Christian Tjagvad

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Visiting address Kirkeveien 166 Bygg 45 0450 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1039 Blindern 0315 Oslo

Academic interests

  • Treatment approaches and treatment effects of different types of substance use disorder
  • Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) as treatment for opioid use disorder
  • Overdoses; causes, mechanisms and effective interventions
  • Heroin-assisted treatment
  • Clinical relevant research of substance use disorder
  • Registry research

Academic background

  • MD from University of Aarhus, Denmark, in 2007
  • Earned the degree PhD in 2016 at the Universitety of Oslo. The PhD theses had the title; Addictive medication in relation to drug treatment and overdose death
  • Christian Tjagvad (researchgate.net)

Clinical background

  • Since 2011 employed as a senior consultant MD at Gladsaxe Siubstance Use Disorder Treatment Center in Denmark
  • Since 2016 employed as an MD at the Danish Police Force working with examination and assesment of detained intoxicated patients
  • Knowledge on treatment of different types of substance use disorders 

Appointments

Serves as the national expert for “drug-related-deaths”  DRD-indicator in the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) with annual representation in expert meetings in Lisbon, Portugal.

Publications

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  • Bukten, Anne; Lokdam, Nicoline; Skjærvø, Ingeborg; Ugelvik, Thomas; Skurtveit, Svetlana Ondrasova & Gabrhelík, Roman [Show all 20 contributors for this article] (2022). PriSUD-Nordic—Diagnosing and Treating Substance Use Disorders in the Prison Population: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Research Protocols. ISSN 1929-0748. 11(3). doi: 10.2196/35182. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjagvad, Christian; Clausen, Thomas & Skurtveit, Svetlana (2016). Addictive medication in relation to drug treatment and overdose death. Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 978-82-8333-308-4. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjagvad, Christian; Petersen, Helle; Thylstrup, Birgitte; Biong, Stian & Clausen, Thomas (2014). Forgiftningsdødsfald og øvrige narkotikarelaterede dødsfald i Danmark 2008-2011. SERAF - Senter for rus- og avhengighetsforskning. ISSN 9788293019046.

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