Erik Olsson
Professor at Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa; Psykologi vid hjärt-kärlsjukdom
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 66 63
- E-mail:
- erik.mg.olsson@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA
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- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-1591-7407
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Professor in health psychology. Main interests are cardiovascular disease, mental health, behaviour change and modifiable risk-factors. Researchgroup: www.u-care.uu.se.
Biography
Dr Olsson is associate professor, senior lecturer in health psychology and clinical psychologist. He works in the strategic research program U-CARE, hosted by the research group Healthcare Sciences and e-Health, Uppsala University, Sweden. His main interest is cardiovascular psychology including aspects of stress, anxiety, depression and health behaviors in cardiovascular disease. He also does research in heart rate variability and e-health.
Dr Olsson is supervisor to PhD-student Philip Leissner at the Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University. He is also assistant supervisor to other PhD-students at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet.
Publications
Recent publications
- “It’s about how you take in things with your brain” - young people’s perspectives on mental health and help seeking (2024)
- The Sukaribit Smartphone App for Better Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes: Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study (2024)
- Association of anxiety and recurrent cardiovascular events: investigating different aspects of anxiety (2024)
- No effects on heart rate variability in depression after treatment with dorsomedial prefrontal intermittent theta burst stimulation (2023)
- Randomized evaluation of routine beta-blocker therapy after myocardial infarction quality of life (RQoL): design and rationale of a multicentre, prospective, randomized, open, blinded endpoint study (2023)
All publications
Articles
- “It’s about how you take in things with your brain” - young people’s perspectives on mental health and help seeking (2024)
- The Sukaribit Smartphone App for Better Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes: Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study (2024)
- Association of anxiety and recurrent cardiovascular events: investigating different aspects of anxiety (2024)
- No effects on heart rate variability in depression after treatment with dorsomedial prefrontal intermittent theta burst stimulation (2023)
- Randomized evaluation of routine beta-blocker therapy after myocardial infarction quality of life (RQoL): design and rationale of a multicentre, prospective, randomized, open, blinded endpoint study (2023)
- Long-term effects on depression and anxiety of an internet-based stepped care intervention for patients with cancer and symptoms of depression and anxiety (2023)
- Association between usage of household cooking fuel and congenital birth defects-18 months multi-centric cohort study in Nepal (2023)
- Management of emotional distress following a myocardial infarction (2023)
- The role of a discussion forum within a web-based psychoeducational intervention focusing on sex and fertility (2023)
- Wellbeing, emotional response and stress among lay responders dispatched to suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (2022)
- Association between β-blocker dose and quality of life after myocardial infarction (2022)
- The factor structure of the cardiac anxiety questionnaire, and validation in a post-MI population (2022)
- Self-perceived cognitive status and cognitive challenges associated with cardiac rehabilitation management (2022)
- Quality of life in mothers and fathers of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in Sweden, Finland and Denmark (2022)
- The e-mental health treatment in Stockholm myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronaries or Takotsubo syndrome study (E-SMINC) (2022)
- Reducing stress and anxiety in patients with myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries or Takotsubo syndrome (2022)
- Commencement of and Retention in Web-Based Interventions and Response to Prompts and Reminders (2021)
- Ambulatory Heart Rate Variability in Schizophrenia or Depression (2021)
- Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients Reporting Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression After Myocardial Infarction (2021)
- Factors associated with measles vaccination status in children under the age of three years in a post-soviet context (2021)
- Autonomic modulation networks in schizophrenia (2020)
- Designing a Web-Based Psychological Intervention for Patients With Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries (2020)
- Association between β-blocker dose and cardiovascular outcomes after myocardial infarction (2020)
- Psycho-affective pathology in adults with congenital heart disease (2020)
- Attending Heart School and long-term outcome after myocardial infarction (2020)
- Persistent emotional distress after a first-time myocardial infarction and its assocation to late cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortality (2019)
- Identification of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Patients With Cancer (2019)
- Cardiac rehabilitation goal attainment after myocardial infarction with versus without diabetes (2019)
- Factors associated with emotional distress in patients with myocardial infarction (2018)
- Web-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depression and Anxiety among Patients with a recent Myocardial Infarction (2018)
- Internet-based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety among Patients with a Recent Myocardial Infarction (2018)
- The effect of group-based cognitive behavioral therapy on inflammatory biomarkers in patients with coronary disease (2018)
- Predicting Adherence to Internet-Delivered Psychotherapy for Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety After Myocardial Infarction (2018)
- Treatment Activity, User Satisfaction, and Experienced Usability of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adults With Depression and Anxiety After a Myocardial Infarction (2018)
- Fifteen Challenges in Establishing a Multidisciplinary Research Program on eHealth Research in a University Setting (2017)
- Emotional Distress as a Predictor of Statin Non-adherence among Swedish First-Time Myocardial Infarction Patients, 2006–2013 (2017)
- Health-Related Internet Use in People With Cancer: Results From a Cross-Sectional Study in Two Outpatient Clinics in Sweden (2017)
- Psychological mediators related to clinical outcome in cognitive behavioural therapy for coronary heart disease (2017)
- Temporal changes in myocardial infarction incidence rates are associated with periods of perceived psychosocial stress (2017)
- Young adulthood cognitive ability predicts statin adherence in middle-aged men after first myocardial infarction (2017)
- Cognitive ability, lifestyle risk factors, and two-year survival in first myocardial infarction men (2017)
- Motivation and Treatment Credibility Predicts Dropout, Treatment Adherence, and Clinical Outcomes in an Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Relaxation Program (2016)
- Socio-demographic and clinical variables associated with psychological distress one and three years after a breast cancer diagnosis (2016)
- Is online treatment adherence affected by presentation and therapist support? (2016)
- The Preference for Internet-Based Psychological Interventions by Individuals Without Past or Current Use of Mental Health Treatment Delivered Online (2016)
- The effects of therapist support and treatment presentation on the clinical outcomes of an Internet based applied relaxation program (2015)
- Measuring Use of Health-Related Support on the Internet (2015)
- Treatment of depression and anxiety with internet-based cognitive behavior therapy in patients with a recent myocardial infarction (U-CARE Heart) (2015)
- Adolescent girls with emotional disorders have a lower end-tidal CO2 and increased respiratory rate compared with healthy controls (2014)
- Internet-based stepped care with interactive support and cognitive behavioral therapy for reduction of anxiety and depressive symptoms in cancer (2013)
- Heart Rate Variability During Choral Singing (2013)
- Effects of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback in Subjects with Stress-Related Chronic Neck Pain (2011)
- Heart Rate Variability During PianoPlaying (2011)
- Deficient cardiovascular stress reactivity predicts poor executive functions in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (2011)
- Relaxing on a Bed of Nails (2011)
- Heart rate variability (HRV) in adolescent females with anxiety disorders and major depressive disorder (2010)
- Internet-Based Biofeedback-Assisted Relaxation Training in the Treatment of Hypertension (2010)
- Psychophysiological characteristics of women suffering from stress-related fatigue. (2010)
- Heart rate variability is related to self-reported physical activity in a healthy adolescent population (2009)
- A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study of the standardised extract shr-5 of the roots of Rhodiola rosea in the treatment of subjects with stress-related fatigue. (2009)
- Clinical decision-support for diagnosing stress-related disorders by applying psychophysiological medical knowledge to an instance-based learning system. (2006)
- Social competence and behavioural problems in children with hearing impairment (2000)
- Derivation and validation of STOPSMOKE: An instrument built from Swedish population data for predicting smoking abstinence post myocardial infarction
Books
Conferences
- An internal pilot study to test the Fertility and Sexuality following Cancer (Fex-Can) 2.0 intervention (2023)
- Emotional Distress is a Predictor of Poor Long-Term Statin Adherence at Two Years After a Myocardial Infarction (2016)
- The Development and Feasablity of an Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Intervention to reduce Depression and/or Anxiety after a Myocardial Infarction - The U-CARE Heart study (2016)
- Decreased prevalence of psychological distress after acute myocardial infarction from 2006 to 2013 (2016)
- Myocardial Infarction and Google Searches on "Stress" (2016)
- Myocardial infarction and artificial time-constraint (2016)
- Cognitive Ability, Lifestyle Risk Factors, and Two-Year Mortality in First Myocardial Infarction Men: A Swedish National Registry Study (2016)
- Theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia and depression (2015)
- Affective Outcomes in the SUPRIM Stress Management Program for Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients (2014)
- Development of a Questionnaire Examining What Kind of and to What Extent Cancer Patients Search for Health Related Support on the Internet (2014)
- Hyperventilation and autonomic hyperarousal are related to emotional disorders in adolescent girls (2014)
- A Case Study on Quantifying the Workload of Working Machine Operators by Means of Psychophysiological Measurements (2013)
- U-CARE Heart: A Randomized Controlled Study of the Effects of Internet-based Cognitive Behavior Therapy on Depression and Anxiety in Patients with a Previous Myocardial Infarction (2013)
- U-CARE – internet-based psychosocial care and psychological treatment in connection to somatic disease (2013)
- Respiratory Patterns in Adolescent Girls with Anxiety and Depression As Compared to Healthy Controls (2012)
- U-CARE (2012)
- U-CARE: A research program on psychosocial care via the internet (2012)
- Psychosocial care via internet, a mode to achieve improved patient care at a lower cost? (2011)
- FC14-02 - Biological stress markers, executive functions and self-perceived stress in adults with ADHD (attention-deficit /hyperactivity disorder) (2011)
- Using breathing in psychophysiological stress profiling (2007)
- Psychophysiological treatment for stress related somatic complaints: a randomized controlled stud (2004)
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