• “Care or control?”: a qualitative study of staff experiences with outpatient commitment orders 

      Stensrud, Bjørn; Høyer, Georg; Beston, Gro; Granerud, Arild; Landheim, Anne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-02-12)
      Purpose Outpatient commitment orders are being increasingly used in many countries to ensure follow-up care of people with psychotic disorders after discharge from hospital. Several studies have examined outpatient commitment in relation to use of health care services, but there have been fewer studies of health professionals’ experiences with the scheme. The purpose of this study was to examine ...
    • How clinicians make decisions about CTOs in ACT: a qualitative study 

      Stuen, Hanne Kilen; Landheim, Anne; Rugkåsa, Jorun; Wynn, Rolf (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-22)
      <p><i>Background</i> - The first 12 Norwegian assertive community treatment (ACT) teams were piloted from 2009 to 2011. Of the 338 patients included during the teams’ first year of operation, 38% were subject to community treatment orders (CTOs). In Norway as in many other Western countries, the use of CTOs is relatively high despite lack of robust evidence for their effectiveness. The purpose of ...
    • Increased influence and collaboration: A qualitative study of patients' experiences of community treatment orders within an assertive community treatment setting 

      Stuen, Hanne Kilen; Rugkåsa, Jorun; Landheim, Anne; Wynn, Rolf (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-23)
      <p><i>Background - </i>Since 2009, 14 assertive community treatment (ACT) teams have started up in Norway. Over 30 % of the patients treated by the ACT teams were subject to community treatment orders (CTOs) at intake. CTOs are legal mechanisms to secure treatment adherence for patients with severe mental illness. Little is known about patients’ views and experiences of CTOs within an ACT ...
    • Levels of mental distress over 18 years after entering treatment for substance use disorders: A longitudinal cohort study 

      Hjemsæter, Arne Jan; Bramness, Jørgen Gustav; Drake, Robert; Skeie, Ivar; Monsbakken, Bent Berntsen; Saltyte Benth, Jurate; Landheim, Anne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-17)
      <i>Aims:</i> The aims were to investigate whether baseline characteristics and problematic substance use were related to change in mental distress over time in patients with substance use disorders during an 18-year period.<p> <p><i>Method:</i> This was a prospective, longitudinal study of patients followed for 18 years after entering specialised treatment for substance use disorders. A sample ...
    • Mortality, cause of death and risk factors in patients with alcohol use disorder alone or poly-substance use disorders: a 19-year prospective cohort study 

      Hjemsæter, Arne Jan; Bramness, Jørgen Gustav; Drake, Robert; Monsbakken, Bent Berntsen; Saltyte Benth, Jurate; Landheim, Anne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      <p><i>Background - </i>This study investigated cause of death, mortality rates and explored if baseline characteristics were associated with risk of death in patients with alcohol use disorder alone or poly-substance use disorders. <p><i>Methods - </i>This was a prospective, longitudinal study of patients followed for 19 years after entering specialized treatment for substance use disorders. At ...
    • Predictors of problematic substance use 18 years after treatment: a longitudinal cohort study of persons with substance use disorders 

      Hjemsæter, Arne Jan; Bramness, Jørgen Gustav; Drake, Robert; Skeie, Ivar; Monsbakken, Bent Berntsen; Thoresen, Magne; Landheim, Anne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-21)
      <i>Objective</i>: To examine the extent of substance use and explore which baseline factors predicted current problematic substance use 18 years after treatment in surviving patients. <p> <p><i>Methods</i>: This longitudinal cohort study used a mailed self-report questionnaire on a group of patients with long-term problematic substance use, and high psychiatric comorbidity, 18 years after they ...
    • Responsibilities with conflicting priorities: A qualitative study of ACT providers’ experiences with community treatment orders 

      Stuen, Hanne Kilen; Landheim, Anne; Rugkåsa, Jorun; Wynn, Rolf (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-18)
      <p><i>Background - </i>Patients with severe mental illness may be subjected to Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) in order to secure that the patients adhere to treatment. Few studies have investigated the use of CTOs within an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) setting, and little is known about how the tension between the patients’ autonomy and the clinicians’ responsibility to act in the patients’ ...
    • Which factors influence psychiatric diagnosing in substance abuse treatment? 

      Wynn, Rolf; Landheim, Anne; Hoxmark, Ellen Margrethe (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      The importance of diagnosing and treating co-occurring psychiatric disorders among substance abusers in treatment has received much attention. The aim of this study was to investigate to which extent co-occurring psychiatric disorders are diagnosed in a clinical population of substance abusers, and which factors (including the use of MINI-Plus) that influence the diagnosing of co-occurring psychiatric ...