Browsing Institutt for psykologi by Author "Olstad, Reidun E."

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    • Impact on continuity of care of decentralized versus partly centralized mental health care in Northern Norway 

      Myklebust, Lars Henrik Ryther; Olstad, Reidun E.; Bjorbekkmo, Svein; Eisemann, Martin; Wynn, Rolf; Sørgaard, Knut (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      The issue of continuity of care is central in contemporary psychiatric services research. In Norway, inpatient admissions are mainly to take place locally, in a system of small bed-units that represent an alternative to traditional central psychiatric hospitals. This type of organization may be advantageous for accessibility and cooperation, but has been given little scientific attention. To study ...

    • The prestige of somatic and mental disporders : A suvey among health professionals and a representative general population sample 

      Rosenvinge, Jan H; Pettersen, Gunn; Olstad, Reidun E. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      Objective: The purpose of the paper is to study the ranking of disorders according to their perceived importance. Previous studies suggest that rankings according to the perceived or attributed “value” or importance create informal hierarchies of disorders on normative attitudes about symptoms, treatment and outcome. In this work we studied disorder ranking in the general population and among health ...