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Anton Käll

Postdoc

My research focuses on how perceptions of the social world affect people's well-being and on developing interventions when this creates problems. The methods used are both internet-based interventions and experimental studies.

The social world and mental health 

The social world and how it is perceived is of great importance for understanding many mental health problems

My research focuses on understanding the role of the social world in mental health. My primary research interest is in understanding the phenomenon of loneliness and why it becomes a lasting problem for some people. For my Ph.D. I investigated whether internet-based psychological treatments can be of help for this group. With the help of the research group’s prior knowledge about internet-based treatments we have created and tested two interventions targeting loneliness. One of these is based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and the other makes use of another one form of psychotherapy called interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT).

Currently I serve as the lead on an experimental study studying how morphine affects social cognition.

Publications

2024

Noemi Seewer, Andrej Skoko, Anton Käll, Gerhard Andersson, Maike Luhmann, Thomas Berger, Tobias Krieger (2024) Efficacy of an Internet-based self-help intervention with human guidance or automated messages to alleviate loneliness: a three-armed randomized controlled trial Scientific Reports, Vol. 14, Article 6569 Continue to DOI
Noemi Seewer, Andrej Skoko, Anton Käll, Gerhard Andersson, Thomas Berger, Tobias Krieger (2024) Predictors and moderators of outcome of ICBT for loneliness with guidance or automated messages - A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial Internet Interventions, Vol. 35, Article 100701 Continue to DOI

2023

Tom Cawthorne, Anton Käll, Sophie Bennett, Elena Baker, Emily Cheung, Roz Shafran (2023) Do single-case experimental designs lead to randomised controlled trials of cognitive behavioural therapy interventions for adolescent anxiety and related disorders recommended in the National Institute of Clinical Excellence guidelines? A systematic review JCPP Advances, Vol. 3, Article e12181 Continue to DOI
Anton Käll, Cecilia Olsson Lynch, Kajsa Sundling, Tomas Furmark, Per Carlbring, Gerhard Andersson (2023) Scheduled support versus support on demand in internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder: Randomized controlled trial Clinical Psychology in Europe, Vol. 5 Continue to DOI
Anton Käll, Gerhard Andersson (2023) Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for loneliness Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy by Disorder: Case Studies and Application for Adults, p. 175-183

Research

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The Internet, Health and Clinical Psychology Research Group

The research group works with many different areas such as anxiety, depression and health problems. Many of the projects work with internet-based CBT, and the group carries out randomised controlled clinical trials.

News

He studies how to treat loneliness – with online therapy

Some 5% of the Swedish population report that they feel alone – often or always. Doctoral student and LiU graduate Anton Käll is studying methods used in internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for helping people with loneliness.

Organisation

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Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning (IBL)

Human behaviour and learning is the focus for education and research at the department. We educate students and scientists that are well equipped to meet future challenges in society and working life.

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