Anita Johanna Tørmoen

• Espenes, Kristin; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Rognstad, Kristian; Hammerstrøm Nilsen, Karianne; Waaler, Pamela Marie & Wentzel-Larsen, Tore [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2024). Effect of Psychosocial Interventions on Children and Youth Emotion Regulation: A Meta-Analysis. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. ISSN 0894-587X. doi: 10.1007/s10488-024-01373-3.
• Larsen, Stian Slotnes; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna & Myhre, Martin Øverlien (2023). Behandling av selvskading- viktigheten av flere funksjonelle tilnærminger. Suicidologi. ISSN 1501-6994. doi: 10.5617/suicidologi.10545. Full text in Research Archive
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Myhre, Martin Øverlien; Kildahl, Anine Therese; Walby, Fredrik A & Rossow, Ingeborg Margrete (2023). A nationwide study on time spent on social media and self-harm among adolescents. Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 13. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-46370-y. Full text in Research Archive
• Dibaj, Iselin Solerød; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Klungsøyr, Ole; Haga, Egil & Mehlum, Lars (2023). Trajectories and Predictors of Change in Emotion Dysregulation and Deliberate Self-Harm Amongst Adolescents with Borderline Features. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. ISSN 1359-1045. 29(2), p. 407–423. doi: 10.1177/13591045231177374. Full text in Research Archive
• Espenes, Kristin; Waaler, Pamela Marie; Keles, Serap; Helland, Siri Saugestad; Schmidt III, Henry & Kjøbli, John [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Implementing a Residential Dialectical Behavior Therapy Informed Treatment Model to Improve Adolescent Mental Health: Feasibility, Fidelity, and Acceptability. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth. ISSN 0886-571X. doi: 10.1080/0886571X.2022.2090481. Show summary

  Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an outpatient treatment that addresses severe emotional and relational difficulties and is successfully applied across diagnoses, populations, and settings. In this feasibility study, we examined a residential DBT-informed treatment model in Norway, the Care and Development Model (CDM), aimed to improve adolescent mental health outcomes. Study participants included 42 adolescents (22 males and 20 females) with a mean age of 15.13 years (SD = 1.41, range 13–17 years), as well as the adolescents’ caregivers and residential staff. Data collection lasted from May 2018 until May 2021 and combined standardized self-report measures of program feasibility and acceptability, including treatment satisfaction and alliance, as well as customized program fidelity measures combining on-site observation and interviews with adolescents and staff, protocol data on treatment characteristics, and self-report checklists for treatment adherence. Results indicate that residential staff consider the implementation of CDM appropriate, but also distinct challenges were mentioned regarding the population and setting. Moderate to high satisfaction and alliance levels were reported by both adolescents and therapists. The CDM program shows promise and may be feasible and acceptable, although considerable effort to implement it is required. Implications for practice and research are discussed.

• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Myhre, Martin Øverlien; Walby, Fredrik A; Grøholt, Berit & Rossow, Ingeborg Margrete (2020). Change in prevalence of self-harm from 2002 to 2018 among Norwegian adolescents. European Journal of Public Health. ISSN 1101-1262. 30(4), p. 688–692. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa042. Full text in Research Archive
• Mehlum, Lars; Ramleth, Ruth-Kari; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Haga, Egil; Diep, Lien My & Stanley, Barbara [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2019). Long term effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy versus enhanced usual care for adolescents with self-harming and suicidal behavior. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. ISSN 0021-9630. 60(10), p. 1112–1122. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13077. Full text in Research Archive
• Myhre, Martin Øverlien; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Strømgren, Børge & Walby, Fredrik A (2018). Tre generasjoner klinisk atferdsanalyse. Norsk Tidsskrift for Atferdsanalyse (NTA). ISSN 0809-781X.
• Haga, Egil; Aas, Eline; Grøholt, Berit; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna & Mehlum, Lars (2018). Cost-effectiveness of dialectical behaviour therapy vs. enhanced usual care in the treatment of adolescents with self-harm. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (CAPMH). ISSN 1753-2000. 12(1). doi: 10.1186/s13034-018-0227-2. Full text in Research Archive
• Mehlum, Lars; Ramberg, Maria; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Haga, Egil; Diep, Lien My & Stanley, Barbara [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2016). Dialectical behavior therapy compared with enhanced usual care for adolescents with repeated suicidal and self-harming behavior: outcomes over a one-year follow-up. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. ISSN 0890-8567. 55(4), p. 295–300. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.01.005.
• Haga, Egil; Grøholt, Berit; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Aas, Eline & Mehlum, Lars (2014). Økonomisk evaluering av behandling for ungdom med villet egenskade - hvorfor og hvordan? Suicidologi. ISSN 1501-6994. 19(3), p. 30–35. doi: 10.5617/suicidologi.2270.
• Mehlum, Lars & Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2014). Hva er dialektisk atferdsterapi? En kort oversikt. Suicidologi. ISSN 1501-6994. 3. doi: 10.5617/suicidologi.2266.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Grøholt, Berit; Haga, Egil; Brager-Larsen, Anne Trana; Miller, Alec L & Walby, Fredrik A [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2014). Feasibility of dialectical behavior therapy with suicidal and self-harming adolescents with multi-problems: training, adherence and retention. Archives of Suicide Research. ISSN 1381-1118. 18(4), p. 432–444. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2013.826156.
• Grøholt, Berit; Haga, Egil; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Ramberg, Maria & Mehlum, Lars (2014). Screening for selvksading i barne- og ungdomspsykiatriske poliklinikker - erfaringer fra rekruttering til en randomisert kontrollert studie. Suicidologi. ISSN 1501-6994. 19(3), p. 24–29. doi: 10.5617/suicidologi.2269.
• Mehlum, Lars; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Ramberg, Maria; Haga, Egil; Diep, Lien My & Sund, Anne Mari [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2014). Dialektisk atferdsterapi for ungdommer med gjentatt suicidal og selvskadende adferd : en randomisert kontrollert undersøkelse. Suicidologi. ISSN 1501-6994. 19(3), p. 15–23. doi: 10.5617/suicidologi.2268.
• Mehlum, Lars; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Ramberg, Maria; Haga, Egil; Diep, Lien My & Laberg, Stine [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2014). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents With Repeated Suicidal and Self-harming Behavior: A Randomized Trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. ISSN 0890-8567. 53(10), p. 1082–1091. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2014.07.003.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Rossow, Ingeborg; Mork, Erlend & Mehlum, Lars (2014). Contact with child and adolescent psychiatric services among self-harming and suicidal adolescents in the general population: A cross sectional study. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (CAPMH). ISSN 1753-2000. 8(13). doi: 10.1186/1753-2000-8-13. Show summary

  Studies have shown that adolescents with a history of both suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm report more mental health problems and other psychosocial problems than adolescents who report only one or none of these types of self-harm. The current study aimed to examine the use of child and adolescent psychiatric services by adolescents with both suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm, compared to other adolescents, and to assess the psychosocial variables that characterize adolescents with both suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm who report contact. Data on lifetime self-harm, contact with child and adolescent psychiatric services, and various psychosocial risk factors were collected in a cross-sectional sample (response rate = 92.7%) of 11,440 adolescents aged 14–17 years who participated in a school survey in Oslo, Norway. Adolescents who reported any self-harm were more likely than other adolescents to have used child and adolescent psychiatric services, with a particularly elevated likelihood among those with both suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm (OR = 9.3). This finding remained significant even when controlling for psychosocial variables. In adolescents with both suicide attempts and non–suicidal self-harm, symptoms of depression, eating problems, and the use of illicit drugs were associated with a higher likelihood of contact with child and adolescent psychiatric services, whereas a non-Western immigrant background was associated with a lower likelihood. In this study, adolescents who reported self-harm were significantly more likely than other adolescents to have used child and adolescent psychiatric services, and adolescents who reported a history of both suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm were more likely to have used such services, even after controlling for other psychosocial risk factors. In this high-risk subsample, various psychosocial problems increased the probability of contact with child and adolescent psychiatric services, naturally reflecting the core tasks of the services, confirming that they represents an important area for interventions that aim to reduce self-harming behaviour. Such interventions should include systematic screening for early recognition of self-harming behaviours, and treatment programmes tailored to the needs of teenagers with a positive screen. Possible barriers to receive mental health services for adolescents with immigrant backgrounds should be further explored.

• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Rossow, Ingeborg; Larsson, Bo Sture & Mehlum, Lars (2013). Nonsuicidal self-harm and suicide attempts in adolescents: differences in kind or in degree? Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. ISSN 0933-7954. 48(9), p. 1447–1455. doi: 10.1007/s00127-012-0646-y.
• Fadum, Elin Anita; Stanley, Barbara; Rossow, Ingeborg; Mork, Erlend; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna & Mehlum, Lars (2013). Use of health services following self-harm in urban versus suburban and rural areas: a national cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. ISSN 2044-6055. 3(7:e002570). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002570. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  OBJECTIVES: This study examines whether there is a difference between urban versus suburban and rural adolescents in their use of health services following two types of self-harm distinguished as self-harm with or without suicide intent. SETTING: A nationwide cross-sectional school survey of 11 406 Norwegian adolescents aged 13-19 years in 73 Norwegian junior and senior high schools. PARTICIPANTS: Adolescents who reported self-harm and provided valid responses to a follow-up question about having received subsequent help or treatment (n=959) were included in the study. Adolescents were divided into urban versus suburban and rural depending on: (1) the location of municipalities where they attended school and (2) the place of residence. Associations between urban versus suburban and rural areas and the use of health services following self-harm were assessed in those who self-harmed with and without suicide intent. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURE: Use of health services following self-harm. RESULTS: 1 in 4 adolescents reported using health services following self-harm. Adolescents reporting self-harm with suicide intent were more likely to use health services than those who self-harmed without suicide intent. Following self-harm without suicide intent, adolescents in urban areas were four times more likely to use health services than adolescents in suburban and rural areas. There was no statistically significant area difference in the use of health services following self-harm with suicide intent. CONCLUSIONS: This study found a geographical variation in the use of health services following self-harm without suicide intent, but not following self-harm with suicide intent. Differences in perception of self-harm and help-seeking behaviour between areas and different accessibility to services are suggested as possible explanations. There is a need to better understand how the interplay between individual characteristics and accessibility to services influences adolescents' use of health services following self-harm. We suggest that multilevel models are a valuable approach to achieve this goal.

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• Larsen, Stian Slotnes; Myhre, Martin Øverlien & Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2023). Behandling av selvskading - viktigheten av flere funksjonelle tilnærminger. Suicidologi. ISSN 1501-6994.
• Espenes, Kristin & Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2023). Gjennomførbarhet og aksept av en DBT-informert behandlingstilnærming for ungdom i barnevernsinstitusjoner. Suicidologi. ISSN 1501-6994.
• Espenes, Kristin; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Keles, Serap; Kjøbli, John; Helland, Siri Saugestad & Waaler, Pamela Marie (2023). Omsorgs – og Endringsmodellen (OEM): En DBT-informert miljøterapeutisk tilnærming i barnevernsinstitusjoner Teori og forskning. Show summary

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• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2022). The practice of DBT teams during the pandemic: A national survey of DBT programs.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2022). Dialektisk atferdsterapi – fra læringsteori til allianse og kompleks PTSD.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Myhre, Martin Øverlien; Kildahl, Anine Therese; Walby, Fredrik A & Rossow, Ingeborg Margrete (2022). Time spent on social media: a risk factor for self-harm in adolescence? A nationwide study.
• Espenes, Kristin; Waaler, Pamela Marie; Keles, Serap; Helland, Siri Saugestad; Schmidt, Henry & Kjøbli, John [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Emosjonsregulering blant ungdom i barnevernet – funn fra en metaanalyse og en implementeringsstudie av en institusjonstilpasset DBT-informert modell i barnevernsinstitusjoner.
• Espenes, Kristin; Waaler, Pamela Marie; Keles, Serap; Helland, Siri Saugestad; Schmidt, Henry & Kjøbli, John [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Implementing a Residential Dialectical Behavior Therapy Informed Treatment Model to Improve Adolescent Mental Health: Feasibility, Fidelity, and Acceptability.
• Myhre, Martin Øverlien; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna & Løkke, Jon Arne (2022). Dialektisk Atferdsterapi. In Haugland, Silje; Berge, Ulf; Gjermestad, Anita; Høium, Kari & Løkke, Jon Arne (Ed.), Kunnskapsbasert miljøterapeutisk arbeid. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215053165.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2021). DBT ferdighetene - en introduksjon.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2021). Selvskading på sosiale medier - hva vet vi og hva kan vi gjøre?
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2021). Selfharm among adolescents-treatment and prevention.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Myhre, Martin Øverlien; Walby, Fredrik A; Rossow, Ingeborg Margrete & Kildahl, Anine Therese (2021). Time spent on social media: a risk factor for self-harm in adolescence? A nationwide cross-sectional study.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Kvalstad, Gjertrud; Espenes, Kristin & jensen, liv elin (2020). DBT ferdighetstrening. Faktaark og arbeidsark 2.utgave. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-0553570-1.
• Qin, Ping; Legard, Ingunn; Walby, Fredrik A; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna & Mehlum, Lars (2020). Selvmordsrisiko og -forebygging under covid-19-pandemien og etterpå. Suicidologi. ISSN 1501-6994. 25(1), p. 14–19. doi: 10.5617/suicidologi.8271. Full text in Research Archive
• Walby, Fredrik A; Myhre, Martin Øverlien; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna & Mehlum, Lars (2020). En korreksjon. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470. 57(6).
• Walby, Fredrik A; Myhre, Martin Øverlien; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Kildahl, Anine Therese & Mehlum, Lars (2020). Myter og fakta om selvmordsforebygging. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470. 57(4), p. 295–297.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna & Kvalstad, Gjertrud (2019). DBT - en innføring.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2019). Selvmordsforebygging- utfordringer og initiativer i Norge: .
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2019). Om selvskading.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2019). Dialektisk Atferdsterapi - forskning og behandling.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2019). Ferdigheter du kan bruke selv.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Myhre, Martin Øverlien; Walby, Fredrik A; Grøholt, Berit & Rossow, Ingeborg Margrete (2019). Trender i selvskading blang ungdom over en femtenårsperiode i Norge.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Myhre, Martin Øverlien; Walby, Fredrik A; Grøholt, Berit & Rossow, Ingeborg Margrete (2019). Change in prevalence of Self-harm from 2002-2018 among Norwegian adolescents.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Walby, Fredrik A & Myhre, Martin Øverlien (2019). Selvskading siste år hos elever i ungdoms- og videregående skole - Resultater fra Ungdata undersøkelsen 2017/2018.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2018). Adolescents with repeated suicidal and self-harming behavior treated with Dialectical Behavior Therapy or Enhanced Usual Care: Skills Use. .
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2018). Adolescents with repeated suicidal and self-harming behavior treated with Dialectical Behavior Therapy or Enhanced Usual Care: Ways of Coping two years after treatment.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2017). Erfaringer fra siste års selvmordsbølger, tiltak som ble utført og videre planer.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2017). Fra identifikasjon til tilpasset behandling. Selvskading blant ungdom.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2017). Veiledende materiell for kommunene om forebygging av selvskading og selvmord - erfaringer så langt.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Espenes, Kristin; Kvalstad, Gjertrud & jensen, liv elin (2016). DBT ferdighetstrening. Faktaark og arbeidsark. Nasjonalt senter for selvmordsforskning og -forebygging.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna & Velken, Trond (2016). DBT for ungdom. Ferdighetstrening - faktaark og øvelser. Nasjonalt senter for selvmordsforskning og -forebygging.
• Mehlum, Lars; Ramberg, Maria; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Haga, Egil; Diep, Lien My & Stanley, Barbara [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2015). Dialectical Behavior Therapy Compared With Enhanced Usual Care for Adolescents with Repeated Suicidal and Self-harming Behavior: Outcomes over a 1-year Follow-Up.
• Mehlum, Lars; Ramberg, Maria; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Haga, Egil; Diep, Lien My & Stanley, Barbara [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2015). One year follow-up of Dialectical Behavior Therapy vs. Enhanced Usual Care for Self-harming Adolescents.
• Haga, Egil; Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Aas, Eline; Mehlum, Lars & Grøholt, Berit (2015). Cost-effectiveness of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) vs Enhanced Usual care in the treatment of adolescents With self-harm.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2014). Utfyllende manual for DBT tilpasset ungdom. Suicidologi. ISSN 1501-6994.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2013). STRONG ENOUGH With Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Development and Acceptability of an Advanced Skills Group for Adolescents.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2013). Use of Mental Health Services among Students who Self-harm.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2013). Feasibility of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)With Suicidal and Self-harming Adolescents: Training, Adherence and Retention.
• Walby, Fredrik A. & Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2008). Dialektisk atferdsterapi.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna; Larsson, Bo & Mehlum, Lars (2008). Psychosocial risk factors and help-seeking behaviour related to type and repetition of suicide-related behaviours among Norwegian adolescents.
• Mork, Erlend & Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2008). DIALEKTISK ATFERDSTERAPI FOR UNGDOM SOM SELVSKADER.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna & Mork, Erlend (2008). Dialektisk atferdsterapi for ungdom som skader seg selv med vilje.
• Tørmoen, Anita Johanna (2017). Self-Harm among Adolescents: From Identification to Tailored Treatment. Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 978-82-8333-371-8.

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