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Articles by Øistein Kristensen
Standardised detoxification in cases of polydrug use
- Frode Dunsæd,
- Øistein Kristensen,
- John-Kåre Vederhus,
- Thomas Clausen,
- Magnhild Mjåvatn Høie
25.10.2016:
Substance dependence is a disorder that leads to impaired mental, physical and social functioning, and that often shows progressive development and a chronic course (1). Alcohol dependence and substance dependence/abuse are considered to be among the most common causes of poor health and are ranked...
Assessing alcohol use and smoking among patients admitted to the medical ward
- John-Kåre Vederhus,
- Ole Rysstad,
- Frode Gallefoss,
- Thomas Clausen,
- Øistein Kristensen
11.08.2015:
Smoking and harmful alcohol use cause a considerable loss of healthy life-years (1). Smoking has attracted a lot of attention, and in contacts with the health services patients are routinely inquired about their use of tobacco, frequently with subsequent advice to cut down their consumption and/or...
Patients who terminate OMT – how do they fare?
- Thomas Clausen,
- Reidun Åsland,
- Øistein Kristensen
17.06.2014:
At the end of 2012, more than 7 000 patients were undergoing opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) in Norway (1). This number has increased consistently over recent years. Since OMT was introduced as a nationwide option for opioid-addicted persons in 1998, more than 9 000 patients have participated (2)...
A woman in her 50s with manic psychosis
- Adrian Razvan Pasareanu,
- Åse Mygland,
- Øistein Kristensen
06.03.2012:
A woman who was compulsorily hospitalised for manic psychosis proved to need quite different treatment from what was first assumed necessary. A woman in her late 50s with no prior history of mental disorder was compulsorily hospitalised under the Mental Health Act to an acute psychiatric ward for...