Sexton Harold Corey

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Sexton Harold Corey

Tittel
Professor II

E-mail
Sexton@online.no

Kontor/besøk
I utlandet (Hawaii), forskningspermisjon jan 2005-nov 2006.

Faglig bakgrunn
Utdannet lege i USA 1967, Psykiater 1975 USA, Norsk spesialist 1980. Klinisk erfaring flere steder inkludert Alaska (6 år som psykiater) og fire forskjellige steder i Norge. Forsknings aktiviteter begynte i slutten av 1980 tallet. Doktorgrad 1992. Har siden hatt forskningssamarbeid med flere andre. Har vært hovedveileder for to avlagt doktorgrader, er B-veileder for 4 som nå gjør sitt doktorgradsarbeid og har gitt uoffiselt veiledning til 6 andre, derav 3 har fått sin doktorgrad og en tredje har nettopp innsendt sin avhandling.

Ansettelsesforhold
Ansatt som avdelingsoverlege i Øst-Finnmark siden 1999. B-stillinger som forskningsveileder NNPF og Modum Bad Nervesanitorium. Professor II Universitetet i Tromsø.

Forskningsinteresser
Hovedinteressen er psykoterapiprosesser og andre lignende mellommenneskelige prosesser. Har også samarbeidet med andre på diverse prosjekter de siste 10 år.

Publikasjoner
Sexton, H., Mære, Å., & Dahl, N. (1989). Exercise intensity and reduction of neurotic symptoms: A controlled follow-up study. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 80, 231-235.

Sexton, H., Fornes, G., Kruger, M., Grendahl, G., & Kolset, M. (1990). Handicraft or interactional groups: A comparative outcome study of neurotic patients. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 82, 339-343.

Sexton, H. (1993). Exploring a psychotherapeutic change sequence: Relating process to intersessional and posttreatment outcome. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 61, 128-136.

Sexton, H. (1995). [Alcohol abusers after clinic treatment: A follow-up study.] Tidskrift for Den norske lægeforening, 115, 237-240.

Sexton, H, Hembre, K., and Kvarme, G. (1996). The interaction of alliance and therapy microprocess: A sequential analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,64, 471-480.

Sexton, H. (1996). Process, life events, and symptomatic change in brief eclectic psychotherapy., Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 64, 1358-1365.

Sexton, H., Lipton, R. & Nilssen, O. (1997). Relating alcohol use and mood: Results from the Tromsø study. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 60, 111-119.

Sørlie, T., Sexton, H., & Sørlie, D. (1997). [To what degree can patient satisfaction be explained? An analysis of a retrospective study.] Tidskrift for Den norske lægeforening, 117, 2637-2640.

Sørlie, T., Sørlie, D., Sexton, H., Viken, F. & Tollefsen, L. [Satisfaction and dissatisfaction with surgical treatment]. Tidskrift for Den norske lægeforening, 118, 394-399.

Olstad, R., Søgaard, A.J., & Sexton H. (1998). [Mental health in coastal areas of Finnmark, 1987-1993.] Tidskrift for Den norske lægeforening, 118, 1350-1355.

Olstad, R., Sexton, H., Søgaard, A.J. (1999). The Finnmark Study. Social support, social network and mental distress in a prospective population study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 34, 519-525.

Sørlie, T., Gammon, D., Bergvik, S., Sexton, H. (1999) Psychotherapy supervision face-to-face and by videoconferencing: A comparative study. British Journal of Psychotherapy, 15, 452-462.

Fladby, T., Schuster, M., Grønli, O., Sjoholm, H. Loseth, S. Sexton, H. (1999). Organic brain disease in psychogeriatric patients: Impact of symptoms and screening methods on the diagnostic process. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 12,16-20.

Sørlie, T., Sexton, H., Busund, R., & Sørlie, D(2000). Predictors of satisfaction with surgical treatment. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 12, 31-40.

Sørlie, T., Sexton, H. Predictors of the process of coping in surgical patients. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences, 30, 947-960.

Sørlie, T., Sexton, H. (2001). The factor structure of the ways of coping questionnaire and the process of coping in surgical patients. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences, 30, 961-975.

Sørlie, T., Sexton, H., Busund, R., & Sørlie, D. (2001). A global measure of physical functioning: psychometric properties. Journal of Health Services
Research, 36, 31-40.

Vaa, G., Egner, R., & Sexton, H. (2002). Sexually abused women after multimodal group therapy: A long-term follow-up study. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 56, 215-221.

Sexton, H., Søgaard, A.J., & Olstad, R. How are mood and exercise related? Results from the Finnmark study. (2001). Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 36, 348-353..

Hedley, L. Hoffart A., & Sexton H. Early Maladaptive Schemas in Patients with Panic Disorder. (2001). Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy,15,131-142.

Hedley, L. Hoffart A., & Sexton H. The change process in a cognitive behavioral therapy: Testing a cognitive, a behavioral, and an integrated model of panic disorder with agoraphobia. Psychotherapy Research, 11, 401-413.

Hoffart, A. & Sexton, H. (2002). The role of optimism in the process of schema-focused cognitive therapy of personality problems. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40, 611-623.

Fors, E. & Sexton, H. Pain in fibromyalgia and the weather: Are they related? (2002). Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, 61, 247-250.

Hoffart, A., Versland, S., & Sexton, H. Self-understanding, empathy, guided discovery, and schema belief in schema-focused cognitive therapy of personality problems: A process-outcome study (2002). Cognitive Therapy and Research, 26, 199-219.

Olstad, R., Sexton, H., &Søgaard, A.J. The Finnmark study. A prospective study of the social buffer hypothesis, stress and mental distress.(2001). Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 36, 582-589.

Fors, E., Sexton, H., & Gõtestam, K. Effect of guided distraction and attention imageries with amitriptyline on daily fibromyalgia pain: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial(2002). Journal of Psychiatric Research, 36, 179-187.

Iversen, K., Høyer, G., Sexton, H. & Grønli O. (2002). Perceived coercion among patients admitted to acute wards in Norway. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 56, 433-439.

Hersoug, A., Sexton, H. & Høglend, P. (2002). Contribution of defensive functioning to the quality of working alliance and outcome of psychotherapy. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 56, 539-554. 29.

Spein, A., Kvernmo, S. & Sexton, H. The North Norwegian Youth Study: Cigarette smoking among ethnically diverse adolescents (2002). Ethnicity and Health, 7, 163-179.

Lorentzen, S., Sexton, H. & Høgland, P. (2004). The therapeutic alliance and outcome in a long-term analytic group. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry,58,33-40.

Sørlie, T. & Sexton, H. Predictors of changes in Health Locus of Control in surgical patients.(2004). Journal of Personality and Individual Differences 36, 991-1004.

Sorensen-Hoifodt, T., Olstad, R., & Sexton, H. (2004). Experiences from psychiatric rotation for pre-registration house officers: contributions to subjective learning. Medical Education 38, 349-357. 33.

Spein A.R., Sexton, H., & Kvernmo, S. (2004). Predictors of smoking behaviour among indigenous Sami adolescents and non-indigenous peers in North Norway. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 32, 118-129.

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