Fredrik Holländare
Title: Affiliated Researcher School/office: School of Medical SciencesEmail: fredrik.hollandare@oru.se
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About Fredrik Holländare
Fredrik Holländare is a psychologist and researcher in the field of Internet-based cognitive behavior therapy. The main focus is Internet-based CBT for depression, partly as a treatment but also as relapse prevention. However, research has also been broadened to the affect on suicide risk from psychiatric interventions.
Fredrik Holländare is also a superviser for one PhD-student and is the head of the Unit for development of psychotherapy at Region Örebro County.
Research projects
Active projects
Completed projects
Publications
Articles in journals
- Westerberg, B. , Bäärnhielm, S. , Giles, C. , Hylén, U. , Holländare, F. & Bejerot, S. (2021). An Internet Based Intervention for Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder - A Qualitative Study of Participants Experiences. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12.
- Holländare, F. , Tillfors, M. , Nordenskjöld, A. & Sellin, T. (2020). Are quantity and content of psychiatric interventions associated with suicide? A case-control study of a Swedish sample. BMC Psychiatry, 20 (1).
- Flygare, A. , Engström, I. , Hasselgren, M. , Jansson-Fröjmark, M. , Frejgrim, R. , Andersson, G. & Holländare, F. (2020). Internet-based CBT for patients with depressive disorders in primary and psychiatric care: Is it effective and does comorbidity affect outcome?. Internet Interventions, 19.
- Cato, V. , Holländare, F. , Nordenskjöld, A. & Sellin Jönsson, T. (2019). Association between benzodiazepines and suicide risk: a matched case-control study. BMC Psychiatry, 19 (1).
- Norell-Clarke, A. , Tillfors, M. , Jansson-Fröjmark, M. , Holländare, F. & Engström, I. (2018). Does Mid-Treatment Insomnia Severity Mediate between Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia and Post-Treatment Depression?: An Investigation in a Sample with Comorbid Insomnia and Depressive Symptomatology. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 46 (6), 726-737.
- Norell-Clarke, A. , Tillfors, M. , Jansson-Fröjmark, M. , Holländare, F. & Engström, I. (2018). Does Mid-Treatment Insomnia Severity Mediate between Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia and Post-Treatment Depression? An Investigation in a Sample with Comorbid Insomnia and Depressive Symptomatology. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 46 (6), 726-737.
- Norell-Clarke, A. , Tillfors, M. , Jansson-Fröjmark, M. , Holländare, F. & Engström, I. (2017). How does cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia work?: An investigation of cognitive processes and time in bed as outcomes and mediators in a sample with insomnia and depressive symptomatology. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 10 (4), 304-329.
- Forsell, E. , Bendix, M. , Holländare, F. , von Schultz, B. S. , Nasiell, J. , Blomdahl-Wetterholm, M. , Eriksson, C. , Kvarned, S. & et al. (2017). Internet delivered cognitive behavior therapy for antenatal depression: A randomised controlled trial. Journal of Affective Disorders, 221, 56-64.
- Wurm, M. , Klein Strandberg, E. , Lorenz, C. , Tillfors, M. , Buhrman, M. , Holländare, F. & Boersma, K. (2017). Internet delivered transdiagnostic treatment with telephone support for pain patients with emotional comorbidity: a replicated single case study. Internet Interventions, 10, 54-64.
- Edlund, S. , Wurm, M. , Holländare, F. , Linton, S. J. , Fruzzetti, A. E. & Tillfors, M. (2017). Pain patients´ experiences of validation and invalidation from physicians before and after multimodal pain rehabilitation: Associations with pain, negative affectivity and treatment outcome. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 17, 77-86.
- Sellin, T. , Holländare, F. & Tillfors, M. (2017). Psychiatric ward consumption before suicide: A case-control study. European psychiatry, 41, S295-S296.
- Holländare, F. , Gustafsson, S. A. , Berglind, M. , Grape, F. , Carlbring, P. , Andersson, G. , Hadjistavropoulos, H. & Tillfors, M. (2016). Therapist behaviours in internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy (ICBT) for depressive symptoms. Internet Interventions, 3, 1-7.
- Norell-Clarke, A. , Jansson-Fröjmark, M. , Tillfors, M. , Holländare, F. & Engström, I. (2015). Group cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia: Effects on sleep and depressive symptomatology in a sample with comorbidity. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 74, 80-93.
- Norell-Clarke, A. , Jansson-Fröjmark, M. , Tillfors, M. , Holländare, F. & Engström, I. (2015). Group cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia: Effects on sleep and depressive symptomatology in a sample with comorbidity. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 74, 80-93.
- Holländare, F. , Eriksson, A. , Lövgren, L. , Humble, M. B. & Boersma, K. (2015). Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Residual Symptoms in Bipolar Disorder Type II: A Single-Subject Design Pilot Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 4 (2).
- Norell-Clarke, A. , Tillfors, M. , Jansson-Fröjmark, M. , Holländare, F. & Engström, I. (2014). An investigation of dysfunctional beliefs as a mediator of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia in a sample with insomnia and depression. Journal of Sleep Research, 23, 217-217.
- Norell-Clarke, A. , Jansson-Fröjmark, M. , Tillfors, M. , Holländare, F. & Engström, I. (2013). Cognitive behavioural therapy for comorbid insomnia and depression: A randomised, controlled study. Sleep Medicine, 14 (Suppl. 1), e99-e99.
- Holländare, F. , Anthony, S. A. , Randestad, M. , Tillfors, M. , Carlbring, P. , Andersson, G. & Engström, I. (2013). Two-year outcome of internet-based relapse prevention for partially remitted depression. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 51 (11), 719-722.
- Holländare, F. , Johnsson, S. , Randestad, M. , Tillfors, M. , Carlbring, P. , Andersson, G. & Engström, I. (2011). Randomized trial of Internet-based relapse prevention for partially remitted depression. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 124 (4), 285-294.
- Holländare, F. , Andersson, G. & Engström, I. (2010). A comparison of psychometric properties between internet and paper versions of two depression instruments (BDI-II and MADRS-S) administered to clinic patients. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 12 (5).
- Holländare, F. , Askerlund, A. , Nieminen, A. & Engström, I. (2008). Can the BDI-II and MADRS-S be transferred to online use without affecting their psychometric properties?. Electronic Journal of Applied Psychology, 4 (2), 63-65.
- Andersson, G. , Bergström, J. , Buhrman, M. , Carlbring, P. , Holländare, F. , Kaldo, V. , Nilsson-Ihrfelt, E. , Paxling, B. & et al. (2008). Development of a new approach to guided self-help via the Internet: The Swedish experience. Journal of technology in human services, 26 (2-4), 161-181.
- Andersson, G. , Bergström, J. , Holländare, F. , Carlbring, P. , Kaldo, V. & Ekselius, L. (2005). Internet-based self-help for depression: randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Psychiatry, 187, 456-461.
- Andersson, G. , Bergström, J. , Holländare, F. , Ekselius, L. & Carlbring, P. (2004). Delivering cognitive behavioural therapy for mild to moderate depression via the Internet: predicting outcome at 6-month follow-up. Verhaltenstherapie (Basel), 14 (3), 185-189.
Chapters in books
- Holländare, F. & Katalinic, J. (2021). Implementering av digitala format för psykologisk behandling. In: Johan Edbacken; Kristofer Vernmark, Digital psykologi: forskning och klinisk tillämpning (pp. 197-222). . Studentlitteratur AB.
Conference papers
- Wurm, M. , Klein Strandberg, E. , Lorenz, C. , Buhrman, M. , Holländare, F. , Tillfors, M. & Boersma, K. (2016). Chronic pain and emotional problems: A replicated single case study of an internet based therapist guided treatment based on CBT principles and the Unified Protocol of transdiagnostic treatments. Paper presented at 8th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (WCBCT 2016), Melbourne, Australia, June 22-25, 2016.
- Norell-Clarke, A. , Tillfors, M. , Wilmenius, L. , Jansson Fröjmark, M. , Holländare, F. & Engström, I. (2016). Insomnia severity mediates between cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia and depression in a sample with insomnia and depression: New possibilities for treatments of comorbid patients. In: EABCT 2016 Abstract Book Total Awareness, The European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies. Paper presented at 46th Annual Congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT 2016), Stockholm, Sweden, August 31 - September 3, 2016. (pp. 544-544).
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
- Holländare, F. (2011). Managing depression via the Internet: self-report measures, treatment & relapse prevention. (Doctoral dissertation). (Comprehensive summary) Örebro: Örebro universitet.
Manuscripts
- Norell-Clarke, A. , TIllfors, M. , Jansson-Fröjmark, M. , Holländare, F. & Engström, I. An investigation of cognitive processes as outcomes and mediators of CBT-I for insomnia in a sample with insomnia and depression.
- Edlund, S. M. , Fruzzetti, A. E. , Holländare, F. , Linton, S. J. & Tillfors, M. Dialectical behavior therapy to augment standard cognitive behavioral therapy for treatment-resistant anxiety disorders : A replicated single-subject pilot study.