Jorun Rugkåsa

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

Social sciences Midical sciences

Subject areas

Health services research Medical Anthropology Mental Health Health Services Research Mental Health Services Sociology, Medical

Research groups

Mental Health

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

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.
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.

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. 18 p. International Journal of Care and Caring. Vol. 8.
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; 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.

Wormdahl, Irene; Hatling, Trond; Husum, Tonje Lossius ; Kjus, Solveig Helene; Rugkåsa, Jorun ; Brodersen, Dorte; Christensen, signe Dahl; Nyborg, Petter Sundt; Skolseng, Torstein Borch; Ødegård, Eva Irene; Andersen, Anna Margrethe; Gundersen, Espen; Rise, Marit By (2022). The ReCoN intervention: a co-created comprehensive intervention for primary mental health care aiming to prevent involuntary admissions. BMC Health Services Research. Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08302-w

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Research reports

Wormdahl, Irene; Rugkåsa, Jorun ; Rise, Marit By (2022). Pathways towards involuntary admissions. How do they unfold in primary mental health care settings, and what can be done to prevent them?. ISBN: 978-82-326-6329-3. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet.

Wynn, Rolf; Stuen, Hanne Kilen; Landheim, Anne; Rugkåsa, Jorun (2019). Community treatment orders in an Assertive Community Treatment setting: a qualitative study of experiences of patients, care providers and responsible clinicians. ISBN: 978-82-7589-649-8. 142 p. UiT Norges arktiske universitet.

Nyttingnes, Olav; Hanssen-Bauer, Ketil; Ruud, Torleif; Rugkåsa, Jorun (2018). Patients' Experience of Coercion in Mental Health Care. ISBN: 978-82-8377-228-9. 104 p. Universitetet i Oslo.
https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/61672

These publications are obtained from Cristin. The list may be incomplete

Dissemination

Thorvaldsen, Nina Øye ; Häikiö, Kristin ; Rugkåsa, Jorun ; Bergem, Anne Kristine (2024). Ambulance personnel's perspectives and perceived competence in encounters with patients with mental health illnesses. 999 EMS Research Forum . East of England Ambulance Services NHS Trust.

Rugkåsa, Jorun (2024). Future research on coercion in mental health care – which gaps must we fill? Keynote presentation. 13th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry. EViPRG.

Rugkåsa, Jorun (2024). The ‘Reducing Coercion in Norway’ (ReCoN) intervention: Results from a cluster-RCT. 13th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry. EViPRG.

Rugkåsa, Jorun (2024). Service variation in the use of involuntary admissions: Implications for care quality and patient rights. 13th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry. EViPRG.

Rugkåsa, Jorun ; Husum, Tonje Lossius (2024). Development, implementation and outcomes of the Reducing Coercion in Norway intervention for primary mental health services. Scientific meeting. FOSTREN Cost Action Network and the European Violence in Psychiatry Research Group.

Rugkåsa, Jorun (2024). Reducing Coercion in Norway. Resultater fra et 4-årig forskningsprosjekt. Holmenkonferansen. Frivillighet og tvang.

Rugkåsa, Jorun (2024). Reducing the use of involuntary admissions: prevention is better than cure. 32nd European Congress of Psychiatry. European Psychiatric Association.

Nyttingnes, Olav; Rugkåsa, Jorun ; Husum, Tonje Lossius ; Kjus, Solveig Helene (2024). Patient Perspectives on Coercion Reduction in Mental Health Care – Insights from Qualitative Studies. XXXVIIIth International Congress on Law and Mental Health. International Academy of Law and Mental Health.

Nyttingnes, Olav; Hofstad, Tore; Saltyte Benth, Jurate; Rugkåsa, Jorun (2024). Exploring the Impact of Catchment Area Rates of Involuntary Care on Patient Morbidity and Mortality in Norway. XXXVIIIth International Congress on Law and Mental Health. International Academy of Law and Mental Health.

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