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F\u00f6studaginn 25. september ver \u00d3l\u00edna Gu\u00f0bj\u00f6rg Vi\u00f0arsd\u00f3ttir doktorsritger\u00f0 s\u00edna \u00ed l\u00edf- og l\u00e6knav\u00edsindum vi\u00f0 L\u00e6knadeild H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. Ritger\u00f0in ber heiti\u00f0: Vitr\u00e6nt mat og endurh\u00e6fing ungs f\u00f3lks eftir ge\u00f0rof. The assessment and treatment of neurocognition and social cognition in early psychosis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

V\u00f6rninni ver\u00f0ur streymt:\u00a0https:\/\/livestream.com\/hi\/doktorsvornolinagudbjorgvidarsdottir<\/a><\/p>\n

Andm\u00e6lendur eru dr. Lisa M. Wu, d\u00f3sent vi\u00f0 Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies \u00ed Danm\u00f6rku, og dr. Ragnar P\u00e9tur \u00d3lafsson, pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 S\u00e1lfr\u00e6\u00f0ideild H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands.<\/p>\n

Umsj\u00f3narkennari var dr. Berglind Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir, pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 L\u00e6knadeild, og lei\u00f0beinandi Brynja B. Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir, d\u00f3sent vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3lann \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk. Me\u00f0lei\u00f0beinandi var Engilbert Sigur\u00f0sson, pr\u00f3fessor og forseti L\u00e6knadeildar H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. Auk hans s\u00e1tu \u00ed doktorsnefnd dr. David L. Roberts, d\u00f3sent vi\u00f0 University of Texas Health Science Center, og dr. Elizabeth W. Twamley, pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 University of California, La Jolla. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ingibj\u00f6rg Har\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir, pr\u00f3fessor og varaforseti L\u00e6knadeildar H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands, stj\u00f3rnar ath\u00f6fninni sem fer fram \u00ed H\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0asal H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands og hefst kl. 14.00.<\/p>\n

Fj\u00f6ldatakm\u00f6rkun: Einungis 60 manns geta veri\u00f0 \u00ed salnum \u00e1 me\u00f0an \u00e1 doktorsv\u00f6rninni stendur.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c1grip af ranns\u00f3kn\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Markmi\u00f0 doktorsverkefnisins voru (1) a\u00f0 leggja mat \u00e1 vitr\u00e6na getu, l\u00ed\u00f0an og f\u00e6rni \u00ed daglegu l\u00edfi hj\u00e1 \u00f6llum \u00feeim sem s\u00f3ttu \u00fej\u00f3nustu \u00e1 Laugar\u00e1si, deild innan Landsp\u00edtala sem s\u00e9rh\u00e6fir sig \u00ed me\u00f0fer\u00f0 og endurh\u00e6fingu ungs f\u00f3lks eftir ge\u00f0rof, \u00e1 \u00e1runum 2015 – 2017, og kanna forsp\u00e1rgildi vitr\u00e6nna \u00fe\u00e1tta fyrir sj\u00e1lfsmati og mati a\u00f0standenda \u00e1 f\u00e6rni \u00ed daglegu l\u00edfi, (2) a\u00f0 kanna skammt\u00edma- og langt\u00edma\u00e1hrif vitr\u00e6nnar endurh\u00e6fingar me\u00f0 f\u00e9lagsskilnings\u00fej\u00e1lfun (VEF) \u00e1 vitr\u00e6na \u00fe\u00e6tti, l\u00ed\u00f0an og f\u00e6rni \u00ed daglegu l\u00edfi, (3) meta innlei\u00f0ingu me\u00f0fer\u00f0arinnar me\u00f0 tilliti til hentugleika, \u00e1rei\u00f0anleika og vi\u00f0halds.<\/p>\n

Fr\u00e1vik fr\u00e1 heilbrig\u00f0um samanbur\u00f0arh\u00f3pi komu fram \u00ed flestum vitr\u00e6num \u00fe\u00e1ttum og voru mest \u00ed getu til a\u00f0 setja sig \u00ed spor annarra (Theory of Mind ,ToM) og seinku\u00f0u yrtu minni (>1 sta\u00f0alfr\u00e1vik undir me\u00f0altali). Tafarlaust yrt minni og skilningur \u00e1 andlitssvipbrig\u00f0um (emotion recognition) sp\u00e1\u00f0u markt\u00e6kt fyrir um mat a\u00f0standenda \u00e1 f\u00e6rni \u00ed daglegu l\u00edfi en eignunarst\u00edll (attributional style) var eini \u00fe\u00e1tturinn sem sp\u00e1\u00f0i fyrir um sj\u00e1lfsmat \u00e1 f\u00e6rni \u00ed daglegu l\u00edfi. Ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0ur \u00far mati \u00e1 \u00e1rangri VEF s\u00fdndu a\u00f0 markt\u00e6kur munur var \u00e1 milli h\u00f3pa \u00e1 m\u00e6lingum \u00e1 tafarlausu og seinku\u00f0u yrtu minni, vinnsluminni, st\u00fdrif\u00e6rni, ToM og fjandsamlegum eignunarst\u00edl (hostile attributional style). Hj\u00e1 \u00feeim sem luku me\u00f0fer\u00f0 kom fram markt\u00e6k b\u00e6ting \u00e1 flestum vitr\u00e6num \u00fe\u00e1ttum, neikv\u00e6\u00f0um einkennum og f\u00e6rni \u00ed daglegu l\u00edfi 12 m\u00e1nu\u00f0um eftir a\u00f0 me\u00f0fer\u00f0 lauk. VEF var innleidd \u00e1 \u00e1rangursr\u00edkan h\u00e1tt \u00e1 Laugar\u00e1si. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ranns\u00f3knirnar s\u00fdna a\u00f0 meirihluti einstaklinga me\u00f0 fyrsta ge\u00f0rof er me\u00f0 vanda \u00ed vitr\u00e6num \u00fe\u00e1ttum og gefa v\u00edsbendingar um gagnsemi VEF \u00ed \u00feessum h\u00f3pi, ekki s\u00edst ef markmi\u00f0i\u00f0 er a\u00f0 efla vitr\u00e6na getu og auka f\u00e6rni \u00ed daglegu l\u00edfi til lengri t\u00edma.<\/p>\n

Samstarfsa\u00f0ili ranns\u00f3knarinnar er Landsp\u00edtali – H\u00e1sk\u00f3lasj\u00fakrah\u00fas.<\/p>\n

English abstract\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The aims of this thesis were (1) to investigate the rate of cognitive impairment in those receiving treatment by the early intervention in psychosis (EIP) service in Iceland between 2015 and 2017, and the individual contributions of neuro- and social-cognitive domains to self-reported and informant-reported functional outcome, (2) to implement a novel integrated cognitive remediation (ICR), and evaluate the immediate and long-term effects on cognition, symptom severity and functional outcomes, (3) to examine implementation outcomes of the intervention.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Findings showed significant neuro- and social-cognitive impairments compared to healthy comparison samples, which were most significant in immediate verbal memory and ToM. In the context of multiple predictor variables, informant reported functional outcomes were predicted by immediate verbal memory and emotion recognition, whereas self-reported functional outcome was best predicted by attributional style. The intervention was associated with improvement on multiple neuro- and social-cognitive measures and appears to produce lasting effects on neurocognition, negative symptoms and functional outcomes. The intervention was successfully implemented at the EIP service.<\/p>\n

This thesis demonstrates that young early psychosis patients in Iceland exhibit broad cognitive impairments compared to controls, supporting the rationale for an integrated neuro- and social-cognitive intervention.<\/p>\n

Um doktorsefni\u00f0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00d3l\u00edna Gu\u00f0bj\u00f6rg Vi\u00f0arsd\u00f3ttir er f\u00e6dd \u00feann 16. n\u00f3vember 1982 og \u00f3lst upp \u00ed Grindav\u00edk. H\u00fan lauk BS-pr\u00f3fi \u00ed s\u00e1lfr\u00e6\u00f0i fr\u00e1 University of Richmond, Bandar\u00edkjunum, \u00e1ri\u00f0 2004 og Cand. Psych.-pr\u00f3fi \u00ed s\u00e1lfr\u00e6\u00f0i fr\u00e1 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands \u00e1ri\u00f0 2009. Me\u00f0fram doktorsn\u00e1minu hefur h\u00fan starfa\u00f0 sem s\u00e1lfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur og verkefnastj\u00f3ri \u00e1 Laugar\u00e1si, deild innan ge\u00f0\u00fej\u00f3nustu Landsp\u00edtala, sem s\u00e9rh\u00e6fir sig \u00ed me\u00f0fer\u00f0 og endurh\u00e6fingu ungs f\u00f3lks me\u00f0 byrjandi ge\u00f0rofssj\u00fakd\u00f3ma. Auk \u00feess hefur \u00d3l\u00edna starfa\u00f0 sem gestakennari vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. \u00d3l\u00edna hefur kynnt ranns\u00f3knir s\u00ednar \u00e1 fj\u00f6lda \u00edslenskra og al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0legra r\u00e1\u00f0stefna. Foreldrar \u00d3l\u00ednu eru J\u00f3hanna S\u00e6varsd\u00f3ttir sk\u00f3lastj\u00f3ri og Vi\u00f0ar Geirsson v\u00e9lstj\u00f3ri. \u00d3l\u00edna er gift Eddu Gar\u00f0arsd\u00f3ttur og b\u00faa \u00fe\u00e6r \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk \u00e1samt b\u00f6rnum s\u00ednum, Berg\u00fe\u00f3ru H\u00f6nnu \u00d3l\u00ednud\u00f3ttur og Vi\u00f0ari Bjarti Eddusyni.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":1195,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_phd_date_start":"2020-09-25T14:00:00+00:00","_phd_date_end":"2020-09-25T17:00:00+00:00","_phd_location":"A\u00f0albygging H\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0asalur","_phd_admission":"A\u00f0gangur \u00f3keypis","_phd_thesis_title":"Vitr\u00e6nt mat og endurh\u00e6fing ungs f\u00f3lks eftir ge\u00f0rof. 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