and 3 years after stepped-care treatment
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
2021
Diagnostic efficiency and validity of the DSM-oriented Child Behavior Checklist and Youth Self-Report scales in a clinical sample of Swedish youth
PLOS ONE
Neurochemical properties measured by 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy may predict cognitive behaviour therapy outcome in paediatric OCD: a pilot study
Journal of Neural Transmission
2020
Icelandic translation and reliability data on the DSM-5 version of the schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia for school-aged children – present and lifetime version (K-SADS-PL)
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
Distinct trajectories of long‐term symptom severity in pediatric obsessive–compulsive disorder during and after stepped‐care treatment
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for child and adolescent anxiety disorders across different CBT modalities and comparisons: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
2019
Convergent and divergent validity of the schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia for school-age children – present and lifetime version diagnoses in a sample of children and adolescents with obsessive–compulsive disorder
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
2017
Defining cognitive-behavior therapy response and remission in pediatric OCD: a signal detection analysis of the Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Structure and clinical correlates of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a large sample of children and adolescents: a factor analytic study across five nations.
European child & adolescent psychiatry
The Validity of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders Revised (SCARED-R) Scale and Sub-Scales in Swedish Youth.
Child psychiatry and human development
One-Year Outcome for Responders of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder with tic symptoms: clinical presentation and treatment outcome.
European child & adolescent psychiatry
Early responders and remitters to exposure-based CBT for pediatric OCD
Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Neurobiological and Neurodevelopmental Perspectives on OCD and their Clinical Implications
The Wiley Handbook of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
2016
6.117 COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOR TREATMENT FOR CHILD AND ADOLESCENT OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER: ONE YEAR OUTCOMES FROM THE NORDIC LONG-TERM OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER TREATMENT STUDY (NORDLOTS)
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Subclinical autism spectrum symptoms in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder.
European child & adolescent psychiatry
Treatment of a Child With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder With Limited Motivation: Course and Outcome of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy.
Journal of clinical psychology
51.3 THE NORDIC LONG-TERM OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER TREATMENT STUDY: EFFECTIVENESS OF A STEPPED-CARE TREATMENT
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
6.114 LONG-TERM EFFECTIVENESS OF TREATMENTS FOR COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY RESISTANT YOUTH WITH OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER INITIALLY RANDOMIZED TO CONTINUED COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY OR SERTRALINE
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
[A Review and Recommendations of Evidence-Based Treatments for Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder].
Laeknabladid
6.118 PREDICTING THE LONG-TERM OUTCOME IN PEDIATRIC OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER: A NATURALISTIC PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Familial occurrence of tic disorder, anxiety and depression is associated with the clinical presentation of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents
Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
2015
Screening efficiency of the self-report version of the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children in a highly comorbid inpatient sample.
Nordic journal of psychiatry
Evaluation of the factor structure of the Child Obsessive–Compulsive Impact Scale – Revised (COIS-R) in Scandinavia with confirmatory factor analysis
Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Tics Moderate Sertraline, but Not Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Response in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Patients Who Do Not Respond to Cognitive-Behavior Therapy.
Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology
Sertraline Treatment of Nonresponders to Extended Cognitive-Behavior Therapy in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology
Effectiveness of cognitive behavior treatment for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: acute outcomes from the Nordic Long-term OCD Treatment Study (NordLOTS).
Behaviour research and therapy
Predictors associated with improved cognitive-behavioral therapy outcome in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Sleep problems and cognitive behavior therapy in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder have bidirectional effects.
Journal of anxiety disorders
The place of and evidence for serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents: Views based on a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Psychiatry research
Continued cognitive-behavior therapy versus sertraline for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder that were non-responders to cognitive-behavior therapy: a randomized controlled trial.
European child & adolescent psychiatry
Evidence-Based Treatments in Treatment-Naïve and Treatment-Resistant Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports
Standard individual cognitive behaviour therapy for paediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: a systematic review of effect estimates across comparisons.
Nordic journal of psychiatry
2013
The Nordic long-term OCD treatment study (NordLOTS): rationale, design, and methods.
Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health
Þróun þekkingarstjórnunarkvarða
Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál
2012
Psychiatric disorders in an urban sample of preschool children
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
[Relationship between pre-adoptive risk factors and psychopathological difficulties of internationally adopted children in Iceland].
Laeknabladid
Relationskip between pre-adoptive risk factors and psychopathological difficulties of internationally adopted children in Iceland | Afdrif barna á Íslandi sem eru ættleidd erlendis frá
Laeknabladid
2010
Validity of K-SADS-PL (Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children--Present and Lifetime Version) depression diagnoses in an adolescent clinical population.
Nordic journal of psychiatry
Parent-youth agreement on symptoms and diagnosis: assessment with a diagnostic interview in an adolescent inpatient clinical population.
Journal of physiology, Paris
2006
Prevalence estimates of gambling and problem gambling among 13- to 15-year-old adolescents in Reykjavík: An examination of correlates of problem gambling and different accessibility to electronic gambling machines in Iceland
Journal of Gambling Issues
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Anxiety disorders
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