Jan-Vegard Nilsen

  • Psychologist; PhD
  • +47 23 02 73 94

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 

COGFAM

 

Publications 2024

Halvorsen IM, Rø, Nilsen JV (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

Funderud I, Halvorsen I, Kvakland AL, Nilsen JV, Skjønhaug J, Stedal K, Rø Ø (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

Hage TW, Nilsen JV, Karlsen KM, Lyslid MH, Wennersberg AL, Wisting L (2023)
"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

Halvorsen IM, Rø A, Nilsen JV, Rø (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

Nilsen JV, Rø Ø, Halvorsen I, Oddli HW, Hage TW (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

Nilsen JV, Hage TW, Rø Ø, Halvorsen I, Oddli HW (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

Nilsen JV, Hage TW, Ro O, Halvorsen I, Oddli HW (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

Nilsen JV, Hage TW, Rø Ø, Halvorsen I, Oddli HW (2019)
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

Nilsen JV, Hage TW, Rø Ø, Halvorsen I, Oddli HW (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, PubMed 31727151

Publications 2017

Halvorsen I, Reas DL, Nilsen JV, Rø Ø (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

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