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Gerhard Andersson

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Is it possible to provide psychological treatment via the Internet? How can we better understand tinnitus and reduce distress by means of cognitive behavior therapy? What treatments work for depression? These are some of the questions in my research.

Presentation

Professor Anderssons research is focused on psychological treatments for a wide range of conditions, but also on tinnitus and how it can be treated. The research group lead by Andersson conducts randomized clinical trials. New treatments are constantly developed and the group is often described as world leading when it comes to internet treatments. Effective treatments have been developed and tested for mood and anxiety disorders, but also for somatic problems such as chronic pain. In addition to the controlled trials the group publishes experiments and qualitative studies. Moreover systematic reviews and meta-analyses are often conducted and published. Andersson has a large international and national network. Andersson is one of the most cited researchers at LiU.


Related research

The research can broadly be divided in three areas: The first area concerns tinnitus and hearing disorders. There is an ongoing collaboration (including funding) with researchers in Denmark (Oticon Research Center) and with the Linneaus Centre Head and LiU. This research mainly deals with rehabilitation and hearing screening via the Internet. Gerhard Andersson is active as part-time clinician at the hearing clinic in Link枚ping University Hospital.

The second area is psychiatry with studies on depression, anxiety and other psychiatric disorders. A longstanding collaboration exist with researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University, Vrjie University Amsterdam, University College London, Bergen University and several other researchers across the world. Our research group with Andersson as principal investigator take part in a EU-project (E-Compared). Another project deals with work-related stress (Forte), and another treatment of older adults with anxiety and depression.

The third area is less extensive and is about the psychology of religion and atheism. Several other areas within clinical psychology are also focused such as interpersonal violence.

Publications

2026

Gerhard Andersson, Johnny Pellas (2026) 脛ldrepsykiatri: kliniska riktlinjer f枚r utredning och behandling, p. 279-288 (Chapter in book)
Allison McMahan, Malin Joleby, Gerhard Andersson, Elizabeth J. Letourneau, Michael C. Seto, Timothy J. Luke, Christoffer Rahm (2026) Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol. 94, p. 425-436 (Article in journal)
Lingyao Tong, Olga-Maria Panagiotopoulou, Clara Miguel, Mathias Harrer, Arpana Amarnath, Marketa Ciharova, Alan W. Gemmill, Alicia Salamanca-Sanabria, Alishia Williams, Ana Fonseca, Anna Carlotta Zarski, Anna Geraedts, Annemieke van Straten, Anu Raevuori, Arnoud Arntz, Arka Ghosh, Bjorn Meyer, Caroline Allenhof, Christian Aljoscha Lukas, Christine Knaevelsrud, Christopher Williams, Ciyong Lu, Claudi Bockting, David Daniel Ebert, Derek Richards, Edward G. Feil, Elizabeth L. Addington, Erik Forsell, Fenglin Cao, Fernando L. Vazquez, Florien Willemijn Boele, Frances Kay-Lambkin, Fredrik Hollandare, Gerhard Andersson, Harald Baumeister, Heather D. Hadjistavropoulos, Heleen Riper, Isabella Choi, Jan Philipp Klein, Jeannette Milgrom, Jeffrey Lambert, Jennifer Dahne, Jesse C. Stewart, Jessica Smith, Jesus Montero-Marin, Jill Newby, Jinane Abi Ramia, Jo Annika Reins, Johan Lundgren, Judith Tedlie Moskowitz, Kathryn L. Jackson, Kjersti Lillevoll, Kristofer Vernmark, Lasse B. Sander, Lina Braun, Lisanne Warmerdam, Liz Littlewood, Manuel Heinrich, Margalida Gili, Mark Deady, Martin Kraepelien, Matthias Berking, Michael P. Schaub, Monica Buhrman, Nicholas R. Forand, Nickolai Titov, Nicole Pugh, Nils Lindefors, Nitin Gupta, Pavle Zagorscak, Per Carlbring, Peter Johansson, Rabih El Chammay, Retha Arjadi, Rianne van der Zanden, Ricardo Araya, Rico Kramer, Robert Johansson, Robin Maria Francisca Kenter, Rosa Boeschoten, Samir K. Gupta, Sandra Schlicker, Sarah Perini, Simon Gilbody, Stephan Kohler, Stephanie Nobis, Thomas Berger, Ulrich Hegerl, Vanessa Blanco, Viktor Kaldo, Viktor Pop, Viola Spek, Wendy Pots, Yaoyao Sun, Yvonne Forsell, Pim Cuijpers, Eirini Karyotaki (2026) Nature Mental Health (Article in journal)
Karin Lindqvist, Jakob Mechler, Jon Ingi Hlynsson, Gerhard Andersson, Per Carlbring (2026) Internet Interventions, Vol. 45, Article 100980 (Article in journal)
Ali Amiri Mohammad, Anna Bjarta, Kristofer Vernmark, Youstina Demetry, Shervin Shahnavaz, Jennifer Meurling, Gerhard Andersson (2026) European Journal of Psychotraumatology, Vol. 17, Article 2714606 (Article in journal)

Selected publications

Andersson, G. (2025). 
 
Andersson, G., & Berger, T. (2021). 

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Gerhard Andersson in his office.

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Gerhard Andersson committed to LiU

Professor Gerhard Andersson is psychologist and psychotherapist and one of the most cited researchers in the world. He is now associated with the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences at LiU. Thus, he has left Karolinska Institutet.

More information about professor Andersson

CV 

  • MSc in clinical psychology, Uppsala University 1991
  • Board licensed clinical psychologist 1993
  • PhD in Psychology,  Uppsala University 1995
  • Postdoc at the Department of Psychology, University College London, UK, 1996-1997
  • Postdoc at Uppsala University 1997-2001
  • PhD in Medicine Otorhinolaryngology, Uppsala University 2000
  • Senior lecturer in health psychology, Uppsala University 2001-2003
  • Psychologist at the psychiatry clinic, Uppsala Academic Hospital, Uppsala 2003.
  • Psychologist in the audiology clinic 1994-2003 at Uppsala Academic Hospital
  • Psychologist  in the audiology clinic 2004 and onwards at Link枚ping University Hospital
  • Psychotherapy degree (CBT) at Uppsala University,  and license as psychotherapist 2005
  • Professor in clinical psychology at Link枚ping University, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, 2004-
  • Guest professor and affiliated professor in clinical psychology at the Psychiatry unit, Department of Clinical Neuroscience,  Karolinska Institutet 2007 and ongoing. 
  • BSc in theology Uppsala University 2010
  • Winner of the outstanding Swedish psychologist award 2014.  
  • Winner of the Nordic prize in medicine 2014.  

Collaboration, commissions and networks听

Editor-in-chief for the journal Internet Interventions and associate editor for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.听

Founding member of International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII), European Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ESRII) and the Swedish Society for Research on Internet Interventions (SWESRII).听

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