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Curriculum Vitae Kim Mathiasen

Kim Mathiasen holds a PhD in e-mental health and is a licensed clinical psychologist. He is presently employed as Associate Professor at the Research unit for Digital Psychiatry, Dept. Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, and at the Centre for Digital Psychiatry in the Mental Health Services of Southern Denmark. Since 2006, he has pioneered Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) in Denmark. From 2012 he led the establishment of the first Danish large scale iCBT clinic Internetpsykiatrien, which now has national coverage free of charge for all Danish adults suffering from Depression or anxiety disorders. He has contributed to several large-scale EU projects, latest as project coordinator of ImpleMentAll (implementall.eu), and is part of the board for the European Society of Internet Interventions.

H-index: 10 (Scopus), citations: 472.

Personal Details

Position: Associate Professor

page1image114968608.pngOrg: Research Unit for Digital Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark And Centre Digital Psychiatry, Mental Health Services of Southern Denmark

E-mail: kmathiasen@health.sdu.dk

Phone: +45 6167 7747

Educational background

2019 PhD, University of Southern Denmark

2017 Research stay with Prof. Dr. Heleen Riper, Dept. Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

2011 National authorization as clinical psychologist in Denmark, Ministry of Health, Denmark

2007 2-year CBT education. NFKT (Norwegian association for CBT)

2004 Licensed as clinical psychologist in Norway, Ministry of Health, Norway

2004 MSc in Psychology, Aarhus University

2002 Bachelor in Psychology, Aarhus University

Professional Experience

2023 - Lead Psychologist and Content Manager, Monsenso

2022 - Associate Professor, Research Unit for Digital Psychiatry, Dept. of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark AND Centre for Digital Psychiatry, Mental Health Services of Southern Denmark

2021 - 2022 Assistant Professor, Research Unit for Digital Psychiatry, Dept. of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark AND Centre for Digital Psychiatry, Mental Health Services of Southern Denmark.

2019 - 2020 Research Psychologist at Research Unit for Affective Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital.

2012 – 2015 Project Leader for ‘Internetpsykiatrien’, Region of Southern Denmark.

2011 – 2012  Research position at Clinic for OCD and Anxiety Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital.

2006 – 2012 Clinical Psychologist at Student Counseling Service, Aarhus, Denmark.

2006 – 2010 Co-founder of ‘Godstart.nu’, development of the first ccbt programs in Denmark.

2005 – 2006  Consultant at ‘Senter for Traumepsykologi’, Hamar, Norway.

2004 – 2006  Clinical Psychologist at Poliklinikk, Psychiatric Hospital, Hamar, Norway.

Projects

2023- EU project ReConnected. Task Lead.

2023 - PERSONAE | personalised digital treatment of depression. Principal Investigator.

2023 - Task leader for the Danish RCT and an international cohort study.

2022 - CoolMinds project. RCT of ICBT for youth at the age range of 12-17 year old in the Region of Southern Denmark. Principal investigator.

2020 - 2021 EU-project ImpleMentAll. Overall project coordinator (one-point of contact for the EU-commission). Evidence-based implementation of iCBT.

2017 - 2018  EU-project: ImpleMentAll. Leader of the Danish trial. Evidence-based implementation of iCBT.

2013 - 2017  EU-project E-Compared www.e-compared.eu. Leader of the Danish trial. Randomised non-inferiority trial comparing blended care to treatment as usual.

2015 - 2020  ENTER. Multiple research studies on e-mental health solutions. Leader Blended Care trial.

2014 - 2017 EU-project MasterMind http://mastermind-project.eu. Leader of the Danish trial. Upscaling and implementation of iCBT and cCBT.

2012 – 2015 Internet Psychiatry. Project Leader

2010 - 2012  FearFighter project. Randomised, controlled trial of iCBT vs. wait list.

Grants

2023 PERSONAE | personalised digital treatment of depression. Principal Investigator and main applicant. 16.5 mio DKK.

2022 EU project ReConnected - A complex systems approach towards REsilient and CONNECTED vulnerable European communities in times of change. Task Lead. Danish partner budget 575.250 €

2022 Enhancing stepped care for treatment of postpartum depression through Internet-based cognitive thearpy (iPPD). Randomised controlled trial 3.327.050 DKK.

2022 EUopSTART funding for writing EU-proposals. Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science. 35.000 DKK.

2021 Yearly grant of 2.5 mio DKK for development, research, and implementation of iCBT for youth in the Region of Southern Denmark,

2019 Region Midtjyllands Sundhedsvidenskabelige Forskningsfond 457.408 DKK

2019 Sundhedsinnovationspuljen 94.500 DKK

2016 EU project ImpleMentAll. Danish trial. 290.000 €

2015 Innovationsfonden: ENTER project. First round. 19 mio DKK

2015 EU project: MasterMind, Danish Trial 617.900 DKK

2014 Psykiatriens forskningsfond Region Syddanmark 677.960 DKK

Awards

2017 Research Talent of the Year, Mental Health Services of Southern Denmark

2016 ISRII Throwdown. Team based competition to propose the best e-health application, International Society of Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII).

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Other Relevant Merits

2023 Member of the scientific committee, European Society for Research on Internet Interventions 7th conference in Amsterdam.

2021 Co-author of the Danish clinical guidelines for adult anxiety treatment.

2019 - Member of the board of the European Society of Research on Internet Interventions.

2019 Head of Scientific Committee, European Society for Research on Internet Interventions' 6th conference in Copenhagen.

2016 Co-author of the guidelines for online psychological services, Danish Psychological Association.

2015 - 2018 Member of the Online Committe, Danish Psychological Association.

2012 Member of International Advisory Board for ccbt, Haukeland University Hospital, Norway.

Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed) (JIF: WoS pr. publication year or nearest)

Andersen, C. M., Mathiesen, A. S., Pouwer, F., Mouritsen, J. D., Mathiasen, K. & Rothmann, M. J. (2023). Can online and app-based interventions be used by people with diabetes to reduce diabetes distress? A protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open. 13, 11, s. e074015.

Vis, C., Schuurmans, J., Aouizerate, B., Atipei Craggs, M., Batterham, P., Buhrmann, L., Calear, A., Cerga Pashoja, A., Christensen, H., Dozeman, E., Duedal Pedersen, C., Ebert, D. D., Etzelmueller, A., Fanaj, N., Finch, T. L., Hanssen, D., Hegerl, U., Hoogendoorn, A., Mathiasen, K., . . . Riper, H. (2023). Effectiveness of Self-guided Tailored Implementation Strategies in Integrating and Embedding Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Routine Mental Health Care: Results of a Multicenter Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial. J Med Internet Res, 25, e41532. https://doi.org/10.2196/41532. (JIF: 7.08)

Linnet, J., Hertz, S. P. T., Jensen, E. S., Runge, E., Tarp, K. H. H., Holmberg, T. T., Mathiasen, K., & Lichtenstein, M. B. (2023). Days between sessions predict attrition in text-based internet intervention of Binge Eating Disorder. Internet Interventions, 31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2023.100607. (5.358)

Mathiasen, K., Holmberg Sainte-Marie, T. T., Skaarnes, H., Jensen, E. K., Vis, C. & Tarp, K. (2023). Implementing a revised online screening tool in a routine care online clinic treating anxiety and depression. Frontiers in Digital Health. 5, 12 s., 1128893.

Pedersen, M. K., Díaz, C. M. C., Wang, Q. J., Alba-Marrugo, M. A., Amidi, A., Basaiawmoit, R. V., Bergenholtz, C., Christiansen, M. H., Gajdacz, M., Hertwig, R., Ishkhanyan, B., Klyver, K., Ladegaard, N., Mathiasen, K., Parsons, C., Rafner, J., Villadsen, A. R., Wallentin, M., Zana, B. & Sherson, J. F. (2023). Measuring Cognitive Abilities in the Wild: Validating a Population-Scale Game-Based Cognitive Assessment. Cognitive Science. 47, 6, 27 s., e13308.

Tarp, K., Nielsen, S. L., Holmberg, T. T., Dalsgaard, C. H., Borkner, S., Skaarnes, H., Jensen, E. K., Piera-Jiménez, J., Vis, C. & Mathiasen, K. (2023). Therapist perceptions of the implementation of a new screening procedure using the ItFits-toolkit in an iCBT routine care clinic: A mixed-methods study using the consolidated framework for implementation research. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14, 15 s., 1104301.

Mathiasen, K., Andersen, T. E., Lichtenstein, M. B., Ehlers, L. H., Riper, H., Kleiboer, A., & Roessler, K. K. (2022). The Clinical Effectiveness of Blended Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Compared With Face- to-Face Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adult Depression: Randomized Controlled Noninferiority Trial. J Med Internet Res, 24(9), e36577. https://doi.org/10.2196/36577. (JIF: 7.08).

Van Daele, T., Mathiasen, K., Carlbring, P., Bernaerts, S., Brugnera, A., Compare, A., Duque, A., Eimontas, J., Gosar, D., Haddouk, L., Karekla, M., Larsen, P., Lo Coco, G., Nordgreen, T., Salgado, J., Schwerdtfeger, A. R., Van Assche, E., Willems, S., & De Witte, N. A. J. (2022). Online consultations in mental healthcare: Modelling determinants of use and experience based on an international survey study at the onset of the pandemic. Internet Interv, 30, 100571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2022.100571 (JIF: 5.358)

Runge, E., Jensen, E. K., Mathiasen, K., Larsen, P. V., Hertz, S. P. T., Holmberg, T. T., Tarp, K., Linnet, J., & Lichtenstein, M. B. (2022). Early development of treatment motivation predicts adherence and symptom reduction in an internet-based guided self-help program for binge eating disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.969338 (JIF: 5.435).

Linnet, J., Jensen, E. S., Runge, E., Hansen, M. B., Hertz, S. P. T., Mathiasen, K., & Lichtenstein, M. B. (2022). Text based internet intervention of Binge Eating Disorder (BED): Words per message is associated with treatment adherence. Internet Interv, 28, 100538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2022.100538. (JIF: 5.36).

Jensen, E. S., Ladegaard, N., Mellentin, A. I., Ebert, D. D., Titzler, I., Araya, R., Cerga Pashoja, A., Hazo, J.-B., Holtzmann, J., Cieslak, R., Smoktunowicz, E., Baños, R., Herrero, R., García-Palacios, A., Botella, C., Berger, T., Krieger, T., Holmberg, T. T., Topooco, N., . . . Mathiasen, K. (2022). Effect of Sleep Disturbance Symptoms on Treatment Outcome in Blended Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression (E-COMPARED Study): Secondary Analysis [Original Paper]. J Med Internet Res, 24(3), e30231. https://doi.org/10.2196/30231. (JIF: 5.43).

Langergaard, A., et al. (2022). "Economic evaluation alongside a randomized controlled trial of blended cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients suffering from major depressive disorder." Internet Interventions 28: 100513.

Mellentin, A. I., Cox, W. M., Fadardi, J. S., Martinussen, L., Mistarz, N., Skøt, L., Rømer Thomsen, K., Mathiasen, K., Lichtenstein, M., & Nielsen, A. S. (2021). A Randomized Controlled Trial of Attentional Control Training for Treating Alcohol Use Disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.748848 (JIF: 4.2)

Mistarz, N., Nielsen, A. S., Andersen, K., Goudriaan, A. E., Skøt, L., Mathiasen, K., Michel, T. M., & Mellentin, A. I. (2021). Brain+ AlcoRecover: A Randomized Controlled Pilot-Study and Feasibility Study of Multiple-Domain Cognitive Training Using a Serious Gaming App for Treating Alcohol Use Disorders. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.727001 (JIF: 4.2)

Laursen, S. L., Helweg-Jørgensen, S., Langergaard, A., Søndergaard, J., Sørensen, S. S., Mathiasen, K., Lichtenstein, M. B., & Ehlers, L. H. (2021). Mobile Diary App Versus Paper-Based Diary Cards for Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder: Economic Evaluation. J Med Internet Res, 23(11), e28874. https://doi.org/10.2196/28874 (JIF: 5.43).

Askjer, S., & Mathiasen, K. (2021). The working alliance in blended versus face-to-face cognitive therapy for depression: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Internet Interventions, 25, 100404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2021.100404 (JIF: 3.5).

Pedersen MK, Mohammadi R, Mathiasen K, Elmose M. Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety in an outpatient specialized care setting: A qualitative study of the patients’ experience of the therapy. Scand J Psychol. 2020 Jul (JIF: 1.6).

Pedersen Mads K, Díaz CMC, Alba-Marrugo MA, Amidi A, Basaiawmoit RV, Bergenholtz C, et al. Cognitive abilities in the wild: Population-scale game-based cognitive assessment. arXiv. 2020;1–11. Submitted.

Leah Bührmann, MSc; Josien Schuurmans, PhD; Jeroen Ruwaard, PhD; Margot Fleuren, PhD; Anne Etzelmüller, MSc; Jordi Piera-Jiménez, MSc; Tracy Finch, PhD; Tim Rapley, PhD; Sebastian Potthoff, PhD; Bruno Aouizerate, MD, PhD; Philip J Batterham, PhD; Alison C M. Tailored Implementation of Internet-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the Multinational Context of the ImpleMentAll Project: A Study Protocol for a Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial. Trials. 2020;1–15 (JIF: 1.9)

M. Mol, A. van Schaik, E. Dozeman, J. Ruwaard, C. Vis, DD. Ebert, A. Etzelmueller, K. Mathiasen, B. Moles, T. Mora, CD. Pedersen, MM Skjøth, L. Peleteiro Pensado, J. Piera-Jimenez, D. Gokcay, B. Ünlü Ince, A. Russi, Y. Sacco, E. Zanalda, H. Riper JS. Dimensionality of System Usability Scale among professionals using internet-based interventions for depression: a confirmatory factor analysis. BMC Psychiatry. 2020;20(218). (JIF: 2.7).

Friedl, Krieger, Chevreul, Hazo, Holtzmann, Hoogendoorn, ... Berger. (2020). Using the Personalized Advantage Index for Individual Treatment Allocation to Blended Treatment or Treatment as Usual for Depression in Secondary Care. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(2), 490. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9020490 (JIF: 3.3).

Mathiasen, K. (2018). iNCREMENTAL - Increasing access to evidence-based psychotherapy to improve mental health through the use of Internet interventions (Doctoral dissertation)

Mathiasen, K., Riper, H., Andersen, T. E., & Roessler, K. K. (2018). Guided Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adult Depression and Anxiety in Routine Secondary Care: Observational Study. J Med Internet Res, 20(11), e10927. http://doi.org/10.2196/10927 (JIF: 5.0)

Titov N, Dear B, Nielssen O, Staples L, Hadjistavropoulos H, Nugent M, et al. ICBT in routine care: A descriptive analysis of successful clinics in five countries. Internet Interv [Internet]. 2018;13(July):108–15. Available from: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S221478291830037X (JIF: 3.5).

Folker AP, Mathiasen K, Lauridsen SM, Stenderup E, Dozeman E, Folker MP. Implementing internet- delivered cognitive behavior therapy for common mental health disorders: A comparative case study of implementation challenges perceived by therapists and managers in five European internet services. Internet Interv [Internet]. 2018;11(February):60–70. Available from: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2214782917301203 (JIF: 3.5).

Mathiasen, K., Andersen, T. E., Riper, H., Kleiboer, A. A. M., & Roessler, K. K. (2016). Blended CBT versus face-to-face CBT: a randomised non-inferiority trial. BMC Psychiatry, 16(1), 432. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-016-1140-y (JIF: 2.7).

Pedersen, S. S., Mathiasen, K., Christensen, K. B., & Makransky, G. (2016). Psychometric analysis of the Patient Health Questionnaire in Danish patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (The DEFIB-WOMEN study). Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 90, 105–112. http://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.09.010 (JIF: 2.9).

Mathiasen, K., Riper, H., Ehlers, L. H., Valentin, J. B., & Rosenberg, N. K. (2016). Internet-based CBT for social phobia and panic disorder in a specialised anxiety clinic in routine care: Results of a pilot randomised controlled trial. Internet Interventions, 4, 92–98. (JIF: 3.5).

Vis, C., Kleiboer, A., Prior, R., Bønes, E., Cavallo, M., Clark, S. A., ... Riper, H. (2015). Implementing and up-scaling evidence-based eMental health in Europe: The study protocol for the MasterMind project. Internet Interventions, 2(4). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2015.10.002 (JIF: 3.5)

Scientific Conference Presentations (Peer reviewed (selected))

Mathiasen, K. (2023). Keynote: an example of a dedicated centre for e-mental health in routine care. Organisation, Scientific results and future directions of research. European Society for Research on Internet Interventions 7th conference in Amsterdam.

Kaldo, V., Zantvoort, K., Kravchenko, O., Forsell, E., Mathiasen, K. Symposium: Increasing Prediction Accuracy of Treatment Outcome in Internet Interventions and using Clinical Decision Support Tools to Increase Treatment Effects

Mathiasen, K., Van Daele T., De Witte, N.A.J. (2022). Online consultations in mental healthcare: Modelling determinants of use and experience. An international survey study at the onset of the pandemic. Conference of the Transatlantic Telehealth Research Network.

Mathiasen, K (2021). Clinical Effectiveness of Blended CBT Compared to Face-to-Face CBT: a Randomised Controlled Non- Inferiority Trial. EABCT Congress Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Mathiasen, K., Andersen, T., Riper, H., Kleiboer, A., Roessler, K. (2019). Face-to-face VS. Blended Care: Can Blended Care Be as Effective Using Half the Amount Of Confrontations? Results of an RCT. Oral presentation. ISRII 10th Scientific Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand.

Mathiasen, K. (2019). Implementing iCBT in Denmark: from scratch to national implementation. Oral presentation. ISRII 10th Scientific Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand.

Mathiasen, K., Vis, C., & Riper, H. (2017). iCBT in secondary mental health care: MasterMind in Denmark. Abstract. Oral Presentation, ISRII 9th Scientific Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

Mathiasen, K., & Titov, N. (2017). Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy in Denmark: Internetpsykiatrien. Oral Presentation, ISRII 9th Scientific Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

Mathiasen, K., Andersen, T. E., Riper, H., & Roessler, K. K. (2017). Effectiveness, satisfaction, and usability of Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for adult depression and anxiety in routine secondary mental health care. Poster session, ISRII 9th Scientific Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

Mathiasen, K. (2016). Let's share the agony of implementing iCBT! Symposium presentation. ESRII 4th Scientific Meeting. Bergen, Norway.

Mathiasen, K., Riper, H., Andersen, T. E., Kleiboer, A. M., & Roessler, K. K. (2016). Blended CBT versus face-to-face CBT: a randomised non-inferiority trial. Poster session, European Society for research on internet interventions, Bergen, Norge.

Mathiasen, K. (2016). InterPsyk: A case study of the practical organisation and implementation of iCBT in five European countries. Poster session, 4th ESRII Conference, Bergen, Norge.

Mathiasen, K. (2016). Internet-based CBT for social phobia and panic disorder in a specialised anxiety clinic in routine care: Results of a pilot randomised controlled trial. Poster session, ISRII 8th Scientific Meeting, Seattle, USA.

Mathiasen, K., & Rosenberg, N. (2011). Can computer-aided CBT be the key to a broader distribution of CBT and to earlier interventions. Abstract fra EABCT 41st Annual Conference, Reykjavík, Iceland.

Book Chapters

Rosenberg, N., & Rosenberg, R. (2022). Angstbogen (1. udgave ed.). Chapter 21: ”Internet- og appbaseret angstbehandling”. Psykiatrifondens Forlag. https://butik.psykiatrifonden.dk/boeger- 85/angstbogen-p162.

Reports and Clinical Guidelines

Sundhedsstyrelsen. Behandling af angstlidelser hos voksne – National klinisk retningslinje (2021). https://www.sst.dk/da/udgivelser/2021/nkr-behandling-af-angstlidelser-hos-voksne

Folker, M. P., Lauridsen, S. M., Mathiasen, K., Stenderup, E., & Paldam Folker, A. (2017). InterPsyk: The organisation and implementation of internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy services in five European countries: a comparative case study. Syddansk Universitet. http://www.si- folkesundhed.dk/upload/interpsyk-report.pdf.

Ehlers, L. H., Rosenberg, N., Mathiasen, K., & Svendsen, M. (2013). Computerbaseret behandling af angst/fobi med programmet FearFighter.

Dansk Psykologforening. Retningslinjer for teknologiunderstøttede psykologydelser (2017). https://www.dp.dk/wp-content/uploads/teknologiunderstoettede-psykologydelser.pdf