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Spesialist i psykiatri, Statens helsetilsyn
Articles by Ewa Ness
Patient visits to a psychiatric casualty clinic during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Ewa Ness,
- Erik Myrvang Salvador,
- Erlend Strand Gardsjord
13.08.2020:
A pandemic can affect the population both somatically and psychologically. In England, 24 % of the population reported experiencing anxiety in connection with the swine flu in 2009 (1). We wished to investigate how the flow of patients to the Psychiatric Casualty Clinic in Oslo was affected during...
Can we save more lives?
- Ewa Ness,
- Jon Ragnar Skotte,
- Tore Buer Christensen,
- Jan Fredrik Andresen
18.05.2020:
Psychotic depression represents a considerable suicide risk. Our review of early warnings in the aftermath of suicide shows that symptoms of psychotic depression are frequently described, but have been interpreted as something else. It is crucial that this potentially life-threatening condition be...
Suicides, mental health care and interdisciplinary specialised addiction services in the Agder counties 2004–13
- Vegard Øksendal Haaland,
- Marianne Bjørkholt,
- Anne Freuchen,
- Ewa Ness,
- Fredrik A. Walby
02.10.2017:
Each year, more than 500 Norwegians take their own life. This figure is four times higher than the number of road traffic fatalities in 2015 (1). The causes of suicide are complex, difficult to investigate and only partly understood (2, 3). Each suicide has its own history, and each suicide has a...