Publications
International research articles
Research articles
Andreasen, S. M., Nielsen, S., Fjorback, L. O., Jensen, T. K. & Juul, L. (2024). The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health in Danish school children in 5th to 7th grade. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 14034948241228907. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948241228907
Ahrendt Bjerregaard, A., Schovsbo, S. U., Gormsen, L. K., Skovbjerg, S., Eplov, L. F., Linneberg, A., Cedeño-Laurent, J. G., Jørgensen, T. & Dantoft, T. M. (2023). Social economic factors and the risk of multiple chemical sensitivity in a Danish population-based cross-sectional study: Danish Study of Functional Disorders (DanFunD). BMJ Open, 13(3), Article e064618. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064618
Baena-Ruiz, E., Hansen, N. H., Abelleira-Vidal, C., Garcia-Ortega, M., Sánchez-Padilla, J. A. & Quintana-Castello, F. C. (2023). Online Family Interventions for caregivers of persons with severe mental disorder. In Online Family Interventions for caregivers of persons with severe mental disorder Independently published.
Beck, M. S., Juul, L., Frydenberg, M. & Fjorback, L. O. (2023). On Top of Everything: a study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial testing a teacher training programme to teach mindfulness among students in Danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social care. Trials, 24(1), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06920-7
Bonde, E. H., Mikkelsen, E. G., Fjorback, L. O. & Juul, L. (2023). The impact of an organizational-level mindfulness-based intervention on workplace social capital and psychological safety: A qualitative content analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1112907. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1112907
Gehrt, T. B., Macoveanu, J., Bailey, C., Fisher, P., Pallesen, K. J. & Frostholm, L. (2023). Resting-state connectivity and neural response to emotional images in patients with severe health anxiety: An fMRI study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 324, 370-378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.138
Hauch, D., Fjorback, L. O. & Juul, L. (2023). Psychometric properties of the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale in a sample of Danish schoolchildren. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 51(8), 1214-1221. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221110002
Juul, L., Bonde, E. H. & Fjorback, L. O. (2023). Altered self-reported resting state mediates the effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on mental health: a longitudinal path model analysis within a community-based randomized trial with 6-months follow-up. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1154277. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1154277
King, S., Quist-Møller, S. & Fjorback, L. O. (2023). The neuroscience of ethics: Does yoga, meditation, and mindfulness training make you a better person? In Arts and Mindfulness Education for Human Flourishing (pp. 238-257). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003158790-18
Kleinstäuber, M., Schröder, A. B., Daehler, S., Pallesen, K. J., Rask, C. U., Sanyer, M., Van den Bergh, O., Petersen, M. W. & Rosmalen, J. G. M. (2023). Aetiological Understanding of Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Classificatory Analogues: A Systematic Umbrella Review. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 5(3), Article e11179. https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.11179
Knudsen, R. K., Ammentorp, J., Storkholm, M. H., Skovbjerg, S., Tousig, C. G. & Timmermann, C. (2023). The influence of mindfulness-based stress reduction on the work life of healthcare professionals: A qualitative study. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 53, 101805. Article 101805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2023.101805
Quist-Møller, S., King, S. & Fjorback, L. O. (2023). Human rights and ethics as a spiritual practice. In Arts and Mindfulness Education for Human Flourishing (pp. 258-270). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003158790-19
Sigurðardóttir, S., Aspelund, T., Guðmundsdóttir, D. G., Fjorback, L., Hrafnkelsson, H., Hansdóttir, I. & Juul, L. (2023). Mental health and sociodemographic characteristics among Icelanders, data from a cross-sectional study in Iceland. BMC Psychiatry, 23(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04504-y
Skovbjerg, S., Sumbundu, A., Kolls, M., Kjærbye-Thygesen, A. & Fjorback, L. (2023). The effect of an adapted Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program on mental health, maternal bonding and birth outcomes in psychosocially vulnerable pregnant women: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in a Danish hospital-based outpatient setting. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 23(1), Article 364. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-023-04194-3
van der Velden, A. M., Scholl, J., Elmholdt, E.-M., Fjorback, L. O., Harmer, C. J., Lazar, S. W., O'Toole, M. S., Smallwood, J., Roepstorff, A. & Kuyken, W. (2023). Mindfulness Training Changes Brain Dynamics During Depressive Rumination: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Biological Psychiatry, 93(3), 233-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.06.038
Beck, M. S., Fjorback, L. O. & Juul, L. (2022). Associations between mental health and sociodemographic characteristics among schoolchildren. A cross-sectional survey in Denmark 2019. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 50(4), 463-470. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948211002062
Bjerregaard, A. A., Petersen, M. W., Skovbjerg, S., Gormsen, L. K., Cedeño-Laurent, J. G., Jørgensen, T., Linneberg, A. & Dantoft, T. M. (2022). Physiological Health and Physical Performance in Multiple Chemical Sensitivity-Described in the General Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(15), Article 9039. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159039
Boelsbjerg, H. B., Kurita, G. P., Sjøgren, P. & Viggo Hansen, N. (2022). Combining subjective and objective appraisals of cognitive dysfunction in patients with cancer: a deeper understanding of meaning and impact on suffering? Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 30(4), 3603-3612. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06777-7
Bonde, E. H., Mikkelsen, E. G., Fjorback, L. O. & Juul, L. (2022). Impacting employees' and managers' mental health skills using a workplace-adapted mindfulness-based intervention. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 1020454. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1020454
Bonde, E. H., Fjorback, L. O., Frydenberg, M. & Juul, L. (2022). The effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction for school teachers: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. European Journal of Public Health, 32(2), 246-253. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab223
Chemi, T., Brattico, E., Fjorback, L. O. & Harmat, L. (Eds.) (2022). Arts and mindfulness education for human flourishing. Taylor & Francis. Routledge Research in Arts Education https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003158790
Chemi, T., Brattico, E., Fjorback, L. O. & Harmat, L. (2022). Conclusion: A beam of light to conclude with. In T. Chemi, E. Brattico, L. O. Fjorback & L. Harma (Eds.), Arts and Mindfulness Education for Human Flourishing (pp. 285-287). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003158790-21
Chemi, T., Brattico, E., Fjorback, L. O. & Harmat, L. (2022). Introduction: A gaze into a complex jigsaw. In T. Chemi, E. Brattico, L. O. Fjorback & L. Harmat (Eds.), Arts and Mindfulness Education for Human Flourishing (pp. 1-8). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003158790-1
Fjorback, L. O., Varma, A., King, S. & Gøtzsche, K. (2022). Literature for human growth through our own lense. In T. Chemi, E. Brattico, L. O. Fjorback & L. Harmat (Eds.), Arts and Mindfulness Education for Human Flourishing (pp. 215-236). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003158790-17
Frydenberg, M., Maindal, H. T., Fletcher, A. & Juul, L. (2022). Is patient activation a mediator of the effect of a health promoting intervention in adults at high risk of type 2 diabetes? A longitudinal path model analysis within a randomised trial. BMC Public Health, 22, Article 439. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12864-z
Hansen, N. H., Bjerrekær, L., Pallesen, K. J., Juul, L. & Fjorback, L. O. (2022). The effect of mental health interventions on psychological distress for informal caregivers of people with mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, Article 949066. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.949066
Jørgensen, T., Dantoft, T. M., Weinreich Petersen, M., Eriksen Benros, M., Poulsen, C. H., Falgaard Eplov, L., Gormsen, L., Frostholm, L., Carstensen, T. B. W., Holm Eliasen, M., Kårhus, L. L., Skovbjerg, S., Bjerregaard, A. A., Brix, S., Linneberg, A. & Fink, P. (2022). Examine the public health impacts of functional somatic disorders using the DanFunD study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 50(7), 988-994. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221122886
Petersen, M. W., Skovbjerg, S., Jensen, J. S., Wisbech Carstensen, T. B., Dantoft, T. M., Fink, P., Benros, M. E., Mortensen, E. L., Jørgensen, T. & Gormsen, L. K. (2022). Conditioned pain modulation and pain sensitivity in functional somatic disorders: The DanFunD study. European Journal of Pain, 26(1), 154-166. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1847
Beck, M. S., Fjorback, L. O. & Juul, L. (2021). Associations between mental health and sociodemographic characteristics among schoolchildren. A cross-sectional survey in Denmark 2019. Poster session presented at International Conference on Mindfulness - Diversity and Equality, Aarhus, Denmark.
Dantoft, T. M., Nordin, S., Andersson, L., Petersen, M. W., Skovbjerg, S. & Jørgensen, T. (2021). Multiple chemical sensitivity described in the Danish general population: Cohort characteristics and the importance of screening for functional somatic syndrome comorbidity-The DanFunD study. PLOS ONE, 16(2), Article e0246461. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246461
Diachenko, M., Smith, K. K., Fjorback, L., Hansen, N. V., Linkenkaer-Hansen, K. & Pallesen, K. J. (2021). Pre-retirement Employees Experience Lasting Improvements in Resilience and Well-Being After Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 699088. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.699088
Djernis, D., OToole, M. S., Fjorback, L. O., Svenningsen, H., Mehlsen, M. Y., Stigsdottir, U. & Dahlgaard, J. (2021). A Short Mindfulness Retreat for Students to Reduce Stress and Promote Self-Compassion: Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial Exploring Both an Indoor and a Natural Outdoor Retreat Setting. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 9(7), Article 910. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9070910
Fjorback, L. O., Hansen, N. H. & Eckardt, J. P. D. (2021). Træning i compassion hjælper pårørende viser ny dansk forskning. Ugeskrift for Læger, 907.
Hansen, N. H., Juul, L., Pallesen, K.-J. & Fjorback, L. O. (2021). Effect of a Compassion Cultivation Training Program for Caregivers of People With Mental Illness in Denmark: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA network open, 4(3), Article e211020. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1020
Hansen, N. H., Fjorback, L. O., Frydenberg, M. & Juul, L. (2021). Mediators for the Effect of Compassion Cultivating Training: A Longitudinal Path Analysis in a Randomized Controlled Trial Among Caregivers of People With Mental Illness. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, Article 761806. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.761806
Hansen, N. H. (2021). Mental sundhed kan trænes hos pårørende til psykisk syge. Best Practice Nordic.
Jørgensen, M. A., Pallesen, K. J., Fjorback, L. O. & Juul, L. (2021). Effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEAS) in adults with self-reported stress. A randomized trial. Clinical and Translational Science, 14(6), 2360-2369. https://doi.org/10.1111/cts.13100
Juul, L., Frydenberg, M., Beck, M. S. & Fjorback, L. O. (2021). Stress-free Everyday LiFe for Children and Adolescents REsearch (SELFCARE): a protocol for a cluster randomised trial testing a school teacher training programme to teach mindfulness (".b"). BMC Psychology, 9(1), Article 31. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-021-00530-9
Juul, L., Brorsen, E., Gøtzsche, K., Nielsen, B. L. & Fjorback, L. O. (2021). The Effects of a Mindfulness Program on Mental Health in Students at an Undergraduate Program for Teacher Education: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Real-Life. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 722771. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.722771
Skovbjerg, S., Birk, D., Bruggisser, S., Wolf, A. L. A. & Fjorback, L. (2021). Mindfulness-based stress reduction adapted to pregnant women with psychosocial vulnerabilities: a protocol for a randomized feasibility study in a Danish hospital-based outpatient setting. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7, Article 118. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00860-w
Bo, A., Pouwer, F., Juul, L., Nicolaisen, S. K. & Maindal, H. T. (2020). Prevalence and correlates of diabetes distress, perceived stress and depressive symptoms among adults with early-onset Type 2 diabetes: cross-sectional survey results from the Danish DD2 study. Diabetic Medicine, 37(10), 1679-1687. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.14087
Gehrt, T. B., Frostholm, L., Pallesen, K. J., Obermann, M.-L. & Berntsen, D. (2020). Conscious thought during the resting state in patients with severe health anxiety and patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 7(3), 207-217. https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000256
Juul, L., Pallesen, K. J., Bjerggaard, M., Nielsen, C. & Fjorback, L. O. (2020). A pilot randomised trial comparing a mindfulness-based stress reduction course, a locally-developed stress reduction intervention and a waiting list control group in a real-life municipal health care setting. BMC Public Health, 20(1), Article 409. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08470-6
Masheder, J., Fjorback, L. & Parsons, C. E. (2020). "I am getting something out of this, so I am going to stick with it": supporting participants' home practice in Mindfulness-Based Programmes. BMC Psychology, 8, Article 91. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-020-00453-x
Bonde, E. H., Fjorback, L. O. & Juul, L. (2019). Manglende systematik af stresstiltag, men dokumenteret effekt af mindfulnessbaseret stressreduktion. Ugeskrift for Læger, 181, Article V12180882.
Dahlgaard, J., Jørgensen, M. M., van der Velden, A. M., Sumbundu , A., Gregersen, N., Olsen, R. K. J. & Mehlsen, M. Y. (2019). Mindfulness, Health, and Longevity. In S. I. S. Rattan & M. Kyriazis (Eds.), The Science of Hormesis in Health and Longevity (pp. 243-255). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814253-0.00022-X
Hansen, N. H. (2019). Commentary: The Compassion Crisi in healthcare. Journal of medicine and clinical science, 1-2.
Obling, K. H., Overgaard, K., Juul, L. & Maindal, H. T. (2019). Effects of a motivational, individual and locally anchored exercise intervention (MILE) on cardiorespiratory fitness: A community-based randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 239. Article 6556. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6556-0
Parsons, C. E., Jensen, K. L., Roepstorff, A., Fjorback, L. O. & Linehan, C. (2019). Designing technology tools to support engagement in mindfulness-based interventions: an analysis of teacher and student experiences. Digital Health, 5. https://doi.org/10.1177/2055207619868550
Danish research articles
- Manglende systematik af stresstiltag, men dokumenteret effekt af mindfulnessbaseret stressreduktion.Ugeskrift for Læger 2019, Emilie Hasager Bonde, Lone Overby Fjorback & Lise Juul
- "Mindfulness-baseret kognitiv terapi er effektiv i behandlingen af tilbagevendende depression". Ugeskrift for læger (2017) Af Anne Maj van der Velden, Jacob Piet, Anne Buch Møller og Lone Fjorback.
- "God effekt af mindfulness ved symptomer på stress, angst og depression". Ugeskrift for Læger (2013) Af Lone Overby Fjorback, Benita Holt Rasmussen og Tua Preuss.
- Rapport: "Mindfulness af danske veteraner - et pilotstudie". Af Tua Preuss, Karen Johanne Pallesen og Lone Fjorback.
- "Mindfulness -baseret kognitiv terapi" - Psykolog Nyt. Af Jacob Piet.
- Mindfulness og kvalitet? - Psykolog Nyt. Debatindlæg af Anne Maj van der Velden.
- Schröder A, Fink P, Fjordback L, Frostholm L, Rosendal M. (2010): Towards a unified treatment approach for functional somatic syndromes and somatization Ugeskr Laeger. 2010 Jun 14;172(24):1839-42. Danish. PubMed PMID: 20566161.
- Fjorback LO, Brandholt J, Arendt M, Munk-Jørgensen P. [Social profile of young people seeking treatment for cannabis abuse]. Ugeskr Laeger. 2006 Feb 6;168(6):570-3. Danish. PubMed PMID: 16476217.
PhD dissertations
- "Population-based approaches to mental health promotion and prevention: Investigating a mindfulness-based intervention at workplace contexts" (2023). PhD by Emilie Hasager Bonde.
- ”Compassion Cultivation Training for informal caregivers of people with a mental illness” (2022). PhD by Nanja Holland Hansen.
- "Mindfulness-based therapy for social phobia, recurrent depression, and psychological symptoms in cancer patients and survivors". (2012) PhD by Jacob Piet.
- "Mindfulness and Bodily Distress". (2012). PhD by Lone Overby Fjorback.
