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Senter for rus- og avhengighetsforskning (SERAF)
Universitetet i Oslo
Forfatterbidrag: idé og utforming av studien, tolking av data, utarbeiding og revisjon av manus samt godkjenning av innsendte manusversjon.
Thomas Clausen er dr.med., senterleder og professor.
Articles by Thomas Clausen
Toxicological findings in overdose suicides 2016–21
- Anna Armika Tussilago Nyman,
- Stig Tore Bogstrand,
- Thomas Clausen,
- Hilde Marie Erøy Edvardsen
10.02.2025:
Overdoses from illegal drugs and psychoactive medications with addiction potential are a serious social problem, with several hundred deaths annually in Norway. Over the past decade, suicides have accounted for 11–20 % of these deaths (1). The number of overdose deaths has increased since 2013, with...
Injuries after violence and accidents – the forgotten pandemic?
- Oddvar Uleberg,
- Thomas Kristiansen,
- Trond Nordseth,
- Jo Steinson Stenehjem,
- Jon Michael Gran,
- Thomas Clausen,
- Olav Røise,
- Leiv Arne Rosseland
23.05.2022:
All information on injuries should be collected in a national injury registry devised for research. This will pave the way for a new strategy for injury prevention. We have insufficient knowledge about the prevalence of injuries after violence and accidents. How many injuries can be prevented, how...
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)...
General practitioners’ views on drug-assisted rehabilitation
- Helge Waal,
- Mette Brekke,
- Thomas Clausen,
- Morten Lindbæk,
- Judith Rosta,
- Ivar Skeie,
- Olaf Gjerløw Aasland
04.09.2012:
Substitution treatment with methadone or buprenorphine is currently the most common treatment for heroin dependence (1). The treatment was established in Norway as drug-assisted rehabilitation (DAR) in 1997. The model has been evaluated a number of times (2) – (5). The Directorate of Health issued...