Gerhard Andersson, Ph.D, Professor in Clinical Psychology, Licensed Psychotherapist

 
Professor Gerhard Andersson, Ph.D. is full professor of Clinical Psychology at Linköping University (appointed 2003) in the Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning. He also holds a position as guest professor at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm (appointed 2007) in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychiatry (section for Internet psychiatry). His clinical work is mainly devoted to audiology and he has a part-time position as clinical psychologist at the Department of Audiology, Linköping University Hospital, as a member of the Tinnitus team. Professor Andersson received his education at Uppsala University, Department of Psychology, and graduated in 1991 (M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology). His first Ph.D. was in Clinical Psychology (1995) and his second Ph.D. was in Medicine (2000). Most recently he has completed a B.A. in Theology (2010) in his spare time. During his whole career he has worked part-time with patients, mainly in audiology but also for a period in psychiatry. He did his post-doc at the Department of Psychology, University College, London (1996-1997)), working with patients with dizziness and imbalance. He is trained as CBT therapist and has a license and graduate diploma as psychotherapist (2005). Professor Andersson has published over 230 research papers and 7 books. His present h-index is 29.
 


 Current research interests are the following:

• The application of the Internet in psychological research, in particular guided self-help treatment via the Internet, but also web-based questionnaires, psychological experiments on the Internet and epidemiology.
• Tinnitus. Interest spans over biological mechanisms, epidemiology, treatment, experience, and psychological aspects. Other related problems such as hyperacusis are also an interest.
• Cognitive-behavioural treatment and psychotherapy research, including major depression, panic disorder, social phobia, and health psychology topics such as tinnitus and chronic pain.
• Health psychology, including psychological aspects of hearing loss, dizziness and balance disturbances, burn injury, chronic pain, headache, insomnia, cancer, coping, and stress.
• Cognitive aspects of health problems. This involves applying methods from cognitive psychology in the study of health problems. Examples include the emotional Stroop test and the autobiographical memory test.
• Psychology of religion.