The Mental Health and Wellbeing of Adults

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At the Department of Psychology we have a number of researchers who work within the area of adult mental health and wellbeing.  

Our researchers have expert knowledge on several different topics, including psychotherapy, mental disorders, personality disorders, sexuality, and trauma. Below, you will find an overview of our researchers and their areas of expertise. You can also read the latest news within the field of research. 

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Bo Bach
Professor

bbpn@psy.ku.dk 

  • Personality and personality disorder
  • Borderline, narcissistic, and schizotypal personality disorder
  • Psychiatry

Jesper Dammeyer
Professor

jesper.dammeyer@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 32 48 68

  • Disability, deafness, blindness, and deaf-blindness
  • Social, communicative, and cognitive development in people with sensory loss

Stig Poulsen
Professor

stig.poulsen@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 32 49 09
Mobile: +45 28 59 35 43

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychotherapy research
  • Bulimia and eating disorders
  • Practice-based research

Thomas Morton
Professor

thomas.morton@psy.ku.dk
Phone: +45 35 32 63 56

  • Self and social identity
  • Social norms
  • Prejudice and discrimination
  • Social connections, health, and wellbeing

Dea Siggaard Stenbæk
Associate Professor

dea@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 33 57 08

  • Psychedelic research
  • Neuropsychiatry
  • Research on the brain
  • Depression

Karen-Inge Karstoft
Associate Professor

kik@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 33 50 50

  • The people of conflict (veterans, etc.) 
  • Psychological reactions to war
  • Military Psychology
  • Trauma and mental health
  • PTSD

Sonja Breinholst
Associate Professor

sonja.breinholst@psy.ku.dk
Phone: +45 35 32 48 92

  • Anxiety, OCD, and depression 
  • Cognitive behavioural therapy
  • Clinical Psychology

Torben Bechmann Jensen
Associate Professor

torben.bechmann@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 32 48 46

  • Social research within youth, health, prostitution, marginalisation, smoking, counselling, education, and group behaviour

Monika Walczak
Assistant Professor

monika.walczak@psy.ku.dk
Phone: +45 35 32 49 43

  • Anxiety, OCD, and depression
  • Cognitive behavioural therapy and metacognitive therapy

Sophia Armand
Assistant Professor

soa@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 33 31 87

  • Psychedelic research
  • Psilocybin-assisted research

Charlotte Bjerre Meilstrup
Postdoc

cbm@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 32 20 67

  • Mental health promotion and wellbeing
  • Partnerships, interventions, and bridging between research and practice

Line Nielsen
Postdoc

ln@psy.ku.dk
Phone: +45 35 32 21 03

  • Public mental health, mental health promotion and wellbeing
  • Partnerships
  • Social inequality

Celia Faye Jacobsen
PhD student

celia.jacobsen@psy.ku.dk 
Mobile: +45 22 26 11 68

  • Psychotherapy research
  • Therapeutic responsiveness and individualized therapy
  • Attachment patterns
  • Therapeutic preferences as client factors

Emilie Hestbæk
PhD student

emilie.hestbaek.jacobsen@regionh.dk 
ehj@psy.ku.dk 

  • Personality disorder and trauma
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Borderline disorder
  • Psychiatry

Frederik Weischer Frandsen
PhD student

frederik.weischer.frandsen@psy.ku.dk 
Mobile: +45 29 46 60 67

  • Personality disorder
  • Borderline disorder
  • Social anxiety disorder and avoidant personality disorder

Rachele Mazzini
PhD student

rama@psy.ku.dk 
Phone: +45 35 32 77 89

  • Personality and individual differences
  • Close and romantic relationships
  • Dishonesty and cheating behaviour
  • Behavioural Psychology