From 010323 I have a 40% position as a guestresearcher at Department of Biomedicine at UiB funded by NEVSOM for my project  "ADHD gender and genes - Sammenligning av genetisk risiko og selvrapporterte ADHD-symptomer hos kvinner og menn i en befolkningsstudie” with use of genetic and phenotypic data from MoBa - The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study.

I also have a 60% position as senior consultant at Child- and adolescent psychiatry outpatient unit, Hospital Betanien, Bergen, Norway, contact me here: berit.skretting.solberg@betaniensykehus.no 

I defended my thesis , Friday 7th February 2020:“Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; sex differences in psychiatric comorbidity and transgenerational recurrence risks. A population-based study using Norwegian registry data”.

Link to the press release for my dissertation:

https://www.uib.no/nye-doktorgrader/133258/kj%C3%B8nnsforskjeller-ved-adhd 

My main interests:

• ADHD
• autism
• psychiatric comorbidities: anxiety, bipolar, major depression, personality disorder, schizophrenia spectrum disorder and substance use disorder
• epidemiology
• register studies
• nutritional factors
• genetics

2024

• Høberg, André; Solberg, Berit Skretting; Hegvik, Tor-Arne et al. (2024). Using polygenic scores in combination with symptom rating scales to identify attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. (external link)

2023

• Xie, Tian; Schweren, Lizanne J.S.; Larsson, Henrik et al. (2023). Do Poor Diet and Lifestyle Behaviors Modify the Genetic Susceptibility to Impulsivity in the General Population?. (external link)
• Høberg, André; Solberg, Berit Skretting; Haavik, Jan et al. (2023). Genetically Informed Early Identification of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). (external link)
• Solberg, Berit Skretting; Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Instanes, Johanne Telnes et al. (2023). Maternal Fiber Intake During Pregnancy and Development of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms Across Childhood: The Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study. (external link)
• Hartman, Catharina A.; Larsson, Henrik; Vos, Melissa et al. (2023). Anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders in adult men and women with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A substantive and methodological overview. (external link)

2022

• Kvalvik, Liv Grimstvedt; Klungsøyr, Kari; Igland, Jannicke et al. (2022). Association of sweetened carbonated beverage consumption during pregnancy and ADHD symptoms in the offspring: a study from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). (external link)

2021

• Posserud, Maj-Britt Rocio; Solberg, Berit Skretting; Engeland, Anders et al. (2021). Male to female ratios in autism spectrum disorders by age, intellectual disability and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. (external link)
• Li, Lin; Taylor, Mark J; Bälter, Katarina et al. (2021). Gene-Environment Interactions in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptom Dimensions: The Role of Unhealthy Food Habits. (external link)

2020

• Solberg, Berit Skretting; Hegvik, Tor-Arne; Halmøy, Anne et al. (2020). Sex differences in parent–offspring recurrence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. (external link)
• Solberg, Berit Skretting; Klungsøyr, Kari; Haavik, Jan et al. (2020). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; sex differences in psychiatric comorbidity and transgenerational recurrence risks : A population-based study using Norwegian registry data. (external link)

2019

• Solberg, Berit Skretting; Zayats, Tetyana; Posserud, Maj-Britt Rocio et al. (2019). Patterns of psychiatric comorbidity and genetic correlations provide new insights into differences between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder. (external link)
• Solberg, Berit Skretting; Hegvik, Tor-Arne; Halmøy, Anne et al. (2019). Parent-offspring recurrence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. (external link)
• Solberg, Berit Skretting; Halmøy, Anne; Haavik, Jan (2019). Helsetjeneste for voksne med ADHD – brukertilfredshet og betydning av psykoedukasjon. (external link)
• Solberg, Berit Skretting; Hegvik, Tor-Arne; Zayats, Tetyana et al. (2019). Parent-offspring recurrence of ADHD. (external link)

2018

• Solberg, Berit Skretting; Zayats, Tetyana; Posserud, Maj-Britt Rocio et al. (2018). Psychiatric comorbidity and genetic correlations provide new insights into differences between ADHD and autism . (external link)
• Solberg, Berit Skretting; Zayats, Tetyana; Posserud, Maj-Britt Rocio et al. (2018). Psychiatric comorbidity and genetic correlations provide new insights into differences between ADHD and autism . (external link)
• Solberg, Berit Skretting; Zayats, Tetyana; Posserud, Maj-Britt Rocio et al. (2018). Psychiatric comorbidities in adults with ADHD and/or autism: Can patterns of comorbidities together with genetics add knowledge on etiologic relations? . (external link)

2017

• Solberg, Berit Skretting; Halmøy, Anne; Engeland, Anders et al. (2017). Gender differences in psychiatric comorbidity: a population-based study of 40 000 adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. (external link)
• Solberg, Berit Skretting; Halmøy, Anne; Engeland, Anders et al. (2017). Gender Differences in Psychiatric Comorbidity: A Population-based Study of 40,000 Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. (external link)
• Solberg, Berit Skretting; Posserud, Maj-Britt Rocio (2017). Fra uforskammet og vanartet til bokstavbarn - ADHD og autisme i dagens skole. (external link)
• Solberg, Berit Skretting; Halmøy, Anne; Engeland, Anders et al. (2017). Psychiatric comorbidities in male and female adults with ADHD. (external link)

2015

• Solberg, Berit Skretting; Haavik, Jan; Halmøy, Anne (2015). Health Care Services for Adults With ADHD: Patient Satisfaction and the Role of Psycho-Education.. (external link)

2014

• Solberg, Berit Skretting; Hysing, Mari; Bøe, Tormod et al. (2014). Holdninger til bruk av medisiner hos voksne med ADHD målt ved hjelp av Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ). (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Project as a guestresearcher, 40% position March 2023-February 2024:

at Department of Biomedicine at UiB funded by NEVSOM for my project  "ADHD gender and genes - Sammenligning av genetisk risiko og selvrapporterte ADHD-symptomer hos kvinner og menn i en befolkningsstudie”"

Project as a researcher, 50% position March 2020- February 2022:

E2BN - Eat to be nice - https://eat2benice.eu/

From the web-page:

Maladaptive impulsivity and compulsivity predispose to antisocial and addictive behaviours. Factors influencing those traits are not well understood, but diet, lifestyle, socio-economic status (SES), sex, and heritability play pivotal roles. Here, we aim:

1. to identify nutrition and lifestyle drivers that can be employed to prevent detrimental impulsivity/ compulsivity in males and females across the lifespan,
2. to characterize the etiologic paths leading to extreme behaviour, and
3. to promote policy changes to counteract maladaptive impulsivity/compulsivity by disseminating evidence-based information about health-related behaviours to families, clinicians, policy makers, and general public.

 

 

PhD-project (2016-2020):

Psychiatric comorbidities in ADHD;

by linking information from four nationwide, population-based registries: The Medical Birth Registry of Norway, established in 1967, the Norwegian Prescription Database, established in 2004, the Norwegian Patient Registry, with data from 2008, and the National Educational Database (NUDB) from Statistics Norway.

First paper studied gender differences in adults with ADHD in risk of psychiatric disorders compared with the remaining population without ADHD, published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2017 (see publication list for details)

Second paper aimed to investigate different patterns in psychiatric comorbidities in adults with ADHD, ASD or both ADHD and ASD, and evaluate these patterns with genetic correlations from summary statistics, published in Biological Psychiatry 2019 (see publication list for details)