Akiah Astral Ottesen
- Researcher; PhD
- +47 230 27350
Publications 2024
'My child could have died': counterfactual thoughts and psychological distress in parents of trauma survivors
Eur J Psychotraumatol, 15 (1), 2326736
DOI 10.1080/20008066.2024.2326736, PubMed 38506895
Prevalence and risk of psychiatric disorders in young people: prospective cohort study exploring the role of childhood trauma (the HUNT study)
Br J Psychiatry, 225 (5), 476-483
DOI 10.1192/bjp.2024.98, PubMed 39114956
Unraveling the Concept of Childhood Adversity in Psychosis Research: A Systematic Review
Schizophr Bull, 50 (5), 1055-1066
DOI 10.1093/schbul/sbae085, PubMed 38811352
Childhood trauma and treatment resistance in first-episode psychosis: Investigating the role of premorbid adjustment and duration of untreated psychosis
Schizophr Res, 270, 441-450
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2024.07.001, PubMed 38991420
Publications 2023
Tobacco smoking related to childhood trauma mediated by cognitive control and impulsiveness in severe mental disorders
Schizophr Res, 261, 236-244
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2023.09.041, PubMed 37806047
Early identification of treatment non-response in first-episode psychosis
Eur Psychiatry, 66 (1), e30
DOI 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.15, PubMed 36915260
Publications 2022
An epigenetic association analysis of childhood trauma in psychosis reveals possible overlap with methylation changes associated with PTSD
Transl Psychiatry, 12 (1), 177
DOI 10.1038/s41398-022-01936-8, PubMed 35501310
Publications 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
Childhood trauma, antipsychotic medication, and symptom remission in first-episode psychosis
Psychol Med, 53 (6), 2399-2408
DOI 10.1017/S003329172100427X, PubMed 37144963
The Influence of Mental Health Literacy, Migration, and Education on the Duration of Untreated Psychosis
Front Public Health, 9, 705397
DOI 10.3389/fpubh.2021.705397, PubMed 34368068
Publications 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
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
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
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
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
Vitamin D Deficiency Associated With Cognitive Functioning in Psychotic Disorders
J Clin Psychiatry, 78 (7), e750-e757
DOI 10.4088/JCP.16m10880, PubMed 28493652
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
Positive symptoms associate with cortical thinning in the superior temporal gyrus via the ENIGMA Schizophrenia consortium
Acta Psychiatr Scand, 135 (5), 439-447
DOI 10.1111/acps.12718, PubMed 28369804
Prefrontal cortical thinning links to negative symptoms in schizophrenia via the ENIGMA consortium
Psychol Med, 48 (1), 82-94
DOI 10.1017/S0033291717001283, PubMed 28545597
Metacognitive beliefs mediate the effect of emotional abuse on depressive and psychotic symptoms in severe mental disorders
Psychol Med, 47 (13), 2323-2333
DOI 10.1017/S0033291717000848, PubMed 28397634
Publications 2016
Modelling difficulties in abstract thinking in psychosis: the importance of socio-developmental background
Cogn Neuropsychiatry, 22 (1), 39-52
DOI 10.1080/13546805.2016.1259998, PubMed 28005457
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
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
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
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
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
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
Neurocognitive features in subgroups of bipolar disorder
Bipolar Disord, 15 (3), 272-83
DOI 10.1111/bdi.12061, PubMed 23521608
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
Publications 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
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
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
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
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
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
Depression and depressive symptoms in first episode psychosis
J Nerv Ment Dis, 198 (1), 67-71
DOI 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181c81fc0, PubMed 20061872
Assessment of social anxiety in first episode psychosis using the Liebowitz Social Anxiety scale as a self-report measure
Eur Psychiatry, 26 (2), 115-21
DOI 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.08.014, PubMed 21036553
Publications 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