Andrea Johansson Capusan

Associate Professor, Docent

Publications

2026

Lars Östman Vasko, Elisabeth Paul, He Zhang, Evelina Larsson, Irene Perini, Lilly Schwieler, Sophie Erhardt, Lovisa Holm, Åsa Axén, Leah Mayo, Markus Heilig, Andrea Johansson Capusan (2026)

The role of proinflammatory response and the kynurenine pathway in the association between childhood maltreatment and lifetime substance use disorder NEUROBIOLOGY OF STRESS, Vol. 42, Article 100820 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2026.100820

Andrea Johansson Capusan, Le Zhang, Henrik Larsson, Isabell Brikell, Diana Martinez, Brian M. D'Onofrio, Paul Lichtenstein, Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Zheng Chang (2026)

Discontinuation and reinitiation of pharmacological treatment for ADHD among individuals with ADHD and substance use disorder BMJ Mental Health, Vol. 29, Article e302138 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2025-302138

Ryann Tansey, Irene Perini, Gavin N. Petrie, Connor James Haggarty, Raegan Mary Rose Mazurka, Adam Yngve, Sarah Mina, Madeleine Jones, Hilda Engelbrektsson, Andrea Johansson Capusan, Matthew N. Hill, Markus Heilig, Leah Mayo (2026)

Functional neuroimaging of fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibition in posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized clinical trial Translational Psychiatry, Vol. 16, Article 95 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-026-03864-3

Åsa Steensland, Lisa Kastbom, Bjorn Johnson, Mårten Larsson, Markus Heilig, Anna Segernäs, Andrea Johansson Capusan (2026)

Challenges in managing driving licence legislation when using B-Phosphatidylethanol to identify high levels of alcohol use in primary care patients: A qualitative study International journal of drug policy, Vol. 148, Article 105130 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105130

Abigail R. Lunge, Lars Östman Vasko, Ryann Tansey, Daniel J. O. Roche, Elisabeth Paul, Andrea Johansson Capusan, Markus Heilig, Leah Mayo (2026)

Individual and additive effects of childhood maltreatment and substance use disorder histories on baseline and stress-induced changes in peripheral stress biomarkers Psychopharmacology, Vol. 243, p. 443-456 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-025-06953-1

Research

A photo montage of some people partying, a homeless person and a therapy session.

The Johansson Capusan Lab

We explore genetic and environmental risk and follow clinical outcomes in addiction medicine using national and regional Swedish registers with the overall aim to improve healthcare for addiction.

News

News from external sources

2023

Depot Medication: A Game-Changer in Opioid Addiction Treatment
4 December, 2023, BNN Breaking

Research links childhood trauma with addictions later in life (in Swedish)
10 August, 2023, Socionomen.se

Nordic Drug's Big Price 2023 (in Swedish)
12 June, 2023, Mynewsdesk press release

2022

Systembolaget grants SEK 10 million for alcohol research for 2023 (in Swedish)
12 December, 2022, Cision press release

The dark side – ADHD common in substance use and criminality (in Swedish)
21 February, 2022 , Läkartidningen

News from LiU

Genes play a major role in substance abuse in ADHD

It is principally hereditary factors that lie behind adults with ADHD often developing alcohol dependence and binge eating. This is the conclusion of a doctoral thesis from Linköping University.

Organisation

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Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience - CSAN

Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience (CSAN) integrates knowledge and methodology from different areas of basic and clinical neuroscience.

Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

What characterizes the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is the wide breadth of research and education. BKV is one of the largest departments at LiU with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.