The department of Psychology at Mid Sweden University has, in collaboration with the County Council of Jämtland, developed a cost effective model for early assessment and intervention of mental health issues for refugees. The model involves contributions from students at the Clinical Master of Science in Psychology. As part of their educational program, students will participate in both assessment and preventive intervention of mental ill-health. This approach will not only meet the needs for resources, above all, it will give the students experience and competences in an area where there is a great need for knowledge.

The project is funded by the Department of Psychology at Mid Sweden University and the Asylum-, Migration-, and Integration Foundation, administered by the Migration Agency.

For more information, see the project's webbpage: https://www.miun.se/amir

About 15-20% of pregnant women report worry of fear regarding their upcoming childbirth. Despite the high prevalence, psychological models of this form of fear or anxiety is still lacking.

This aim of this study is to enhance our understanding of psychological factors that may contribute to the development and maintenance of childbirth fear among pregnant women. The project, originally a cross-sectional study, included women in antenatal health care in two medium-sized Swedish regions. The study is now expanded, also gathering medical data from the childbirth and self-report data 6-8 months postpartum.  

This project is a collaborative effort between the Department of Psychology, Mid Sweden University and the Center for Health and Medical Psychology (CHAMP), Örebro University.  

Project group: Johanna Thomtén (associate professor MIUN), Örjan Sundin (professor MIUN), Elisabet Rondung (PhD student MIUN), Ida Flink (associate professor CHAMP), Lisa Lundström (specialist of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Region Jämtland Härjedalen)

Head of project: Johanna Thomtén, associate professor, Department of Psychology, Mid Sweden University

Contact: Elisabet Rondung

In a group of psychologists and biologists we are putting emotion and environment psychology in the focus of wildlife management. Our research is focused mostly on negative emotions in human – carnivore conflicts and how that can be attenuated by different, psychology influenced, wildlife management strategies to increase human wellbeing.

This research is supported by the Swedish environmental protection agency, Norwegian Environment Agency, and The Swedish research council Formas.

The group is composed of Maria Johansson, Environmental psychology, Lund University; Jens Frank (previously Karlsson), Wildlife Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Anders Flykt, Emotion psychology, Mid Sweden University (contact person); Ole-Gunnar StØen, Ecology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences.

In the framework for this research group different constellations exists and different projects are running in parallel. For example Johansson, Frank and Flykt currently have a collaboration with Terry Hartig at Uppsala University on a project supported by the Swedish research council Formas until 2018.

About 25 % of all women report urinary incontinence (UI). Of these, 47% experience leakage associated with urgency, which can greatly impact their quality of life. Since a few years an app-based self-help program is available, called Tät.nu, which indicate promising results for women with disabling incontinence. Patients report increased control over symptoms and lower levels limitations in everyday life.

In this project an app-based multidisciplinary treatment program for women with urine incontinence is further developed and evaluated. The program includes several modules, including cognitive behavioral therapy.

The project is led by Med. Dr. Eva Samuelsson and is a collaboration between several parties; the Institution for Public health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University and the Department of Psychology at MIUN.

Project group at the department: Johanna Thomtén (associate professor), Elisabeth Wasteson (Senior Lecturer)

Head of project and Contact: Eva Samuelsson, Region Jämtland Härjedalen

Roughly 15-20% of pregnant women report fear of giving birth. Besides the emotional burden of the women and their families, consequences of fear can also be seen in an increased frequency of Caesarean Sections without medical reason. 

In this project comparisons are made between internet given cognitive behavioral therapy and a treatment as usual condition (midwife counselling, Aurora counselling) for fear of giving birth.

The project is carried out in 3 middle-sized communities in Sweden and is a collaborative effort between the Department of Women's and Children's Health at Uppsala University, the Department of Psychology at MIUN and the Department of Nursing Sciences at MIUN.

Project group at the department: Johanna Thomtén (associate professor), Örjan Sundin (professor), Elisabet Rondung (PhD student).

Head of project: Christine Rubertsson, associate professor, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University

Contact: Elisabet Rondung

This project focuses on age estimations of voices in first-language and second-language listeners.

Results, besides being of theoretical interest, could help assist victims of crime identify the aggressor, especially when visual information is poor or unavailable.

Project members:
Alexandra Dylman (contact)
Marie-France Champoux-Larsson
Sara Waller-Skoog (Gävle University College)