Publications 2026

Evensen JH, Engeset J, Jakobsen M, Malkomsen A, Vaage-Kowalzik V (2026)
Intensive trauma-focused treatment for PTSD and Complex PTSD in a public clinic: a feasibility study
Front Psychol, 17, 1869412
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1869412, PubMed 42780364

Klungsøyr O, Røssberg JI, Papageorgiou C, Horgen Evensen J, Løvgren A, Malkomsen A, Osnes K, Ulberg R, Wilberg T, Dammen T (2026)
Personalized and optimal treatment estimated by a value search method in a randomized clinical trial with psychodynamic versus cognitive behavioral therapy for depression
Psychother Res, 1-25 (in press)
DOI 10.1080/10503307.2026.2682995, PubMed 42457641

Torgersen K, Dammen T, Klungsøyr O, Wilberg T, Bringager CB, Horgen Evensen J, Løvgren A, Malkomsen A, Osnes K, Ulberg R, Røssberg JI (2026)
Improvement and deterioration trajectories in psychotherapy for depression: results from an RCT with cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic therapy
Nord J Psychiatry, 80 (4), 209-218
DOI 10.1080/08039488.2026.2648291, PubMed 41910229

Wilberg T, Ulberg R, Klungsøyr O, Malkomsen A, Løvgren A, Osnes K, Evensen JH, Dammen T, Røssberg JI (2026)
The significance of personality disorder and traits in short-term psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral therapy for major depression
Front Psychiatry, 17, 1789466
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1789466, PubMed 42137533

Publications 2025

Malkomsen A, Solberg CT (2025)
Psychiatry's clarification of expectations
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 145 (6)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.25.0182, PubMed 40366051

Malkomsen A, Solberg CT (2025)
Palliative psychiatry
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 145 (12)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.25.0441, PubMed 41097952

Malkomsen A, Ulberg R, Dammen T, Evensen JH, Hummelen B, Løvgren A, Osnes K, Wilberg T, Røssberg JI (2025)
Childhood trauma and treatment outcomes in short-term psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral therapy for adult depression
Front Psychiatry, 16, 1692277
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1692277, PubMed 41280452

Malkomsen A, Wilberg T, Bull-Hansen B, Dammen T, Evensen JH, Hummelen B, Løvgren A, Osnes K, Ulberg R, Røssberg JI (2025)
Comparative effectiveness of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy for major depression in psychiatric outpatient clinics: a randomized controlled trial
BMC Psychiatry, 25 (1), 113
DOI 10.1186/s12888-025-06544-6, PubMed 39934737

Publications 2024

Lien L, Malkomsen A (2024)
[Existential crisis in the biopsychosocial model]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 144 (4)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0839, PubMed 38506016

Malkomsen A, Røssberg JI, Dammen T, Wilberg T, Løvgren A, Ulberg R, Evensen J (2024)
"It takes time to see the whole picture": patients' views on improvement in cognitive behavioral therapy and psychodynamic therapy after three years
Front Psychiatry, 15, 1342950
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1342950, PubMed 38559399

Publications 2023

Malkomsen A, Gardsjord ES (2023)
[A. Malkomsen and E.S. Gardsjord respond]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 143 (1)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0796, PubMed 36655963

Malkomsen A, Solberg CT (2023)
The expectation gap in psychiatry must be reduced
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 143 (6)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0081, PubMed 37097245

Publications 2022

Malkomsen A, Gardsjord ES (2022)
[Au revoir, but not goodbye!]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 142 (16)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0663, PubMed 36345636

Malkomsen A, Røssberg JI, Dammen T, Wilberg T, Løvgren A, Ulberg R, Evensen J (2022)
How therapists in cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic therapy reflect upon the use of metaphors in therapy: a qualitative study
BMC Psychiatry, 22 (1), 433
DOI 10.1186/s12888-022-04083-y, PubMed 35761306

Malkomsen A, Solberg CT (2022)
Psychiatry's crisis of expectations
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 142 (3)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.21.0895, PubMed 35170927

Malkomsen A, Solberg CT (2022)
[A. Malkomsen and C.T. Solberg respond]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 142 (5)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0174, PubMed 35324118

Publications 2021

Malkomsen A (2021)
[What Richard Doll can teach us about smartphones]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 141 (5)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.20.1017, PubMed 33754664

Malkomsen A, Røssberg JI, Dammen T, Wilberg T, Løvgren A, Horgen Evensen J (2021)
The Synergistic Process of Improvement in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Major Depression
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18 (5)
DOI 10.3390/ijerph18052292, PubMed 33652563

Malkomsen A, Røssberg JI, Dammen T, Wilberg T, Løvgren A, Ulberg R, Evensen J (2021)
Digging down or scratching the surface: how patients use metaphors to describe their experiences of psychotherapy
BMC Psychiatry, 21 (1), 533
DOI 10.1186/s12888-021-03551-1, PubMed 34706691

Publications 2020

Malkomsen A (2020)
[The art of thinking differently]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 140 (4)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0729, PubMed 32192252

Malkomsen A (2020)
The art of thinking differently
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 140 (4), 384-387