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Internet addiction: Characteristics of a questionnaire and prevalence in Norwegian youth (12-18 years) by JOHANSSON, AGNETA, GÖTESTAM, K. GUNNAR

“…The use of the Internet has increased considerably during the last few years, and there are also some clinical observations that some people ‘get hooked’, and…”
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Characteristics of gambling and problematic gambling in the Norwegian context: A DSM-IV-based telephone interview study by Götestam, K.Gunnar, Johansson, Agneta

“…The gaming business has increased considerably during the past years, and there are also some indications that the prevalence of pathological gambling has also…”
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Risk Factors for Problematic Gambling: A Critical Literature Review by Johansson, Agneta, Grant, Jon E., Kim, Suck Won, Odlaug, Brian L., Götestam, K. Gunnar

“…This article is a critical review of risk factors for pathological gambling categorized by demographics, physiological and biological factors, cognitive…”
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Social network as a moderator in the relation between trauma exposure and trauma reaction: A survey among UN soldiers and relief workers by Kaspersen, Marianne, Matthiesen, Stig Berge, Götestam, K. Gunnar

“…Social network as a moderator between trauma exposure and post‐trauma symptomatology was studied. Two samples – relief workers and UN soldiers – were assessed…”
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Treatment of Tunnel Phobia: An Experimental Field Study by Gunnar Götestam, K., Svebak, Sven

“…The opening of the deepest undersea tunnel in the world (264 m below sea level, 5600 m in length) replaced the ferry from the island of Hitra to the mainland…”
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Internet addiction among Norwegian adults: A stratified probability sample study by BAKKEN, INGER JOHANNE, WENZEL, HANNE GRO, GÖTESTAM, K. GUNNAR, JOHANSSON, AGNETA, ØREN, ANITA

“…Most Norwegians are Internet users. We conducted a stratified probability sample study (Norway, 2007, age‐group 16–74 years, N= 3,399, response rate 35.3%,…”
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Confidentiality as a barrier to support seeking among physicians: the influence of psychosocial work factors in four European hospitals (the HOUPE study) by Løvseth, Lise Tevik, Aasland, Olaf Gjerløw, Fridner, Ann, Schenck-Gustafsson, Karin, Jónsdóttir, Lilja Sigrun, Einarsdóttir, Torgerdur, Marini, Massimo, Minucci, Daria, Pavan, Luigi, Götestam, K Gunnar, Linaker, Olav Morten

“…Concerns about protecting patient's privacy can interfere with proper stress adaptation which is associated with physician's health. It is important to…”
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Influence of Co-Morbid Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder and Personality Disorders on the Outcome of Cognitive Behavioural Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Hansen, Bjarne, Vogel, Patrick A., Stiles, Tore C., Gunnar Götestam, K.

“…This study examined co-morbid generalized anxiety disorder and/or panic disorder and personality disorders as predictors of treatment outcomes in adult…”
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Pentylenetetrazole decreases metabolic glutamate turnover in rat brain by Eloqayli, Haytham, Dahl, Carl Bredo, Götestam, K. Gunnar, Unsgård, Geirmund, Hadidi, Hakam, Sonnewald, Ursula

“…Seizures were induced in rats by intraperitoneal injection of pentylenetetrazole (PTZ, 70 mg/kg), followed, 30 min later, by injection of [1‐13C]glucose and…”
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Clinicians' views on management of obsessive-compulsive disorders in children and adolescents by Valderhaug, Robert, Gunnar Götestam, K., Larsson, Bo

“…Research on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents has led to important developments with clinical implications as regards assessment…”
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An open clinical trial of cognitive-behaviour therapy in children and adolescents with obsessive–compulsive disorder administered in regular outpatient clinics by Valderhaug, Robert, Larsson, Bo, Götestam, K. Gunnar, Piacentini, John

“…The aim of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of manual-guided cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) for childhood obsessive–compulsive disorder…”
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Prevalence of eating disorders in female and male adolescents (14–15 years) by Kjelsås, Einar, Bjørnstrøm, Christian, Götestam, K.Gunnar

“…The main aim of the present study is to establish the prevalence of eating disorders (ED) in adolescents of both genders. To our knowledge, such data have not…”
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Characteristics of anorexia nervosa-related deaths in Norway (1992-2000): data from the National Patient Register and the Causes of Death Register by Reas, D.L, Kjelsas, E, Heggestad, T, Eriksen, L, Nielsen, S, Gjertsen, F, Gotestam, K.G

“…Objective: This study investigated demographic and diagnostic characteristics of individuals whose medical record or death certificate indicated the presence…”
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Treatment motivation, treatment expectancy, and helping alliance as predictors of outcome in cognitive behavioral treatment of OCD by Vogel, Patrick A., Hansen, Bjarne, Stiles, Tore C., Götestam, K. Gunnar

“…Predictors of improvement in obsessive–compulsive symptoms (Y-BOCS) in a randomized clinical trial with adult obsessive–compulsive disorder outpatients were…”
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Time trends in obesity and eating disorders by Zachrisson, Henrik Daae, Vedul-Kjelsås, Einar, Götestam, K. Gunnar, Mykletun, Arnstein

“…OBJECTIVE:: Obesity is a well-known risk factor for eating disorders, and has been increasing in the normal population over the last decades. This study…”
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Problems with Computer Games without Monetary Reward: Similarity to Pathological Gambling by Johansson, Agneta, Götestam, K. Gunnar

“…An epidemiological study was performed on a representative sample of the Norwegian youth population (12 to 18 years old, N = 3,237; response rate 45.2%). The…”
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Motivation for smoking cessation among the norwegian public by Rundmo, Torbjørn, Smedslund, Geir, Götestam, K.Gunnar

“…A questionnaire survey among a representative sample of Norwegians (N = 5,014) showed that 33% (n = 1,639) smoked. About one-third of the cigarette smokers…”
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Gambling behavior and gambling problems in Norway 2007 by BAKKEN, INGER JOHANNE, GÖTESTAM, K. GUNNAR, GRÅWE, ROLF W., WENZEL, HANNE GRO, ØREN, ANITA

“…In Norway, legalized gambling is pervasive, easily accessible and socially accepted, particularly the participation in national lotteries. We conducted a…”
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Professional secrecy as a stressor among norwegian physicians by LØVSETH, Lise, AASLAND, Olaf G, GÖTESTAM, K. Gunnar

“…The aim of the present study is to assess how the necessary practice of professional secrecy may be a stressor for doctors, & to what extent MM (mortality &…”
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The effect of guided imagery and amitriptyline on daily fibromyalgia pain: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial by Fors, Egil A, Sexton, Harold, Götestam, K.Gunnar

“…Objective: The effectiveness of an attention distracting and an attention focusing guided imagery as well as the effect of amitriptyline on fibromyalgic pain…”
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