Fredrik Moe is a specialist in clinical psychology and philosopher. He has a PhD from the University of Stavanger. He studied long-term recovery processes in people suffering from substance use dependence, mainly focusing on some psychological and social variables that enhance long-term recovery after addiction treatment. Moe has published a systematic review on relapse operationalizations and a paper on the reduction of psychological theory in opioid maintenance therapy (in Norwegian).

Moe has also studied possible extra-scientific presuppositions associated with substance use/abuse as to why substance dependence is treated differently than other chronic illnesses.

Moreover, Moe has studied the normativity in psychiatric nosology, focusing on how the DSM-5’s epistemological framework may narrow the conceptualization of mental illness and thus hinder the integration with the biopsychosocial model of psychiatry. Additionally, Moe has investigated the relationship between the common factors in psychotherapy and personal therapy.

• Forskning og retningslinjer må gjenspeile at rusavhengighet er kronisk. Morgenbladet (2022).
• Rusforskning i bakleksa. I Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening (2022).
• Oral presentation at the 23^rd International Conference on Addiction Treatment and Therapy. Title: Differentiating between early versus late relapse is decisive in substance use disorder recovery (2021).
• Etikken før evidensen. I Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening (2020).
• Samfunnsdiagnoser er ikke nødvendigvis representative samfunnsbeskrivelser. I Salongen: nettidsskrift for filosofi og idehistorie (2019).
• Med et filosofisk blikk på psykologifaget, intervju med Institutt for filosofi og førstesemesterstudier, Universitetet i Bergen.

Lecturer Examen Philosophicum (SVEXPHIL) ved Universitetet i Stavanger (2022). 

Lecturer PRPSYK301A Profesjonsførebuande 1 - Psykisk helse, behandling og fagetikk ved Universitetet i Bergen (2022, 2023). 

Lecturer PRPSYKVIT Psykologiens vitskapsteori og forskingsmetodar ved Universitetet i Bergen (2023).

Academic literature review

• Fredrik Dreyer Moe; Christian Moltu; James R. McKay et al. (2021). Is the relapse concept in studies of substance use disorders a ‘one size fits all’ concept? A systematic review of relapse operationalisations. (external link)
• Fredrik Dreyer Moe; Jens Thimm (2020). Personal therapy and the personal therapist. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Fredrik Dreyer Moe; Christian Moltu; James R. McKay et al. (2021). Differentiating between Early versus Late Relapse is Decisive in Substance Use Disorder Recovery. (external link)

Media feature article

• Fredrik Dreyer Moe (2022). Forskning og retningslinjer må gjenspeile at rusavhengighet er kronisk. (external link)
• Fredrik Dreyer Moe (2025). Etisk språkbruk om ADHD. (external link)

Academic article

• Fredrik Dreyer Moe; Aleksander Hagen Erga; Jone Ravndal Bjørnestad et al. (2024). The interdependence of substance use, satisfaction with life, and psychological distress: a dynamic structural equation model analysis. (external link)
• Fredrik Dreyer Moe; Paola Maria De Cuzzani (2022). The normativity in psychiatric nosology. An analysis of how the DSM-5’s psychopathology conceptualisation can be integrated. (external link)
• Fredrik Dreyer Moe; Ottar Ness (2026). Recovery vistas in mental health and addiction. (external link)
• Fredrik Dreyer Moe; Tore Tjora; Christian Moltu et al. (2025). Changes in the trajectories of drug-free friendships and substance use among a cohort of individuals with multiple substance use disorders. (external link)
• Fredrik Dreyer Moe (2020). Den opiatavhengiges streben etter uavhengighet. (external link)
• Fredrik Dreyer Moe; Henrik Berg (2022). Treating equivalent cases differently: A comparative analysis of substance use disorder and type 2 diabetes in Norwegian treatment guidelines. (external link)

Journal review

• Fredrik Dreyer Moe (2020). Etikken før evidensen. (external link)
• Fredrik Dreyer Moe (2019). Samfunnsdiagnoser er ikke nødvendigvis representative samfunnsbeskrivelser. (external link)

Letter to the editor

• Fredrik Dreyer Moe (2022). Rusforskning i bakleksa. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in NVA.

Moe’s publications are available at his Google Scholar profile and Researchgate profile.