Its main focus is on physical, mental, cognitive, psychosocial and familial aspects of various serious and/or chronic somatic conditions or symptomatology in children and young people under the age of 18.
About the group
T-ABU - Pediatric Mental Health is a research group at the Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Hospital.
The research group seeks to develop this interdisciplinary field of research in close collaboration with both clinical and basic medical research environments at OUH, UiO, OsloMet, regionally, nationally and internationally.
T-ABU can offer standardized methods for assessing physical function, pain, mental health and quality of life.
Since 2017, the group has also included research on children and young people with gender incongruence.
Our research
We conduct interdisciplinary bio-psycho-social research.
To study complex interactions between biological, psychological and social factors a holistic, multifactorial approach is used in order to understand predisposing, triggering and maintaining mechanisms in all diseases.
Over the years, the research group's efforts have been essential for highlighting the mental and psychosocial aspects of illness and treatment of children and young people.
The research has contributed to new knowledge that has had an impact on the development and improvement of medical treatment protocols.
Taking care of both the young patients' mental health and the family aspect, have been shown to increase the patient`s quality of life, better outcome of treatment, increased compliance and shorter duration of illness; important gains for both the individual patients, the family and society.
Selected projects
- Anne Wæhre: The Norwegian Trans Youth Register study (The NORTrans Y- REG study) in cooperation with Folkehelseinsituttet and Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE). 2024-2027.
- Anne Wæhre: Gender incongruence in children and adolescents. Nordic cooperation 2024-2025.
- Helene Gjone: ”Surgery in early childhood and later behavioural development; a twin study.” 2012-dd.
- Trond H. Diseth: ”Dissociation following traumatic medical treatment procedures in childhood.” Longitudinal study, 2006-dd.
Collaboration
Our group members collaborate with several partners in Norway and abroad. Since 2017, the group has through close collaboration with the National Gender Team, Children and Adolescents, carried out quality improvements in the form of establishing a register for gender incongruence, as well as several ongoing research projects.
National partners
- OsloMet
- NKVTS
- Nasjonalt forum for CL-BUP / Psykosomatikk
- Norwegian Public Health Institute
- Norway Research Centre, B
- Paedia og BUP BUK, Ahus
- Rådet for psykisk helse.
International partners
- Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
- European Association of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatics
- European Society for Trauma and Dissociation
- University of Sydney
- Rigshospitalet, København.
Selected publications
- Nyquist CB, Torgersen L, David LW, Diseth TH, Gulbrandsen K, Waehre A. Treatment trajectories among children and adolescents referred to the Norwegian National Center for Gender Incongruence. Acta Paediatr. 2024 Dec 8. doi: 10.1111/apa.17530.
- Nyquist CB, Torgersen L, David LW, Diseth TH, Magnus P, Biele GPE, Waehre A. Population-adjusted numbers, demographics and mental health among children and adolescents referred to the Norwegian National Center for Gender Incongruence over two decades. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2025 Feb;34(2):647-657. doi: 10.1007/s00787-024-02508-5. Epub 2024 Jul 15.
- Hameed RA, Hoel AT, Diseth TH, Bjørnland K, Gjone H. Mental Health, Psychosocial Functioning, and Quality of Life in Adolescents With Hirschsprung Disease. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Jun;59(6):1037-1043. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.01.024. Epub 2024 Feb 1.
- Herner LB, Pedersen M. Funksjonelle somatiske symptomer og den predictive hjernemodellen. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. 2024;12: 888-894.
- Diseth TH, Herner LB. Sykehus-BUP: Tverrfaglig biopsykososial praksis i somatikken. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. 2024;12: 876-881.
