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Rune Jonassen

Rune Jonassen

Job title
  • Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 32, 0166 Oslo
  • Office number: N050.117
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 958 57 981
  • Office: +47 672 35 247
E-mail
  • rune.jonassen@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

I have background as PhD candidate, researcher, university lecturer, and Postdoctor from the Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo. I am authorised as clinical psychologist and have former- and on-going clinical practise.

Depression represents one of the largest sources of disability worldwide, is challenging to treat effectively, and very commonly recurs even when it is treated. Understanding mechanisms in individual trajectories that may lead to the prevention of consolidating depression symptoms is of crucial importance.

The ultimate goal of my research is to translate, and integrate research from genomics, neuroimaging and psychology to facilitate prevention and treatment of major depression. As Associate professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet, (since Q4 2018) I am aiming to establish an international and interdiciplinary research group with depression and related health complaints as thematic focus.

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Publications and research

Scientific publications

Bø, Ragnhild; Jonassen, Rune ; Harmer, Catherine; Øverli, Øyvind; Nilsen, Hilde; Esbensen, Qin Ying; Lirussi, Lisa; Heiberg, Hallvard; Kraft, Brage ; Hilland, Eva ; Stiles, Tore Charles; Haaland, Vegard Øksendal; Landrø, Nils Inge (2025). 5-HTTLPR does not moderate the effect of attention bias modification for depression: a randomized sham-controlled trial. Translational Psychiatry. Vol. 15.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-025-03581-3

Klonteig, Sandra ; Roalsø, Elise Solbu ; Kraft, Brage ; Moberget, Torgeir; Hilland, Eva ; Mirtaheri, Peyman ; Jonassen, Rune (2025). Measuring attentional bias using the dot-probe task in young women: Psychometric properties and feasibility of response-based computations, dwell time, and the N2pc component. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. Vol. 88.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2025.102036

Harrer, Mathias; Sprenger, Antonia A.; Illing, Susan; Adriaanse, Marcel C.; Albert, Steven M.; Allart, Esther; Almeida, Osvaldo P.; Basanovic, Julian; Bastelaar, Kim M.P. van; Batterham, Philip J.; Baumeister, Harald; Berger, Thomas; Blanco, Vanessa Riveiro; Bø, Ragnhild; Casten, Robin J.; Chan, Dicken; Christensen, Helen; Ciharova, Marketa; Cook, Lorna; Cornell, John; Davis, Elysia P.; Dobson, Keith S.; Dozeman, Elsien; Gilbody, Simon; Hankin, Benjamin L.; Haringsma, Rimke; Hoorelbeke, Kristof; Irwin, Michael R.; Jansen, Femke; Jonassen, Rune ; Karyotaki, Eirini; Kawakami, Norito; Klein, J. Philipp; Konnert, Candace; Imamura, Kortaro; Landrø, Nils Inge; Lara, Maria Asuncion; Le, Huynh-Nhu; Lehr, Dirk; Luciano, Juan V.; Moritz, Steffen; Mossey, Jana M.; Munoz, Ricardo F.; Munitngh, Anna; Nobis, Stephanie; Olmstead, Richard G.; Otero, Patricia; Pibernik-Okanovic, Mirjana; Pot, Anne Margriet; III, Charles F. Reynolds; Rovner, Barry W.; Sanabria-Mazo, Juan P.; Sander, Lasse P.; Smit, Filip; Snoek, Frank J.; Spek, Viola; Spinhoven, Philip; Stelmach, Liza; Terhorst, Yannik; Vázquez, Fernando L.; Leeuw, Irma Verdonck-de; Watkins, Ed; Yang, Wenhui; Wong, Samuel Yeung Shan; Zimmermann, Johannes; Sakata, Masatsugu; Furukawa, Toshi A.; Leucht, Stefan; Cuijpers, Pim; Buntrock, Claudia; Ebert, David Daniel (2025). Psychological intervention in individuals with subthreshold depression: individual participant data meta-analysis of treatment effects and moderators. British Journal of Psychiatry.
https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.56

Sannes, Ann-Christin ; Ghani, Usman; Niazi, Imran Khan; Moberget, Torgeir; Jonassen, Rune ; Haavik, Heidi; Gjerstad, Johannes (2024). Investigating Whether a Combination of Electro-Encephalography and Gene Expression Profiling Can Predict the Risk of Chronic Pain: A Protocol for an Observational Prospective Cohort Study. Brain Sciences. Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14070641

Roalsø, Elise Solbu ; Klonteig, Sandra ; Kraft, Brage ; Skarstein, Siv ; Aalberg, Marianne; Jonassen, Rune (2024). Associations between over-the-counter analgesics usage and symptoms of anxiety and depression in adolescents: a network analysis. BMC Psychiatry. Vol. 24.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-05802-3

Bø, Ragnhild; Kraft, Brage ; Skilbrei, August; Jonassen, Rune ; Harmer, Catherine; Landrø, Nils Inge (2024). Inhibition moderates the effect of attentional bias modification for reducing residual depressive symptoms: A randomized sham-controlled clinical trial. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. Vol. 85.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.101982

Bø, Ragnhild; Kraft, Brage ; Jonassen, Rune ; Joormann, Jutta; Harmer, Catherine; Landrø, Nils Inge (2024). The effect of ABM on attentional networks and stress-induced emotional reactivity in a mixed clinical sample with depression: A randomized sham-controlled trial. Neuroscience Applied. Vol. 3.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nsa.2024.104091

Roalsø, Elise Solbu ; Klonteig, Sandra ; Kraft, Brage ; Skarstein, Siv ; Hilland, Eva ; Mirtaheri, Peyman ; Ålberg, Marianne; Jonassen, Rune (2024). Over-the-counter analgesic usage: Associations with attentional biases in young women. Behavioural Pharmacology. Vol. 35.
https://doi.org/10.1097/FBP.0000000000000795

Hagen, Hallvard Solbø; Røssberg, Jan Ivar; Harmer, Catherine; Jonassen, Rune ; Landrø, Nils Inge; Bø, Ragnhild (2024). Does rumination moderate the effect of attention bias modification for depressive symptoms?. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports. Vol. 17.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100824

Bø, Ragnhild; Kraft, Brage ; Joormann, Jutta; Jonassen, Rune ; Harmer, Catherine; Landrø, Nils Inge (2023). Cognitive predictors of stress-induced mood malleability in depression. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping. Vol. 37.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2023.2255531



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Textbooks

Jonassen, Rune (2019). Jonassen, R. Stress i Norge. N. H. Rod (Red). Stress og Helse (pp 13-18). Oslo, Gyldendal Akademisk. ISBN: 9788205517936. 5 p. Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4145866



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Research reports

Jonassen, Rune (2012). The Effect of 5-HTTLPR Variability on Cognitive Control Functioning Implications of Emotional Processing and Sex. 50 p. Universitetet i Oslo.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4259440



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Dissemination

Jonassen, Rune (2024). Slik takler du høsten: – Gå ut når det er lyst, og ta pause fra skjermen.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4035793

Østergaard, Tom; Lundgren, Tobias; Rosendahl, Ingvar; Zettle, Robert D.; Jonassen, Rune ; Harmer, Catherine; Stiles, Tore Charles; Landrø, Nils Inge; Haaland, Vegard Øksendal (2023). Corrigendum: Acceptance and commitment therapy preceded by attention bias modification on residual symptoms in depression: a 12-month follow-up (Frontiers in Psychology, (2019), 10, (1995), 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01995). Frontiers in Psychology. Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1233621

Jonassen, Rune (2022). En av fire rammes: Når bør du søke hjelp mot depresjon?.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3250371

Bø, Ragnhild; Kraft, Brage ; Jonassen, Rune ; Harmer, Catherine; Landrø, Nils Inge (2022). The effect of attentional bias modification on attentional bias change is related to increased emotional reactivity. 35th ECNP Congress . ECNP.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3728617

Jonassen, Rune (2021). Har påvist samanheng mellom angst og smertestillande - NRK.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4332002

Jonassen, Rune (2021). Psykolog og forsker advarer om konsekvenser av at folk går lenge som korona-ledige: EI ARBEIDSBIE UTEN KUBE.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4081613

Kaufmann, Tobias; Meer, Dennis van der; Doan, Nhat Trung; Schwarz, Emanuel; Lund, Martina Jonette; Agartz, Ingrid; Alnæs, Dag; Barch, Deanna M.; Baur-Streubel, Ramona; Bertolino, Alessandro; Bettella, Francesco; Beyer, Mona K.; Bøen, Erlend; Borgwardt, Stefan; Brandt, Christine Lycke; Buitelaar, Jan; Celius, Elisabeth Gulowsen; Cervenka, Simon; Conzelmann, Annette; Córdova-Palomera, Aldo; Dale, Anders; Quervain, Dominique J. F. de; Carlo, Pasquale Di; Djurovic, Srdjan; Dørum, Erlend Solberg; Eisenacher, Sarah; Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn; Espeseth, Thomas; Fatouros-Bergman, Helena; Flyckt, Lena; Franke, Barbara; Frei, Oleksandr; Haatveit, Beathe; Håberg, Asta; Harbo, Hanne-Cathrin Flinstad; Hartman, Catharina A.; Heslenfeld, Dirk; Hoekstra, Pieter J.; Høgestøl, Einar August; Jernigan, Terry L.; Jonassen, Rune ; Jönsson, Erik Gunnar; Farde, Lars; Flyckt, Lena; Engberg, Göran; Erhardt, Sophie; Fatouros-Bergman, Helena; Cervenka, Simon; Schwieler, Lilly; Piehl, Fredrik; Collste, Karin; Victorsson, Pauliina; Malmqvist, Anna; Hedberg, Mikael; Orhan, Funda; Kirsch, Peter; Kłoszewska, Iwona; Kolskår, Knut-Kristian; Landrø, Nils Inge; Hellard, Stephanie Francoise Claire Le; Lesch, Klaus-Peter; Lovestone, Simon; Lundervold, Arvid; Lundervold, Astri J.; Maglanoc, Luigi; Malt, Ulrik Fredrik; Mecocci, Patrizia; Melle, Ingrid; Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas; Moberget, Torgeir; Norbom, Linn Christin Bonaventure; Nordvik, Jan Egil ; Nyberg, Lars Erik; Oosterlaan, Jaap; Papalino, Marco; Papassotiropoulos, Andreas; Pauli, Paul; Pergola, Giulio; Persson, Karin Ester Torun; Richard, Geneviève; Rokicki, Jaroslav; Sanders, Anne-Marthe; Selbæk, Geir; Shadrin, Alexey; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Soininen, Hilkka; Sowa, Piotr; Steen, Vidar Martin; Tsolaki, Magda; Ulrichsen, Kristine Moe; Vellas, Bruno; Wang, Lei; Westman, Eric; Ziegler, Georg C.; Zink, Mathias; Andreassen, Ole; Westlye, Lars Tjelta (2020). Publisher Correction: Common brain disorders are associated with heritable patterns of apparent aging of the brain (Nature Neuroscience, (2019), 22, 10, (1617-1623), 10.1038/s41593-019-0471-7). Nature Neuroscience. Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-019-0553-6

Jonassen, Rune (2019). Et dårlig arbeidsmiljø kan gi rygg- og nakkeplager.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3481931

Jonassen, Rune (2018). Gener bestemmer hvordan barnet ditt takler hverdagen.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5218756

Jonassen, Rune (2018). Dette fylket tar mest lykkepiller.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4534855



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