Biografiske data
Professor. Cand. Psychol. and Dr. Philos. (Univ. of Oslo). Chair of Clinical Psychology Program (1992-96). Professor at University of Oslo, Department of Behavioral Sciences in Medicine. Psychologist in Chief at Åsgård University Hospital, Department of Development. Sabbatical year 1997: Visiting Professor at University of New Mexico, Department of Communication and Journalism, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

Forskningsinteresser
Interpersonal communication (basic theory, family comm. and psychopathology, clinical and health, research methods). Menopause (psychosocial aspects). Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Seasonal Eating Disorder (SEAT). Sleeping disorders (psychological treatment). Psychiatric emergency care for children and adolescents. Health psychology in third-world countries.

Publikasjoner
Wichstrøm, L., Cmielewski Anderson, A.M., Holte, A., & Wynne, L. (1996). Disqualifying family communication as predictor of offspring mental health and hospitalization. A 10 to 14 years longitudinal study of children at risk for psychopathology. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, in press.

Wichstrøm, L., Cmielewski Anderson, A.M., Holte, A., Husby, R., & Wynne, L. (1996). Confirmatory and disconfirmatory family communication as predictor of offspring socio-emotional functioning. A 10 to 14 years follow-up of children at risk. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 93, 49-56.

Fyhn, O., Hartvigsen, A., Skarbø, T., & Holte, A. (1996). Prevalence, diagnoses, and treatment of psychoses among children and adolescents in Nordland county, Norway. Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association, 33, 206-217.

Fyhn, O. & Holte, A. (1996). Course of illness among psychotic children and adolescents: A systematic follow-up study of clients treated in Nordland county, Norway. Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association, 33, in press.

Reigstad, B., Larsen, O., & Holte, A. (1996). Local perspective on psychiatric emergency care for children and adolescents. Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association, in press.

Wichstrøm, L., Holte A. (1995). Fusion in the parent-relationship of schizophrenics. Psychiatry, 58, 28-43.
Topo, P., Køster, A., Holte, A., Collins, A., Landgren, BM., Hemminki, E., & Uutela, A. (1995). Trends in the use of climacteric and post-climacteric hormones in Nordic countries. Maturitas, 22, 89-95.

Hartvigsen, A., Fyhn, O., Gaare, E., Skarbø, T., Reigstad, B., & Holte, A. (1995). Psychiatric acute care for children and adolescents: the need for inpatient care in a decentralized service. Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association, 32, 833-842.

Reigstad, B. & Holte, A. (1995). Psychiatric emergency care for children and adolescents as seen from three positions. Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association, 32, 933-943.

Skarbø, T., Fyhn, O., Gaare, E. Hartvigsen, A., Reigstad, B. & Holte, A. (1995). Quality in emergency psychiatric services for children and adolescents. Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association, 32, 1013-23.

Holte, A. (1994). Studying transition to menopause: Methodological consideration. In G. Berg & M. Hammar (Eds.), The modern management of the menopause. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Parthenon.

Holte, A., Mikkelsen, A., Moen, M., Skjæråsen, J., Wergeland, R., Jervell, J., & Stokke, K.T. (1994). Psychosocial factors and the menopause: Results from the Norwegian Menopause Project. In G. Berg & M. Hammar (Eds.), The modern management of the menopause. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Parthenon.

Ekeberg, Ø., Finset, A., Holte, A., Malt, U., Moum, T., Vaglum, P., & Øgar, B. (1994). A new training program in behavioral sciences in medicine at the University of Oslo. Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association, 114, 1, 47-49.

Fyhn, O., Gaare, E., Hartvigsen, A., Skarbø, T., Reigstad, B., Holte, A. (1994). Emergency psychiatry for children and adolescents in Nordland county, Norway: preliminary results. Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association, 31, 581-591.

Topo, P., Holte, A., Køster, A., Hemminki, E., & Uutela, A. (1994). Climacteric hormone therapy and women's employment in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. In G. Berg & M. Hammar (Eds.), The modern management of the menopause. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Parthenon.

Wichstrøm, L., Holte, A., Husby, R., & Wynne, L. (1994). Disqualifying family communication as a predictor of changes in offspring competence: A 3-year longitudinal study of sons of psychiatric patients. Journal of Family Psychology, 8, 104-108.

Holte, A. (1993). Influences of natural menopause on health complaints: A prospective study of healthy Norwegian women. In Rogers, D.E., Bone, R.C., Cline, M.J., O'Rourke, R.A., Greenberger, N.J., Utiger, R.D., Epsten, F.H., & Malawista, S.E. (Eds.), The Year Book of Medicine. St. Louis: Mosby. 568-570.

Holte, A. (1993). Behavior modification in medical practice. Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association, 113, 1, 13-14.

Wichstrøm, L. & Holte, A. (1993). Relationship control and interpersonal perception in marriage. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 34, 149-160.

Wichstrøm, L., Holte, A., Husby, R., & Wynne, L. (1993). Competence in children at risk for psychopathology predicted from confirmatory and disconfirmatory family communication. Family Process, 32, 203-220.

Wichstrøm, L., Holte, A., & Wynne, L. (1993). Disqualifying family communication and anxiety in offspring at risk for psychopathology. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 88, 74-79.