Josefin Sveen
Researcher at Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper; Kunskapscentrum för katastrofpsykiatri - KcKP
- Telephone:
- +46 18 611 52 06
- E-mail:
- josefin.sveen@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset, ing 10
751 85 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset, ing 10, våning 1
751 85 Uppsala
Visiting professor at Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa; Reproduktiv hälsa
- E-mail:
- josefin.sveen@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA
- Academic merits:
- PhD
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-5523-8126
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Short presentation
I conduct research on psychosocial aspects of loss and trauma and conduct intervention studies to evaluate psychosocial-support in children and adults after loss and trauma.
Med. dr. in psychiatry, associate professor in medical psychology.
Publications
Recent publications
- The self-help app My Grief (2024)
- Surviving COVID-19 (2024)
- Utvärdering av självhjälpsappen "min sorg" för föräldrar som förlorat ett spädbarn (2023)
- Longitudinal follow-up of the randomized controlled trial of access to the trauma-focused self-management app PTSD Coach (2023)
- How parents of dependent children reason about their partner's impending death due to cancer (2023)
All publications
Articles
- The self-help app My Grief (2024)
- Surviving COVID-19 (2024)
- Utvärdering av självhjälpsappen "min sorg" för föräldrar som förlorat ett spädbarn (2023)
- Longitudinal follow-up of the randomized controlled trial of access to the trauma-focused self-management app PTSD Coach (2023)
- How parents of dependent children reason about their partner's impending death due to cancer (2023)
- Losing a child to adolescent cancer (2023)
- Editorial (2023)
- Care and support when a baby is stillborn (2023)
- Communication about diagnosis and prognosis-A population-based survey among bereaved parents in pediatric oncology (2022)
- Daily uplifts during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
- My Grief App for Prolonged Grief in Bereaved Parents (2022)
- End-of-Life-Related Factors Associated with Posttraumatic Stress and Prolonged Grief in Parentally Bereaved Adolescents (2022)
- Efficacy, Benefits, and Harms of a Self-management App in a Swedish Trauma-Exposed Community Sample (PTSD Coach) (2022)
- Risk and protective factors for posttraumatic stress disorder in trauma-exposed individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic - findings from a pan-European study (2022)
- A third of dying patients do not have end-of-life discussions with a physician (2022)
- The grief and communication family support intervention (2022)
- Communication, self-esteem and prolonged grief in parent-adolescent dyads, 1-4 years following the death of a parent to cancer (2021)
- Mobile App for Prolonged Grief among Bereaved Parents (2021)
- Psychological symptoms in widowed parents with minor children, 2-4 years after the loss of a partner to cancer (2021)
- Ecological momentary assessment of self-rated health, daily strategies and self-management app use among trauma-exposed adults (2021)
- No impact of previous evidence advocating openness to talk to children about their imminent death (2021)
- Parents' views on what facilitated or complicated their grief after losing a child to cancer (2021)
- Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of guided internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia after the loss of a child to cancer (2021)
- Adaptation of a Grief and Communication Family Support Intervention for Parentally Bereaved Families in Sweden (2021)
- Family Communication and Psychological Health in Children and Adolescents Following a Parent's Death From Cancer (2021)
- Sources of social support and its importance for cancer-bereaved spouses and their minor children (2020)
- Factors During a Child's Illness Are Associated With Levels of Prolonged Grief Symptoms in Bereaved Mothers and Fathers (2020)
- Psychometric Evaluation of the Swedish Version of the Prolonged Grief Disorder-13 (PG-13) in a Bereaved Mixed Trauma Sample (2020)
- Outcomes of the grief and communication family support intervention on parent and child psychological health and communication (2020)
- PTSD Coach Sweden: A Self-Management App for Trauma-Related Symptoms (2019)
- Telling the truth to dying children (2019)
- Anxiety and depression after burn, not as bad as we think-A nationwide study (2019)
- Bereaved mothers' and fathers' prolonged grief and psychological health 1 to 5 years after loss-A nationwide study (2019)
- Rumination in bereaved parents (2019)
- A Nationwide Study of Young Adults' Perspectives on Participation in Bereavement Research (2019)
- Communication in families with minor children following the loss of a parent to cancer (2019)
- A pilot study of user satisfaction and perceived helpfulness of the Swedish version of the mobile app PTSD Coach (2018)
- Care at End of Life Influences Grief (2018)
- Psychometric properties of the Prolonged Grief Disorder-13 (PG-13) in bereaved Swedish parents (2018)
- Trajectories of prolonged grief one to six years after a natural disaster (2018)
- Feelings of guilt and embitterment in parents of children with burns and its associations with depression (2018)
- Parents' perceived quality of pediatric burn care. (2018)
- Spirituality and religious coping are related to cancer-bereaved siblings' long-term grief. (2017)
- Internet-based information and support program for parents of children with burns (2017)
- The role of personality traits in trajectories of long-term posttraumatic stress and general distress six years after the tsunami in Southeast Asia (2016)
- Psychometric properties of the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (2016)
- Posttraumatic Stress among Not-Exposed Traumatically Bereaved Relatives after the MS Estonia Disaster (2016)
- Injury-related fear-avoidance and symptoms of posttraumatic stress in parents of children with burns (2016)
- Perceived support in parents of children with burns (2016)
- Panel discussion (2015)
- Internet-based information and self-help program for parents of children with burns (2015)
- Alcohol Consumption After Severe Burn (2015)
- Is sexuality a problem? (2015)
- They still grieve - a nationwide follow-up of young adults 2-9 years after losing a sibling to cancer (2014)
- Health-related quality of life in Swedish pediatric burn patients and associations with burn and family characteristics (2014)
- Response to Letter to the Editor (2014)
- The psychiatric sequelae of burn injury (2014)
- Psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the burn outcomes questionnaire for children aged 5 to 18 years (2012)
- A prospective longitudinal study of posttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories after burn injury (2011)
- Psychological problems in children with burns (2011)
- Validation of a Swedish version of the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) in patients with burns (2010)
- Psychometric properties of the impact of event scale-revised in patients one year after burn injury (2010)
- Attentional bias and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder one year after burn injury (2009)
- Face-to-face and digital social interaction, loneliness, sense of belonging and self-rated general health during the COVID-19 pandemic
Books
Conferences
- P61 Development and evaluation of a mobile app to provide bereavement support for teenagers in grief – a study protocol (2022)
- O83 A Feasibility Study of the My Grief App for Prolonged Grief in Bereaved Parents in Sweden (2022)
- Daily uplifts during the COVID-19 pandemic: What is considered helpful in everyday life? (2021)
- PTSD Coach Sweden (2021)
- Intensive Longitudinal Assessment of Coping Strategies and Health Status among Trauma-Exposed Adults following a Smartphone Intervention (2019)
- Psychometric Properties of the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) in parents to children with burns. (2015)
