Cecilie Marie Nielsen defends her PhD dissertation entitled:
Measuring core symptoms and psychological well-being among patients with schizophrenia
Time: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023 at 13.00-15.00 CET
Venue:
Auditorium J116-113, J110, Aarhus University,
Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, Aarhus N.
The defence is open to the public and will be conducted in English. Following the defence the Psychosis Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital Psychiatry, will host an informal reception.
Assessment committee:
Professor Charlotte Ulrikka Rask, MD, PhD
Research Unit, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Aarhus University Hospital – Psychiatry, Aarhus, Denmark
Professor Erik Johnson, MD, PhD
Department of Clinical Medicine University of Bergen, Norway
Associate Professor Clemente Carlos Garcia Rizo, MD, PhD
Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Supervisors:
Professor Søren Dinesen Østergaard, MD, PhD
Department of Affective Disorders
Aarhus University Hospital – Psychiatry, Aarhus, Denmark
Professor Ole Mors, MD, PhD
Psychosis Research Unit
Aarhus University Hospital – Psychiatry, Aarhus, Denmark
Professor Christoph U. Correll, MD
Psychiatry Research
The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, New York, USA
Pernille Kølbæk, MD, PhD
Department of Affective Disorders
Aarhus University Hospital – Psychiatry, Aarhus, Denmark
Summary of the PhD project:
Several studies have found that systematic use of rating scales can improve both treatment of mental disorders and patient satisfaction. Despite this fact, rating scales are not used systematically in the treatment of schizophrenia.
Therefore, the aim of this PhD project was to examine the validity of two brief rating scales, which could potentially be implemented in the treatment of schizophrenia. Specifically, the PhD project examined:
1) The clinical validity of a brief rating scale assessing the severity of core symptoms of schizophrenia among outpatients with schizophrenia (PANSS-6).
2) Whether the inclusion of information from informants (family members, friends or hospital staff) impacts the assessment of the severity of core symptoms of schizophrenia.
3) The structural validity of a brief self-reported rating scale on psychological well-being among patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
