Gerd Kvale

Position

Emeriti, Head of the OCD team, Haukekand University Hospital

Affiliation

Teaching

PhD Students

Audun Havnen ("dual competency")

Eili Nygard Riise ("dual competenvy")

Publications

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gerd_Kvale

 

Projects

Main study:

New treatment strategies for "The difficult to treat anxiety patients": A randomized placebo-controlled multicenterstudy. (PI)  Norwegian Research Council and Norway’s Regional Health Authorities (project no.: 912013) and             Helse Vest (project no: 911880)

Study 1: "Translational approach to the understanding and treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Can D-Cycloserine enhance and stabilize the treatment-response in relapsed and non-responding OCD-patients? A randomized, double-blind, placebo- controlled  national study"  (PI)

Study 2: “Translational Approach to Anxiety Disorders: Treatment and Mechanisms. A Randomized Double-Blind Study.» Helse Vest, project 911880  (PI)

Quality improvement;

 

Implementation of evidence based treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorders. The OCD-team, Haukeland University Hospital (leader)