Maria Zetterqvist

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology with a focus on child and adolescent psychiatric activities.

Research

The Zetterqvist Lab

Our research group addresses nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) which is a significant mental health issue in adolescents and linked with impairments in emotion regulation. We are dedicated to developing novel approaches for preventing and treating NSSI.

Publications

Publications in DiVA

2022

2021

News

SEK 10 million for research in children's medicine

The Joanna Cocozza Foundation has announced the recipients of research grants for 2020. Funding has been awarded in the form of establishment and consolidation grants, support for visiting researchers, and a further seven project grants.

Self-injuring young girls overestimate negative feedback in social media simulation

Adolescent girls who self-injure feel that they receive more negative feedback than they actually receive, and are more sensitive to thumbs down responses, compared to other girls. These are the findings presented by Irene Perini, researcher at CSAN.

SEK 44 million for research into the mental health of young people

Two research environments at LiU have each received nearly SEK 22 million from the Swedish Research Council to work on different aspects of the mental health of children and young people.

Organisation

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.