Hanne Haavind

• Moe, Anita; Stänicke, Erik & Haavind, Hanne (2026). The crisis of abstaining from self-cutting: a phenomenological study of three women's divergent trajectories after cessation. Frontiers in Psychology. 17. doi: https:/www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1791431/full. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Background: Self-cutting is often treated as a symptom to be eliminated, with behavioral cessation regarded as a sign of therapeutic success. However, little is known about how individuals experience the absence of self-cutting after it has stopped—especially when the behavior has served complex symbolic, regulatory, and relational functions.Objective: This study explores how women with long-term histories of severe self-cutting experience the cessation of the behavior. It examines why abstaining from or stopping may not be experienced as recovery, but instead as a crisis, rupture, or new forms of suffering.Methods: Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), we conducted and analyzed in-depth interviews with 12 women aged 18–35. All had engaged in repetitive self-cutting for several years and most reported having stopped or being abstinent at the time of the interview. Three cases—Solveig, Angelica, and Rachel—were selected for idiographic analysis to represent divergent ways of making sense of cessation.Results: Each woman experienced the end of cutting differently. For Solveig, cessation led to psychic collapse and emotional disintegration; the scars had functioned as containers of identity and trauma. For Angelica, cutting had regulated emotional extremes, and its absence exposed her to panic and somatic dysregulation. Rachel described a shift from cutting as a mode of survival toward a position in which meaning could increasingly be held in language and relationship rather than on the skin, allowing her scars to function as symbols of survival rather than sites of enactment. Rather than indicating a uniform trajectory of recovery, cessation marked a divergent and meaning-saturated transition shaped by how cutting had functioned psychically for each of them.Conclusion: The study highlights the psychological functions that cutting can serve, and the vulnerabilities that may arise when it stops. Clinicians should be cautious to equate behavioral change with psychological integration. Sustainable transitions away from self-harm require relational containment, narrative support, and symbolic substitution. Cessation may mark the beginning of deeper therapeutic work, not the end.

• Åsbø, Gina; Haavind, Hanne; Kruse, Sindre Hembre; Wold, Kristin Fjelnseth; Hegelstad, Wenche & Romm, Kristin Lie [Vis alle 10 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2025). “Why shouldn’t I expect a lot from life?” – a qualitative study of what facilitates long-term recovery in first-episode psychosis. BMC Psychiatry. 25. doi: 10.1186/s12888-025-06681-y. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Background Qualitative research frequently characterises recovery, but more knowledge on subjective experiences of facilitators of long-term recovery in psychosis is needed. This interview study aimed to explore what people with first-episode psychosis (FEP) highlight as important for their long-term recovery. Methods Interviews with 20 individuals in recovery (personal and/or clinical) participating in two follow-up studies, 10 and 20-years after treatment start for a first episode schizophrenia or bipolar spectrum disorder. Interviews were thematically analysed by a research team that included a peer researcher. Results The analysis generated that personal resources and agency were experienced as the overarching facilitators of recovery, with five themes: (1) Doing recovery in everyday life, involving agency in daily life; (2) Re-evaluating risk, involving re-evaluating limitations and stress reduction; (3) Becoming a caregiver, involving development from being cared for to taking care of others; (4) Negotiating normality, involving identity and social inclusion; (5) Owning and sharing your story, involving accepting lived experience and overcoming stigma. Discussion All participants described themselves as the main facilitators of their own recovery, and treatment as secondary to their efforts. Gradually testing limitations and taking risks, providing social support to others, as well as owning and sharing your story were crucial for promoting long-term recovery in FEP. Clinical implications include supporting service users’ agency with strength- based interventions and shared-decision making, as well as refining psychoeducation on stress reduction in a long-term perspective.

• Moe, Anita; Stänicke, Erik & Haavind, Hanne (2025). Theaters of the skin: The representation of emotional dramas among female patients engaging in skin cutting. Psychoanalytic psychology. ISSN 0736-9735. 42(3), s. 149–158. doi: https:/psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-34511-002. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Åsbø, Gina; Haavind, Hanne; Kruse, Sindre Hembre; Wold, Kristin Fjelnseth; Hegelstad, Wenche & Romm, Kristin Lie [Vis alle 10 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (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 mental health journal. ISSN 0010-3853. 24. doi: 10.1007/s10597-024-01356-6. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  How people in long-term recovery (clinical and personal) in first-episode psychosis (schizophrenia and bipolar spectrum disorders) experience the mental health and welfare services they interact with is not frequently studied but has significant implications. We therefore aimed to explore which aspects of these services people with FEP evaluate as important for their long-term recovery. Twenty participants in clinical and/or personal recovery from two Norwegian long-term follow-up studies after FEP (TOP 10-year and TIPS 20-year) were sampled for this interview-based qualitative study. The research-team included service user experience. A deductive analysis based on personal accounts of recovery generated five service aspects. Few specific types of interventions were reported to promote recovery although medications, psychotherapy and employment support were mentioned. Participants valued services based in collaboration and that focused on their resources rather than limitations. The importance of long-term follow-up with a consistent aim was highlighted, as was the inclusion of caregivers and peers. Welfare services contributed to recovery by supporting basic needs and safety, but some experienced social exclusion when not participating in the labor market. This study is unique in exploring the role of services, including welfare, in long-term FEP recovery from service user perspectives. Participants evaluated that services played a more indirect role in long-term recovery by supporting their personal resources, although what they needed from services had frequently not been offered. Their expertise by experience contributes valuable knowledge. Better service coordination and consistent implementation of this knowledge are crucial to support recovery in FEP.

• Haune, Monica Christine; Christiansen, Øivin; Heiervang, Einar Røshol & Haavind, Hanne (2024). “Great day! But now what?” Adolescents’ and foster carers’ experiences of a comprehensive health assessment for children in out-of-home care. Children and Youth Services Review. ISSN 0190-7409. 158. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107464. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Children in out-of-home care have extensive mental and physical health care needs. Best practice guidelines recommend comprehensive health assessments to all children entering out-of-home care, as their needs are often unidentified and unmet. The aim of this study was to explore adolescents’ and foster carers’ experiences and expectations after participating in a comprehensive multi-disciplinary health assessment. Within two weeks of the assessment day, nine adolescents (aged 11–17 years), and 12 foster carers were interviewed, and asked to share what they thought about the encounters and the tasks from the assessment day. Based on these experiences, further conversations explored relevant issues from contemporary life, and prospects for the future. Through Interpretative Phenomenological Analyses, three major themes were identified as the main findings. First, the participants felt seen and involved, taken care of and taken seriously throughout the assessment day. Adolescents and carers had concordant views on what made the environment feel safe, despite the potentially demanding comprehensiveness and topics of the assessment. Second, the assessment was perceived as relevant, and gave access to enhanced understanding, although the adolescents and the carers expressed divergent views on the perceived importance of the assessment and how it related to their daily lives. The third theme referred to feeling hopeful, but powerless facing the future, and the uncertainty regarding what would happen with the identified needs and recommendations for services. Our results suggest that the assessment day was manageable, understandable and acceptable, but the engagement and involvement from the assessment day did not transfer to the expectations for follow-up.

• Lømo, Bente; Haavind, Hanne & Tjersland, Odd Arne (2023). Repeated explorations of violent scripts: psychotherapy for men acting violently against their female partner. Counselling Psychology Quarterly. ISSN 0951-5070. 37(2), s. 269–292. doi: 10.1080/09515070.2023.2211937. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  The effects of psychotherapy for men perpetrating violence toward their female partners have been found to be modest or equivocal; therefore, further research is necessary to determine how therapists can intervene to help clients stop acting violently. To obtain a better understanding of successful therapist strategies in a particular case, we conducted an interpretive phenomenological analysis of interactional patterns and change processes during therapy sessions in four carefully selected cases - two cases in which the use of violence ended after the completion of therapy (violence ended) were compared with two cases in which the client completed therapy but continued to act violently (violence continued). The client’s use of violence was addressed repeatedly in all four cases, but the scripting of such events varied between the two case types. I) Violence ended: Joint explorations of the script of “the annoying other” led to therapist strategies that fostered new experiences of the states of mind of the client and partner. This seemed to help clients develop more caring and safer ways of relating to their partner. II) Violence continued: Engagement in the script of “hopeless me” was associated with therapist strategies that relied more on explanations of the client’s vulnerability to acting violently. This seemed to hinder deeper comprehension of the clients’ use of violence and the needs and intentions of their partners. Contrary to expectations, engagement in the script of “the annoying other” facilitated exploration of emotional states in both the client and his significant other. We present some empirically derived principles for moment-to-moment therapist strategies that facilitated in-session change with men acting violently toward their partner.

• Jordet, Maria; Gullestad, Siri Erika & Haavind, Hanne (2022). When singing strengthens the capacity to aspire: girls’ reflexivity in rural Bangladesh. Journal of Critical Realism. ISSN 1476-7430. 22(1), s. 7–26. doi: 10.1080/14767430.2022.2095110. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  In the present paper, we explore the impact of singing for girls in rural Bangladesh. Previous findings in this field-based interview study (with 18 girls) have demonstrated that singing can act as a driving force in young girls’ psychological individuation processes, implying increased agency and autonomy. A critical question, however, is to what extent the village girls will manage to maintain a feeling of agency as they pass through puberty. How do they navigate between their own wish to continue singing and pressure from cultural norms (such as getting married)? Using Margareth Archer’s morphogenetic approach and Arjun Appadurai’s approach to culture as a capacity as analytical tools, we connect different modes of reflexivity to the girls’ capacity to aspire. We discuss specific mechanisms that emerge as relevant for the girls/young women as they navigate their way through the Bengali rural society.

• Østlie, Kristin; Stänicke, Erik & Haavind, Hanne (2021). Assessments in Psychotherapy with Suicidal Patients: The Precedence of Alliance Work. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. ISSN 0022-0116. doi: 10.1007/s10879-021-09518-3. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2021). Når vi nå skal snakke om selvmord blant samer, hva er det viktig at vi snakker om? Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift (SMT). ISSN 0037-833X. 98(5-6), s. 850–860. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Startpunktet for Jon Petter Stoors PhD-avhandling var at han organiserte en rekke fokusgruppe-intervjuer med medlemmer fra samiske lokalsamfunn, først i Sverge og så i Norge. Hans innledningsspørsmål var på svensk (ikke alle deltakere kunne samisk, og Stoor er selv «svensk/samisk»): «När vi nu ska prata om självmord bland samer, vad tycker ni då är viktigt att vi pratar om?»

• Råbu, Marit; Mcleod, John; Haavind, Hanne; Bernhardt, Ida S.; Nissen-Lie, Helene A & Moltu, Christian (2019). How psychotherapists make use of their experiences from being a client: Lessons from a collective autoethnography. Counselling Psychology Quarterly. ISSN 0951-5070. 34(1), s. 109–128. doi: 10.1080/09515070.2019.1671319. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  First-hand experience of being a client is regarded by many psychotherapists as making an essential contribution to professional development. Although research has not established any direct influence on client outcome, arising from therapist participation in personal therapy, qualitative studies have explored how therapists transfer learning from one context to the other. A group of six therapists-researchers engaged in a collective autoethnography in which we shared narrative accounts of our own experiences as clients. Together we covered a wide set of therapies, sought for varied purposes, and from different stages in the life-course. Different areas of learning were identified: negative experiences could strengthen own convictions for acting differently; positive experiences worked as inspiration and support; being in therapy early in life represented a significant formative experience; working through complex personal issues in therapy gave the courage to identify similar conflicts in phantasies and realities of clients. The link between having been a client and working as a therapist is a subjective, reflective process of reworking figure and ground in the search for professional sensitivity.

• Haavind, Hanne (2019). Livsformsintervjuet: En veiviser til subjektive erfaringer. I Jansen, Anne & Andenæs, Agnes (Red.), Hverdagsliv, barndom og oppvekst. Teoretiske posisjoner og metodiske grep. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215029795. s. 26–57. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Lømo, Bente; Haavind, Hanne & Tjersland, Odd Arne (2019). Finding a common ground: Therapist responsiveness to male clients who have acted violently against their female partner. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. ISSN 0886-2605. 36(17-18), s. NP9930–NP9958. doi: 10.1177/0886260519862271. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Stänicke, Line Indrevoll; Haavind, Hanne; Rø, Frida Gullestad & Gullestad, Siri Erika (2019). Discovering One’s Own Way: Adolescent Girls’ Different Pathways Into and Out of Self-Harm. Journal of Adolescent Research. ISSN 0743-5584. s. 1–30. doi: 10.1177/0743558419883360. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Self-harm is associated with mental illness and suicide risk. The present study aims to increase knowledge of adolescent girls’ pathways into and out of self-harm. The participants were 19 girls, 13 to 18 years of age, who were strategically selected from an outpatient care unit. A naturalistic multiple case study was done with personal interviews. The interviews were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, and the capacity for “mentalization”—representation of behavior in terms of mental states—was measured with the Reflective Functioning Scale. The analysis of the topic “beginning self-harm” resulted in two meta-themes: (a) beginning self-harm as a way to handle difficult feelings and relational problems and (b) becoming influenced by peers to experiment with self-harm. The analysis of the topic “quitting self-harm” resulted in three meta-themes: (a) ambivalence toward help, treatment, and ending self-harm; (b) finding one’s own way of quitting self-harm; and (c) exploring self-harm together with the therapist. Three case stories illustrate variations in trajectories of change and capacity for mentalization. The findings suggest that self-harm may be a way of handling developmental challenges in autonomy and identity formation during adolescence. Adolescents need an opportunity to discover their own way of quitting self-harm. Variations in mentalization may provide for different pathways.

• Gulbrandsen, Wenke; Haavind, Hanne & Tjersland, Odd Arne (2018). Mediation strategies in the face of custody conflicts. Conflict Resolution Quarterly. ISSN 1536-5581. 36(4), s. 293–309. doi: 10.1002/crq.21241. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Systematic analyses of initiatives and responses from mediators working with parents in intense conflicts about child custody and care brought forward variations in effective strategies. The findings are presented along six dimensions: The topics that were addressed, how the agenda for the sessions was decided, focus on agreement vs relational topics, oral vs written orientation, limited vs generous time, and parental vs system focus. Effective mediators handled these dimensions with flexibility, recognized and validated both parents' perspectives, accepted and explored differences, differentiated topics, focused on relational issues when needed, tracked the process by written summaries, and encouraged testing solutions.

• Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg; Dyregrov, Kari; Haavind, Hanne; Leenaars, Antoon A. & Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal (2018). The Role of Self-Esteem in Suicides Among Young Men. Omega - Journal of Death and Dying. ISSN 0030-2228. 77(3), s. 217–239. doi: 10.1177/0030222815601514. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Østlie, Kristin; Stänicke, Erik & Haavind, Hanne (2018). A listening perspective in psychotherapy with suicidal patients: Establishing convergence in therapists and patients private theories on suicidality and cure. Psychotherapy Research. ISSN 1050-3307. 28(1), s. 150–163. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2016.1174347. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gulbrandsen, Wenke; Haavind, Hanne & Tjersland, Odd Arne (2018). High-conflict parents in mediation: An analysis of dialogues and sources to conflict. Conflict Resolution Quarterly. ISSN 1536-5581. 35(4), s. 335–349. doi: 10.1002/crq.21214. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  A significant proportion of parents in mediation present destructive and escalating conflicts. In a naturalistic study of sessions with high‐conflict couples, we observed dialogues with frequent interruptions, rapidly shifting subjects, and emotional attacks. A systematic search revealed eight distinct sources of conflict that interfered with the mediation process: Two related to the breakup, four regarding differing concerns of care for the child, and two mainly about the contextual conditions for childcare arrangements. The article describes these sources of conflicts in a format that could increase the capacity of mediators to recognize and address them during the process of mediation.

• Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg; Haavind, Hanne & Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal (2018). Young Men, Masculinities, and Suicide. Archives of Suicide Research. ISSN 1381-1118. 22(2), s. 327–343. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2017.1340855. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Rønnestad, Michael Helge; Nissen-Lie, Helene A; Oddli, Hanne; Benum, Kirsten; Ekroll, Vidar Blokhus & Gullestad, Siri Erika [Vis alle 12 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2018). Expanding the Conceptualization of Outcome and Clinical Effectiveness. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. ISSN 0022-0116. 49, s. 87–97. doi: 10.1007/s10879-018-9405-z. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Østbye, Silje Vagli; Kvamme, Maria Fredriksen; Wang, Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson; Haavind, Hanne; Waage, Trond & Risør, Mette Bech (2018). ‘Not a film about my slackness’: Making sense of medically unexplained illness in youth using collaborative visual methods. Health. ISSN 1363-4593. 24(1), s. 38–58. doi: 10.1177/1363459318785696. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Persistent medically unexplained symptoms have debilitating consequences for adolescents, dramatically altering their social world and future aspirations. Few studies have focused on social and moral aspects of illness experience relevant to adolescents. In this study, the aim is to explore these aspects in depth by focusing on a single case and to address how young people attempt to create social accountability in a search for meaning when facing illness and adversity. The study is based on a view of meaning as dialogically constituted during the research process, which calls for the use of collaborative film methodology and life-mode interviewing. With a dialogic–performative approach to a narrative emplotment of medically unexplained symptoms, we present Peter as intentional and purposive, and as a person who in a reflective process of meaning making claimed his own voice and developed his own strategies of coping with his illness. The analysis brings forward a narrative of suffering, hope and intentionality that is configured by the immediate limited possibilities of agency due to Peter’s medical condition. It is, however, configured to an even greater degree by aspirations, that is, to become an accountable person through social experiences and to meet sociocultural and moral expectations of being an adolescent. The study provides insight into relational and existential aspects of meaning making in dealing with contested illness in youth and points to the potential of visual and other experience-near methods for supporting adolescents in their coping attempts and in overcoming communication barriers in everyday life and clinical encounters.

• Stänicke, Line Indrevoll; Haavind, Hanne & Gullestad, Siri Erika (2018). How do young people understand their own self-harm? A meta-synthesis of adolescents' subjective experience of self-harm. Adolescent Research Review. ISSN 2363-8346. 3(2), s. 173–191. doi: 10.1007/s40894-018-0080-9. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Lømo, Bente; Haavind, Hanne & Tjersland, Odd Arne (2018). From Resistance to Invitations: How Men Voluntarily in Therapy for Intimate Partner Violence May Contribute to the Development of a Working Alliance. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. ISSN 0886-2605. 33(16), s. 2579–2601. doi: 10.1177/0886260516628290. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Råbu, Marit & Haavind, Hanne (2017). "Hvor langt kom vi?" : felles utforskning av bedring i siste fase av psykoterapi. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet). ISSN 0332-6470. 54(3), s. 284–293. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Andenæs, Agnes & Haavind, Hanne (2017). Sharing Early Care: Learning from Practitioners. I Fleer, Marilyn & Oers, Bert van (Red.), International Handbook of Early Childhood Education. Springer. ISSN 9789402409253. s. 1483–1503. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Råbu, Marit & Haavind, Hanne (2017). Coming to terms: Client subjective expereience of ending psychotherapy. Counselling Psychology Quarterly. ISSN 0951-5070. 31(2), s. 223–242. doi: 10.1080/09515070.2017.1296410. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  How do clients consider their own contribution and that of their therapist in the last phase of therapy when they are moving toward the end? Thirty-seven clients who had received therapy from highly experienced clinicians were interviewed. Since the time for ending had not been decided at the onset, clients in both short- and long-term therapies were included. Thematic case-by-case analyses were carried out. Clients actively engaged in looking back and looking ahead, as means of reflecting on their capability to handle issues on their own. The majority of clients were satisfied with what they perceived as a reciprocal engagement that enabled them to come to terms with emotionally charged issues in life and in therapy. For some clients unresolved issues remained: wondering whether a therapist with another approach could have helped more; feeling pushed away by the therapist; having to take the lead in ending therapy; the fear of being an “unworthy” client; or wanting to end without the therapist’s approval. Coming to terms with the ending of therapy was highly personally meaningful and loaded with affective tensions, in ways that were not always shared with their therapist. The final version of this research has been published in Counselling Psychology Quarterly. © 2017 Taylor & Francis

• Haavind, Hanne (2017). Kvinneforskning og vitenskapelige paradigmer. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. ISSN 0809-6341. 41(4), s. 232–239. doi: 10.18261/issn.1891-1781-2017-04-03. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne & Øvreeide, Haldor (2016). Utviklingsforståelse og terapeutiske fremgangsmåter. I Haavind, Hanne & Øvreeide, Haldor (Red.), Barn og unge i psykoterapi, bind 2. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205487567. s. 11–20. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2016). Involvering og representasjon i den utviklingsrettede samtalen. I Haavind, Hanne & Øvreeide, Haldor (Red.), Barn og unge i psykoterapi, bind 1. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205487550. s. 68–94. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Solhaug, Ida; Eriksen, Thor Eirik; Vibe, Michael F. De; Haavind, Hanne; Friborg, Oddgeir & Sørlie, Tore [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2016). Medical and Psychology Student’s Experiences in Learning Mindfulness: Benefits, Paradoxes, and Pitfalls. Mindfulness. ISSN 1868-8527. 7(4), s. 838–850. doi: 10.1007/s12671-016-0521-0. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Mindfulness has attracted increased interest in the field of health professionals’ education due to its proposed double benefit of providing self-help strategies to counter stress and burnout symptoms and cultivating attitudes central to the role of professional helpers. The current study explored the experiential aspects of learning mindfulness. Specifically, we explored how first-year medical and psychology students experienced and conceptualized mindfulness upon completion of a 7-week mindfulness-based stress reduction program. Twenty-two students participated in either two focus group interviews or ten in-depth interviews, and we performed an interpretive phenomenological analysis of the interview transcripts. All students reported increased attention and awareness of psychological and bodily phenomena. The majority also reported a shift in their attitudes towards their experiences in terms of decreased reactivity, increased curiosity, affect tolerance, patience and self-acceptance, and improved relational qualities. The experience of mindfulness was mediated by subjective intention and the interpretation of mindfulness training. The attentional elements of mindfulness were easier to grasp than the attitudinal ones, in particular with respect to the complex and inherently paradoxical elements of non-striving and radical acceptance. Some participants considered mindfulness as a means to more efficient instrumental task-oriented coping, whilst others reported increased sensitivity and tolerance towards their own state of mind. A broader range of program benefits appeared dependent upon embracing the paradoxes and integrating attitudinal elements in practising mindfulness. Ways in which culture and context may influence the experiences in learning mindfulness are discussed along with practical, conceptual, and research implications.

• Halvorsen, Margrethe S.; Benum, Kirsten; Haavind, Hanne & Mcleod, John (2016). A Life-Saving Therapy: The Theory-Building Case of "Cora". Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy. 12(3), s. 158–193. doi: 10.14713/pcsp.v12i3.1975. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Halvorsen, Margrethe S.; Mcleod, John; Benum, Kirsten & Haavind, Hanne (2016). Response to Commentaries on A Life-Saving Therapy: The Theory-Building Case of "Cora": Conceptualizing the Complexity of Change in Psychotherapy: The Case of “Cora”. Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy. 12(3), s. 224–237. doi: 10.14713/pcsp.v12i3.1979. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Kiamanesh, Parvin; Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal; Dyregrov, Kari & Haavind, Hanne (2015). Maladaptive perfectionism: Understanding the psychological vulnerability to suicide in terms of developmental history. Omega - Journal of Death and Dying. ISSN 0030-2228. 71(2), s. 126–145. doi: 10.1177/0030222815570592. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Tjersland, Odd Arne; Gulbrandsen, Wenke & Haavind, Hanne (2015). Mandatory Mediation outside the Court: A Process and Effect Study. Conflict Resolution Quarterly. ISSN 1536-5581. 33(1), s. 19–34. doi: 10.1002/crq.21129. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Kiamanesh, Parvin; Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal & Haavind, Hanne (2015). From a Cracking Façade to a Total Escape: Maladaptive Perfectionism and Suicide. Death Studies. ISSN 0748-1187. 39(5), s. 316–322. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2014.946625. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  ABSTRACT: This study explored the final stages of the suicide process among six men characterized as maladaptive perfectionists. These men, aged 22 to 58, had no history of suicide attempts or mental health treatment. In-depth interviews with five to nine informants for each person were analyzed by utilizing Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Three themes emerged from the analysis: (a) acracking façade; (b) a total loss of coping ability; and (c) a total escape. Suicide was related to a shameful defeat that was not reversible, and a loss of the ability to handle such feelings of defeat and shame.

• Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg; Haavind, Hanne; Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal & Dyregrov, Kari (2014). Exploring Vulnerability to Suicide in the Developmental History of Young Men: A Psychological Autopsy Study. Death Studies. ISSN 0748-1187. 38(9), s. 549–556. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2013.780113. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  ABSTRACT: This study explores the developmental history of ten young men who completed suicide in the transition to adulthood. The young men, aged 18–30, had no previous history of suicide attempts or treatment in mental health. In-depth interviews with four to eight informants for each suicide were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Three developmental issues from early age onwards emerged: (a) unsuccessful in becoming independent; (b) weakened competence to deal with shame; and (c) trapped in anger. The capacity to regulate emotions like shame and anger could make certain men vulnerable to suicide when facing adult challenges and defeats.

• Haavind, Hanne (2014). Who does he think he is? Making New friends and leaving others behind - on the path from childhood to youth. I Schott, Robin May & Søndergaard, Dorte Marie (Red.), School Bullying: New Theories in Context. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 9781107027763. s. 129–159. doi: 10.1017/cbo9781139226707.009. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne; Thorne, Barrie; Hollway, Wendy & Magnusson, E (2014). “Because nobody likes Chinese girls”: Intersecting identities and emotional experiences of subordination and resistance in school life. Childhood. ISSN 0907-5682. 22(3), s. 300–315. doi: 10.1177/0907568214549080. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Abstract: How do emotions enter into children’s negotiated understandings and situated uses of categories of identity? This question guided a revisit to an ethnographic study of a multi-cultural context in Oakland, California. A focus group discussion among four Chinese American Girls just graduating from elementary school and an interviewer, also Chinese American, was chosen for closer study. This secondary analysis focuses on how the girls engaged in school events and how in the interview they shared experiences of being excluded and rejected by peers. Thus, both reports about life in school and lived life in the group discussion were analyzed in ways that followed the girls’ individual and collective emotional dynamics. Emotional tension between using and being used by categories drove their stories about belonging, exclusion and subordination, and resistance. The girls’ handling of social identities in relation to language use, required activities, and girly appearance in school demonstrated how they were able to draw on an eclectic and intersecting mix of categories. In the containing setting of the focus group, the girls processed their raw emotional experience of being taunted and humiliated. In the process they could challenge and destabilize the meanings attached to the categories of identity used against them. Therefore, intersectional analyses cannot take any specific meanings of social categories such as gender, ethnicity/race, and age, as the starting points. Rather, in each specific instance, the meanings of social categories will emerge as the results of the analysis. Keywords: Categories of identity, children and youth, emotional experience, focus group, gender, intersectionality, racial-ethnic categories, school life

• Kiamanesh, Parvin; Dyregrov, Kari; Haavind, Hanne & Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal (2014). Suicide and Perfectionism: A Psychological Autopsy Study of Non-clinical Suicides. Omega - Journal of Death and Dying. ISSN 0030-2228. 69(4), s. 381–399. doi: 10.2190/OM.69.4.c. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  ABSTRACT: This study explores suicide in relation to perfectionism among individuals who died by suicide with no history of treatment in mental health care or of suicide attempts. The study is part of an ongoing psychological autopsy study (PA-study). It aimed to produce a phenomenological understanding of the dynamics/processes from perfectionism to suicide among 6 men aged 22 to 58. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to analyze the interview data of 41 key informants. Based on the informants’ narratives, it seemed that perfectionism left these men less able to cope with their (selfperceived) inability to meet their high expectations. Four themes emerged from analysis: 1) striving for success; 2) fear of failure; 3) keeping up the façade; and 4) rigidity. The results may be important in the prevention of nonclinical suicides, a group that is particularly difficult to identify, especially if the deceased have been regarded as very successful in many areas.

• Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg; Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal; Dyregrov, Kari & Haavind, Hanne (2014). Warning signs of suicide among young men. Nordic Psychology. ISSN 1901-2276. 66(3), s. 153–167. doi: 10.1080/19012276.2014.921576. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Abstract: When young men unexpectedly take their own lives, those close to the deceased will ask themselves whether there were any signs that might have indicated suicide in the near term. Ten young men, aged 18–30, were selected from a psychological autopsy study of suicides among individuals with no prior psychiatric treatment and no previous suicide attempts. Indepth interviews with mothers, fathers, friends, siblings and ex-partners for each suicide, as well as six suicide notes, were analysed. Guided by interpretative phenomenological analysis, we explored possible warning signs of suicide. According to these informants, the young men did not disclose any direct plans of suicide or request for help prior to their death. Rather four indirect signs, related to the psychological condition of the young men in the period prior to ending their life, emerged: (1) repeatedly pointing to the irreversibility of a mistaken decision, (2) the desperation they felt in this respect, (3) using their own death as a threat and (4) referring to death as a place to go. Talk or actions indicating suicidality, as well as worrisome indirect appeals for emotional support, should be investigated directly with the person, as appropriate responses to these signs may have the potential to save lives.

• Råbu, Marit; Haavind, Hanne & Binder, Per-Einar (2013). We have travelled a long distance and sorted out the mess in the drawers: Metaphors for moving toward the end in psychotherapy. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. ISSN 1473-3145. 13(1), s. 71–80. doi: 10.1080/14733145.2012.711339. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Aim: To explore the process of ending in psychotherapy, in particular how clients and therapists draw on their notions of client improvements and prepare for the upcoming end. Data: The data comes from an intensive process-outcome study at the University of Oslo, Norway. The study includes audio-recording from all sessions and separate post-therapy interviews with clients and therapists. Twelve psychotherapy dyads were selected because they had reached a ‘good enough’ ending. Therapy duration ranged from 7–43 months. The number of sessions ranged from 10–67. Method and analysis: A hermeneutical-phenomenological approach analysed and combined the observational and reflexive data. The analysis was carried out using a method for systematic text condensation and through reflexive dialogues with the material and between the researchers. Findings and discussion: The language of improvement towards the end of treatment seemed packed with metaphors conveying growth in both affective and relational management. Metaphors based on travel (how they have moved); cleaning (how they have cleaned up and sorted out things); sensing (how the clients have grown stronger, got their heads above water and see things differently); and the clients’ feeling of having received something (gifts or tools) are widely used. Such metaphors are created in the interaction with a mutual sensitivity to their capacity to confirm and regulate affect towards the end. In this sense, the metaphors celebrate accomplishments in a way that exceeds therapy, and the client can keep them to use afterwards. This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Counselling and Psychotherapy Research: Linking research with practice, Volume 13, Issue 1, 2013, Published online: 01 Aug 2012. Copyright 2013 British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, available online

• Råbu, Marit; Binder, Per-Einar & Haavind, Hanne (2013). Negotiating ending: A qualitative study of the process of ending psychotherapy. European Journal of Psychotherapy & Councelling. ISSN 1364-2537. 15(3), s. 274–295. doi: 10.1080/13642537.2013.810962. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Objectives: When psychotherapy is open-ended, the question of termination is a matter for negotiation. A model based on both content and the process of ending may explain how ‘good enough’ psychotherapies can be brought to ‘good enough’ endings. Design: Twelve processes of ending were explored through a combination of audio recordings made during therapy sessions and post-therapy interviews with clients and therapists. Therapies had been tailored to the needs of the clients and were based on a broad spectrum of theoretical affiliations. Methods: A procedure for systematic text condensation was used on a case-by-case basis. Issues surrounding the initiation and negotiation of ending were pointed out in each case and were then compared across cases. Results: The initiation of ending and exchanges concerned with when and how to end therapy unfolded as a concerted process because both parties seemed to be aware that the theme of ending contained a potential challenge to the alliance. Dual affect regulation, implicit communication and a future-oriented perspective were important features. Structural elements such as schedule changes and temporary breaks served several psychological functions. Therapies seemed to reach ‘good enough’ endings when the client and therapist joined in their efforts to resolve basic ambivalences embedded in the decision to terminate contact with the affirmation of a continuing emotional bond.

• Urwin, Cathy; Hauge, Mona-Iren; Hollway, Wendy & Haavind, Hanne (2013). Becoming a mother through culture. Qualitative Inquiry. ISSN 1077-8004. 19(6), s. 470–479. doi: 10.1177/1077800413482101. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2013). Hvem bilder han seg ind,at han er? Genforhandlinger om venskaber mellom børn i overgangen mellem barndom og ungdom. I Kofoed, Jette & Søndergaard, Dorte Marie (Red.), Mobning gentænkt. Hans Reitzels Forlag. ISSN 9788741256160. s. 193–227. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Råbu, Marit & Haavind, Hanne (2012). Coming to an end: A case study of an ambigous process of ending. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. ISSN 1473-3145. 12(2), s. 109–117. doi: 10.1080/14733145.2011.608131. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Aim: When the duration of therapy is not preset and the outcome is a matter for negotiation, the decision to end psychotherapy will be an experiential concern for the two participants. This case study draws attention to how ambiguities may be settled in a process where ending is initiated by the therapist and resisted by the client. Method and analysis: The actual case was strategically selected as exceptional owing to a combination of circumstances. The client and the therapist had developed a ‘good enough’ alliance (WAI) and reached a ‘good enough’ outcome (OQ-45), and still the client felt she was far from finished. A close inspection of interactional data in sessions together with both clients' and therapists' reflections in post-therapy interviews elicited information about both substantial content and structural aspects of this complicated process of ending. Findings and discussion: The discrepancy between therapist and client was not addressed, but rather postponed and revisited again later. Structural elements like preparations for a break for vacations and reducing the frequency of sessions were used to test experiential qualities, such as how the client managed life without therapy. Carefully preserving a ‘good enough’ emotional bond through the negotiations seemed important to both parties. Significantly, the client's autonomy was interpreted as the final proof of improvement and the client came to a point where she could affirm that she had got better only by accepting that treatment was coming to an end. This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Counselling and Psychotherapy Research: Linking research with practice, Copyright 2012 British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, available online

• Haavind, Hanne (2011). Utvikling og deltakelse. Livsformsintervju som klinisk instrument med barn og unge. I Lippe, Anna Louise Von der & Rønnestad, Michael Helge (Red.), Det kliniske intervjuet. Bind II. Praksis med ulike klientgrupper. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205399723. s. 133–153. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2011). Loving and caring for small children: Contested issues for everyday practices. Nordic Psychology. ISSN 1901-2276. 63(2), s. 24–48. doi: 10.1027/1901-2276/a000031. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Magnusson, E & Haavind, Hanne (2011). Feminist approaches to psychology in the Nordic countries: The fates of feminism in psychology in modern welfare societies. I Rutherford, A.; Capdevila, R.; Undurti, V. & Palmary, I. (Red.), Handbook of international feminisms: Perspectives on psychology, women, culture, and rights. Springer Publishing Company. ISSN 9781441998682. s. 151–174. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9869-9_8. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Hafstad, Gertrud Sofie; Haavind, Hanne & Jensen, Tine Kristin (2011). Parenting after a natural disaster: A qualitative study of Norwegian families surviving the 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia. Journal of Child and Family Studies. ISSN 1062-1024. 21(2), s. 293–302. doi: 10.1007/s10826-011-9474-z. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2011). Everyday life in psychology. Nordic Psychology. ISSN 1901-2276. 63(2), s. 1–3. doi: 10.1027/1901-2276/a000029. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Hauge, Mona-Iren & Haavind, Hanne (2011). Boys' bodies and the constitution of adolescent masculinities. Sport, Education and Society. ISSN 1357-3322. 16(1), s. 1–16. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2011.531958. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Jansen, Anne & Haavind, Hanne (2011). "If only" and "despite all" Narrative configuration among young people living in residential care. Narrative Inquiry. ISSN 1387-6740. 21(1), s. 68–87. doi: 10.1075/ni.21.1.04jan. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Råbu, Marit; Halvorsen, Margrethe S. & Haavind, Hanne (2011). Early relationship struggles: A case study of alliance formation and reparation. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. ISSN 1473-3145. 11(1), s. 23–33. doi: 10.1080/14733145.2011.546073. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Aim: A good alliance established during the early sessions of psychotherapy will most likely lead to a good outcome. As a result, there is much to learn from a case in which both the patient and therapist regarded the alliance as being poor for an extended period (the first 15 sessions), yet still managed to develop a solid and stable alliance and reach a successful completion of therapy. The aim is to give a close inspection of this reparation process. Methods and analysis: Ratings on the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) were used to guide the strategic selection of a case in which a depressed woman in her thirties sought help from an experienced senior male psychotherapist. A detailed analysis of the therapeutic dialogue brought forth what the parties expected from each other and how they responded to explicit and implicit expressions about how to proceed. Post-termination interviews revealed their subjective configurations of events in therapy and their corresponding reflections. Findings and discussion: Important steps and hallmarks of the alliance formation and reparation were identified: (i) Early in the process, incompatible expectations about what the relationship could achieve led to repetitious struggles. (ii) Their conflicting notions came forward in a more open dialogue about two specific issues (her medication and sick leave). (iii) Through the recognition of different viewpoints they were able to expand on their interactional pattern and develop playful ways to explore her decision making in everyday life. (iv) Temporary breaks seemed to consolidate her autonomy. (v) Late in the course of therapy, the therapist introduced a literary metaphor that seemed to further consolidate the alliance. This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, available online

• Råbu, Marit; Hytten, Karsten; Haavind, Hanne & Binder, Per-Einar (2010). Development through interruptions and reparations – A case study of a mutually challenging psychotherapy. European Journal of Psychotherapy & Councelling. ISSN 1364-2537. 12, s. 287–302. doi: 10.1080/13642537.2010.530080. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  The aim of this study was to understand how relational difficulties in psychotherapy may be handled to represent possibilities for change. Temporary interruptions and subsequent reestablishment of contact were chosen as the strategic focus in one severely challenging case of long term psychodynamic psychotherapy where outcome was known to be good. Interruptions and reestablishments were conceptualised by how the informants gave meaning to them. The choice of focus represented a strategic selection of events in the course of therapy where the regulation of the alliance by the therapist as well as by the patient was at stake. A detailed case record was studied and interviews with patient and therapist were conducted. A hermeneutical-phenomenological approach was used to analyse the material. The narrative dimension was important in structuring and interpreting the data. It was shown how important relational difficulties, such as mutual incompatible expectations and demands was handled both on a structural and interpersonal level, and some important steps and hallmarks of the healing process was identified. Close inspection of the course of events in psychotherapies is seen as a promising method for bringing a better understanding of how change processes unfold. This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling Copyright 2010 Taylor & Francis, available online

• Jensen, Tine Kristin; Haavind, Hanne; Gulbrandsen, Wenke; Mossige, Svein; Reichelt, Sissel & Tjersland, Odd Arne (2010). What constitutes a good working alliance in therapy with children that may have been sexually abused? Qualitative Social Work. ISSN 1473-3250. 9, s. 461–478. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Rønbeck, Knut; Hagen, Tore & Haavind, Hanne (2010). Foreldreposisjoner i bevegelse : fra fastlåst konflikt til utvidet omsorg og empati for egne barn. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet). ISSN 0332-6470. 47(8), s. 720–729. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2009). Familien som oppvekst arena for barn og unge. I Hjermann, Reidar & Haanes, Knut (Red.), Barn. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215014432. s. 106–126. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2009). To spor i psykologisk forskning? I Gullestad, Siri Erika; Killingmo, Bjørn & Magnussen, Svein (Red.), Klinikk og laboratorium. Psykologi i hundre år. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215015637. s. 114–129. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2009). Innledning til ny utgave. I Skard, Åsa Gruda (Red.), Ungene våre. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205381513. s. 9–26. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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• Haavind, Hanne & Øvreeide, Haldor (2016). Barn og unge i psykoterapi, bind 2. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISBN 9788205487567. 347 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne & Øvreeide, Haldor (2016). Barn og unge i psykoterapi, bind 1. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISBN 9788205487550. 302 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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• Råbu, Marit & Haavind, Hanne (2019). "Where did we arrive in the end?" Conjoint explorations of improvements in the last phase of psychotherapy. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2019). Feeling Gender. A Generational and Psychosocial Approach. NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research. ISSN 0803-8740. 27(3), s. 206–209. doi: 10.1080/08038740.2019.1623523. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2017). «Historicity as Existence” – Review of Reidar Aasgaard, Marcia Bunge and Merete Roos (Eds.), Nordic Childhoods 1700-1960: From Folk Beliefs to Pippi Longstocking. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Axelsen, Eva Dalsgaard; Benum, Kirsten; Bernhardt, Ida S.; Gullestad, Siri Erika; Halvorsen, Margrethe Seeger & Hartmann, Ellen Johanne [Vis alle 24 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2017). Historien Psykologtidsskriftet ikke forteller. 54(12), s. 1197–1199. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Mcleod, John; Råbu, Marit; Moltu, Christian & Haavind, Hanne (2016). Researcher reflexivity: Taking account of personal meaning of investigating the integration of Professional and personal knowledge. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Solhaug, Ida; Eriksen, Thor Eirik; Vibe, Michael de; Haavind, Hanne; Friborg, Oddgeir & Sørlie, Tore [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2015). From Improving to Befriending: Medical and Psychology Students Experiences in Learning Mindfulness. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Rønnestad, Michael Helge; Gullestad, Siri Erika; Halvorsen, Margrethe; Haavind, Hanne; Lippe, Anna Louise von der & Nissen-Lie, Helene A [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2014). The outcomes of therapies conducted by highly experienced therapists. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg; Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal; Dyregrov, Kari & Haavind, Hanne (2014). Selvmord hos unge tilsynelatende velfungerende menn. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg; Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal; Dyregrov, Kari & Haavind, Hanne (2014). Selvmord hos unge tilsynelatende velfungerende menn. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg; Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal; Dyregrov, Kari & Haavind, Hanne (2014). Selvmord hos unge tilsynelatende velfungerende menn - og implikasjoner for forebygging. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg; Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal; Dyregrov, Kari & Haavind, Hanne (2014). Warning Signs of Suicide among Young Men. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg; Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal; Dyregrov, Kari & Haavind, Hanne (2014). Selvmord hos unge tilsynelatende velfungerende menn. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg; Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal; Dyregrov, Kari & Haavind, Hanne (2014). Selvmord hos unge tilsynelatende velfungerende menn - og hva skal vi se etter? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg; Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal; Dyregrov, Kari & Haavind, Hanne (2014). Selvmord hos unge tilsynelatende velfungerende menn. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg; Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal; Dyregrov, Kari & Haavind, Hanne (2014). Selvmord hos unge tilsynelatende velfungerende menn. Et psykologisk autopsistudie. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg; Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal; Dyregrov, Kari & Haavind, Hanne (2014). Selvmord hos unge tilsynelatende velfungerende menn og psykologisk autopsi som metode. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Halvorsen, Margrethe S.; Benum, Kirsten; Haavind, Hanne; Lippe, Anna Louise Von der; Nissen-Lie, Helene A & Oddli, Hanne [Vis alle 9 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2014). How does alliance work develop in phases of psychotherapy? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Råbu, Marit & Haavind, Hanne (2013). Creating analytical procedures in the service of making results from psychotherapy research relevant for clinical practice. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2012). Den nye tilbakereisen - om forandring gjennom terapi. Materialisten. Tidsskrift for forskning, fagkritikk og teoretisk debatt. ISSN 0801-3055. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Råbu, Marit; Haavind, Hanne & Binder, Per-Einar (2012). Metaphors for moving toward the end in psychotherapy. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Hauge, Mona-Iren; Haavind, Hanne; Hollway, Wendy & Urwin, Cathy (2011). Becoming a mother through culture. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Råbu, Marit; Binder, Per-Einar & Haavind, Hanne (2011). Negotiating ending: a qualitative study of the process of ending psychotherapy. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Råbu, Marit; Binder, Per-Einar & Haavind, Hanne (2011). What has changed? A qualitative study of how improvement in psychotherapy is negotiatied and experienced in the process of ending. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Råbu, Marit; Halvorsen, Margrethe S. & Haavind, Hanne (2010). Early relationship struggles. A case study of alliance formation and reparation. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Halvorsen, Margrethe S.; Rønnestad, Michael Helge; Lippe, Anna Louise Von der; Axelsen, Eva; Haavind, Hanne & Gullestad, Siri Erika [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2010). Convergence of alliance ratings in a sample of highly experienced teacher-therapists and their clients. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Nielsen, Harriet Bjerrum & Haavind, Hanne (2010). "It is up to me to decide who I want to be". [Journal]. Glimt, Centre for Advanced Studies, Oslo. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Andenæs, Agnes & Haavind, Hanne (2010). Deling av ansvar, omsorg og samvær: Moderne omsorgspraksiser som kunnskapskilde for fagfolk. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Nielsen, Harriet Bjerrum & Haavind, Hanne (2010). Hvem tror du at du er? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2009). Hva er en kvinne? [Journal]. Apollon : Forskningsmagasin for Universitetet i Oslo. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2009). Sosiologi versus psykologi. [Journal]. Sosiolog-nytt. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2009). Den besværlige likestillingen. Uniforum. ISSN 1891-5825. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2008). Med barnet i fokus – en gjennomgang av barnelovens regler om foreldreansvar, bosted og samvær. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2008). Hvorfor fremhever du gang på gang at foreldres vakgmuligheter skrumper? Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2008). Livsviktig oppdrag. Posisjoner og budskap i bøker om barneomsorg. Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X. 14(6), s. 20–27. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2008). Tilknytning handler ikke bare om å henge fast ved en person. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2008). Vi må bygge en omsorgskultur som støtter både mor og far. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haavind, Hanne (2008). Sociale forandringer som kønsanalytisk udfordring. Kvinder, Køn og Forskning. ISSN 0907-6182. 16(4), s. 63–65. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Haune, Monica Christine; Heiervang, Einar Røshol; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Christiansen, Øivin & Haavind, Hanne (2026). A Call to Care: An Evaluation of a Multi-Disciplinary Health Assessment for Children in Out-of-Home Care, Exploring Needs, Service Utilization and Experiences. Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 9788234807770. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Children in out-of-home care often have complex physical and mental health needs, many of which remain undetected upon entering care. This PhD thesis, conducted at the Unit for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, evaluated a multi-disciplinary health assessment in Norway. examining needs, subsequent service use, and user experiences. The assessment included 196 children aged 0-17 years. The thesis combines quantitative data on mental health and service needs, a 12-month follow-up survey of 103 children, and qualitative interviews with 9 adolescents and 12 foster carers. Findings revealed extensive and multifaceted needs. Mental disorders were highly prevalent (50% of children 0-6 years; 70% of children 7-17 years). Overall, 92% were recommended support from services beyond child welfare, and 39% of younger and 71% of older children required help from three or more services. Yet, follow-up data showed substantial gaps in service provision. Only one third of children needing specialized somatic or mental health services had been in contact with these services one year later. User experience indicated high trust in the assessment team. The children emphasized the importance of being seen and heard in a safe environment, while foster carers valued being involved and having the opportunity to provide and receive information. Both groups expressed concern that recommendations might not be followed – a concern largely confirmed by follow-up findings. The discrepancy between identified needs and actual service provision highlights challenges in referral practices and interagency collaboration. Without systematic follow-up of recommendations, the potential benefits of health assessments may be lost. Strengthening referral routines and monitoring adherence to recommendations is essential to ensure that identifying needs translate into support. The findings are important for enhancing health assessment practices and informing service development for children in out-of-home care.

• Stänicke, Line Indrevoll; Gullestad, Siri Erika & Haavind, Hanne (2019). The punished self, the unknown self and the harmed self - towards a more nuanced understanding of self-harm among adolescents. Universitetet i Oslo. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Dieserud, Gudrun Klemetsdal; Dyregrov, Kari; Haavind, Hanne & Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg (2013). Suicide among Young Men. Self-esteem regulation in transition to adult life. Universitetet i Oslo. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Worldwide, suicide among young men is a major public health concern in most countries. In Norway, as well as abroad, in spite of great efforts invested, we still have scarce scientific evidence of effective prevention strategies, and suicide rates among young men remain high. The failure of effective prevention may be related to the fact that most studies of suicide are based on clinical populations, and the detection and treatment of mental disorder is the main focus in suicide prevention strategies. Yet, a large portion of suicides are not preceded by symptoms of mental disorder (i.e. non-clinical suicides). However, research on non-clinical suicide is almost totally lacking. To further improve our ability to prevent suicide, a broader research focus is needed to understand the complexities of suicides among young men outside the mental illness paradigm. The present study was undertaken to provide a deeper understanding of the role of age, gender and the underlying psychological mechanisms, such as self-esteem, that regulate the dynamics in suicide among young non-clinical men, and thereby to provide knowledge that may lead to new issues for prevention. The three studies included in this dissertation utilised a unique dataset, consisting of 120 in-depth interviews and 12 suicide notes relating to 20 suicides among individuals with no prior psychiatric treatment and no previous suicide attempts (Dieserud, 2006). A subsample, consisting of ten cases of young men, aged 18-30, was the focus of this study. The first aim was to provide a deeper understanding of the role of self-esteem in the suicidal process of young non-clinical men who took their lives in the transition period from late adolescence to young adulthood (paper 1). In paper 2, the aim was to explore developmental issues and experiences of the deceased which may have left them vulnerable to suicide when facing adult challenges and defeats. Finally, the aim in paper 3 was to identify any signs in the period immediately before the young men ended their life that might have indicated risk of suicide in near term. All studies are qualitative, phenomenological and hermeneutical, utilising the competence of those close to the deceased; i.e. how they themselves were trying to understand how “he” so suddenly and unexpectedly could end his own life. In-depth interviews with mothers, fathers, male friends, siblings and (ex-)-girl friends brought forward how each one of them experienced the deceased and his conduct in all its complexity. In total 61 interviews, as well as six suicide notes, were analysed guided by Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The findings show that for these young men, the transition to young adulthood, a period of major life challenges, seemed to be associated with deficiencies in the affective capacity to regulate personal defeats. A main finding was that the understanding of these suicides was linked to how a discrepancy between ideal and actual self-performances appeared unsolvable. The analyses pointed to a psychological logic of suicide as a way out of unbearable mental pain; pain that was related to a collapse in the regulation of self-esteem. Developmentally, these young men appeared to have compensated for their lack of self-worth by exaggerating the importance of success and being successful and thus developed a fragile adult achievement based self-esteem, which left them vulnerable in the face of rejections and perceptions of failures. The vulnerability in these young men seemed to be related to how their indispensable efforts to achieve in relation to neglectful or judgemental fathers/father figures left them trapped in anger, and how their dependency in the relationship with their mothers rendered them weak and shameful. Consequently, it may be assumed that the intolerable discrepancy between ideal and actual self, when reaching adulthood (paper 1), is associated in particular with experiences of shame; from being unable to meet significant others’ ideal standards (paper 2). Contrary to previous research, suggesting that mental illness, and in particular depression, in the period prior to death is an important risk factor for suicide, few of the informants mentioned depression or other mental illnesses in their narratives. Thus, the analysis of the role of self-esteem regulation in the suicidal process of young men who in spite of accomplishment and success, unexpectedly took their lives in young adulthood (papers 1 and 2) provides knowledge that may increase our understanding of non-clinical suicides, which is of importance for tailoring better prevention strategies. A major challenge in this respect is related to the fact that most young men who take their own lives are not in contact with, nor seek help from, any health professionals prior to their death. Despite a vast amount of research on clinical risk factors for suicide, research on warning signs is scarce. Thus, the last part of this study was conducted to identify possible warning signs of non-clinical suicides among young men. According to the informants, the young men did not disclose any plans of suicide or make any direct request for help prior to death. Four indirect signs, related to the psychological condition of the young men in the period prior to ending their life, were identified: 1) repeatedly pointing to the irreversibility of a mistaken decision; 2) the desperation they felt in this respect; 3) using their own death as a threat; and 4) and referring to death as a place to go (paper 3). In summary, because non-clinical suicides are not preceded by identifiable symptoms of mental disorder, and most young men who take their life do not seek help prior to death, the present findings underscore that talk or actions indicating suicidality, as well as worrisome indirect appeals for emotional support, should not be left unquestioned, but rather explored directly with the person. Such interpersonal inquiries may mediate some understanding that despair and threats, as well as withdrawal, may be appropriate responses at a personal level, without being effective for problem solving at a social level. Guidelines to increase responsibility for young men under conditions of despair and isolation may carry the potential to save lives.

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