Nilssen, Odd

Nilssen, Odd

Professor

Phone (+47)
77 64 48 17

E-post
odd.nilssen@ism.uit.no

Office
10.231

Department
Sosialpsykiatri

Biographical sketch
Født: 14.06.43
Medisinsk embedseksamen: Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universität, Bonn, 1971
Spesialitet: Psykiatri 1979
Medisinsk doktorgrad: 1992
Utenlandsopphold: Visiting professor University of Washington, Seattle 1992-93
Visiting professor University of New South Wales, Sydney 1998-99

Teaching activities
Utbredelse, forebygging og behandling av rusproblemer for medisinske studenter
Rus og samfunn for studenter ved medisin grunnfag
Forebygging av alkohol- og narkotikaproblemer for FH studenter

Research interests
Arkhangelsk studien;
Tromsø undersøkelsen;
Multisenterstudien

Selected publications

• Nilssen O, Parker G, Hadzi-Pavlovic D, Bell J. Assessing depression in drug and alcohol dependent subjects: the utility of a cognitive based approach. Nordic J psychiatry 2001;55(6):409-12.


• Nilssen O, Ries RK, Rivara FP, Gurney JG, Jurkovich JJ. The Cage Questionnaire and the Short Michigan Alcohol Screening Test in Trauma Patients: Comparison of their Correlations with Biological Alcohol Markers. J Trauma 1994;6:7848.


• Nilssen O, Lipton R, Brenn T, Hoyer G, Boiko J, Tkatchev A. Sleeping problems at 78 degree north. The Svalbard Study. Acta Psych Scand 1997;95:44-8.


• Nilssen O. Serum Gammaglutamyltransferase: Population Determinants and diagnostic Characteristics in Relation to Intervention on Risk Drinkers. ISM's skriftserie 1993, no 20.


• Huseby NE, Nilssen 0, Erfurth A, Wetterling T, Kanitz RD. Carbohydratedeficient transferrin and alcohol dependency. Variation in response to alcohol intake among different groups of patients. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1997; 21:201-5

Current Membership & Advisory Committees
Leder av seksjon for sosialpsykiatri
Universitetets representant i Rådet for psykisk helse