• A pilot study to determine whether combinations of objectively measured activity parameters can be used to differentiate between mixed states, mania, and bipolar depression. 

      Scott, Janine Linda; Vaaler, Arne; Fasmer, Ole Bernt; Morken, Gunnar; Krane-Gartiser, Karoline (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Background Until recently, actigraphy studies in bipolar disorders focused on sleep rather than daytime activity in mania or depression, and have failed to analyse mixed episodes separately. Furthermore, even those studies ...
    • A pragmatic effectiveness randomized controlled trial of the duration of psychiatric hospitalization in a trans- diagnostic sample of patients with acute mental illness admitted to a ward with either blue-depleted evening lighting or normal lighting conditions 

      Scott, Janine Linda; Langsrud, Knut; Vethe, Daniel; Kjørstad, Kaia; Vestergaard, Cecilie Lund; Faaland, Patrick; Lydersen, Stian; Vaaler, Arne; Morken, Gunnar; Torgersen, Terje; Kallestad, Håvard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Background There is increasing recognition of the need to stabilize sleep-wake cycles in individuals with major mental disorders. As such, clinicians and researchers advocate the use of interventions targeted at sleep and ...
    • A randomized controlled trial comparing self-referral to inpatient treatment and treatment as usual in patients with severe mental disorders 

      Sigrunarson, Vidir; Moljord, Inger Elise Opheim; Steinsbekk, Aslak; Eriksen, Lasse; Morken, Gunnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Background: There has been a call for increased patient autonomy and participation in psychiatry. Some Community Mental Health Centres (CMHC) have implemented services called ‘self-referral to inpatient treatment’ (SRIT) ...
    • A randomized trial of cognitive group therapy vs. waiting list for patients with co-morbid psychiatric disorders: Effect of cognitive group therapy after treatment and six and twelve months follow-up 

      Hagen, Roger; Nordahl, Hans Morten; Kristiansen, Lena; Morken, Gunnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)
      The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of cognitive group therapy compared to a waiting list in a sample of patients with heterogeneous non-psychotic disorders. Participants in this study were referred from ...
    • Actigraphic assessment of motor activity in acutely admitted inpatients with bipolar disorder 

      Krane-Gartiser, Karoline; Henriksen, Tone Elise Gjøtterud; Morken, Gunnar; Vaaler, Arne Einar; Fasmer, Ole Bernt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Introduction: Mania is associated with increased activity, whereas psychomotor retardation is often found in bipolar depression. Actigraphy is a promising tool for monitoring phase shifts and changes following treatment ...
    • Actigraphy as an objective intra‑individual marker of activity patterns in acute‑phase bipolar disorder: a case series 

      Krane-Gartiser, Karoline; Asheim, Andreas; Fasmer, Ole Bernt; Morken, Gunnar; Vaaler, Arne; Scott, Janine Linda (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background Actigraphy could be an objective alternative to clinical ratings of motor activity in bipolar disorder (BD), which is of importance now that increased activity and energy are added as cardinal symptoms of ...
    • ACTIGRAPHY IN AFFECTIVE DISORDERS 

      Krane-Gartiser, Karoline (Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2016:154, Doctoral thesis, 2016)
      Norsk sammendrag - Norsk tittel: Aktigrafi ved stemningslidelser Det er i dag ingen objektive mål på symptomene ved psykiske lidelser. I dette doktorgradsarbeidet er det vist at mennesker med ulike former for depresjoner ...
    • Acute admissions among immigrants and asylum seekers to a psychiatric hospital in Norway 

      Iversen, Valentina; Morken, Gunnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2003)
      Objective The purpose of the present study was to compare admission rates, including admission by coercion, length of hospital stay and diagnosis among immigrants, asylum seekers and Norwegian-born patients. Material All ...
    • Acute unstable depressive syndrome (AUDS) is associated more frequently with epilepsy than major depression 

      Vaaler, Arne; Morken, Gunnar; Iversen, Valentina Cabral; Kondziella, Daniel; Linaker, Olav Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      Background: Depressive disorders are frequent in epilepsy and associated with reduced seizure control. Almost 50% of interictal depressive disorders have to be classified as atypical depressions according to DSM-4 ...
    • Applying polygenic risk scoring for psychiatric disorders to a large family with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder 

      de Jong, Simone; Diniz, Mateus Jose Abdalla; Saloma, Andiara; Gadelha, Ary; Santoro, Marcos L.; Ota, Vanessa K.; Noto, Cristiano; Morken, Gunnar; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Melle, Ingrid; Djurovic, Srdjan; Curtis, Charles; Newhouse, Stephen J.; Patel, Hamel; Hall, Lynsey S.; O`Reilly, Paul F.; Belangero, Sintia I.; Bressan, Rodrigo A.; Breen, Gerome (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Psychiatric disorders are thought to have a complex genetic pathology consisting of interplay of common and rare variation. Traditionally, pedigrees are used to shed light on the latter only, while here we discuss the ...
    • Association analysis between suicidal behaviour and candidate genes of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia 

      Finseth, Per Ivar; Sønderby, Ida Elken; Djurovic, Srdjan; Agartz, Ingrid; Malt, Ulrik Fredrik; Melle, Ingrid; Morken, Gunnar; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Vaaler, Arne Einar; Tesli, Martin Steen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Background: The present study investigated associations between the strongest joint genetic risk variants for bipolar disorder (BD) and schizophrenia (SCZ) and a history of suicide attempt in patients with BD, SCZ and ...
    • Association between polarity of first episode and solar insolation in bipolar I disorder 

      Bauer, Michael; Glenn, Tasha; Achtyes, Eric D.; Alda, Martin; Agaoglu, Esen; Altınbaş, Kürşat; Andreassen, Ole; Angelopoulos, Elias; Ardau, Raffaella; Aydin, Memduha; Ayhan, Yavuz; Baethge, Christopher; Bauer, Rita; Baune, Bernhard T.; Balaban, Ceylan; Becerra-Palars, Claudia; Behere, Aniruddh P.; Behere, Prakash B.; Belete, Habte; Belete, Tilahun; Belizario, Gabriel Okawa; Bellivier, Frank; Belmaker, Robert H.; Benedetti, Francesco; Berk, Michael; Bersudsky, Yuly; Bicakci, Şule; Birabwa-Oketcho, Harriet; Bjella, Thomas; Brady, Conan; Cabrera, Jorge; Cappucciati, Marco; Castro, Angela Marianne Paredes; Chen, Wei-Ling; Cheung, Eric Y.W.; Chiesa, Silvia; Crowe, Marie; Cuomo, Alessandro; Dallaspezia, Sara; Del Zompo, Maria; Desai, Pratikkumar; Dodd, Seetal; Etain, Bruno; Fagiolini, Andrea; Fellendorf, Frederike T.; Ferensztajn-Rochowiak, Ewa; Fiedorowicz, Jess G.; Fountoulakis, Kostas N.; Frye, Mark A.; Geoffroy, Pierre A.; Gonzalez-Pinto, Ana; Gottlieb, John F.; Grof, Paul; Haarman, Bartholomeus C.M.; Harima, Hirohiko; Hasse-Sousa, Mathias; Henry, Chantal; Høffding, Lone; Houenou, Josselin; Imbesi, Massimiliano; Isometsä, Erkki T.; Ivkovic, Maja; Janno, Sven; Johnsen, Simon; Kapczinski, Flávio; Karakatsoulis, Gregory N.; Kardell, Mathias; Kessing, Lars Vedel; Kim, Seong Jae; König, Barbara; Kot, Timur L.; Koval, Michael; Kunz, Mauricio; Lafer, Beny; Landén, Mikael; Larsen, Erik R.; Lenger, Melanie; Lewitzka, Ute; Licht, Rasmus W.; Lopez-Jaramillo, Carlos; MacKenzie, Alan; Madsen, Helle Østergaard; Madsen, Simone Alberte Kongstad A.; Mahadevan, Jayant; Mahardika, Agustine; Manchia, Mirko; Marsh, Wendy; Martinez-Cengotitabengoa, Monica; Martiny, Klaus; Mashima, Yuki; McLoughlin, Declan M.; Meesters, Ybe; Melle, Ingrid; Meza-Urzúa, Fátima; Mok, Yee Ming; Monteith, Scott; Moorthy, Muthukumaran; Morken, Gunnar; Mosca, Enrica; Mozzhegorov, Anton A.; Munoz, Rodrigo; Mythri, Starlin V.; Nacef, Fethi; Nadella, Ravi K.; Nakanotani, Takako; Nielsen, René Ernst; O'Donovan, Claire; Omrani, Adel; Osher, Yamima; Ouali, Uta; Pantovic-Stefanovic, Maja; Pariwatcharakul, Pornjira; Petite, Joanne; Pfennig, Andrea; Ruiz, Yolanda Pica; Pinna, Marco; Pompili, Maurizio; Porter, Richard; Quiroz, Danilo; Rabelo-da-Ponte, Francisco Diego; Ramesar, Raj; Rasgon, Natalie; Ratta-apha, Woraphat; Ratzenhofer, Michaela; Redahan, Maria; Reddy, M.S.; Reif, Andreas; Reininghaus, Eva Z.; Richards, Jenny Gringer; Ritter, Philipp; Rybakowski, Janusz K.; Sathyaputri, Leela; Scippa, Ângela M.; Simhandl, Christian; Smith, Daniel; Smith, José; Stackhouse, Paul W.; Stein, Dan J.; Stilwell, Kellen; Strejilevich, Sergio; Su, Kuan-Pin; Subramaniam, Mythily; Sulaiman, Ahmad Hatim; Suominen, Kirsi; Tanra, Andi J.; Tatebayashi, Yoshitaka; Teh, Wen Lin; Tondo, Leonardo; Torrent, Carla; Tuinstra, Daniel; Uchida, Takahito; Vaaler, Arne; Vieta, Eduard; Viswanath, Biju; Yoldi-Negrete, Maria; Yalcinkaya, Oguz Kaan; Young, Allan H.; Zgueb, Yosra; Whybrow, Peter C. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objective Circadian rhythm disruption is commonly observed in bipolar disorder (BD). Daylight is the most powerful signal to entrain the human circadian clock system. This exploratory study investigated if solar insolation ...
    • Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use 

      Liu, Ming; Jiang, Yu; Wedow, Robbee; Li, Yue; Brazel, David M.; Chen, Fang; Datta, Gargi; Davila-Velderrain, Jose; Mitchell, Amy; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Sivertsen, Børge; Stordal, Eystein; Morken, Gunnar; Kallestad, Håvard; Heuch, Ingrid; Zwart, John-Anker; Fjukstad, Katrine Kveli; Pedersen, Linda Margareth; Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Skrove, Marit Synnøve; Indredavik, Marit Sæbø; Drange, Ole Kristian; Bjerkeset, Ottar; Børte, Sigrid; Stensland, Synne; Choquet, Hélène; Docherty, Anna R.; Faul, Jessica D.; Foerster, Johanna R.; Fritsche, Lars; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Gordon, Scott D.; Haessler, Jeffrey; Hottenga, Jouke-Jan; Huang, Hongyan; Jang, Seon-Kyeong; Jansen, Philip R.; Ling, Yueh; Mägi, Reedik; Matoba, Nana; McMahon, George; Mulas, Antonella; Orrú, Valeria; Palviainen, Teemu; Pandit, Anita; Reginsson, Gunnar W.; Smith, Jennifer A.; Taylor, Amy E.; Turman, Constance; Willemsen, Gonneke; Young, Hannah; Young, Kendra A.; Zajac, Gregory J.M.; Zhao, Wei; Zhou, Wei; Björnsdóttir, Gyda Thora; Boardman, Jason D.; Boehnke, Michael; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Chen, Chu; Davies, Gareth E.; Eaton, Charles B.; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Hveem, Kristian; Vrieze, Scott (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Tobacco and alcohol use are leading causes of mortality that influence risk for many complex diseases and disorders1. They are heritable2,3 and etiologically related4,5 behaviors that have been resistant to gene discovery ...
    • Bidirectionality of antiseizure and antipsychotic treatment: A population-based study 

      Revdal, Eline; Morken, Gunnar; Bakken, Inger Johanne; Bråthen, Geir; Landmark, Cecilie Johannessen; Brodtkorb, Eylert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Purpose To study the prevalence and directionality of comorbid epilepsy and psychosis in Norway. Methods The Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD) provided individual-based information on all antiseizure medications ...
    • Bipolar multiplex families have an increased burden of common risk variants for psychiatric disorders 

      Andlauer, Till F.M.; Guzman-Parra, José; Streit, Fabian; Strohmaier, Jana; González, Maria José; Flores, Susana Gil; Fabeiro, Francisco J. Cabaleiro; Noriega, Francisco del Río; Perez, Fermin Perez; González, Jesus Haro; Diaz, Guillermo Orozco; Diego-Otero, Yolanda de; Moreno-Küstner, Berta; Auburger, Georg; Degenhardt, Franziska; Heilmann-Heimbach, Stefanie; Herms, Stefan; Hoffmann, Per; Frank, Josef; Foo, Jerome C.; Treutlein, Jens; Witt, Stephanie H.; Cichon, Sven; Kogevinas, Manolis; Bøen, Erlend; Dale, Anders M.; Djurovic, Srdjan; Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn; Reinbold, Céline Sonja; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Agartz, Ingrid; Melle, Ingrid; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim; Stordal, Eystein; Andreassen, Ole; Rivas, Fabio; Mayoral, Fermín; Müller-Myhsok, Bertram; Forstner, Andreas J.; Nöthen, Markus M.; Rietschel, Marcella; Stahl, Eli A.; Breen, Gerome; McQuillin, Andrew; Ripke, Stephan; Trubetskoy, Vassily; Mattheisen, Manuel; Wang, Yunpeng; Morken, Gunnar; Vaaler, Arne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Multiplex families with a high prevalence of a psychiatric disorder are often examined to identify rare genetic variants with large effect sizes. In the present study, we analysed whether the risk for bipolar disorder (BD) ...
    • BIPOLARVEILEDER – OPPDATERT KUNNSKAP 

      Engum, Anne; Morken, Gunnar; Vaaler, Arne; Langsrud, Knut; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim; Syrstad, Vigdis Elin Giæver; Aminoff, Sofie Ragnhild; Engen, Magnus Johan; Lyngstad, Siv Hege; Lagerberg, Trine Vik; Andreassen, Ole (Research report, 2024)
    • Chronotherapy for patients with a depressive episode treated in a public outpatient mental healthcare clinic in Norway: protocol for a randomised controlled trial 

      Ramfjord, Lina Stålesen; Kahn, Nikolaj; Langsrud, Knut; Halvorsen, Joar Øveraas; Morken, Gunnar; Saksvik, Simen Berg; Engvik, Liv Sigrun Sættem; Lydersen, Stian; Kallestad, Håvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Introduction Depression is highly prevalent in outpatients receiving treatment for mental disorders. Treatment as usual (TAU) usually consists of either psychotherapy and/or antidepressant medication and often takes several ...
    • Chronotype and cellular circadian rhythms predict the clinical response to lithium maintenance treatment in patients with bipolar disorder 

      McCarthy, Michael J.; Stautland, Andrea; Jakobsen, Petter; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Djurovic, Srdjan; Morken, Gunnar; Schøyen, Helle Kristine; McInnis, Melvin G.; Alda, Martin; Gage, Fred H.; Calabrese, Joseph R.; Zandi, Peter P.; Nievergelt, Caroline M.; Shilling, Paul D.; Kelsoe, John R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Bipolar disorder (BD) is a serious mood disorder associated with circadian rhythm abnormalities. Risk for BD is genetically encoded and overlaps with systems that maintain circadian rhythms. Lithium is an effective mood ...
    • Clinical characteristics of patients with bipolar disorder and premorbid traumatic brain injury: a cross-sectional study 

      Drange, Ole Kristian; Vaaler, Arne; Morken, Gunnar; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Malt, Ulrik Fredrik; Finseth, Per Ivar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background About one in ten diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BD) has experienced a premorbid traumatic brain injury (TBI), while not fulfilling the criteria of bipolar and related disorder due to another medical condition ...
    • Clinical Predictors of Non‐Response to Lithium Treatment in The Pharmacogenomics of Bipolar Disorder (PGBD) Study 

      Lin, Yan; Maihofer, Adam X.; Stapp, Emma; Ritchey, Megan; Alliey-Rodriguez, Ney; Anand, Amit; Balaraman, Yokesh; Berrettini, Wade H; Bertram, Holli; Bhattacharjee, Abesh; Calkin, Cynthia V.; Conroy, Carla; Coryell, William; D´Arcangelo, Nicole; DeModena, Anna; Biernacka, Joanna M.; Fisher, Carrie; Frazier, Nicole; Frye, Mark; Gao, Keming; Garnham, Julie; Gershon, Elliot; Glazer, Kara; Goes, Fernando S; Goto, Toyomi; Karberg, Elizabeth; Harrington, Gloria J.; Jakobsen, Petter; Kamali, Masoud; Kelly, Marisa; Leckband, Susan G.; Lohoff, Falk W.; Stautland, Andrea; McCarthy, Michael J.; McInnis, Melvin G.; Mondimore, Francis; Morken, Gunnar; Nurnberger, John I.; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim; Syrstad, Vigdis Elin Giæver; Ryan, Kelly; Schinagle, Martha; Schøyen, Helle Kristine; Andreassen, Ole; Shaw, Martha; Shilling, Paul D.; Slaney, Claire; Tarwater, Bruce; Calabrese, Joseph R.; Alda, Martin; Nievergelt, Caroline M.; Zandi, Peter P.; Kelsoe, John R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Lithium is regarded as a first-line treatment for bipolar disorder (BD), but partial response and non-response commonly occurs. There exists a need to identify lithium non-responders prior to initiating treatment. ...