Josefin Sveen
Researcher at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Medical psychology and care science
- E-mail:
- josefin.sveen@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA
Researcher at Department of Medical Sciences; National Centre for Disaster Psychiatry - KcKP
- E-mail:
- josefin.sveen@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset, ing 10
751 85 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset, ing 10, våning 1
751 85 Uppsala
- Academic merits:
- PhD
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-5523-8126
Short presentation
I conduct research on psychosocial aspects of loss and trauma and conduct intervention studies to evaluate psychosocial-support in children and adults after loss and trauma.
Med. dr. in psychiatry, associate professor in medical psychology.

Publications
Recent publications
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Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2026
- DOI for Effects and User-Reported Experiences of a Self-Management Mobile Health App for Grieving Adolescents: Randomized Controlled Trial
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"It becomes a safe space": a narrative evaluation of a Swedish mobile app for bereaved adolescents
Part of International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 2026
- DOI for "It becomes a safe space": a narrative evaluation of a Swedish mobile app for bereaved adolescents
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Part of Internet Interventions, 2026
- DOI for Feasibility, acceptability and potential effects of internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for prolonged grief
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Prolonged grief and insomnia symptoms in cancer-bereaved parents: a latent class analysis
Part of BMC Psychiatry, 2026
- DOI for Prolonged grief and insomnia symptoms in cancer-bereaved parents: a latent class analysis
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Crisis management plans in Swedish compulsory schools: Do they address death and grief
Part of Death Studies, p. 1-13, 2026
- DOI for Crisis management plans in Swedish compulsory schools: Do they address death and grief
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2026
- DOI for Effects and User-Reported Experiences of a Self-Management Mobile Health App for Grieving Adolescents: Randomized Controlled Trial
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"It becomes a safe space": a narrative evaluation of a Swedish mobile app for bereaved adolescents
Part of International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 2026
- DOI for "It becomes a safe space": a narrative evaluation of a Swedish mobile app for bereaved adolescents
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Part of Internet Interventions, 2026
- DOI for Feasibility, acceptability and potential effects of internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for prolonged grief
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Prolonged grief and insomnia symptoms in cancer-bereaved parents: a latent class analysis
Part of BMC Psychiatry, 2026
- DOI for Prolonged grief and insomnia symptoms in cancer-bereaved parents: a latent class analysis
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Crisis management plans in Swedish compulsory schools: Do they address death and grief
Part of Death Studies, p. 1-13, 2026
- DOI for Crisis management plans in Swedish compulsory schools: Do they address death and grief
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Part of Death Studies, p. 1429-1443, 2025
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My grief app for prolonged grief in bereaved parents: a randomised waitlist-controlled trial
Part of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, p. 514-530, 2025
- DOI for My grief app for prolonged grief in bereaved parents: a randomised waitlist-controlled trial
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A 1-year follow-up of the My Grief app for prolonged grief
Part of Journal of Traumatic Stress, p. 952-962, 2025
- DOI for A 1-year follow-up of the My Grief app for prolonged grief
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Part of European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2024
- DOI for Development of a self-management mobile app for bereaved adolescents: evaluating patient and public involvement
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Part of Läkartidningen, 2024
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Part of Frontiers in Oncology, 2024
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Part of European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2024
- DOI for The Norwegian traumatic grief inventory-self report plus (TGI-SR plus ): a psychometric evaluation in traumatically bereaved people
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Part of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 2024
- DOI for Psychometric evaluation of the Swedish Traumatic Grief Inventory Self‐Report Plus (TGI‐SR+) in bereaved parents
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The self-help app My Grief: Bereaved parents' experiences of helpfulness, satisfaction and usability
Part of Internet Interventions, 2024
- DOI for The self-help app My Grief: Bereaved parents' experiences of helpfulness, satisfaction and usability
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Surviving COVID-19: patients' experiences of care and path to recovery
Part of International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 2024
- DOI for Surviving COVID-19: patients' experiences of care and path to recovery
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Editorial: Consequences and aftercare of a traumatic loss of a loved one
Part of Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
- DOI for Editorial: Consequences and aftercare of a traumatic loss of a loved one
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Part of Cancer Medicine, p. 6148-6160, 2023
- DOI for Losing a child to adolescent cancer: A register‐based cohort study of psychotropic medication use in bereaved parents
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Utvärdering av självhjälpsappen "min sorg" för föräldrar som förlorat ett spädbarn
Part of Omsorg, p. 50-56, 2023
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Part of Internet Interventions, p. 100618, 2023
- DOI for Longitudinal follow-up of the randomized controlled trial of access to the trauma-focused self-management app PTSD Coach
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How parents of dependent children reason about their partner's impending death due to cancer
Part of Death Studies, p. 105-110, 2023
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Daily uplifts during the COVID-19 pandemic: what is considered helpful in everyday life?
Part of BMC Public Health, 2022
- DOI for Daily uplifts during the COVID-19 pandemic: what is considered helpful in everyday life?
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Part of Death Studies, p. 233-244, 2022
- DOI for The grief and communication family support intervention: Intervention fidelity, participant experiences, and potential outcomes
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My Grief App for Prolonged Grief in Bereaved Parents: A Pilot Study
Part of Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
- DOI for My Grief App for Prolonged Grief in Bereaved Parents: A Pilot Study
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Part of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2022
- DOI for Efficacy, Benefits, and Harms of a Self-management App in a Swedish Trauma-Exposed Community Sample (PTSD Coach): Randomized Controlled Trial
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Part of Psycho-Oncology, p. 2149-2158, 2022
- DOI for Communication about diagnosis and prognosis-A population-based survey among bereaved parents in pediatric oncology
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Part of Omega, p. 174-186, 2022
- DOI for End-of-Life-Related Factors Associated with Posttraumatic Stress and Prolonged Grief in Parentally Bereaved Adolescents
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Part of European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2022
- DOI for Risk and protective factors for posttraumatic stress disorder in trauma-exposed individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic - findings from a pan-European study
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Part of Palliative & Supportive Care, p. 357-362, 2022
- DOI for A third of dying patients do not have end-of-life discussions with a physician: A nationwide registry study
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Part of European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2021
- DOI for Ecological momentary assessment of self-rated health, daily strategies and self-management app use among trauma-exposed adults
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Part of European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2021
- DOI for Communication, self-esteem and prolonged grief in parent-adolescent dyads, 1-4 years following the death of a parent to cancer
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Part of Internet Interventions, 2021
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No impact of previous evidence advocating openness to talk to children about their imminent death
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 1671-1672, 2021
- DOI for No impact of previous evidence advocating openness to talk to children about their imminent death
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Part of BMJ Open, 2021
- DOI for Mobile App for Prolonged Grief among Bereaved Parents: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
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Part of Omega, p. 630-648, 2021
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Parents' views on what facilitated or complicated their grief after losing a child to cancer
Part of Palliative & Supportive Care, p. 524-529, 2021
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Part of Death Studies, p. 528-537, 2021
- DOI for Adaptation of a Grief and Communication Family Support Intervention for Parentally Bereaved Families in Sweden
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Part of Psycho-Oncology, p. 1112-1119, 2021
- DOI for Psychological symptoms in widowed parents with minor children, 2-4 years after the loss of a partner to cancer
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Part of Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
- DOI for Psychometric Evaluation of the Swedish Version of the Prolonged Grief Disorder-13 (PG-13) in a Bereaved Mixed Trauma Sample
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Part of Death Studies, p. 1750-1761, 2020
- DOI for Outcomes of the grief and communication family support intervention on parent and child psychological health and communication
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Part of Death Studies, p. 1-7, 2020
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Part of Journal of Clinical Oncology, p. 137-144, 2020
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2019
- DOI for Rumination in bereaved parents: Psychometric evaluation of the Swedish version of the Utrecht Grief Rumination Scale (UGRS)
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Part of European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2019
- DOI for PTSD Coach Sweden: A Self-Management App for Trauma-Related Symptoms: A RCT study protocol evaluating a self-help app for posttraumatic stress in a Swedish community sample
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A Nationwide Study of Young Adults' Perspectives on Participation in Bereavement Research
Part of Journal of Palliative Medicine, p. 1271-1273, 2019
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Telling the truth to dying children: End-of-life communication with families
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 2111-2112, 2019
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Anxiety and depression after burn, not as bad as we think-A nationwide study
Part of Burns, p. 1367-1374, 2019
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Part of Psycho-Oncology, p. 1530-1536, 2019
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Communication in families with minor children following the loss of a parent to cancer
Part of European Journal of Oncology Nursing, p. 41-46, 2019
- DOI for Communication in families with minor children following the loss of a parent to cancer
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Parents' perceived quality of pediatric burn care.
Part of Journal of critical care, p. 256-259, 2018
- DOI for Parents' perceived quality of pediatric burn care.
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Trajectories of prolonged grief one to six years after a natural disaster
Part of PLOS ONE, 2018
- DOI for Trajectories of prolonged grief one to six years after a natural disaster
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Part of European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2018
- DOI for A pilot study of user satisfaction and perceived helpfulness of the Swedish version of the mobile app PTSD Coach
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Part of Journal of Palliative Medicine, p. 156-162, 2018
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Psychometric properties of the Prolonged Grief Disorder-13 (PG-13) in bereaved Swedish parents
Part of Psychiatry Research, p. 560-565, 2018
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Part of Burns, p. 1135-1140, 2018
- DOI for Feelings of guilt and embitterment in parents of children with burns and its associations with depression
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Spirituality and religious coping are related to cancer-bereaved siblings' long-term grief.
Part of Palliative & Supportive Care, p. 138-142, 2017
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Part of Burns, p. 583-591, 2017
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2016
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Psychometric properties of the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5: a pilot study
Part of European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2016
- DOI for Psychometric properties of the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5: a pilot study
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Injury-related fear-avoidance and symptoms of posttraumatic stress in parents of children with burns
Part of Burns, p. 414-420, 2016
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Perceived support in parents of children with burns
Part of General Hospital Psychiatry, p. 105-108, 2016
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Part of Personality and Individual Differences, p. 134-139, 2016
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Panel discussion: early interventions after traumatic events
Part of European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2015
- DOI for Panel discussion: early interventions after traumatic events
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Alcohol Consumption After Severe Burn: A Prospective Study
Part of Psychosomatics, p. 390-396, 2015
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Is sexuality a problem?: A follow-up of patients with severe burns 6 months to 7 years after injury
Part of Burns, p. 1572-1578, 2015
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Part of Internet Interventions, p. 367-371, 2015
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Part of Burns, p. 775-776, 2014
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Part of Burns, p. 987-994, 2014
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The psychiatric sequelae of burn injury
Part of General Hospital Psychiatry, p. 516-522, 2014
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Part of Psycho-Oncology, p. 658-664, 2014
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Part of Journal of burn care & research: official publication of the American Burn Association, 2012
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Part of Journal of Trauma, p. 1808-1815, 2011
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Part of Burns, p. 1309-1316, 2011
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Validation of a Swedish version of the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) in patients with burns
Part of Journal of Anxiety Disorders, p. 618-622, 2010
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Psychometric properties of the impact of event scale-revised in patients one year after burn injury
Part of Journal of Burn Care and Research, p. 310-318, 2010
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Attentional bias and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder one year after burn injury
Part of Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, p. 850-855, 2009
Articles, review/survey
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Part of Women and Birth, p. 296-302, 2024
- DOI for Support interventions to reduce psychological distress in families experiencing stillbirth in high income countries: A systematic review
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2023
- DOI for Care and support when a baby is stillborn: A systematic review and an interpretive meta-synthesis of qualitative studies in high-income countries
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Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
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O83 A Feasibility Study of the My Grief App for Prolonged Grief in Bereaved Parents in Sweden
2022
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2022
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Daily uplifts during the COVID-19 pandemic: What is considered helpful in everyday life?
2021
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PTSD Coach Sweden: RCT of a trauma-focused self-management app
Part of Trauma and Mental Health during the Global Pandemic, 2021
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2019
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Psychometric Properties of the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) in parents to children with burns.
2015