Jan-Vegard Nilsen
- Psychologist; PhD
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Jan-Vegard Nilsen joined the research team in august 2017 as a PhD-candidate. He is a clinical psychologist and has 20 years of experience from the ED field, primarily as a clinician. As a researcher he specializes in qualitative methods and is especially interested in the experiences of patients and family-members during and after treatment and the effects of treatment. Jan-Vegard is also involved in the training and supervision of treatment providers for EDs. In his PhD research, Jan Vegard used interview data from the project “Family-based inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa: a follow-up study”. Jan-Vegard is also involved in research on Multifamily therapy, CogFam and TBT-S.
Ongoing research:
Family-based inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa: a follow-up study
Publications 2025
Familiebasert dagbehandling for anoreksi
Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening
PublikaID 574
The experience of siblings attending multi-family therapy for adolescent eating disorders: a mixed-methods study
J Eat Disord, 14 (1), 25
DOI 10.1186/s40337-025-01502-9, PubMed 41413595
Konsulterende team for arbeid med spiseforstyrrelser i spesialisthelsetjenesten
Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening, 62 (10)
PublikaID 575
Publications 2024
Nyttige faktorer for tilfriskning av anoreksi: spørreskjemaresultater fra pasienter og foreldre
Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening, 61 (3), 170-177
DOI 10.52734/ZIAW5070, PublikaID 535
Publications 2023
Multifamily therapy for adolescent eating disorders: a study of the change in eating disorder symptoms from start of treatment to follow-up
J Eat Disord, 11 (1), 92
DOI 10.1186/s40337-023-00814-y, PubMed 37287009
"I am not alone". A qualitative feasibility study of eating disorders prevention groups for young females with type 1 diabetes
J Eat Disord, 11 (1), 42
DOI 10.1186/s40337-023-00767-2, PubMed 36941696
Publications 2022
Unge med anoreksi og deres søsken: Hvordan sykdommen påvirket dagliglivet i akuttfasen og ved oppfølging etter cirka 4,5 år
Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening, 59, 366-373
DOI 10.52734/Tt7787P5, PublikaID 415
Publications 2021
Family members' reflections upon a family-based inpatient treatment program for adolescent anorexia nervosa: a thematic analysis
J Eat Disord, 9 (1), 7
DOI 10.1186/s40337-020-00360-x, PubMed 33407914
Publications 2020
External support and personal agency - young persons' reports on recovery after family-based inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa: a qualitative descriptive study
J Eat Disord, 8, 18
DOI 10.1186/s40337-020-00293-5, PubMed 32391150
Publications 2019
Minding the adolescent in family-based inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa: a qualitative study of former inpatients' views on treatment collaboration and staff behaviors
BMC Psychol., 7 (1), 72
DOI 10.1186/s40359-019-0348-2
Family-based inpatient treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa: a thematic analysis of former patients' post-treatment reflections
Eat Disord, 29 (4), 390-407
DOI 10.1080/10640266.2019.1656469, PubMed 31682534
Minding the adolescent in family-based inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa: a qualitative study of former inpatients' views on treatment collaboration and staff behaviors
BMC Psychol, 7 (1), 72
DOI 10.1186/s40359-019-0348-2, PubMed 31727151
Publications 2017
Naturalistic Outcome of Family-Based Inpatient Treatment for Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa
Eur Eat Disord Rev, 26 (2), 141-145
DOI 10.1002/erv.2572, PubMed 29218761