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| Ellen KjelsbergSummaryAffiliation: Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry Country: Norway Publications
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Pathways to violent and non-violent criminality in an adolescent psychiatric populationEllen Kjelsberg
Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Box 26 Vinderen, N 0319 Oslo, Norway
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 33:29-42. 2002..The study supported a division of antisocial behavior into violent and non-violent sub-groups, thus paralleling a concept of overt and covert pathways to delinquent behavior. The overt pathway seemed to be imbedded in the covert pathway...
Differences between children and adolescents who commit suicide and their peers: A psychological autopsy of suicide victims compared to accident victims and a community sampleAnne Freuchen
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, N 0316 Oslo, Norway
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 6:1. 2012..abstract:..
Filicide in Austria and Finland--a register-based study on all filicide cases in Austria and Finland 1995-2005Hanna Putkonen
Vanha Vaasa Hospital, PO Box 13, 65381 Vaasa, Finland
BMC Psychiatry 9:74. 2009..Yet, filicide is an underreported crime and previous studies have been strained with methodological problems. No comprehensive international studies on filicide have been presented in the literature until now...
The prisoner as patient - a health services satisfaction surveyJohan Håkon Bjørngaard
Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7465 Trondheim, Norway
BMC Health Serv Res 9:176. 2009..The aim of the present study was to investigate patient satisfaction with prison health services in Norway and to analyze possible patient and service effects...
Can morbidity be inferred from prescription drug use? Results from a nation-wide prison population studyEllen Kjelsberg
Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Eur J Epidemiol 20:587-92. 2005..To estimate psychiatric and somatic morbidity in a nation-wide prison population, as inferred from detailed medication sheets...
Exploring gender issues in the development from conduct disorder in adolescence to criminal behaviour in adulthoodEllen Kjelsberg
Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Int J Law Psychiatry 32:18-22. 2009..Overall, the results demonstrated important qualitative and quantitative gender differences in the criminal behaviour of former adolescent psychiatric in-patients. The results may be of use in prevention...
Low internalised restraint predicts criminal recidivism in young female prisonersEllen Kjelsberg
Centre for Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatric Division Ullevaal, Oslo University Hospital, Building 7 Gaustad, N 0407 Oslo, Norway
Crim Behav Ment Health 19:298-307. 2009....
The prevalence of emotional and behavioural problems in institutionalized childcare clientsEllen Kjelsberg
Centre for Reseach and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, Ullevål Univ Hospital Gaustad, NO 0320 Oslo, Norway
Nord J Psychiatry 58:319-25. 2004..It was concluded that institutionalized childcare clients had a high prevalence of behavioural and emotional problems, as measured by Achenbach's Child Behavior Checklist and Youth Self Report...
Social adversities in first-time and repeat prisonersEllen Kjelsberg
Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Int J Soc Psychiatry 54:514-26. 2008..It is hoped that a better knowledge of these issues will make us better equipped to meet the rehabilitation needs of our prisoners and decrease their risk of reoffending and reincarceration...
Attitudes towards prisoners, as reported by prison inmates, prison employees and college studentsEllen Kjelsberg
Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatric Division, Ullevaal University Hospital, KPS, Building 7 Gaustad, Oslo, Norway
BMC Public Health 7:71. 2007..We wanted to investigate the attitudes towards prisoners among prison inmates, prison employees and college students...
Conduct disordered adolescents hospitalised 1963-1990. Secular trends in criminal activityEllen Kjelsberg
Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, Building 7 Gaustad, 0320 Oslo, Norway
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 14:191-9. 2005..Cox regression demonstrated numerous strong cohort effects, even when controlling for other important factors, including substance use comorbidity. Research into causal mechanisms is warranted...
Is the high mortality risk in sentenced offenders independent of previous imprisonment?Ellen Kjelsberg
Centre for Forensic Psychiatry, Oslo University Hospital, Building 7 Gaustad, 0407, Oslo, Norway
Eur J Epidemiol 25:237-43. 2010..Measures intended to prevent premature death in convicted offenders should target wider populations than hitherto acknowledged...
Mental health consultations in a prison population: a descriptive studyEllen Kjelsberg
Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, Ulleval University Hospital, Building 7 Gaustad, NO 0320 Oslo, Norway
BMC Psychiatry 6:27. 2006..The aim of the present study was to give a comprehensive description of all non-pharmacological interventions provided by the psychiatric health services to a stratified sample of prison inmates...
The impact of ADHD and conduct disorder in childhood on adult delinquency: a 30 years follow-up study using official crime recordsMarianne Mordre
Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
BMC Psychiatry 11:57. 2011..Of special interest was the impact of disturbance of activity and attention (ADHD) and mixed disorder of conduct and emotions on later delinquency, as these disorders have been variously associated with delinquent development...
Drug use and mental health problems among prison inmates--results from a nation-wide prison population studyChristine Friestad
Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Nord J Psychiatry 63:237-45. 2009..As health problems are intertwined with more general social problems, health promotion among prison inmates is clearly a multidisciplinary task, requiring close collaboration between different service providers and systems of care...
Penrose's law revisited: the relationship between mental institution beds, prison population and crime ratePål Hartvig
Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Nord J Psychiatry 63:51-6. 2009..Penrose's law proved remarkably robust in the longitudinal perspective. As opposed to Penrose, however, we argue that the rise in crime rates only to a very limited extent can be attributed to mental health de-institutionalization...
Health care help seeking behaviour among prisoners in NorwayMerete Berg Nesset
St Olav s University Hospital, Division of Psychiatry, Forensic Dept, Brøset, Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, 7440 Trondheim, Norway
BMC Health Serv Res 11:301. 2011..Prisoners are associated with high health care needs compared with the general population. This study aims to investigate prisoners' use of health service...
Factor structure and individual patterns of DSM-IV conduct disorder criteria in adolescent psychiatric inpatientsHarald Janson
Atferdssenteret Unirand, Oslo, Norway
Nord J Psychiatry 60:168-75. 2006..Future research should address the prediction of specific outcomes from CD criteria subscales or constellations...
Continuities between emotional and disruptive behavior disorders in adolescence and personality disorders in adulthoodMargareth I Helgeland
Sogn Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Bjerkelundgata 5B, N 0553 Oslo, Norway corrected
Am J Psychiatry 162:1941-7. 2005..The purpose of this study was to quasiprospectively investigate continuities between emotional and disruptive behavior disorders in adolescence and personality disorders in adulthood...
