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Bergljot Gjelsvik

Postdoctoral Fellow - Klinisk psykologi

Email bergljot.gjelsvik@psykologi.uio.no

Phone +47 22 85 60 63

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Visiting address Forskningsveien 3A Harald Schjelderups hus 0373 Oslo

Postal address Postboks 1094 Blindern 0317 Oslo

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Academic interests

Causes of suicidal behaviour, risk and protective factors, drug collecting behaviour among patients with a history of deliberate self-poisoning, diversity in trajectories leading to as well as following crises
Causal models for repeat episodes of depression, relation between depression and suicidality
Treatment of depression and suicidality
Mindfulness-based interventions for patients with repeat episodes of depression and deliberate self-harm
Developmental psychopathology, risk and resilience, challenges in translational research, e.g.; from causal findings to efficient preventive interventions
Multi-method designs

Higher education and employment history

Bergljot Gjelsvik is a PhD candidate at the Department of Psychology, UiO, Gjelsvik’s position being part of a programme combining research with clinical specialization towards becoming a consultant clinical psychologist.
Gjelsvik has initiated and currently works with the research project “After the suicide attempt. A longitudinal study of suicidal careers and effects of aftercare”. The purpose of the study is to investigate causes of suicidal behaviour, with particular emphasis on mechanisms underpinning continuing risk for repeat episodes of suicidal behaviour over time.
As part of her clinical training towards becoming a consultant clinical psychologist, Gjelsvik is reading for the MSt in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) at Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK.

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Hinze, Verena; Ford, Tamsin; Gjelsvik, Bergljot; Byford, Sarah; Cipriani, Andrea & Morin, Jesus Montero [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Service use and costs in adolescents with pain and suicidality: a cross-sectional study. EClinicalMedicine. 55. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101778. Full text in Research Archive
Hinze, Verena; Karl, Anke; Ford, Tamsin & Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2022). Pain and suicidality in children and adolescents: a longitudinal population-based study. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. ISSN 1018-8827. doi: 10.1007/s00787-022-01963-2. Full text in Research Archive
Hinze, Verena; Ford, Tamsin; Crane, Catherine; Haslbeck, Jonas M.B.; Hawton, Keith & Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2021). Does depression moderate the relationship between pain and suicidality in adolescence? A moderated network analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. ISSN 0165-0327. 292, p. 667–677. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.05.100. Full text in Research Archive
Hinze, Verena; Ford, Tamsin; Evans, Robin; Gjelsvik, Bergljot & Crane, Catherine (2021). Exploring the relationship between pain and self-harm thoughts and behaviours in young people using network analysis. Psychological Medicine. ISSN 0033-2917. p. 1–10. doi: 10.1017/S0033291721000295. Full text in Research Archive
Hinze, Verena; Crane, Catherine; Ford, Tamsin; Buivydaite, Ruta; Qiu, Lin & Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2019). The relationship between pain and suicidal vulnerability in adolescence: a systematic review. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health. ISSN 2352-4642. 3(12), p. 899–916. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30267-6. Full text in Research Archive
Gjelsvik, Bergljot; Kappelmann, Nils; Soest, Tilmann von; HInze, Verena; Baer, Ruth & Hawton, Keith [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2018). Thought-Action Fusion in Individuals with a History of Recurrent Depression and Suicidal Depression: Findings from a Community Sample. Cognitive Therapy and Research. ISSN 0147-5916. 42(6), p. 782–793. doi: 10.1007/s10608-018-9924-7. Full text in Research Archive
Heinrich, Julia F.; Gjelsvik, Bergliot & Martin, Maryanne (2018). Implicit identification with illness in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Cognitive Therapy and Research. ISSN 0147-5916. p. 1–12. doi: 10.1007/s10608-017-9888-z. Full text in Research Archive
Gjelsvik, Bergljot; Heyerdahl, Fridtjof; Holmes, Jane; Lunn, Daniel & Hawton, Keith (2017). Is There a Relationship between Suicidal Intent and Lethality in Deliberate Self-Poisoning? Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviour. ISSN 0363-0234. 47(2), p. 205–216. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12277. Full text in Research Archive
Wyller, Hedda Bratholm; Wyller, Vegard Bruun Bratholm; Crane, Catherine & Gjelsvik, Bergliot (2017). The relationship between sensory processing sensitivity and psychological distress: A model of underpinning mechanisms and an analysis of therapeutic possibilities. Scandinavian Psychologist. p. 16–16. doi: 10.15714/scandpsychol.4.e15. Full text in Research Archive
Gjelsvik, Bergljot; Heyerdahl, Fridtjof; Holmes, Jane; Lunn, Daniel & Hawton, Keith (2017). Looking Back on Self-Poisoning: The Relationship between Depressed Mood and Reporting of Suicidal Intent in People Who Deliberately Self-Poison. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviour. ISSN 0363-0234. 47(2), p. 228–241. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12278. Full text in Research Archive
Tuft, Mia & Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2016). Styggen på ryggen. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet). ISSN 0029-2001. 136(14), p. 1240–1243. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0726. Full text in Research Archive
Matechou, Eleni; Liu, Ivy; Rodriguez-Fernandez, Daniel; Faras, Miguel & Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2016). Biclustering models for two-mode ordinal data. Psychometrika. ISSN 0033-3123. 81(3), p. 611–624. doi: 10.1007/s11336-016-9503-3. Full text in Research Archive
Tuft, Mia; Gjelsvik, Bergljot & Nakken, Karl Otto (2015). Ian Curtis: punk rock, epilepsy, and suicide. Epilepsy & Behavior. ISSN 1525-5050. 52, p. 218–221. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.08.018. Full text in Research Archive
Gjelsvik, Bergljot; Lovric, Darko & Williams, J. Mark G. (2015). Embodied cognition and emotional disorders: Embodiment and abstraction in understanding depression. Psychopathology Review. p. 1–50. doi: 10.5127/pr.035714. Full text in Research Archive
Tuft, Mia; Gjelsvik, Bergljot & Nakken, Karl Otto (2015). Epilepsy is dancing. Epilepsy & Behavior. ISSN 1525-5050. 51, p. 329–331. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.07.029. Full text in Research Archive
Gjelsvik, Bergljot; Heyerdahl, Fridtjof; Lunn, Daniel & Hawton, Keith (2014). Change in Access to Prescribed Medication following an Episode of Deliberate Self-Poisoning: A Multilevel Approach. PLOS ONE. 9(5). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098086. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Objective: Patients with a history of deliberate self-poisoning (DSP) are prescribed a greater amount of medication than the general public. DSP is the most robust risk factor for repeat episodes of DSP and subsequent death by suicide, and one might therefore expect that access to prescribed medication would be reduced following an episode of DSP. However, it is unclear whether access to prescribed medication changes after an episode of DSP. The objectives of this study were to investigate changes in 1) overall, psychotropic, non-psychotropic and the psychotropic subgroup antidepressant prescribed medication availability in DSP patients following an episode of DSP, 2) prescribing of the medication ingested in the episode, and 3) potential effects of gender, age and repeater status on such change. Methods: The design was longitudinal. We included 171 patients admitted for DSP between January 2006 and March 2007. Data on patients' prescriptions prior to admission were retrieved from The Norwegian Prescription Database. The outcome measure was the difference between medication load in the year following compared to the year prior to the DSP episode. Results: There was a significant increase in total medication load following DSP, including both psychotropic and non-psychotropic medication. Antidepressant medication load remained stable. There was a tendency for access to drugs ingested in the episode to increase following the episode, albeit not significantly. Medication load increased with age across all medication groups irrespective of time period and gender. Conclusions: The findings show that physicians do not curb prescribing to patients who have recently deliberately self-poisoned. Moreover, they highlight the need for cautious and judicious prescribing for these patients, in combination with psychological and social interventions.
Gjelsvik, Bergljot & Fennell, Melanie (2012). Mindfulness-basert kognitiv terapi og depressive tilbakefall: Bakgrunn, design og empirisk evidens. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet). ISSN 0332-6470. 49(6), p. 571–577. Full text in Research Archive
Gjelsvik, Bergljot; Heyerdahl, Fridtjof & Hawton, Keith (2012). Prescribed medication availability and deliberate self-poisoning: A longitudinal study. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. ISSN 0160-6689. 73(4), p. e548–e554. doi: 10.4088/JCP.11m07209. Full text in Research Archive
Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2007). Forebygging og resiliens. In Borge, Anne Inger Helmen (Eds.), Resiliens i praksis. Teori og empiri i et norsk perspektiv. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205359352. p. 27–38. Full text in Research Archive

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Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2022). Inn i krisen. Veier til å møte og forstå intense kriser og selvmordsfare. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISBN 9788205582026. 236 p. Full text in Research Archive
Binder, Per-Einar; Gjelsvik, Bergljot; Halland, Even & Vøllestad, Jon (2014). Mindfulness i psykologisk behandling. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215021164. 204 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Å praktisere mindfulness er en måte å bygge styrke og robusthet til å møte livet, slik det er, med mye intense opplevelser, både lidelse og glede. I den forstand treffer mindfulness noe av kjernen av hva vi arbeider med i psykologisk behandling. (Fra bokens innledning). I bokas første del beskriver forfatterne ulike aspekter ved mindfulness; fra en måte å være tilstede i verden på, til manualiserte behandlingsprogram og som grunnperspektiv på lidelse, vekst og terapeutisk samhandling. Dette gir et utgangspunkt for å forstå hva mindfulness er. Forfatterne beskriver deretter hvorfor forskning fungerer som en ledesnor i den kliniske anvendelsen av mindfulness. Bokas andre halvdel er viet bruk av mindfulness i gruppe- og individualbehandling. Her går forfatterne nærmere inn på angst, depresjon og stress som spesifikke områder for anvendelse av mindfulness. Boka er primært skrevet for psykologer, leger og andre fagfolk som driver behandling, og for studenter innenfor helsefagene. Men alle med en interesse for mindfulness, vil ha utbytte av boken.

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Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2017). Ekspert reagerer på brev om selvmord. [Journal]. Verdens Gang. Full text in Research Archive
Gjelsvik, Bergliot (2017). Fra laboratoriet til terapirommet. Suicidologi. ISSN 1501-6994. 22(3), p. 22–26. Full text in Research Archive
Chatburn, Eleanor; Benum, Kirsten; Oddli, Hanne & Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2017). Key characteristics of flash-forwards in recurrently suicidal patients. Full text in Research Archive
Gjelsvik, Bergljot; Chatburn, Eleanor; Benum, Kirsten & Oddli, Hanne (2017). Suicidal imagery: A catalyst in the suicidal process? Full text in Research Archive
Oddli, Hanne; Benum, Kirsten; Chatburn, Eleanor & Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2017). 'I wanted to kill the body, not the experience'. Suicidal imagery as transitional space. Full text in Research Archive
Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2017). Turister i nattens lugar. p. 670–676. Full text in Research Archive
Tuft, Mia; Gjelsvik, Bergljot & Nakken, Karl Otto (2016). Ian Curtis: Punk rock, epilepsy, and suicide. Epilepsy & Behavior. ISSN 1525-5050. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.08.018. Full text in Research Archive
Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2016). Selvmordsgåten : hva bringer en person fra suicidal tanke til handling? Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet). ISSN 0332-6470. 53(8), p. 664–665. Full text in Research Archive
Francis, Vergunst & Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2015). Fossil fuel divestment and the BPS. The Psychologist. ISSN 0952-8229. 28, p. 608–608. Full text in Research Archive
Gjelsvik, Bergljot & Binder, Per-Einar (2015). Inn i naturen. 52(9), p. 809–812. Full text in Research Archive
Gjelsvik, Bergljot; Vetlesen, Arne Johan; Binder, Per-Einar & Vergunst, Francis (2015). Bør klargjøre sin klimarolle. 52(11). Full text in Research Archive
Askvik, Kristine & Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2014). Overrasket av medikamentfunn. [Journal]. Dagens Medisin. Full text in Research Archive
Gjengedal, Kjerstin & Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2014). Medical practice increases the risk of suicide. [Internet]. http://sciencenordic.com/medical-practice-increases-risk-sui. Full text in Research Archive
Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2014). Advarsel om selvmordsrisiko. 51, p. 243–245. Full text in Research Archive
Gjelsvik, Bergljot; Heyerdahl, Fridtjof & Hawton, Keith (2013). Deliberate self-poisoning with prescribed drugs is not related to medical severity of acts. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. ISSN 0160-6689. 74(6), p. 630–630. doi: 10.4088/JCP.12l08298. Full text in Research Archive
jacobsen, siw ellen & Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2013). Fikk enda mer medisin etter forgiftning. [Internet]. http://forskning.no/medisiner-samfunnsmedisin/2013/11/fikk-e. Full text in Research Archive
Binder, Per-Einar & Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2012). Mindfulness i populærkultur, forskning og klinikk. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet). ISSN 0332-6470. 49(6), p. 613–614. Full text in Research Archive
Binder, Per-Einar & Gjelsvik, Bergljot (2012). Mindfulness - en kur for noe, men ikke for alt. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet). ISSN 0332-6470. 49(11), p. 1128–1129. Full text in Research Archive

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