Research interests
- Consequences of social inequality in childhood (education, income, health)
- Policy and treatment interventions
- Psychiatric epidemiology
- Research methods
- Methods for causal inference with observational data
- Instrumental variables
- Mendelian randomization
Background
- 2023- : Researcher, Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo. Affiliated with the ERC project EQOP
- 2018- : PhD candidate, Psychiatric Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen
- 2021-2022: Honorary Fellow, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 2015-2023: Special Consultant, Competence Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital
- 2015-2019: Consultant, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
- MPhil Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Bergen
- Bachelor in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Bergen
Twitter: @tarjeiwh
Tags:
Psychiatric epidemiology,
sociology,
quantitative methods
Publications
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Hofstad, Tore; Nyttingnes, Olav; Markussen, Simen; Johnsen, Erik; Killackey, Eoin & McDaid, David
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(2023).
Long term outcomes and causal modelling of compulsory inpatient and outpatient mental health care using Norwegian registry data: Protocol for a controversies in psychiatry research project.
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research.
ISSN 1049-8931.
33(1).
doi:
10.1002/mpr.1980.
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Objectives:
Compulsory mental health care includes compulsory hospitalisation and outpatient commitment with medication treatment without consent. Uncertain evidence of the effects of compulsory care contributes to large geographical variations and a controversy on its use. Some argue that compulsion can rarely be justified and should be reduced to an absolute minimum, while others claim compulsion can more frequently be justified. The limited evidence base has contributed to variations in care that raise issues about the quality/appropriateness of care as well as ethical concerns. To address the question whether compulsory mental health care results in superior, worse or equivalent outcomes for patients, this project will utilise registry-based longitudinal data to examine the effect of compulsory inpatient and outpatient care on multiple outcomes, including suicide and overall mortality; emergency care/injuries; crime and victimisation; and participation in the labour force and welfare dependency.
Methods:
By using the natural variation in health providers' preference for compulsory care as a source of quasi-randomisation we will estimate causal effects of compulsory care on short- and long-term trajectories.
Conclusions:
This project will provide valuable insights for service providers and policy makers in facilitating high quality clinical care pathways for a high risk population group.
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Widding-Havneraas, Tarjei
(2019).
The prescription rate for ADHD-medication varies among children and young people’s psychiatric out-patient clinics (BUP): Which prescription rate gives best prognosis?
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Widding-Havneraas, Tarjei
(2019).
Suicide can be prevented by training GPs: Evidence for effectiveness from a nation-wide naturalistic controlled trial.
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Widding-Havneraas, Tarjei
(2019).
Potential outcomes and instrumental variables: An introduction.
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Widding-Havneraas, Tarjei
(2018).
Effects of medication on long-term outcomes in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
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Widding-Havneraas, Tarjei
(2018).
Causal inference in observational data: Potential outcomes and its applications.
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Widding-Havneraas, Tarjei
(2017).
Karrieremuligheter for sosiologer i helsesektoren.
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Aug. 22, 2023 10:17 AM
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