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Margda Waern
Senior Researcher
Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry-
Person-centred suicide prevention: key elements from the perspective of people living with
suicidality
Malin Rex, Margda Waern, Eric Carlström, Isabelle Joneken, Susanne Tell, Thomas Brezicka, Lilas Ali
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE STUDIES ON HEALTH AND WELL-BEING - 2025 -
Alcohol consumption and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for preclinical alzheimer’s disease in a population-based sample of
70-year-olds
Silke Kern, Tobias Skillbäck, Henrik Zetterberg, Anna Dittrich, Felicia Ahlner, Anna Zettergren, Margda Waern, Nazib M Seidu, Ulf Andreasson, Kaj Blennow, Ingmar Skoog
Alzheimers Research and Therapy - 2025 -
High CSF neurogranin level is related to lifetime reports of passive suicidal ideation in a population-based sample of older
adults.
Irma Rymo, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Silke Kern, Ingmar Skoog, Simona Florentina Sacuiu, Margda Waern
Journal of Psychiatric Research - 2025 -
Pathways to change in existential group treatment: experiences from older adults with psychological distress in primary
care
Isak Erling, Carl Anton Waltersson, Margda Waern, Maria Tillfors, Sara Hed, Stefan Wiktorsson, Anne Ingeborg Berg
BMC Geriatrics - 2025 -
“Younger” and “Older” Old Adults Who Die by Suicide: A Comparison Study and Cluster
Analysis
Sabrina Doering, Sophie I. Liljedahl, Sara Lindström, Mark Sinyor, Khedidja Hedna, Erik Bergqvist, Nina Palmqvist Öberg, Stefan Wiktorsson, Anne Stefenson, Jana Hartelius, Åsa Westrin, Margda Waern
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - 2025 -
Substance use issues preceding suicide: A Swedish nationwide record
review
Sabrina Doering, Mattias Jonson, Klara Ernback Schon, Sara Lindstrom, Anna Ehnvall, Stefan Wiktorsson, Anne Stefenson, Asa Westrin, Margda Waern
DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE - 2025 -
Exploring multiple levels of suffering and suicide prevention in an era of emerging national
legislations
Mark Goldblatt, Dolores Angela Castelli Dransart, Sylvie Lapierre, Margda Waern, Reinhard Lindner
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH - 2025 -
From Taxi Drivers to Copilots: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis with Relatives Discussing How to Enhance Person-Centeredness in Suicide Preventive
Care
Malin Rex, Margda Waern, Eric Carlström, Isabelle Joneken, Thomas Brezicka, Lilas Ali
ISSUES IN MENTAL HEALTH NURSING - 2025 -
Attempted suicide short intervention program for older adults 65+(ASSIP-OA): a study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled
trial
Sara Hed, Anne Ingeborg Berg, Maria Tillfors, Anna Ehnvall, Asa Westrin, Stefan Wiktorsson, Anja Gysin-Maillart, Margda Waern
BMC PSYCHIATRY - 2025 -
Suicidal Communication Prior to Suicide in Children and Young Adults—A Medical Records Review in Health Care Services in
Sweden
Anna Lena Hansson, Per Johnsson, Sophia Eberhard, Anna Ehnvall, Sara Lindström, Margda Waern, Åsa Westrin
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - 2025 -
Experiences of healthcare interactions before and after suicidal behaviour among older adults attending geropsychiatric services: an interpretative phenomenological
analysis
Maja Sjöberg, Sara Hed, Stefan Wiktorsson, Anne Ingeborg Berg, Jennifer Strand, Sabrina Doering, Margda Waern
BMJ OPEN - 2025 -
Documentation of suicidality in connection with specialised healthcare for physical conditions: a retrospective review of somatic medical records prior to suicide in
Sweden
Tabita Sellin, Margda Waern, Erik Bergqvist, Nina Palmqvist Oberg, Sara Lindstrom, Elin Froding, Anna Ehnvall, Asa Westrin
BMJ OPEN - 2025 -
Exploring clinical characteristics, gender differences, and initial outcomes of a pilot study of the attempted suicide short intervention program (ASSIP) in a Swedish cohort of suicide
attempters
Sara Lindstrom, Johanna Clausen Ekefjard, Jonas Berge, Marie Dahlin, Anja Gysin-Maillart, Anna Ehnvall, Bo Runeson, Margda Waern, Asa Westrin
COGENT PSYCHOLOGY - 2025 -
Polygenic risk scores for atrial fibrillation and heart failure and the risk of stroke and
dementia
Lina Rydén, Nazib Seidu, Hanna Wetterberg, Jenna Najar, Margda Waern, Silke Kern, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Ingmar Skoog, Anna Zettergren
BRAIN COMMUNICATIONS - 2025 -
Service User and Next-of-Kin Experiences of Psychosis Inpatient Care After a Person-Centred Care
Intervention
Anneli Goulding, Stefan Wiktorsson, Katarina Allerby, Lilas Ali, Margda Waern
ISSUES IN MENTAL HEALTH NURSING - 2025 -
Loneliness and biomarkers of brain pathology in people with subjective cognitive
decline
Mariola Zapater-Fajari, Isabel Crespo-Sanmiguel, Nira Cedres, Therese Rydberg Sterner, Lina Rydén, Simona Sacuiu, Margda Waern, Anna Zettergren, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Silke Kern, Vanesa Hidalgo, Alicia Salvador, Eric Westman, Ingmar Skoog, Daniel Ferreira
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS - 2025 -
Exercise and health-related quality of life and work-related outcomes in primary care patients with anxiety disorders - A randomized controlled
study
Alexander Wall, Malin Henriksson, Jenny Nyberg, Kristina Holmgren, Jörgen Isgaard, Anna-Karin Lennartsson, Johan Svensson, Louise Danielsson, Margda Waern, Maria A I Åberg, N David Åberg
Journal of Affective Disorders - 2024 -
Inpatient Suicides in Swedish Psychiatric Settings - A Retrospective Exploratory Study from a Nursing
Perspective
My Lindberg, Charlotta Sunnqvist, Anne-Marie Wangel, Sara Probert-Lindstroem, Elin Froding, Erik Bergqvist, Anne Stefenson, Margda Waern, Asa Westrin
ISSUES IN MENTAL HEALTH NURSING - 2024 -
Occupational groups and risk of suicidal behavior in men: a Swedish national cohort study during
2002-2019.
Jenny Nyberg, Catrin Wessman, Mia Söderberg, Anthony D LaMontagne, Kjell Torén, Margda Waern, Maria A I Åberg
BMC public health - 2024 -
Clinical characteristics and 6-month follow-up of adults with and without alcohol use disorder who
self-harm
Petter Olsson, Stefan Wiktorsson, Lotta M.J. Strömsten, Ellinor Salander Renberg, Bo Runeson, Margda Waern
Frontiers in Psychiatry - 2024 -
Older adults make sense of their suicidal behavior: a Swedish interview
study
Sara Hed, Anne Ingeborg Berg, Stefan Wiktorsson, Jennifer Strand, Silvia Sara Canetto, Margda Waern
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY - 2024 -
One-year follow-up of a primary care-based 12-week exercise intervention for adults with anxiety
disorders
Anna-Karin Lennartsson, Malin Henriksson, Alexander Wall, Jenny Nyberg, Kristian Bolin, Berit A M Larsson, Louise Danielsson, Margda Waern, N David Åberg, Maria A I Åberg
MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY - 2024 -
Poor stress resilience in adolescence predicts higher risk of severe COVID-19 and other respiratory infections: A prospective cohort study of 1.4 million Swedish
men
Agnes af Geijerstam, Monica Hunsberger, Kirsten Mehlig, Jenny Nyberg, Margda Waern, Maria A I Åberg, Lauren Lissner
JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH - 2024 -
Determinants of suicidal behavior in dementia: A Swedish national register-based
study
Khedidja Hedna, Robert Sigström, K. Johnell, Margda Waern
International Psychogeriatrics - 2024 -
Perceptions of mental health, suicide and working conditions in the construction industry-A qualitative
study.
Kristina Aurelius, Mia Söderberg, Viktoria Wahlström, Margda Waern, Anthony D LaMontagne, Maria A I Åberg
PloS one - 2024 -
Last general practitioner consultation during the final month of life: a national medical record review of suicides in
Sweden
Nina Palmqvist Oberg, Sara Probert Lindstrom, Erik Bergqvist, Anna Ehnvall, Tabita Sellin, Anne Stefenson, Charlotta Sunnqvist, Margda Waern, Asa Westrin
BMC PRIMARY CARE - 2024 -
Suicidal behavior and all-cause mortality in depressed older adults aged 75+treated with electroconvulsive therapy: A Swedish register-based comparison
study
Khedidja Hedna, Mattias Jonson, Robert Sigström, Anna Levinsson, Axel Nordenskjoeld, Margda Waern
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY - 2024 -
Anxiety symptoms preceding suicide: A Swedish nationwide record
review.
Sabrina Doering, Sara Probert-Lindström, Anna Ehnvall, Stefan Wiktorsson, Nina Palmqvist Öberg, Erik Bergqvist, Anne Stefenson, Jesper Fransson, Åsa Westrin, Margda Waern
Journal of Affective Disorders - 2024 -
Occupation-specific risk estimates for suicide and non-fatal self-harm from a Swedish cohort of male construction workers followed
1987-2018
Kirsten Mehlig, Kjell Torén, Anthony D. LaMontagne, Viktoria Wahlstrom, Jenny Nyberg, Margda Waern, Maria A I Åberg
OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE - 2024 -
A Vicious Circle of Hope and Despair: Stigma Experienced by Relatives of Persons with Severe Mental
Illness
Bente Weimand, Anita Johansson, Nils Sjöström, Margda Waern, Mats Ewertzon
ISSUES IN MENTAL HEALTH NURSING - 2024 -
Depressive symptoms across the retirement transition in men and women: associations with emotion regulation, adjustment difficulties and work
centrality
Sara Hed, Anne Ingeborg Berg, Isabelle Hansson, Marie Kivi, Margda Waern
BMC GERIATRICS - 2024 -
Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease and Cerebrovascular Disease in Relation to Depressive Symptomatology in Individuals With Subjective Cognitive
Decline
M. Zapater-Fajarí, P. Diaz-Galvan, N. Cedres, Therese Rydberg Sterner, Lina Rydén, Simona Sacuiu, Margda Waern, Anna Zettergren, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Silke Kern, V. Hidalgo, A. Salvador, E. Westman, Ingmar Skoog, D. Ferreira
Journals of Gerontology Series a-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences - 2024 -
Attrition in the Gothenburg H70 birth cohort studies, an 18-year follow-up of the 1930
cohort
Lina Rydén, Hanna Wetterberg, Felicia Ahlnér, Hanna Falk Erhag, Pia Gudmundsson, Xinxin Guo, Erik Joas, Lena Johansson, Silke Kern, Madeleine Mellqvist Fässberg, Jenna Najar, Mats Ribbe, Therese Rydberg Sterner, Simona Sacuiu, Jessica Samuelsson, Robert Sigström, Johan Skoog, Margda Waern, Anna Zettergren, Ingmar Skoog
Frontiers in Epidemiology - 2023 -
Application of an accident approach to the study of acute suicidal episodes through repeated in-depth
interviews
Anna Maria Nilsson, I. Skarsater, Anna Ehnvall, Jan Beskow, Margda Waern
Death Studies - 2023 -
A Retrospective Comparison of Users with and without Previous Suicide
Attempts
S. Probert-Lindström, M. Vaez, E. Fröding, Anna Ehnvall, T. Sellin, L. Ambrus, E. Bergqvist, N. Palmqvist-Öberg, Margda Waern, Å Westrin
Archives of Suicide Research - 2023 -
Autism in adult psychiatric out-patients: self-reported suicidal ideation, suicide attempts and non-suicidal
self-injury
Johan Nyrenius, Margda Waern, Jonas Eberhard, Mohammad Ghaziuddin, Christopher Gillberg, Eva Billstedt
BJPsych Open - 2023 -
High polygenic risk score for exceptional longevity is associated with a healthy metabolic
profile
M. Revelas, A. Thalamuthu, Anna Zettergren, C. Oldmeadow, Jenna Najar, Nazib Seidu, N. J. Armstrong, C. Riveros, J. B. Kwok, P. R. Schofield, J. N. Trollor, Margda Waern, M. J. Wright, Henrik Zetterberg, D. Ames, Kaj Blennow, H. Brodaty, R. J. Scott, Ingmar Skoog, J. R. Attia, P. S. Sachdev, K. A. Mather
Geroscience - 2023 -
Mild cognitive impairment is associated with passive suicidal ideation in older adults: A population-based
study
Irma Rymo, Madeleine Mellqvist Fässberg, Silke Kern, Henrik Zetterberg, Ingmar Skoog, Margda Waern, Simona Sacuiu
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica - 2023 -
Multiancestry analysis of the HLA locus in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases uncovers a shared adaptive immune response mediated by HLA-DRB1*04
subtypes.
Yann Le Guen, Guo Luo, Aditya Ambati, Vincent Damotte, Iris Jansen, Eric Yu, Aude Nicolas, Itziar de Rojas, Thiago Peixoto Leal, Akinori Miyashita, Céline Bellenguez, Michelle Mulan Lian, Kayenat Parveen, Takashi Morizono, Hyeonseul Park, Benjamin Grenier-Boley, Tatsuhiko Naito, Fahri Küçükali, Seth D Talyansky, Selina Maria Yogeshwar, Vicente Sempere, Wataru Satake, Victoria Alvarez, Beatrice Arosio, Michael E Belloy, Luisa Benussi, Anne Boland, Barbara Borroni, María J Bullido, Paolo Caffarra, Jordi Clarimon, Antonio Daniele, Daniel Darling, Stéphanie Debette, Jean-François Deleuze, Martin Dichgans, Carole Dufouil, Emmanuel During, Emrah Düzel, Daniela Galimberti, Guillermo Garcia-Ribas, José María García-Alberca, Pablo García-González, Vilmantas Giedraitis, Oliver Goldhardt, Caroline Graff, Edna Grünblatt, Olivier Hanon, Lucrezia Hausner, Stefanie Heilmann-Heimbach, Henne Holstege, Jakub Hort, Yoo Jin Jung, Deckert Jürgen, Silke Kern, Teemu Kuulasmaa, Kun Ho Lee, Ling Lin, Carlo Masullo, Patrizia Mecocci, Shima Mehrabian, Alexandre de Mendonça, Mercè Boada, Pablo Mir, Susanne Moebus, Fermin Moreno, Benedetta Nacmias, Gael Nicolas, Shumpei Niida, Børge G Nordestgaard, Goran Papenberg, Janne Papma, Lucilla Parnetti, Florence Pasquier, Pau Pastor, Oliver Peters, Yolande A L Pijnenburg, Gerard Piñol-Ripoll, Julius Popp, Laura Molina Porcel, Raquel Puerta, Jordi Pérez-Tur, Innocenzo Rainero, Inez Ramakers, Luis M Real, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Eloy Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Owen A Ross, Luis Jose Royo, Dan Rujescu, Nikolaos Scarmeas, Philip Scheltens, Norbert Scherbaum, Anja Schneider, Davide Seripa, Ingmar Skoog, Vincenzo Solfrizzi, Gianfranco Spalletta, Alessio Squassina, John van Swieten, Raquel Sánchez-Valle, Eng-King Tan, Thomas Tegos, Charlotte Teunissen, Jesper Qvist Thomassen, Lucio Tremolizzo, Martin Vyhnalek, Frans Verhey, Margda Waern, Jens Wiltfang, Jing Zhang, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Zihuai He, Julie Williams, Philippe Amouyel, Frank Jessen, Patrick G Kehoe, Ole A Andreassen, Cornelia Van Duin, Magda Tsolaki, Pascual Sánchez-Juan, Ruth Frikke-Schmidt, Kristel Sleegers, Tatsushi Toda, Anna Zettergren, Martin Ingelsson, Yukinori Okada, Giacomina Rossi, Mikko Hiltunen, Jungsoo Gim, Kouichi Ozaki, Rebecca Sims, Jia Nee Foo, Wiesje van der Flier, Takeshi Ikeuchi, Alfredo Ramirez, Ignacio Mata, Agustín Ruiz, Ziv Gan-Or, Jean-Charles Lambert, Michael D Greicius, Emmanuel Mignot
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2023 -
The effect of alcohol consumption on all-cause mortality in 70-year-olds in the context of other lifestyle risk factors: results from the Gothenburg H70 birth cohort
study
Felicia Ahlner, Hanna Falk Erhag, Lena Johansson, Jessica Samuelsson, Hanna Wetterberg, Madeleine Mellqvist Fässberg, Margda Waern, Ingmar Skoog
BMC Geriatrics - 2023 -
Subtle Differences in Cognition in 70-Year-Olds with Elevated Cerebrospinal Fluid Neurofilament Light and Neurogranin: A H70 Cross-Sectional
Study
Maya Arvidsson Rådestig, Johan Skoog, Henrik Zetterberg, Tobias Skillbäck, Anna Zettergren, Therese Rydberg Sterner, Madeleine Mellqvist Fässberg, Simona Sacuiu, Margda Waern, Hanna Wetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Ingmar Skoog, Silke Kern
Journal of Alzheimers Disease - 2023 -
Life-Weariness, Wish to Die, Active Suicidal Ideation, and All-Cause Mortality in Population-Based Samples of Older
Adults
Mattias Jonson, Robert Sigström, K. A. Van Orden, Madeleine Mellqvist Fässberg, Ingmar Skoog, Margda Waern
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - 2023 -
Girls With Social and/or Attention Deficit Re-Examined in Young Adulthood: Prospective Study of Diagnostic Stability, Daily Life Functioning and Social
Situation
Svenny Kopp, Karin Asztély, Sara Landberg, Margda Waern, Stefan Bergman, Christopher Gillberg
Journal of Attention Disorders - 2023 -
Time trends in depression prevalence among Swedish 85-year-olds: Repeated cross-sectional population-based studies in 1986, 2008, and
2015
Mattias Jonson, Robert Sigström, Khedidja Hedna, Therese Rydberg Sterner, Hanna Falk Erhag, Hanna Wetterberg, Madeleine Mellqvist Fässberg, Margda Waern, Ingmar Skoog
Psychological Medicine - 2023 -
Polygenic risk scores for Alzheimer's disease in relation to cognitive change: A representative sample from the general population followed over 16
years.
Jenna Najar, Valgeir Thorvaldsson, Silke Kern, Johan Skoog, Margda Waern, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Ingmar Skoog, Anna Zettergren
Neurobiology of Disease - 2023 -
Life experienced as worth living and beyond: a qualitative study of the pathways to recovery and flourishing amongst individuals treated for borderline personality
disorder
Sophie I. Liljedahl, Anni Mossberg, Hanna Grenner, Margda Waern
BMC Psychiatry - 2023 -
The Meaning of Mental Imagery in Acute Suicidal Episodes: A Qualitative Exploration of Lived
Experiences
Anna Maria Nilsson, Margda Waern, Anna Ehnvall, Ingela Skärsäter
Omega (United States) - 2023 -
Healthcare visits for mental disorders and use of psychotropic medications before and after self-harm in a cohort aged
75+
Khedidja Hedna, Mattias Jonson, Robert Sigström, Maria A I Åberg, Katarina Wilhelmson, Margda Waern
Aging & Mental Health - 2023 -
Six-year mortality associated with living alone and loneliness in Swedish men and women born in
1930
Masuma Novak, Margda Waern, Lena Johansson, Anna Zettergren, Lina Rydén, Hanna Wetterberg, Therese Rydberg Sterner, Madeleine Mellqvist Fässberg, Pia Gudmundsson, Ingmar Skoog
BMC Geriatrics - 2023 -
Passive and active suicidal ideation in a population-based sample of older adults: Associations with polygenic risk scores of relevance for suicidal
behavior
Anna Zettergren, Mattias Jonson, Madeleine Mellqvist Fässberg, Jenna Najar, Therese Rydberg Sterner, Nazib Seidu, Silke Kern, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Ingmar Skoog, Margda Waern
Frontiers in Psychiatry - 2023
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