Ida Mälarstig
Phd Student
E-mail: ida.malarstig@ki.se
Telephone: +46852483420
Visiting address: Norra Stationsgatan 69, plan 7, 11364 Stockholm
Postal address: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 CPF Lundgren, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- Psychologist/Phd-student driven by the aim to increase knowledge and access
to psychological treatment for adolescents with substance use disorder and
criminal behaviour in compulsory care.
My research focuses on psychological treatment for adolescents with substance
use disorder and criminal behaviour in compulsory institutional care.
Furthermore, I have a strong interest in the mechanisms and provision of
psychological treatment for other vulnerable groups. I am a board member of
the Nätverket for Global psykisk hälsa, an organization that aims to
disseminate knowledge, facilitate collaboration and improve Sweden's work in
the field of mental health, locally and globally.
Before I started my doctoral studies I worked in a psychiatric clinic for
refugees and asylum-seekers, specializing in treating post-traumatic stress
disorder and trauma-focused CBT, especially Prolonged Exposure and Narrative
Exposure Therapy. In 2021 I wrote a report on interpreter-mediated
psychological treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, in collaboration
with Stockholm University and the Centre for Psychiatry Research at KI,
funded by Region Stockholm. Earlier in my career, I worked with psychological
treatment for depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders, using Acceptance and
Commitment Therapy, with a special interest in Relational Frame Theory.
I finished the Psychotherapist program with an additional exam as a
Specialist in Clinical Psychology at Stockholm University in the spring of
2022.
My main supervisor is Sven Alfonsson. Tobias Lundgren and Hanna Sahlin at
Karolinska Institute, Centre for Psychiatry Research, and Mårten Tyrberg at
Uppsala University, are my co-supervisors.
Tilldelad Majblommans forskningsmedel 2023
Psychotherapist and Specialist in Clinical Psychology, Stockholm University,
2018-2022.
Master of Science in Psychology, Stockholm University, 2008-2013.
Research
- Project Manager and PhD-student in a research project on evaluating and adjusting a behavioral treatment, the Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach, A-CRA, to compulsory institutional care for youth with criminal behavior and substance use disorder.
The studies in my thesis are
1) A randomized pilot study to evaluate feasibility of treatment (A-CRA) and high quality study procedures
2) A multi-center randomized controlled study to evaluate treatment effects of A-CRA in compulsory institutional care, short term and long term
3) An interview studie to investigate the experiences of the counselors conducting A-CRA in compulsory institutional care
4) An interview studie to investigate the experiences of the adolescents undergoing A-CRA in compulsory institutional care, furthermore how they percieve their problems, why they started using substances and got engaged in criminality.
5) A mixed methods single case study to study the interaction between prosocial-, drugrelated and aggressive behaviour in young adolescents (12-in institutional care
Articles
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Article: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW. 2023;148:106850