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  1. Risk of substance use disorders in the adult children of parents with severe alcohol use disorder: a nationwide cohort study

    Article • BMC Public Health, December 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jeanette Westman

  2. Improved opioid prescribing in primary care: protocol for a cluster randomised pragmatic trial

    Article • BMJ Open, December 2025, BMJ

    Jeanette Westman

  3. Substances that underlie a diagnosis of multiple drug use disorder: a 2021-2024 Swedish cohort study

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, October 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Jeanette Westman

  4. A national cohort study of long-term opioid prescription and sociodemographic and health care-related risk factors

    Article • Communications Medicine, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jeanette Westman

  5. Experiences of long-term benzodiazepine use and addiction amid changes in guidelines for the prescription of narcotic drugs: a qualitative study

    Article • BMC Public Health, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jeanette Westman

  6. Motivation to treatment-seeking among individuals with addiction to benzodiazepines: a qualitative study

    Article • European Psychiatry, April 2025, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Jeanette Westman

  7. Pharmacological Treatments in Alcohol Use Disorder and Risk of Alcohol‐Related Hospitalizations: A Register Study

    Article • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, March 2025, Wiley

    Jeanette Westman

  8. Antidepressants, relapse-prevention medications and both combined to reduce alcohol-related hospitalizations in individuals with severe alcohol use disorder

    Article • European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jeanette Westman

  9. A prospective cohort of treatment-seeking patients with problematic use of prescription narcotic drugs: study protocol and baseline characteristics

    Article • BMC Psychiatry, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jeanette Westman

  10. At the tipping point: Patient experiences of addiction to benzodiazepines and motivation to seek treatment

    Article • Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, December 2024, Elsevier

    Jeanette Westman

  11. Excess mortality among people in homelessness with substance use disorders: a Swedish cohort study

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, May 2024, BMJ

    Jeanette Westman

  12. Risk of severe mood and anxiety disorders in the adult children of parents with alcohol use disorder: a nationwide cohort study

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, April 2024, BMJ

    Jeanette Westman

  13. Treatment of trauma-related conditions for people in homelessness: a scoping review

    Article • Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, February 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Jeanette Westman

  14. Characteristics of Patients with Subjective Sleep Problems after Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: Secondary Analyses of a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • Sleep Science, November 2023, Thieme Publishing Group

    Jeanette Westman

  15. Intolerance-of-uncertainty therapy versus metacognitive therapy for generalized anxiety disorder in primary health care: A randomized controlled pilot trial

    Article • PLOS One, June 2023, PLOS

    Jeanette Westman

  16. Dancing with the patient: a qualitative study of general practitioners’ experiences of managing patients with multimorbidity and common mental health problems

    Article • BMC Primary Care, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jeanette Westman

  17. Clinical effectiveness of care managers in collaborative primary health care for patients with depression: 12- and 24-month follow-up of a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

    Article • BMC Primary Care, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jeanette Westman

  18. Mortality in adult children of parents with alcohol use disorder: a nationwide register study

    Article • European Journal of Epidemiology, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jeanette Westman

  19. Outcomes of psychiatric interviews and self-rated symptom scales in people on sick leave for common mental disorders: an observational study

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2022, BMJ

    Jeanette Westman

  20. Cost-effectiveness of a care manager collaborative care programme for patients with depression in primary care: 12-month economic evaluation of a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

    Article • Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jeanette Westman

  21. P.303 Treatment outcomes in patients with prescription narcotic use disorder (TAPE)

    Article • European Neuropsychopharmacology, February 2020, Elsevier

    Jeanette Westman

  22. The overall and sex- and age-group specific incidence rates of cancer in people with schizophrenia: a population-based cohort study

    Article • Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, January 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Jeanette Westman

  23. Structured psychiatric diagnoses and self-rated symptoms in primary care patients on sick leave for common mental disorders: a clinical study

    Article • December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jeanette Westman

  24. P2547Statin and glucose-lowering treatment in individuals with and without schizophrenia

    Article • European Heart Journal, October 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Jeanette Westman

  25. Process evaluation of a cluster randomised intervention in Swedish primary care: using care managers in collaborative care to improve care quality for patients with depression

    Article • BMC Family Practice, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jeanette Westman

  26. Care managers can be useful for patients with depression but their role must be clear: a qualitative study of GPs’ experiences

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Jeanette Westman

  27. Outcome of a psychosocial health promotion intervention aimed at improving physical health and reducing alcohol use in patients with schizophrenia and psychotic disorders (MINT)

    Article • Schizophrenia Research, June 2019, Elsevier

    Jeanette Westman

  28. Lithium treatment and cancer incidence in bipolar disorder – a large nationwide Swedish register study

    Article • European Neuropsychopharmacology, January 2019, Elsevier

    Jeanette Westman

  29. Cost-effectiveness of a care manager collaborative care programme for patients with depression in primary care: economic evaluation of a pragmatic randomised controlled study

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2018, BMJ

    Jeanette Westman

  30. Creating a safety net for patients with depression in primary care; a qualitative study of care managers’ experiences

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Irene Svenningsson, Jeanette Westman

  31. Impact of group treatment for insomnia on daytime symptomatology: Analyses from a randomized controlled trial in primary care

    Article • International Journal of Nursing Studies, September 2018, Elsevier

    Jeanette Westman

  32. Patients’ experiences of motivation, change, and challenges in group treatment for insomnia in primary care: a focus group study

    Article • BMC Family Practice, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jeanette Westman

  33. Effects on work ability, job strain and quality of life of monitoring depression using a self-assessment instrument in recurrent general practitioner consultations: A randomized controlled study

    Article • WORK A Journal of Prevention Assessment & Rehabilitation, June 2018, SAGE Publications

    Jeanette Westman

  34. Mortality trends in external causes of death in people with mental health disorders in Sweden, 1987–2010

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, March 2018, SAGE Publications

    Jeanette Westman

  35. Clinical effectiveness of care managers in collaborative care for patients with depression in Swedish primary health care: a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

    Article • BMC Family Practice, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jeanette Westman

  36. Group treatment for insomnia and impact on daytime symptomatology associated with insomnia: analyses from a randomized controlled trial in primary care

    Article • Sleep Medicine, December 2017, Elsevier

    Jeanette Westman

  37. Improving insomnia in primary care patients: A randomized controlled trial of nurse-led group treatment

    Article • International Journal of Nursing Studies, July 2017, Elsevier

    Jeanette Westman

  38. Increased cardiovascular mortality in people with schizophrenia: a 24-year national register study

    Article • Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, June 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Jeanette Westman

  39. Use of a self-rating scale to monitor depression severity in recurrent GP consultations in primary care – does it really make a difference? A randomised controlled study

    Article • BMC Family Practice, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jeanette Westman

  40. Patients’ perspectives on the use of the Montgomery-Asberg depression rating scale self-assessment version in primary care

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, October 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Jeanette Westman

  41. Factors associated with self-reported need for treatment of sleeping difficulties: a survey of the general Swedish population

    Article • Sleep Medicine, June 2016, Elsevier

    Jeanette Westman

  42. Lithium treatment and cancer incidence in bipolar disorder

    Article • Bipolar Disorders, February 2016, Wiley

    Jeanette Westman

  43. Mortality trends in cardiovascular causes in schizophrenia, bipolar and unipolar mood disorder in Sweden 1987–2010

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, January 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Jeanette Westman

  44. Diabetes and glucose disturbances in patients with psychosis in Sweden

    Article • BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, October 2015, BMJ

    Jeanette Westman

  45. Mortality trends among people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression, Sweden 1987–2010

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, October 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Jeanette Westman

  46. Comparison Between the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale–Self and the Beck Depression Inventory II in Primary Care

    Article • The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders, June 2015, Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc

    Jeanette Westman

  47. Association between history of psychosis and cardiovascular disease in bipolar disorder

    Article • Bipolar Disorders, June 2015, Wiley

    Jeanette Westman

  48. District nurses’ preventive home visits to 75-year-olds: An opportunity to identify factors related to unsafe medication management

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, September 2014, SAGE Publications

    Annica Lagerin, Axel Carlsson, Jeanette Westman

  49. Mortality and life expectancy of people with alcohol use disorder in Denmark, Finland and Sweden

    Article • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, September 2014, Wiley

    Jeanette Westman, Research Professor Kristian Wahlbeck

  50. Life Expectancy and Death by Diseases of the Circulatory System in Patients with Bipolar Disorder or Schizophrenia in the Nordic Countries

    Article • PLOS One, June 2013, PLOS

    Research Professor Kristian Wahlbeck, Jeanette Westman

  51. Excess Mortality, Causes of Death and Life Expectancy in 270,770 Patients with Recent Onset of Mental Disorders in Denmark, Finland and Sweden

    Article • PLOS One, January 2013, PLOS

    Research Professor Kristian Wahlbeck, Jeanette Westman

  52. Cardiovascular mortality in bipolar disorder: a population-based cohort study in Sweden

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2013, BMJ

    Research Professor Kristian Wahlbeck, Jeanette Westman

  53. Outcomes of Nordic mental health systems: life expectancy of patients with mental disorders

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, December 2011, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Research Professor Kristian Wahlbeck, Jeanette Westman

  54. Successful deinstitutionalization of mental health care: increased life expectancy among people with mental disorders in Finland

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, June 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Research Professor Kristian Wahlbeck, Jeanette Westman

  55. Migration and self-rated health: a comparison between Finns living in Sweden and Finns living in Finland

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, August 2008, SAGE Publications

    Jeanette Westman

  56. Country of Birth and Suicide: A Follow-up Study of a National Cohort in Sweden

    Article • Archives of Suicide Research, September 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Jeanette Westman

  57. Country of birth and hospital admission rates for mental disorders: a cohort study of 4.5 million men and women in Sweden

    Article • European Psychiatry, July 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Jeanette Westman

  58. The Influences of Place of Birth and Socioeconomic Factors on Attempted Suicide in a Defined Population of 4.5 Million People

    Article • Archives of General Psychiatry, April 2003, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Jeanette Westman