About
Jorun Rugkåsa is Professor of Mental Health Care at the Faculty of Health Sciences. She holds a PhD in Sociology from Queen’s University, Belfast (2010). She specialises in health services research, and in particular mental health care. She has researched the effects and experiences of involuntary care, the continuity and collaboration between primary and specialist mental health care, and the role of family caregivers.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Health services research Medical Anthropology Mental Health Health Services Research Mental Health Services Sociology, Medical
Research groups
Research projects
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Ambulance workers’ assessment of self-determination and capacity to consent
The aim of this PhD project is to investigate ambulance workers' knowledge and experiences to assess the right to self-determination and capacity to consent in prehospital meetings with patients with mental health illnesses and/or drug-related issues.
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Self-determination and capacity to consent: ambulance staff encounters with people living with mental health illness and substance abuse
We aim to increase knowledge about how ambulance staff act when encountering patients with mental health and/or substance use disorders.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Aluh, Deborah Oyine; Lantta, Tella; Lourenço, Tânia; Birkeland, Soren Fryd; Castelpietra, Giulio; Dedovic, Jovo; Caldas-De-Almeida, José Miguel;
Rugkåsa, Jorun
(2024).
Legislation and policy for involuntary mental healthcare across countries in the FOSTREN network: Rationale, development of mapping survey and protocol.
BJPsych Open.
Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.744
Stenmarck, Mille Sofie; Whitehurst, David GT; Lurås, Hilde;
Rugkåsa, Jorun
(2024).
“It’s hard to say anything definitive about what severity really is”: lay conceptualisations of severity in a healthcare context.
13 p.
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 24.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10892-6
Husum, Tonje Lossius
; Wormdahl, Irene; Kjus, Solveig Helene Høymork; Hatling, Trond;
Rugkåsa, Jorun
(2024).
Something Happened with the Way We Work: Evaluating the Implementation of the Reducing Coercion in Norway (ReCoN) Intervention in Primary Mental Health Care.
Healthcare.
Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12070786
Standal, Kari; Solbakken, Ole Andre;
Rugkåsa, Jorun
; Halvorsen, Margrethe Seeger; Abbass, Allan; Wirsching, Christopher; Brakstad, Ingrid; Heiervang, Kristin Sverdvik
(2024).
Medication-Free Treatment in Mental Health Care How Does It Differ from Traditional Treatment?.
20 p.
Patient Preference and Adherence.
Vol. 18.
https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S435610
Nyttingnes, Olav; Saltyte Benth, Jurate; Hofstad, Tore;
Rugkåsa, Jorun
(2023).
The relationship between area levels of involuntary psychiatric care and patient outcomes: a longitudinal national register study from Norway.
BMC Psychiatry.
Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-04584-4
Häikiö, Kristin
;
Rugkåsa, Jorun
(2023).
Seeking a care–life balance: family carers’ perspectives on how quality of life can improve when caring for an older person living with dementia.
International Journal of Care and Caring.
https://doi.org/10.1332/239788221X16909940695901
Hofstad, Tore;
Husum, Tonje Lossius
;
Rugkåsa, Jorun
;
Hofmann, Bjørn Morten
(2022).
Geographical variation in compulsory hospitalisation – ethical challenges.
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08798-2
de Waardt, Dieuwertje Anna; van Melle, Anne Laura; Widdershoven, Guy Antoine Marie; van der Heijden, Franciscus;
Rugkåsa, Jorun
; Mulder, Cornelis Lambert
(2022).
Use of compulsory community treatment in mental healthcare: An integrative review of stakeholders’ opinions.
Frontiers in Psychiatry.
Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1011961
de Waardt, Dieuwertje Anna; van Melle, Anne Laura; Widdershoven, Guy Antoine Marie; Bramer, Wichor Matthijs; van der Heijden, Franciscus;
Rugkåsa, Jorun
; Mulder, Cornelis Lambert
(2022).
Use of compulsory community treatment in mental healthcare: An integrative review of stakeholders’ opinions.
Frontiers in Psychiatry.
Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1011961
Mulder, Niels; Hamilton, Bridget; Rugkåsa, Jorun (2022). Coercion in Psychiatry: Epidemiology, Effects and Prevention. ISBN: 978-2-83250-122-1. 177 p. Frontiers Media.