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
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Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
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. 23:112.
Hofstad, Tore; Husum, Tonje Lossius; Rugkåsa, Jorun; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten
(2022).
Geographical variation in compulsory hospitalisation – ethical challenges.
BMC Health Services Research
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Vol. 22.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3050058
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.
Mulder, Niels; Hamilton, Bridget; Rugkåsa, Jorun (2022). Coercion in Psychiatry: Epidemiology, Effects and Prevention. ISBN: 978-2-83250-122-1. 177 p.
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
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Vol. 22.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/94625
Høyer, Georg; Nyttingnes, Olav; Rugkåsa, Jorun; Sharashova, Ekaterina; Simonsen, Tone Breines; Høye, Anne; Riley, Henriette
(2022).
Impact of introducing capacity-based mental health legislation on the use of community treatment orders in Norway: case registry study.
BJPsych Open
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Vol. 8.
https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25061
Hofstad, Tore; Rugkåsa, Jorun; Ose, Solveig Osborg; Nyttingnes, Olav; Kjus, Solveig Helene Høymork; Husum, Tonje Lossius
(2021).
Service Characteristics and Geographical Variation in Compulsory Hospitalisation: An Exploratory Random Effects Within–Between Analysis of Norwegian Municipalities, 2015–2018.
Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Vol. 12.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2839470
Nyttingnes, Olav; Rugkåsa, Jorun (2021). The Introduction of Medication-Free Mental Health Services in Norway: An Analysis of the Framing and Impact of Arguments From Different Standpoints. Frontiers in Psychiatry . Vol. 12.
Standal, Kari; Solbakken, Ole Andre; Rugkåsa, Jorun; Martinsen, Astrid Ringen; Halvorsen, Margrethe Seeger; Abbass, Allan; Heiervang, Kristin S. (2021). Why service users choose medication-free psychiatric treatment: A mixed-method study of user accounts. Patient Preference and Adherence . Vol. 15.
Wormdahl, Irene; Husum, Tonje Lossius; Kjus, Solveig Helene; Rugkåsa, Jorun; Hatling, Trond; Rise, Marit By
(2021).
Between No Help and Coercion: Toward Referral to Involuntary Psychiatric Admission. A Qualitative Interview Study of Stakeholders' Perspectives.
Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Vol. 12.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/86792