Publications 2024

Langjord T, Pedersen G, Bovim T, Bremer K, Christensen TB, Hove O, Kildahl AN, Mork E, Norheim AB, Ramleth RK, Romm KL, Siqveland J, Schønning T, Stänicke LI, Torgersen T, Pettersen MS, Tveit T, Urnes Ø, Walby FA, Kvarstein EH (2024)
Evaluation of health services and treatment alliance among extensively hospitalized patients due to severe self-harm - results from the Extreme Challenges project
Nord J Psychiatry, 78 (7), 591-602
DOI 10.1080/08039488.2024.2376162, PubMed 39126325

Simonsen C, Åsbø G, Slade M, Wold KF, Widing L, Flaaten CB, Engen MJ, Lyngstad SH, Gardsjord E, Bjella T, Romm KL, Ueland T, Melle I (2024)
A good life with psychosis: rate of positive outcomes in first-episode psychosis at 10-year follow-up
Psychol Med, 54 (9), 2112-2121
DOI 10.1017/S0033291724000205, PubMed 38389456

Wold KF, Ottesen A, Flaaten CB, Kreis I, Lagerberg TV, Romm KL, Simonsen C, Widing L, Åsbø G, Melle I (2024)
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

Åsbø G, Haavind H, Kruse SH, Wold KF, Hegelstad WTV, Romm KL, Slade M, Ueland T, Melle I, Simonsen C (2024)
Taking what you get or Getting what you Need: A Qualitative Study on Experiences with Mental Health and Welfare Services in Long-Term Recovery in First-Episode Psychosis
Community Ment Health J (in press)
DOI 10.1007/s10597-024-01356-6, PubMed 39414695

Publications 2023

Ihler HM, Lyngstad SH, Gardsjord ES, Widing LH, Flaaten CB, Åsbø G, Wold KF, Engen MJ, Simonsen C, Ueland T, Lagerberg TV, Melle I, Romm KL (2023)
The trajectory of two negative symptom dimensions in first-episode psychosis and the role of cannabis use: A 10-year follow-up study
Schizophr Res, 252, 317-325
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2023.01.024, PubMed 36706477

Ihler HM, Lyngstad SH, Mørch-Johnsen LE, Lagerberg TV, Melle I, Romm KL (2023)
A transdiagnostic approach to negative symptoms: exploring factor structure and negative symptoms in bipolar disorders
Front Psychiatry, 14, 1136097
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1136097, PubMed 37398600

Langjord T, Pedersen G, Bovim T, Christensen TB, Eikenæs IU, Hove O, Kildahl AN, Mork E, Norheim AB, Ramleth RK, Ringen PA, Romm KL, Siqveland J, Schønning T, Stänicke L, Torgersen T, Pettersen M, Tveit T, Urnes Ø, Walby F, Kvarstein EH (2023)
Mental health disorders, functioning and health-related quality of life among extensively hospitalized patients due to severe self-harm - results from the Extreme Challenges project
Front Psychiatry, 14, 1258025
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1258025, PubMed 37920539

Saidi T, Mork E, Aminoff S, Lobban F, Romm KL (2023)
Crossing boundaries in the delivery of healthcare - a qualitative study of an eHealth intervention in relation to boundary object theory
Digit Health, 9, 20552076231196970
DOI 10.1177/20552076231196970, PubMed 37662674

Wold KF, Ottesen A, Camilla BF, Johnsen E, Lagerberg TV, Romm KL, Simonsen C, Ueland T, Widing L, Åsbø G, Melle I (2023)
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

Aminoff SR, Mork E, Barrett EA, Simonsen C, Ten Velden Hegelstad W, Lagerberg TV, Melle I, Romm KL (2022)
Locked out during COVID-19 lockdown-an online survey of relatives of people with psychotic and bipolar disorders in Norway
BMC Public Health, 22 (1), 294
DOI 10.1186/s12889-022-12625-y, PubMed 35151293

Aminoff SR, Onyeka IN, Ødegaard M, Simonsen C, Lagerberg TV, Andreassen OA, Romm KL, Melle I (2022)
Lifetime and point prevalence of psychotic symptoms in adults with bipolar disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Psychol Med, 52 (13), 2413-2425
DOI 10.1017/S003329172200201X, PubMed 36016504

Barrett EA, Simonsen C, Aminoff SR, Hegelstad WTV, Lagerberg TV, Melle I, Mork E, Romm KL (2022)
The COVID-19 pandemic impact on wellbeing and mental health in people with psychotic and bipolar disorders
Brain Behav, 12 (5), e2559
DOI 10.1002/brb3.2559, PubMed 35385888

Mork E, Aminoff SR, Barrett EA, Simonsen C, Hegelstad WTV, Lagerberg TV, Melle I, Romm KL (2022)
COVID-19 lockdown - who cares? The first lockdown from the perspective of relatives of people with severe mental illness
BMC Public Health, 22 (1), 1104
DOI 10.1186/s12889-022-13458-5, PubMed 35655294

Romm KL, Synnes O, Bondevik H (2022)
Creative writing as a means to recover from early psychosis- Experiences from a group intervention
Arts Health, 15 (3), 292-305
DOI 10.1080/17533015.2022.2130379, PubMed 36224522

Åsbø G, Ueland T, Haatveit B, Bjella T, Flaaten CB, Wold KF, Widing L, Engen MJ, Lyngstad SH, Gardsjord E, Romm KL, Melle I, Simonsen C (2022)
The Time is Ripe for a Consensus Definition of Clinical Recovery in First-episode Psychosis: Suggestions Based on a 10-Year Follow-up Study
Schizophr Bull, 48 (4), 839-849
DOI 10.1093/schbul/sbac035, PubMed 35419608

Publications 2021

Ihler HM, Lagerberg TV, Lyngstad SH, Melle I, Romm KL (2021)
Exploring the relationship between recency and frequency of cannabis use and diminished expression and apathy as two dimensions of negative symptoms in first episode psychosis. A one-year follow-up study
Schizophr Res, 236, 89-96
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2021.08.004, PubMed 34454305

Synnes O, Romm KL, Bondevik H (2021)
The poetics of vulnerability: creative writing among young adults in treatment for psychosis in light of Ricoeur's and Kristeva's philosophy of language and subjectivity
Med Health Care Philos, 24 (2), 173-187
DOI 10.1007/s11019-020-09998-5, PubMed 33453017

Værnes TG, Røssberg JI, Melle I, Nelson B, Romm KL, Møller P (2021)
Basic self-disturbance in subjects at clinical high risk for psychosis: Relationship with clinical and functional outcomes at one year follow-up
Psychiatry Res, 300, 113942
DOI 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113942, PubMed 33940444

Værnes TG, Røssberg JI, Melle I, Nelson B, Romm KL, Møller P (2021)
Basic self-disturbance trajectories in clinical high risk for psychosis: a one-year follow-up study
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 272 (6), 1007-1019
DOI 10.1007/s00406-021-01349-6, PubMed 34783878

Publications 2020

Barrett EA, Aminoff SR, Simonsen C, Romm KL (2020)
Opening the curtains for better sleep in psychotic disorders - considerations for improving sleep treatment
Compr Psychiatry, 103, 152207
DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2020.152207, PubMed 32977246

Romm KL, Nilsen L, Gjermundsen K, Holter M, Fjell A, Melle I, Repål A, Lobban F (2020)
Remote Care for Caregivers of People With Psychosis: Mixed Methods Pilot Study
JMIR Ment Health, 7 (7), e19497
DOI 10.2196/19497, PubMed 32720905

Publications 2019

Romm KL, Gardsjord ES, Gjermundsen K, Aguirre Ulloa M, Berentzen LC, Melle I (2019)
Designing easy access to care for first-episode psychosis in complex organizations
Early Interv Psychiatry, 13 (5), 1276-1282
DOI 10.1111/eip.12802, PubMed 30919597

Simonsen C, Aminoff SR, Vaskinn A, Barrett EA, Faerden A, Ueland T, Andreassen OA, Romm KL, Melle I (2019)
Perceived and experienced stigma in first-episode psychosis: A 1-year follow-up study
Compr Psychiatry, 95, 152134
DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2019.152134, PubMed 31669787

Sönmez N, Romm KL, Østefjells T, Grande M, Jensen LH, Hummelen B, Tesli M, Melle I, Røssberg JI (2019)
Cognitive behavior therapy in early psychosis with a focus on depression and low self-esteem: A randomized controlled trial
Compr Psychiatry, 97, 152157
DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2019.152157, PubMed 31935529

Publications 2018

Gardsjord ES, Romm KL, Røssberg JI, Friis S, Barder HE, Evensen J, Haahr U, Ten Velden Hegelstad W, Joa I, Johannessen JO, Langeveld J, Larsen TK, Opjordsmoen S, Rund BR, Simonsen E, Vaglum P, Melle I (2018)
Depression and functioning are important to subjective quality of life after a first episode psychosis
Compr Psychiatry, 86, 107-114
DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.07.014, PubMed 30114656

Holth F, Walby F, Røstbakken T, Lunde I, Ringen PA, Ramleth RK, Romm KL, Tveit T, Torgersen T, Urnes Ø, Kvarstein EH (2018)
Extreme challenges: psychiatric inpatients with severe self-harming behavior in Norway: a national screening investigation
Nord J Psychiatry, 72 (8), 605-612
DOI 10.1080/08039488.2018.1511751, PubMed 30348040

Lyngstad SH, Gardsjord ES, Simonsen C, Engen MJ, Romm KL, Melle I, Færden A (2018)
Consequences of persistent depression and apathy in first-episode psychosis - A one-year follow-up study
Compr Psychiatry, 86, 60-66
DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.07.015, PubMed 30081208

Romm KL (2018)
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Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 138 (5)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.17.1004, PubMed 29513452

Romm KL (2018)
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Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 138 (8)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.18.0036, PubMed 29737790

Romm KL (2018)
SUPERVISOR IN ACUTE PSYCHIATRY (VAP) Ostfold Hospital and Akershus University Hospital. Mobile Application
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 138 (5), 484

Romm KL (2018)
SCHIZOPHRENIA- TO LIVE WITH
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 138 (8), 762

Simonsen C, Faerden A, Ueland T, Vaskinn A, Bjella T, Andreassen O, Romm KL, Melle I (2018)
Self-rated disability in first treated episode of psychosis: A 1-year follow-up study
Compr Psychiatry, 85, 48-54
DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.06.004, PubMed 29981504

Publications 2017

Gardsjord ES, Romm KL, Røssberg JI, Friis S, Barder HE, Evensen J, Haahr U, Ten Velden Hegelstad W, Joa I, Johannessen JO, Langeveld J, Larsen TK, Opjordsmoen S, Rund BR, Simonsen E, Vaglum P, McGlashan T, Melle I (2017)
Is going into stable symptomatic remission associated with a more positive development of life satisfaction? A 10-year follow-up study of first episode psychosis
Schizophr Res, 193, 364-369
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2017.07.006, PubMed 28701275

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

Gardsjord ES, Romm KL, Friis S, Barder HE, Evensen J, Haahr U, ten Velden Hegelstad W, Joa I, Johannessen JO, Langeveld J, Larsen TK, Opjordsmoen S, Rund BR, Simonsen E, Vaglum P, McGlashan T, Melle I, Røssberg JI (2016)
Subjective quality of life in first-episode psychosis. A ten year follow-up study
Schizophr Res, 172 (1-3), 23-8
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2016.02.034, PubMed 26947210

Haug E, Øie MG, Andreassen OA, Bratlien U, Romm KL, Møller P, Melle I (2016)
The Association between Anomalous Self-experiences, Self-esteem and Depressive Symptoms in First Episode Schizophrenia
Front Hum Neurosci, 10, 557
DOI 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00557, PubMed 27872587

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

Østefjells T, Melle I, Hagen R, Romm KL, Sönmez N, Andreassen OA, Røssberg JI (2015)
Unhelpful metacognitive beliefs in early psychosis are associated with affective symptoms and childhood social adjustment
Schizophr Res, 169 (1-3), 280-285
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2015.10.026, PubMed 26519990

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

Sonmez N, Hagen R, Andreassen OA, Romm KL, Grande M, Jensen LH, Morrison AP, Melle I, Rossberg JI (2014)
Cognitive Behavior Therapy in First-Episode Psychosis With a Focus on Depression, Anxiety, and Self-Esteem
Cogn. Behav. Pract., 21 (1), 43-54

Publications 2013

Hansen CF, Torgalsbøen AK, Røssberg JI, Romm KL, Andreassen OA, Bell MD, Melle I (2013)
Object relations, reality testing, and social withdrawal in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
J Nerv Ment Dis, 201 (3), 222-5
DOI 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182848ae0, PubMed 23407207

Sönmez N, Romm KL, Andreasssen OA, Melle I, Røssberg JI (2013)
Depressive symptoms in first episode psychosis: a one-year follow-up study
BMC Psychiatry, 13, 106
DOI 10.1186/1471-244X-13-106, PubMed 23560591

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

Romm KL, Lie AK (2011)
[Serious mental illness--in a historical perspective]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 131 (24), 2507-11
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.10.1022, PubMed 22170144

Romm KL, Melle I, Thoresen C, Andreassen OA, Rossberg JI (2011)
Severe social anxiety in early psychosis is associated with poor premorbid functioning, depression, and reduced quality of life
Compr Psychiatry, 53 (5), 434-40
DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.06.002, PubMed 21821242

Romm KL, Rossberg JI, Hansen CF, Haug E, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2011)
Self-esteem is associated with premorbid adjustment and positive psychotic symptoms in early psychosis
BMC Psychiatry, 11, 136
DOI 10.1186/1471-244X-11-136, PubMed 21854599

Publications 2010

Barrett EA, Sundet K, Faerden A, Agartz I, Bratlien U, Romm KL, Mork E, Rossberg JI, Steen NE, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2010)
Suicidality in first episode psychosis is associated with insight and negative beliefs about psychosis
Schizophr Res, 123 (2-3), 257-62
DOI 10.1016/j.schres.2010.07.018, PubMed 20685083

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

Romm KL, Rossberg JI, Berg AO, Hansen CF, Andreassen OA, Melle I (2010)
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

Simonsen C, Sundet K, Vaskinn A, Ueland T, Romm KL, Hellvin T, Melle I, Friis S, Andreassen OA (2010)
Psychosocial function in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Relationship to neurocognition and clinical symptoms
J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 16 (5), 771-83
DOI 10.1017/S1355617710000573, PubMed 20509984