Bjørn Lau
Biographic Data
| ID | 7122438 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bjørn Lau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bjørn |
| FAMILY NAME | Lau |
| SIGNATURE | LAU B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4378-9761 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Use of antidepressant medication is associated with slower response to open-ended psychotherapy for depressed patients
Medicated patients may experience less response to psychotherapy in terms of depressive symptoms and interpersonal problems compared to nonmedicated patients
Enhancing Self-Reported Assessment of Working Conditions in Policing: Revisiting the Psychometric Properties and Applications of the Police Stress Questionnaire
ObjectivesPolicing is recognized as a highly stressful occupation, encompassing stressors not commonly encountered in other fields. In response, police-specific stress scales have been developed and used when studying police work. Despite changes in the composition of police personnel, most studies examining police working conditions focus on sworn police officers (SPO), excluding employees without police education (EWPE). To advance research and…
Predictors of return to work among patients in treatment for common mental disorders: A pre-post study
ClinicalTrails.gov ID NCT01181635 . Registered 08/12/2010
Patient characteristics in a return to work programme for common mental disorders: A cross-sectional study
Relative to outpatients in a specialized mental health care setting, RTW patients had lower symptoms, but still in the same moderate range of severity. They suffered the same reduction in quality of life. Almost all of the RTW patients were diagnosed with illnesses that can be treated effectively, about half of them had recurring mental health problems and many of them had been treated in primary care settings before referral. These findings indi…
Health problems and help-seeking in a nationwide sample of operational Norwegian ambulance personnel
The assumption that ambulance personnel have more anxiety and depression symptoms than the general working population was not supported. The level of musculoskeletal pain and, accordingly, the level of help-seeking from a chiropractor were higher for ambulance workers. More research should address the physical strains among ambulance personnel
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Health problems and help-seeking in a nationwide sample of operational Norwegian ambulance personnel
The assumption that ambulance personnel have more anxiety and depression symptoms than the general working population was not supported. The level of musculoskeletal pain and, accordingly, the level of help-seeking from a chiropractor were higher for ambulance workers. More research should address the physical strains among ambulance personnel
Patient characteristics in a return to work programme for common mental disorders: A cross-sectional study
Relative to outpatients in a specialized mental health care setting, RTW patients had lower symptoms, but still in the same moderate range of severity. They suffered the same reduction in quality of life. Almost all of the RTW patients were diagnosed with illnesses that can be treated effectively, about half of them had recurring mental health problems and many of them had been treated in primary care settings before referral. These findings indi…
Predictors of return to work among patients in treatment for common mental disorders: A pre-post study
ClinicalTrails.gov ID NCT01181635 . Registered 08/12/2010
Enhancing Self-Reported Assessment of Working Conditions in Policing: Revisiting the Psychometric Properties and Applications of the Police Stress Questionnaire
ObjectivesPolicing is recognized as a highly stressful occupation, encompassing stressors not commonly encountered in other fields. In response, police-specific stress scales have been developed and used when studying police work. Despite changes in the composition of police personnel, most studies examining police working conditions focus on sworn police officers (SPO), excluding employees without police education (EWPE). To advance research and…
Use of antidepressant medication is associated with slower response to open-ended psychotherapy for depressed patients
Medicated patients may experience less response to psychotherapy in terms of depressive symptoms and interpersonal problems compared to nonmedicated patients
Medicine (5 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Workplace Health and Well-being (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Anxiety (2 works) · Biostatistics (2 works) · Depression (economics (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works)