Katarina Grim

Biographic Data

ID4415922
NAMEKatarina Grim
GIVEN NAMESKatarina
FAMILY NAMEGrim
SIGNATUREGRIM K
AFFILIATIONSKarlstad University
ORCID0000-0002-7236-0836
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Hospital social work in acquired brain injury care

    Open AccessMonika Högsnes, Katarina Grim et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2026

    PURPOSE: Acquired brain injuries (ABI) have a profound impact on both individuals and their families, making psychosocial support a crucial component of neurorehabilitation. Understanding this support is essential for enhancing the services provided by healthcare social workers (HSWs). This study aimed to explore the experiences of individuals with ABI and their next of kin regarding psychosocial support, with a particular focus on the support re…

  • Navigating shared decision making in community mental health services

    Open AccessPeter Andersson, Katarina Grim et al.ARTICLESocial Work in Mental Health2026

    This study examines staff perceptions of implementing Shared Decision Making (SDM) in Coordinated Individual Care Planning (CIP) in community mental health services. SDM promotes active service user involvement in planning support and treatment. The intervention was applied across three Swedish regions, each with a test site. Focus group interviews with trained psychiatric staff were analyzed using thematic analysis. Four themes emerged: learning…

  • Examining impact of service user involvement

    Open AccessHilda Näslund, Katarina Grim et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2025

    User-focused monitoring (UFM) is a method for service evaluation led by service users, aimed at enhancing quality and service user involvement. Our study examines the experienced outcomes following the completion of five UFM projects within Swedish mental health service programs. Specifically, we focus on the barriers and facilitators to integrating user-led evaluations into service program development. Through interviews with user monitors, mana…

  • Ethnic biases and risk for discrimination in child welfare investigations in Sweden

    Open AccessKatarina GrimARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2025References: 3

  • Influence of mental health service provision on the perceived quality of life among psychiatric outpatients

    Open AccessLars‐olov Lundqvist, Patrik Rytterström et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2024

    Objective To investigate the relationship between perceived mental health service provision and quality of life (QoL) as perceived by patients in psychiatric outpatient care. Methods A total of 373 adult patients registered at 15 psychiatric outpatient clinics in three regions in central and southern Sweden were included in the study. Survey data were collected using a questionnaire on mental health service provision, symptom severity, recovery, …

  • Developing sustainable service user involvement practices in mental health services in Sweden

    Open AccessUrban Markström, Hilda Näslund et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2023

    The knowledge gained through the co-production approach will be disseminated throughout the program years, targeting service users, welfare actors and the research community. Based on these research activities, our impact goals relate to strengthening the legitimacy of and methods for co-production in the mental health research and practice field

  • Exploring stakeholder perspectives to facilitate the implementation of shared decision-making in coordinated individual care planning

    Open AccessPeter Andersson, Ulla‐karin Schön et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Social Work2023References: 1

    This article explores conditions for implementing shared decision-making (SDM) in coordinated individual care planning (CIP) with individuals with complex mental health needs.SDM in CIP are described as central, although such user centred collaboration still remains to be realised.Research underlines the need for a changed way of working, where user expertise is valued and a balance of power is promoted.The aim of the present study is to investig…

  • Legitimizing user knowledge in mental health services

    Open AccessKatarina Grim, Hilda Näslund et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2022

    Including the voices and knowledge of service users is essential for developing recovery-oriented and evidence-based mental health services. Recent studies have however, suggested that challenges remain to the legitimization of user knowledge in practice. To further explore such challenges, a co-production study was conducted by a team of researchers and representatives from user organizations in Sweden. The aim of the study was to explore the ba…

  • Do Highly Sensitive Persons Experience More Nonordinary States of Consciousness During Sensory Isolation

    Open AccessKristoffer Jonsson, Katarina Grim et al.ARTICLESocial Behavior and Personality…2014

    Our aim was to investigate whether or not highly sensitive persons experienced more nonordinary/altered states of consciousness (ASC) during 45 minutes of sensory isolation in a flotation tank, than did less sensitive persons. Psychology students ( N = 57) were allocated to 1 of 2 groups (high and low levels of sensitivity) depending on their score on the Highly Sensitive Person Scale. Prior to the flotation session participants completed questio…