Volen Ivanov
About me
Lic. Psychologist and associate professor. I work as a quality managing psychologist
at Psykiatri Sydväst and conduct research at Psykiatri Sydväst through the
research group Rück Lab at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Research
My research focus is on the development, evaluation and implementation of
psychological treatment for disorders often referred to as /OCD and related
disorders./ The disorders I am especially interested in include hoarding
disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), trichotillomania (hair pulling
disorder), skin picking disorder, olfactory reference
syndrome, /Tourette/ syndrome/chronic tic disorder and severe health
anxiety.
I am the principal supervisor for the PhD students Susanna Österman and Sofia Jägholm.My research is funded by the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte), ALF, CIMED, and the Stiftlesen Söderström-Königska sjukhemmet.
Teaching
I teach psychotherapy at the Occupational Therapist Programme at Karolinska
Institutet.
Articles
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY. 2025;16(1):2460308
- Article: BEHAVIOR THERAPY. 2025;56(1):70-82
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY. 2024;15(1):2320607
- Article: INTERNET INTERVENTIONS-THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MENTAL AND BEHAVIOURAL HEALTH. 2024;38:100780
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2024;29(9):2714-2723
- Article: TRIALS. 2024;25(1):381
- Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2024;81(3):284-291
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2023;13(12):e077376
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2023;13(12):e076361
- Article: TRIALS. 2023;24(1):483
- Article: CNS SPECTRUMS. 2023;28(1):33-40
- Article: INTERNET INTERVENTIONS-THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MENTAL AND BEHAVIOURAL HEALTH. 2022;30:100573
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2022;12(1):479
- Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2022;22(1):701
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2022;61(4):964-982
- Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2022;5(3):e221967
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2021;51(12):2023-2033
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2021;77(7):1537-1555
- Article: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2021;30(3):415-425
- Article: BEHAVIOR THERAPY. 2020;51(5):753-763
- Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2020;20(1):247
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2019;9(1):e024307
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2018;48(16):2740-2747
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2018;74(7):1092-1105
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2017;12(6):e0179541
- Article: BEHAVIOR THERAPY. 2015;46(4):423-431
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2014;4(9):e005923
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(7):e69140
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All other publications
- Preprint: OSF PREPRINTS. 2024
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2023
- Corrigendum: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2022;12(1):521
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2022
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2022
- Preprint: SSRN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL. 2022
- Review: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(12):e051853
- Letter: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2021;304:114124
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2021
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2020
- Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2019
- Preprint: PSYARXIV. 2019
- Doctoral thesis: 2017
- Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2013;110(34-35):1462-1465
Grants
- Forte1 January 2025 - 31 December 2025
- Forte1 January 2025 - 31 December 2028
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 December 2023 - 30 November 2026
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 July 2021 - 30 June 2022
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 July 2020 - 30 June 2024
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 December 2019 - 30 November 2022
- Development, clinical trial and implementation of CBT-treatment with internet support for hoarding disorderStockholm County Council1 January 2017 - 1 January 2018
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2024-2026
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Applied Psychology, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2024
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2017