Education:
Associate Professor, PhD, Master in Health Science.
Britt Morthorst
My research area is prevention of self-harm (including non-suicidal self-injury), suicidal behavior and in general digital solutions. I oversee both epidemiological studies and clinical trials. I have been in charge of the national evaluation of the pack size restriction on mild analgesics over-the-counter at the pharmacy. I am currently PI on a large, clinical, randomized multi-center study investigating the effect of internet-based therapy for adolescent outpatients engaging in non-suicidal self-injury with participation from four Danish regions. I am also PI on a universal prevention project on mental health for students in 8-9. grade across the country – the YAM-project. I’m leading a group of researchers including Greenlandic researchers interested in suicide preventive initiatives in Greenland. In the Best for Us project, a national project on a comprehensive boost to B&U with the development and implementation of a family-centered stepped-care model for faster assessment and better treatment for children and young people, I participate in work package 3, The Family’s Digital Toolbox.
Selected publications
- Morthorst, B., Olsen, M. H., Jakobsen, J. C., Lindschou, J., Gluud, C., Heinrichsen, M., et al. (2022). Internet based intervention (Emotion Regulation Individual Therapy for Adolescents) as add-on to treatment as usual versus treatment as usual for non-suicidal self-injury in adolescent outpatients: The TEENS randomised feasibility trial. JCPP Adv [Internet]. n/a(n/a):e12115. Available from: https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jcv2.12115
- Morthorst, B., Rubæk, L., Lindschou, J., Jakobsen, J. C., Gluud, C., Bjureberg, J., Hellner, C., Møhl, B., Pagsberg, A. K. (2021) An internet-based emotion regulation intervention versus no intervention for nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents: study protocol for a feasibility trial, Pilot Feasibility Stud 6;7(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s40814-021-00785-4
- Morthorst, B., Erlangsen, A., Nordentoft, M., Hawton, K., Hoegberg, L. C. G., Dalhoff, K. P. (2020) Restriction of non-opioid analgesics sold over-the-counter in Denmark: a national study of impact on poisonings; J Affect Disord, 268, 61–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.02.043
- Morthorst, B., Krogh, J., Erlangsen, A., Alberdi, F., Nordentoft, M. (2012) Effect of assertive outreach af-ter suicide attempt in the AID (assertive intervention for deliberate self-harm) trial: random-ised controlled trial. BMJ;345:e4972
- Morthorst, B., Heinrichsen, M. & Erlangsen, A. (2024) Joinpoint analyses of rates on hospital-recorded deliberate self-harm: an update on Danish national trends. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 60, 727–736. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-024-02795-y
Affilieringer
- : Senior researcher at the research unit in child and adolescent psychiatry in the Capital Region of Denmark
- : Associate professor at the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen