Akiah Ottesen Berg

  • Researcher; PhD
  • +47 230 27350
 

Publications 2021

Hegelstad WTV, Berg AO, Bjornestad J, Gismervik K, Johannessen JO, Melle I, Stain HJ, Joa I (2021)
Childhood interpersonal trauma and premorbid social adjustment as predictors of symptom remission in first episode psychosis
Schizophr Res, 232, 87-94
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2021.05.015, PubMed 34029946

Publications 2020

Laskemoen JF, Aas M, Vaskinn A, Berg AO, Lunding SH, Barrett EA, Melle I, Simonsen C (2020)
Sleep disturbance mediates the link between childhood trauma and clinical outcome in severe mental disorders
Psychol Med, 51 (14), 2337-2346
DOI 10.1017/S0033291720000914, PubMed 32321600

Vaskinn A, Melle I, Aas M, Berg AO (2020)
Sexual abuse and physical neglect in childhood are associated with affective theory of mind in adults with schizophrenia
Schizophr Res Cogn, 23, 100189
DOI 10.1016/j.scog.2020.100189, PubMed 33134093

Publications 2018

Berg AO, Jørgensen KN, Nerhus M, Athanasiu L, Popejoy AB, Bettella F, Norbom LCB, Gurholt TP, Dahl SR, Andreassen OA, Djurovic S, Agartz I, Melle I (2018)
Vitamin D levels, brain volume, and genetic architecture in patients with psychosis
PLoS One, 13 (8), e0200250
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0200250, PubMed 30142216

Gurholt TP, Nerhus M, Osnes K, Berg AO, Andreassen OA, Melle I, Agartz I (2018)
Hippocampus volume reduction in psychosis spectrum could be ameliorated by vitamin D
Schizophr Res, 199, 433-435
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2018.03.011, PubMed 29555212

Gurholt TP, Osnes K, Nerhus M, Jørgensen KN, Lonning V, Berg AO, Andreassen OA, Melle I, Agartz I (2018)
Vitamin D, Folate and the Intracranial Volume in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder and Healthy Controls
Sci Rep, 8 (1), 10817
DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-29141-y, PubMed 30018414

Publications 2017

Nerhus M, Berg AO, Simonsen C, Haram M, Haatveit B, Dahl SR, Gurholt TP, Bjella TD, Ueland T, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2017)
Vitamin D Deficiency Associated With Cognitive Functioning in Psychotic Disorders
J Clin Psychiatry, 78 (7), e750-e757
DOI 10.4088/JCP.16m10880, PubMed 28493652

Simonsen C, Faerden A, Romm KL, Berg AO, Bjella T, Sundet K, Ueland T, Andreassen O, Melle I (2017)
Early clinical recovery in first-episode psychosis: Symptomatic remission and its correlates at 1-year follow-up
Psychiatry Res, 254, 118-125
DOI 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.04.050, PubMed 28460281

Publications 2016

Kaufmann T, Alnæs D, Brandt CL, Doan NT, Kauppi K, Bettella F, Lagerberg TV, Berg AO, Djurovic S, Agartz I, Melle IS, Ueland T, Andreassen OA, Westlye LT (2016)
Task modulations and clinical manifestations in the brain functional connectome in 1615 fMRI datasets
Neuroimage, 147, 243-252
DOI 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.11.073, PubMed 27916665

Nerhus M, Berg AO, Kvitland LR, Dieset I, Hope S, Dahl SR, Weibell MA, Romm KL, Faerden A, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2016)
Low vitamin D is associated with negative and depressive symptoms in psychotic disorders
Schizophr Res, 178 (1-3), 44-49
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2016.08.024, PubMed 27595553

Aas M, Andreassen OA, Aminoff SR, Færden A, Romm KL, Nesvåg R, Berg AO, Simonsen C, Agartz I, Melle I (2016)
A history of childhood trauma is associated with slower improvement rates: Findings from a one-year follow-up study of patients with a first-episode psychosis
BMC Psychiatry, 16, 126
DOI 10.1186/s12888-016-0827-4, PubMed 27146044

Publications 2015

Berg AO, Barrett EA, Nerhus M, Büchman C, Simonsen C, Faerden A, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2015)
Psychosis: clinical insight and beliefs in immigrants in their first episode
Early Interv Psychiatry, 12 (2), 185-192
DOI 10.1111/eip.12297, PubMed 26663787

Nerhus M, Berg AO, Dahl SR, Holvik K, Gardsjord ES, Weibell MA, Bjella TD, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2015)
Vitamin D status in psychotic disorder patients and healthy controls--The influence of ethnic background
Psychiatry Res, 230 (2), 616-21
DOI 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.10.015, PubMed 26500071

Publications 2014

Berg AO, Andreassen OA, Aminoff SR, Romm KL, Hauff E, Melle I (2014)
The impact of immigration and visible minority status on psychosis symptom profile
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 49 (11), 1747-57
DOI 10.1007/s00127-014-0897-x, PubMed 24927946

Publications 2013

Aminoff SR, Hellvin T, Lagerberg TV, Berg AO, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2013)
Neurocognitive features in subgroups of bipolar disorder
Bipolar Disord, 15 (3), 272-83
DOI 10.1111/bdi.12061, PubMed 23521608

Hope S, Ueland T, Steen NE, Dieset I, Lorentzen S, Berg AO, Agartz I, Aukrust P, Andreassen OA (2013)
Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 are associated with general severity and psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Schizophr Res, 145 (1-3), 36-42
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2012.12.023, PubMed 23403415

Nerhus M, Berg AO, Haram M, Kvitland LR, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2013)
Migrant background and ethnic minority status as predictors for duration of untreated psychosis
Early Interv Psychiatry, 9 (1), 61-5
DOI 10.1111/eip.12106, PubMed 24225002

Publications 2012

Ringen PA, Melle I, Berg AO, Agartz I, Spigset O, Simonsen C, Sundet K, Andreassen OA (2012)
Cannabis use and premorbid functioning as predictors of poorer neurocognition in schizophrenia spectrum disorder
Schizophr Res, 143 (1), 84-9
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2012.10.021, PubMed 23178107

Publications 2011

Berg AO, Melle I, Rossberg JI, Romm KL, Larsson S, Lagerberg TV, Andreassen OA, Hauff E (2011)
Perceived discrimination is associated with severity of positive and depression/anxiety symptoms in immigrants with psychosis: a cross-sectional study
BMC Psychiatry, 11, 77
DOI 10.1186/1471-244X-11-77, PubMed 21548949

Lagerberg TV, Sundet K, Aminoff SR, Berg AO, Ringen PA, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2011)
Excessive cannabis use is associated with earlier age at onset in bipolar disorder
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 261 (6), 397-405
DOI 10.1007/s00406-011-0188-4, PubMed 21267743

Steen NE, Lorentzen S, Barrett EA, Lagerberg TV, Hope S, Larsson S, Berg AO, Agartz I, Melle I, Berg JP, Andreassen OA (2011)
Sex-specific cortisol levels in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia during mental challenge--relationship to clinical characteristics and medication
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 35 (4), 1100-7
DOI 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2011.03.008, PubMed 21420462

Publications 2010

Berg AO, Melle I, Torjesen PA, Lien L, Hauff E, Andreassen OA (2010)
A cross-sectional study of vitamin D deficiency among immigrants and Norwegians with psychosis compared to the general population
J Clin Psychiatry, 71 (12), 1598-604
DOI 10.4088/JCP.09m05299yel, PubMed 20441728

Lagerberg TV, Andreassen OA, Ringen PA, Berg AO, Larsson S, Agartz I, Sundet K, Melle I (2010)
Excessive substance use in bipolar disorder is associated with impaired functioning rather than clinical characteristics, a descriptive study
BMC Psychiatry, 10, 9
DOI 10.1186/1471-244X-10-9, PubMed 20105311

Romm KL, Rossberg JI, Berg AO, Barrett EA, Faerden A, Agartz I, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2010)
Depression and depressive symptoms in first episode psychosis
J Nerv Ment Dis, 198 (1), 67-71
DOI 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181c81fc0, PubMed 20061872

Publications 2009

Larsson S, Lorentzen S, Mork E, Barrett EA, Steen NE, Lagerberg TV, Berg AO, Aminoff SR, Agartz I, Melle I, Andreassen OA (2009)
Age at onset of bipolar disorder in a Norwegian catchment area sample
J Affect Disord, 124 (1-2), 174-7
DOI 10.1016/j.jad.2009.10.031, PubMed 19931918