Nissen, Alexander

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Bio: etter å ha fullført min bachelor på UC Berkeley i samfunnsøkonomi, studerte jeg medisin på Yale University i USA. Jeg har senere tatt en mastergrad i epidemiologi ved London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) i England. Før jeg ble forsker ved NKVTS, jobbet jeg som barne- og ungdomspsykiater ved Oslo Universitetssykehus, Ullevaal. Jeg har vært ansatt på NKVTS siden 2011, og jeg er i tillegg ansatt som statistiker ved Röda Korsets Högskola i Stockholm, Sverige.
Akademiske interesser: helse/psykisk helse hos flyktninger (sykdomsbyrde og risiko- og beskyttende faktorer); helse og integrering hos flyktninger; global (mental) helse; psykotraumatologi; PTSD; epidemiologi/epidemiologiske metoder (studiedesign, metode, statistikk, pre-registrering/hypotese-testende vs. hypotese-genererende forskning).
Aktiviteter:
– forsker i REFUGE-prosjektet som omhandler (mental) helse og integrering i voksne flyktninger fra Syria som ankom Norge mellom 2015 og 2017
– først studien: “Should we talk about mental health? Feasibility of assessment of mental health and treatment needs in newly arrived refugees from the war in Ukraine – a pilot study”
– forsker/statistikker i forskningsprosjektet “Resiliency, Mental Health and Social Participation among Refugees (RMSR)”, ved Röda Korsets Högskola i Stockholm, Sverige. Prosjektet omhandler mental helse, resiliens og sosial deltakelse og inkludering i nyankomne, voksne flyktninger fra Syria.
Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.no/citations?user=zOpLai4AAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexander-Nissen/publications
Prosjekter
- 2010-2026 Helse, trivsel og arbeidsmiljø etter 22/7: En undersøkelse av ansatte i Regjeringskvartalet og departementene
- 2023-2026 Arbeid etter vold: Konsekvensene av vold for arbeidslivet
- 2016-2026 REFUGE-studien: Helse og livskvalitet blant syrere i Norge
- 2018-2025 RefugeesWellSchool: Preventive school-based interventions to promote the mental well-being of refugee and migrant adolescents (Horisont 2020)
- 2018-2023 Omfangsundersøkelse om vold og overgrep 2021
Vitenskapelige artikler og bokkapitler
Strøm, I. F., Aakvaag, H. F., Nissen, A., Skauge, A. D., Seifert, L. C., Nielsen, M. B., Dale, M. T. G., (2025). The prevalence of childhood bullying and violence victimization and subsequent risk of adult revictimization in the Norwegian population: A cross-sectional study. John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/jts.23145
Opaas, M., Wentzel-Larsen, T., Nissen, A., Hilden, P. K., Punamäki, R., Spaas, C., Jervelund, S. S., Kankaanpää, R., Skovdal, M., Peltonen, K., De Haene, L., de Smet, S., Verelst, A., Derluyn, I., Andersen, A. J., (2024). Migrant students’ self-reported executive function skills in relation to mental health, postmigration stress, and positive appraisals of self and the social context. Taylor & Francis. doi:10.1080/20008066.2024.2430923 Sammendrag
Straiton, M. L., Hynek, K. A., Nissen, A., (2023). Insomnia and post-migration stress among resettled Syrian refugees: a cross-sectional survey. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. doi:10.1108/IJMHSC-06-2022-0062
Haune, M. C., Nissen, A., Christiansen, Ø., Myrvold, T., Ruud, T., Heiervang, E. R., (2023). Comprehensive Health Assessment for Children in Out-of-Home Care: An Exploratory Study of Service Needs and Mental Health in a Norwegian Population. Springer. doi:10.1007/s10578-023-01619-5
Haune, M. C., Nissen, A., Christiansen, Ø., Myrvold, T., Ruud, T., Heiervang, E. R.(2023). Comprehensive Health Assessment for Children in Out-of-Home Care: An Exploratory Study of Service Needs and Mental Health in a Norwegian PopulationSpringer.
Solberg, Ø., Nissen, A., Saboonchi, F., (2023). Post-migration stressors, mental health and well-being in resettled refugees from Syria: Do individuals’ coping strategies matter?. BioMed Central (BMC). doi:10.1186/s13031-023-00556-3
Stensland, S., Glad, K. A., Andersen, A. J., Brodersen, D., Bækkelund, H., Daae, C., Heltne, U. M., Jensen, T., Johnsen, I., Kristensen, P., Nissen, A., Ormhaug, S. M., Reinholdt, N. P., Stene, L. E., Thapa, S. B., Thoresen, S., Ottesen, A., (2023). Oppfølging av mennesker rammet av krig og katastrofer. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. doi:10.4045/tidsskr.23.0791
Nissen, A., Hynek, K. A., Scales, D., Hilden, P. K., & Straiton, M. L. (2022). Chronic pain, mental health and functional impairment in adult refugees from Syria resettled in Norway: a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1), 1-16. doi:10.1186/s12888-022-04200-x
Sengoelge, M., Nissen, A., & Solberg, Ø. (2022). Post-Migration Stressors and Health-Related Quality of Life in Refugees from Syria Resettled in Sweden. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH), 19(5). doi:10.3390/ijerph19052509
Nissen, A., Cauley, P., Saboonchi, F., Andersen, A. J., & Solberg, Ø. (2021). Mental health in adult refugees from Syria resettled in Norway between 2015 and 2017: A nationwide, questionnaire-based, cross-sectional prevalence study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology. doi:10.1080/20008198.2021.1994218
Berthelsen, M., Hansen, M. B., Hansen, M. B., Nissen, A., Nielsen, M. B., Knardahl, S., & Heir, T. (2021). The Impact of a Workplace Terrorist Attack on the Psychosocial Work Environment: A Longitudinal Study From Pre- to Post-disaster. Frontiers In Public Health, 9. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.708260
Nissen, A., Sengoelge, M., & Solberg, Ø. (2021). Post-migration Stressors and Subjective Well-Being in Adult Syrian Refugees Resettled in Sweden: A Gender Perspective. Frontiers In Public Health, 9. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.717353 Sammendrag
Dale, M. T. G., Nissen, A., Berthelsen, M., Gjessing, H. K., & Heir, T. (2021). Psychosocial work factors and sick leave risk after a terrorist bomb attack: a survey and registry-based longitudinal study of governmental employees in Norway. BMJ Open, 11. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052628
Brennen, T., Blix, I., Nissen, A., Skumlien, M., Holmes, E. A., Skumlien, M., & Holmes, E. A., & Solberg, Ø. (2021). Investigating the frequency of intrusive memories after 24 hours using a visuospatial interference intervention: a follow-up and extension. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1), 1-12. doi:10.1080/20008198.2021.1953788
Solberg, Ø., Sengoelge, M., Nissen, A., & Saboonchi, F. (2021). Coping in limbo? The moderating role of coping strategies in the relationship between post-migration stress and well-being during the asylum-seeking process. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH), 18(3), 1-16. doi:10.3390/ijerph18031004
Nissen, A., & Heir, T. (2020). Security interventions and perceived safety and threat following workplace terrorism: a three-wave longitudinal study of ministerial employees in Norway. Journal of Risk Research, 1-15. doi:10.1080/13669877.2020.1848903
Solberg, Ø., Nissen, A., Vaez, M., Cauley, P., & Saboonchi, F.Eriksson, A. K. (2020). Children at risk: A nation-wide, cross-sectional study examining post-traumatic stress symptoms in refugee minors from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan resettled in Sweden between 2014 and 2018. Conflict and Health, 14:67, 1-12. doi:10.1186/s13031-020-00311-y
Sengoelge, M., Solberg, Ø., Nissen, A., & Saboonchi, F. (2020). Exploring Social and Financial Hardship, Mental Health Problems and the Role of Social Support in Asylum Seekers Using Structural Equation Modelling. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH), 17(19), 1-14. doi:10.3390/ijerph17196948
Nissen, A., Berthelsen, M., Grønning Dale, M. T., Hansen, M. B., & Heir, T. (2020). Is perceived safety and threat after workplace terrorism linked to employee sick-leave? A registry-based longitudinal study of governmental employees in Norway. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 11:185249(1), 1-13. doi:10.1080/20008198.2020.1785249 Sammendrag
Grønning Dale, M. T., Nissen, A. F. W., Berthelsen, M., & Heir, T. (2020). Post-traumatic stress reactions and doctor-certified sick leave after a workplace terrorist attack: Norwegian cohort study. BMJ Open, 10(2). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032693 Sammendrag
Nissen, A., Cauley, P., Saboonchi, F., Andersen, A. J., & Solberg, Ø. (2020). Cohort profile: Resettlement in Uprooted Groups Explored (REFUGE) – A longitudinal study of mental health and integration in adult refugees from Syria resettled in Norway between 2015 and 2017. BMJ Open, 10(7). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036101
Berthelsen, M., Hansen, M. B., Nissen, A., Nielsen, M. B., Knardahl, S., & Heir, T. (2020). Effects of exposure to workplace terrorism on subsequent doctor certified sickness absence, and the modifying role of psychological and social work factors: a combined survey and register study. BMC Public Health, 20(1). doi:10.1186/s12889-020-08465-3
Nissen, A., Hansen, M., Bang Hansen, M., Nielsen, M. B., Birkeland Nielsen, M., Knardahl, S., & Heir, T. (2019). Employee safety perception following workplace terrorism. A longitudinal study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10. doi:10.1080/20008198.2018.1478584
Hansen, M., Bang Hansen, M., Berthelsen, M., Nissen, A., & Heir, T. (2018). Sick leave before and after a work-place targeted terror attack. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. doi:10.1007/s00420-018-1390-8 Sammendrag
Nissen, A., Cook, J., Loha, E., & Lindtjorn, B. (2017). Proximity to vector breeding site and risk of Plasmodium vivax infection: a prospective cohort study in rural Ethiopia. Malaria Journal, 16:380, 1-11. doi:10.1186/s12936-017-2031-5
Hansen, M., Birkeland, M. S., Nissen, A., Blix, I., Solberg, Ø., & Heir, T. (2017). Prevalence and course of symptom-defined PTSD in individuals directly or indirectly exposed to terror: A longitudinal study. Psychiatry, 80(2), 171-183. doi:10.1080/00332747.2016.1230983
Blix, I., Kanten, A. B., Birkeland, M. S., Solberg, Ø., Nissen, A., & Heir, T. (2016). Thinking About What Might Have Happened: Counterfactual Thinking and Post-traumatic Stress in Individuals Directly and Indirectly Exposed to the 2011 Oslo Bombing. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30(6), 983-991. doi:10.1002/acp.3289 Sammendrag
Nissen, A., & Heir, T. (2016). Perceived safety at work in the wake of terror: The importance of security measures and emergency preparedness. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 10(6), 805-811. doi:10.1017/dmp.2016.45
Nissen, A., Nielsen, M. B., Solberg, Ø., Hansen, M., & Heir, T. (2015). Perception of threat and safety at work among employees in the Norwegian ministries after the 2011 Oslo bombing. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 28(6), 650-662. doi:10.1080/10615806.2015.1009831 Sammendrag
Hansen, M., Nissen, A., & Heir, T. (2013). Proximity to terror and post-traumatic stress: a follow-up survey of governmental employees after the 2011 Oslo bombing attack. BMJ Open, 3(7). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002692
Blix, I., Hansen, M., Birkeland, M. S., Nissen, A., & Heir, T. (2013). Posttraumatic growth, posttraumatic stress and psychological adjustment in the aftermath of the 2011 Oslo bombing attack. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 11:160. doi:10.1186/1477-7525-11-160 Sammendrag
Nissen, A., & McKee, H. (2003). Yale project for health action: AIDS education in South Africa. The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine.
Bøker og avhandlinger
Nissen, A., (2024). Mental health, chronic pain and migration-related stress in refugees resettled in Norway and Sweden.
Rapporter
Michelsen, H., Nissen, A., Ottesen, A., (2023). "Skal vi snakke om psykisk helse": En pilotstudie av opplevd hjelpebehov og holdninger til psykisk helse hos Ukrainske flyktninger. Sammendrag
Solberg, Ø., Nissen, A., Cauley, P., & Andersen, A. J. (2020). Mental health and quality of life among refugees from Syria after forced migration to Norway: Main findings from the REFUGE study. (Rapport 1/2020). Sammendrag
Andre publikasjoner
Nissen, A. (2016). Data analysis project exploring the effect of proximity to vector breeding site on P.vivax infection using data from a prospective cohort study of residents in a rural village in Ethiopia. (Mastergradsoppgave).
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