Arvid Nikolai Kildahl
PhD candidate
PhD-project
I am a PhD student at the Department of Psychology, but I am employed at the Oslo University Hospital, where I am affiliated with two national competence units:
- Norwegian centre of competence for intellectual disabilities and mental health
- NevSom Norwegian centre of neurodevelopmental disorders and hypersomnias
I also work 50% as a clinician at the outpatient clinic at the Regional section mental health, intellectual disabilties/autism, Oslo University Hospital.
Project background
I have worked in mental health services for individuals with intellectual disabilities and/or autism for several years. My PhD project was conceived following a frequent challenge in the clinic:
- How do we detect trauma and abuse when people do not have the verbal skills to disclose it?
- And when we know they have experienced something potentially traumatic - how do we understand if they have been harmed by it?
The project is about detecting and identifying post-traumatic stress disorder and other trauma-related symptoms in adults with co-occurring autism and intellectual disabilities: "Identification of post-traumatic stress disorder in adults with autism and intellectual disability".
Supervisors are PhD/Specialist Psychologist Sissel Berge Helverschou and Associate Professor Hanne Weie Oddli. The project is funded by Oslo University Hospital.
Academic interests
Mental health in individuals with autism and/or intellectual disabilities: understanding, assessment and treatment. I have a strong interest in clinical research, in particular how clinicians' knowledge and understanding is shaped also by the clients and patients they encounter.
Background
Psychologist from the University of Oslo, 2009. Specialist in Clinical Psychology from 2014.
Have worked most of the time since 2009 in the Regional Section Mental Health, Intellectual Disabilities/Autism, Oslo University Hospital, but also at the Child Habilitation Services, Akershus University Hospital, and elsewhere in mental health services for adults.
Publications
- Helverschou, Sissel Berge; Bakken, Trine Lise; Berge, Heidi; Bjørgen, Tale Gjertine; Botheim, Henrik; Hellerud, Jane; Helseth, Ingunn; Hove, Oddbjørn; Johansen, Per Anders; Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai; Ludvigsen, Linn Beate; Nygaard, Sissel; Rysstad, Anne Langseth; Wigaard, Elisabeth & Howlin, Patricia (2020). Preliminary findings from a nationwide, multicentre mental health service for adults and older adolecents with autism spectrum disorder and ID. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities. ISSN 1741-1122. s 1- 12 . doi: 10.1111/jppi.12366
- Helverschou, Sissel Berge; Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai & Bakken, Trine Lise (2020). Checklists and Structured Interviews, In Johnny L. Matson (ed.), Handbook of Dual Diagnosis. Assessment and Treatment in Persons With Intellectual Disorders.. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-46834-7. Chapter 11. s 167 - 193
- Helverschou, Sissel Berge; Rysstad, Anne Langseth; Wigaard, Elisabeth; Hellerud, Jane; Ludvigsen, Linn Beate; Bakken, Trine Lise; Bjørgen, Tale Gjertine; Berge, Heidi; Hove, Oddbjørn & Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai (2020). Er ekstrem unngåelse av krav "patologisk"?. Autisme i dag. ISSN 0803-530X. (1), s 12- 19
- Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai; Bakken, Trine Lise; Matre, Espen; Hellerud, Jane; Engebretsen, Maria Hagen & Helverschou, Sissel Berge (2020). Case study: identification of anxiety and subsequent intervention in an adolescent male with autism, severe intellectual disability and self-injurious behaviour. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities (IJDD). ISSN 2047-3869. . doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2020.1850160
- Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai; Helverschou, Sissel Berge; Bakken, Trine Lise & Oddli, Hanne (2020). “Driven and Tense, Stressed Out and Anxious”: Clinicians’ Perceptions of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Expressions in Adults with Autism and Intellectual Disability. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities. ISSN 1931-5864. 13(3), s 201- 230 . doi: 10.1080/19315864.2020.1760972 Full text in Research Archive.
- Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai; Helverschou, Sissel Berge; Bakken, Trine Lise & Oddli, Hanne (2020). “If we do not look for it, we do not see it”: Clinicians' experiences and understanding of identifying post‐traumatic stress disorder in adults with autism and intellectual disability. JARID: Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities. ISSN 1360-2322. . doi: 10.1111/jar.12734 Full text in Research Archive.
- Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai; Helverschou, Sissel Berge & Oddli, Hanne (2020). Clinicians’ retrospective perceptions of failure to detect sexual abuse in a young man with autism and mild intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability. ISSN 1366-8250. 45(2), s 194- 202 . doi: 10.3109/13668250.2019.1680821 Full text in Research Archive.
- Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai; Oddli, Hanne & Helverschou, Sissel Berge (2020). Potentially traumatic experiences and behavioural symptoms in adults with autism and intellectual disability referred for psychiatric assessment. Research in Developmental Disabilities. ISSN 0891-4222. 107:103788, s 1- 15 . doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103788 Full text in Research Archive.
- Rysstad, Anne Langseth; Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai; Skavhaug, Jon Olav; Dønnum, Monica Stolen & Helverschou, Sissel Berge (2020). Case study: organizing outpatient pharmacological treatment of bipolar disorder in autism, intellectual disability and Phelan-McDermid syndrome (22q13.3 deletion syndrome). International Journal of Developmental Disabilities (IJDD). ISSN 2047-3869. . doi: 10.1080/20473869.2020.1756113
- Engebretsen, Maria Hagen; Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai; Høy, Iver Harald & Bakken, Trine Lise (2019). Metyrosine treatment in a woman with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and psychosis: a case study. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities (IJDD). ISSN 2047-3869. 65(2), s 116- 121 . doi: 10.1080/20473869.2017.1401257
- Iversen, Trine Elisabeth; Horndalsveen, Kristin; Matre, Espen; Henriksen, Tine Finstad; Fusche, Sarah; Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai & Bakken, Trine Lise (2019). Inpatient treatment of borderline personality disorder in adults with intellectual disability: reflections on practice. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities. ISSN 2044-1282. 13(2), s 67- 75 . doi: 10.1108/AMHID-03-2018-0008
- Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai; Bakken, Trine Lise; Iversen, Trine Elisabeth & Helverschou, Sissel Berge (2019). Identification of post-traumatic stress disorder in individuals with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability: A systematic review. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities. ISSN 1931-5864. 12(1-2), s 1- 25 . doi: 10.1080/19315864.2019.1595233 Full text in Research Archive.
- Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai; Engebretsen, Maria Hagen & Helverschou, Sissel Berge (2019). Attachment disorder in autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities. ISSN 2044-1282. . doi: 10.1108/AMHID-09-2018-0039
- Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai; Engebretsen, Maria Hagen; Horndalsveen, Kristin; Hellerud, Jane; Wiik, Jorunn Ytrehorn; Aasen, Gro Elisabeth & Helverschou, Sissel Berge (2019). Psychiatric assessment in congenital blindness, ASD and ID: experience from two clinical cases. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities. ISSN 2044-1282. 13(5), s 194- 203 . doi: 10.1108/AMHID-03-2019-0007
- Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai; Berg, Lars Krogh; Nilsen, Anne Lise Enger; BJØRGO, KATHRINE; Rødningen, Olaug Kristin & Helverschou, Sissel Berge (2018). Psychiatric assessment in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome (22q13 deletion syndrome). Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability. ISSN 1366-8250. 45(1), s 54- 58 . doi: 10.3109/13668250.2018.1440135
- Bakken, Trine Lise; Sageng, Heidi; Hellerud, Jane; Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai & Kristiansen, Tone (2017). The Use of Validation in Mental Health Nursing for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Illness: A Descriptive Study. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. ISSN 0161-2840. 38(8), s 619- 623 . doi: 10.1080/01612840.2017.1330910
- Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai; Bakken, Trine Lise; Holm, Olaf Kristian & Helverschou, Sissel Berge (2017). Assessment of psychosis in ASD/ID: a case study. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities. ISSN 2044-1282. 11(1), s 17- 23 . doi: 10.1108/AMHID-11-2016-0036
- Bakken, Trine Lise; Gjersøe, Vibeke; Matre, Espen; Kristiansen, Tone; Ro, Arvid; Tveter, Anne Louise; Høidal, Siv & Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai (2014). PTSD in adults with intellectual disabilities: Stabilisation during inpatient stay. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities. ISSN 2044-1282. 8(4), s 237- 247 . doi: 10.1108/AMHID-10-2013-0061
- Bakken, Trine Lise; Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai; Gjersøe, Vibeke; Matre, Espen; Kristiansen, Tone; Ro, Arvid; Tveter, Anne Louise & Høidal, Siv (2014). Identification of PTSD in adults with intellectual disabilities in five patients in a specialised psychiatric inpatient unit. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities. ISSN 2044-1282. 8(2), s 91- 102 . doi: 10.1108/AMHID-01-2013-0002
- Helverschou, Sissel Berge; Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai & Ludvigsen, Linn Beate (2019). The AUP multi-centre study; a clinical study on Autism, Intellectual disability and Psychiatric disorders; Outcome, diagnostic Challenges and environmental factors..
- Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai; Berg, Lars Krogh; Nilsen, Anne Lise Enger; Bjørgo, Kathrine; Rødningen, Olaug Kristin & Helverschou, Sissel Berge (2019). Psychiatric assessment in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome (22q13 deletion syndrome.
- Kildahl, Arvid Nikolai (2017). Psychiatric Assessment in ASD/ID: A Case Study.
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