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Gerhard Andersson

Professor

Is it possible to provide psychological treatment via the Internet? How can we better understand tinnitus and reduce distress by means of cognitive behavior therapy? What treatments work for depression? These are some of the questions in my research.

Presentation

Professor Anderssons research is focused on psychological treatments for a wide range of conditions, but also on tinnitus and how it can be treated. The research group lead by Andersson conducts randomized clinical trials. New treatments are constantly developed and the group is often described as world leading when it comes to internet treatments. Effective treatments have been developed and tested for mood and anxiety disorders, but also for somatic problems such as chronic pain. In addition to the controlled trials the group publishes experiments and qualitative studies. Moreover systematic reviews and meta-analyses are often conducted and published. Andersson has a large international and national network. Andersson is one of the most cited researchers at LiU.


Related research

The research can broadly be divided in three areas: The first area concerns tinnitus and hearing disorders. There is an ongoing collaboration (including funding) with researchers in Denmark (Oticon Research Center) and with the Linneaus Centre Head and LiU. This research mainly deals with rehabilitation and hearing screening via the Internet. Gerhard Andersson is active as part-time clinician at the hearing clinic in Linköping University Hospital.

The second area is psychiatry with studies on depression, anxiety and other psychiatric disorders. A longstanding collaboration exist with researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University, Vrjie University Amsterdam, University College London, Bergen University and several other researchers across the world. Our research group with Andersson as principal investigator take part in a EU-project (E-Compared). Another project deals with work-related stress (Forte), and another treatment of older adults with anxiety and depression.

The third area is less extensive and is about the psychology of religion and atheism. Several other areas within clinical psychology are also focused such as interpersonal violence.

Publications

2025

Jane R. Salois, Kassidi L. Heinle, Laurie J. Slovarp, Marie E. Jette, Vinaya Manchaiah, George Vlaescu, Gerhard Andersson (2025) Internet-Based Behavioral Cough Suppression Therapy for Refractory Chronic Cough: A Randomized Controlled Trial American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Vol. 34, p. 2864-2876 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Jon Ingi Hlynsson, Sigurgrimur Skulason, Gerhard Andersson, Per Carlbring (2025) Why are we still using the PHQ-9? A Historical Review and Psychometric Evaluation of Measurement Invariance Psychiatric quarterly (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Nasim Mousavi, Fereshteh Momeni, Abbas Pourshahbaz, Hamid Poursharifi, Zahra Daneshian, Gerhard Andersson (2025) A pilot randomized trial comparing face-to-face and internet-based unified transdiagnostic treatment for adolescents with anxiety and depressive disorders in Iran Frontiers in Psychiatry, Vol. 16, Article 1500214 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Hillevi Bergvall, Gerhard Andersson, Tobias Lundgren, Benjamin Bohman (2025) Therapist adherence to cognitive-behavioural therapy and quality of care from a patient perspective Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Rose Mortimer, Dominika Iluczyk, Jakob Mechler, Karin Lindqvist, Nick Midgley, Gerhard Andersson, Henry Clements (2025) Experience of self-discovery and change in a psychodynamic internet delivered programme for university students experiencing low mood Psychotherapy Research (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

Selected publications

More information about professor Andersson

CV 

  • MSc in clinical psychology, Uppsala University 1991
  • Board licensed clinical psychologist 1993
  • PhD in Psychology,  Uppsala University 1995
  • Postdoc at the Department of Psychology, University College London, UK, 1996-1997
  • Postdoc at Uppsala University 1997-2001
  • PhD in Medicine Otorhinolaryngology, Uppsala University 2000
  • Senior lecturer in health psychology, Uppsala University 2001-2003
  • Psychologist at the psychiatry clinic, Uppsala Academic Hospital, Uppsala 2003.
  • Psychologist in the audiology clinic 1994-2003 at Uppsala Academic Hospital
  • Psychologist  in the audiology clinic 2004 and onwards at Linköping University Hospital
  • Psychotherapy degree (CBT) at Uppsala University,  and license as psychotherapist 2005
  • Professor in clinical psychology at Linköping University, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, 2004-
  • Guest professor and affiliated professor in clinical psychology at the Psychiatry unit, Department of Clinical Neuroscience,  Karolinska Institutet 2007 and ongoing. 
  • BSc in theology Uppsala University 2010
  • Winner of the outstanding Swedish psychologist award 2014.  
  • Winner of the Nordic prize in medicine 2014.  

Collaboration, commissions and networks 

Editor-in-chief for the journal Internet Interventions and associate editor for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. 

Founding member of International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII), European Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ESRII) and the Swedish Society for Research on Internet Interventions (SWESRII). 

More information about professor Andersson's research

www.gerhardandersson.se

Teaching  

Psychologist and psychotherapist programs

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