A nationwide study from the Czech Republic has examined substance use disorders and mortality among 22,449 children, adolescents, and young adults who received a new diagnosis during the period 2015–2019.
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A selection of articles in English about SERAF's research below. Read more about SERAF in the (Norwegian) media.
Those who die from methadone overdoses often do not have a prescription for methadone.
This report presents the evaluation of heroin-assisted treatment in Norway, published on June 8th, 2026.
New publication in Drug and alcohol dependance on changes in opioid prescription while in opioid agonist treatment.
Rose Elisabeth Lunde holds her PhD defense on Friday, November 7th.
A collaboration between the Norwegian Research Council (NFR)-funded research projects PriSUD (SERAF, UiO) and ULTPEN (NTNU and KRUS) uncovers an overwhelming and complex burden of mental health disorders among individuals sentenced to preventive detention (forvaring) in Norway.
SERAF Expresses Gratitude to Drs. Jennifer Edelman and Patrick O’Connor
Patient's self-assessment: Better mental health – but uncertain effect on anxiety and depression after a year in heroin-assisted treatment
Håkon Høydal Nestvold will defend his PhD thesis on Friday September 12.
A new SERAF study shows the connection between the use of strong painkillers and substance use disorders.
SERAF has updated its systematic review on sustained-release naltrexone in The Cochrane Library.
Opioid Prescribing in Scandinavia, 2010–2023: Similar Challenges, Different Paths
Patient satisfaction in OAT is related to the content and structure of the treatment, as well as to the patient's substance use during treatment
In a collaboration with Oslo University Hospital, Thomas Clausen has contributed to a new publication in the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care.
A new study from the POINT project and KORFOR shows that the use of the strong pain-relieving opioid oxycodone has significantly increased in Norwegian hospitals and primary healthcare services over the past ten years. The study has been published in the European Journal of Pain.
Researchers from SERAF and Sørlandet Hospital recently published a qualitative study on aging in opioid agonist treatment in Norway.
Today, EUDA released data from the "European Web Survey on Drugs (EWSD) 2024" to which Norway also contributed data collection.
On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, Ivar Skeie was awarded the King's Medal of Merit during a medal ceremony organized by SERAF at the University of Oslo.
Friday, January 17th Espen Woldsengen Haugom will defend his PhD thesis at Rikshospitalet.
In cooperation with colleagues at Sørlandet Hospital, researchers at SERAF have investigated changes in substance use among patients in opioid maintenance treatment (OMT).
The research article "Mortality in women with a history of incarceration in Norway: A 20-year National Cohort Study," published in The International Journal of Epidemiology, written by Vegard G. Svendsen, Anne Bukten, Torbjørn Skardhamar, and Marianne Riksheim Stavseth, was the winner of the Article of the Year award by the Norwegian Epidemiological Association.
A new collaboration between SERAF and Korfor shows that general practitioners are the most cautious when it comes to prescribing opioids for long-term pain management.
Researchers at SERAF have contributed a new chapter on analgesic opioids to the second edition of the book Drug Utilization Research: Methods and Applications.