Suzanne Petersson
Licensed psychologist, Licensed psychotherapist, PhD, Affiliated researcher
Department of Medicine and Optometry
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
During the past 20 years I have worked with eating disorders and I have combined the clinical work with research on eating disorders and perfectionism. My doctoral thesis “Flawless beyond reach and reason – Aspects of perfectionism in eating disorders” examines perfectionism as conceptualized by the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) Perfectionism scale and patients’ descriptions of perfectionism. During my years as a psychologist, I have also worked with patients with myocardial infarction and pain in parallel with my psychiatric work. At present I conduct an Randomized controlled trial-study on manual based group treatment, the Affect school, as a complimentary treatment of eating disorders, and also a nine year follow-up study on predictors for long term eating disorders.
My ongoing research projects
My completed research projects
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
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Kongstad, I., Petersson, S. (2025). Executive functions in everyday life in children born small for gestational age - a pilot study of pre-term to full-term children 3 years and younger. BMC Pediatrics. 25 (1).
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Lindholm, S., Petersson, S., Molander, P., Björk, M. (2025). The Impact of Pain on Everyday Activities of People With Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders or Hypermobility Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. European Journal of Pain. 29 (3).
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Olsson, M., Hagel, S., Petersson, S. (2024). Challenged by the jaw : an interview study on patients' experiences of temporomandibular disorders in rheumatic inflammatory diseases. Disability and Rehabilitation. 47 (4). 977-984.
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Petersson, S., Årestedt, K., Birgegård, A. (2022). Evaluation of the Affect School as supplementary treatment of Swedish women with eating disorders : a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Eating Disorders. 10 (1).
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Petersson, S., Wåhlin, I. (2022). A piece of a puzzle - Patient and psychologist experiences of the Affect School as additional treatment in a Swedish eating disorder unit. PLOS ONE. 17 (7 July).
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Bartels, S.L., Johnsson, S.I., Boersma, K., Flink, I., Mccracken, L.M., et al. (2022). Development, evaluation and implementation of a digital behavioural health treatment for chronic pain : study protocol of the multiphase DAHLIA project. BMJ Open. 12 (4).
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Petersson, S., Birgegård, A., Brudin, L., Forsén Mantilla, E., Monell, E., et al. (2021). Initial self-blame predicts eating disoreder remission after 9 years. Journal of Eating Disorders. 9.
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Petersson, S., Gullbing, L., Perseius, K. (2021). Just like fireworks in my brain : a Swedish interview study on experiences of emotionsin female patients with eating disorders. Journal of Eating Disorders. 9. 1-9.
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Årestedt, K., Israelsson, J., Djukanovic, I., Herlitz, J., Carlsson, J., et al. (2021). Symptom Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in Older Cardiac Arrest Survivors : A Comparative Nationwide Register Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10 (18).
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Petersson, S., Clinton, D., Brudin, L., Perseius, K., Norring, C. (2018). Perfectionism in Eating Disorders : Are Long-Term Outcomes Influenced by Extent and Changeability in Initial Perfectionism?. Journal for Person-Oriented Research. 4 (1). 1-14.
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Petersson, S., Johnsson, P., Perseius, K. (2017). A sisyphean task : experiences of perfectionism in patients with eating disorders. Journal of Eating Disorders. 5 (3). 1-11.
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Petersson, S., Perseius, K., Johnsson, P. (2014). Perfectionism and sense of coherence among patients with eating disorders. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. 68 (6). 409-415.
Status: Published
Article, review/survey (Refereed)
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Bartels, S.L., Taygar, A.S., Johnsson, S.I., Petersson, S., Flink, I., et al. (2023). Using Personas in the development of eHealth interventions for chronic pain : A scoping review and narrative synthesis. Internet Interventions. Elsevier. 32.
Status: Published