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Astrid Røsland Seim

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Astrid Røsland Seim

Associate Professor
Regional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare
Department of Mental Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Department of Economics

astrid.r.seim@ntnu.no
+4773412884 307 Klostergata 46 Øya, Trondheim
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About

About

I am a child and adolescent psychiatrist with a special interest in children and adolescents who have experienced childhood maltreatment, including those who live in out-of-home care. I work 50% as a senior doctor at St Olavs university hospital in Trondheim, and 50% as an associate professor at the Department of Mental Health, NTNU. Additionally, I am the regional coordinator for medical doctors who specialize in child and adolescent psychiatry in mid Norway (Helse Midt-Norge).

Research group

  • Communication, interaction, and early intervention in a life course perspective (CIEL)
  • Child Welfare

Theme group

  • Infant and toddler mental health

Background

  • MD, University of Tromsø, 2004
  • Specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry, 2012
  • PhD, 2021: Reactive Attachment Disorder and Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder in Adolescence: Construct validity, prevalence, comorbidity, and self-esteem among adolescents living in Norwegian residential youth care 

Professional interests

  • Mental health and child welfare
  • Developmental effects of abuse and neglect
  • Public health for children and adolescents
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry

Current projects

  • VINGO follow-up study: Adults with experience from living in residential youth care 
  • Mental health in adolescents living in residential youth care 
  • Youth FACT
  • Mental health in individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication 

Teaching

  • Course coordinator for MDV6202 Child and adolescent mental health - Part II: Risk development and mental disorders, ages 0-23
  • Lecturer in master of child and adolescent mental health, NTNU
  • Lecturer for medical students, NTNU
  • Lecturer and coordinator for MDs who specialize in child and adolescent psychiatry

Competencies

  • Attachment, care, early interaction
  • Child care
  • Child psychiatry
  • Institutionaltreatment, child and youth
  • Psychiatric diagnosis
  • Psychiatric epidemiology
  • Social psychiatry

Research

  • Kommunikasjon, samspill og tidlig innsats i et livsløpsperspektiv
  • Barnevern

VINGO - Voksne med institusjonserfaring - gode overganger

Studie av unge voksne som deltok i «Psykisk helse hos barn og unge i barnevernsinstitusjoner» mens de bodde på barnevernsinstitusjon for 9 år siden. Mål om å undersøke hvordan det går med barn som har bodd i barnevernsinstitusjon når de blir voksne.

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category
  • All publications registered in NVA

2026

  • familiedirektoratet, Barne-, ungdoms- og; Seim, Astrid Røsland. (2026) Samvær: gjennomføring av samvær etter omsorgsovertakelse kunnskapsbasert retningslinje | Bufdir. Barne-, ungdoms- og familiedirektoratet
    Other type of report
  • Elgie, Sarah; Seim, Astrid Røsland; Tarren-Sweeney, Michael. (2026) The Assessment Checklist for Adolescents Plus (ACA+) Mental Health and Relational Strengths Measure for Adolescents in Statutory Out-Of-Home Care: Content Validity and Factor Structure for a Residential Care Sample. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
    Academic article

2025

  • Seim, Astrid Røsland. (2025) Tilknytningsforstyrrelser: Reaktiv og udiskriminerende - Helsebiblioteket. Helsebiblioteket
    Other type of report

2024

  • Østvik, Jørn; Granlund, Mats; Seim, Astrid Røsland. (2024) Mental health and mental health problems among users of AAC: a scoping review. Augmentative and Alternative Communication : AAC
    Academic literature review
  • Greger, Hanne Klæboe; Stuifbergen, Maria Catherina; Jozefiak, Thomas; Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen; Lydersen, Stian; Rimehaug, Tormod; Schalinski, Inga; Seim, Astrid Røsland; Singstad, Marianne Tevik; Wallander, Jan. (2024) Young Adults with a History of Residential Youth Care: A Cohort Profile of a Hard-to-Reach Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)
    Academic article

2021

  • Seim, Astrid Røsland; Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen; Jozefiak, Thomas; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2021) Reactive Attachment Disorder and Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder in Adolescence: Construct validity, prevalence, comorbidity, and self-esteem among adolescents living in Norwegian residential youth care. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis
  • Seim, Astrid Røsland; Jozefiak, Thomas; Wichstrøm, Lars; Lydersen, Stian; Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen. (2021) Self-esteem in adolescents with reactive attachment disorder or disinhibited social engagement disorder. International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect
    Academic article

2020

  • Seim, Astrid Røsland; Jozefiak, Thomas; Wichstrøm, Lars; Lydersen, Stian; Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen. (2020) Reactive attachment disorder and disinhibited social engagement disorder in adolescence: co-occurring psychopathology and psychosocial problems. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    Academic article

2019

  • Seim, Astrid Røsland; Jozefiak, Thomas; Wichstrøm, Lars; Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen. (2019) Validity of reactive attachment disorder and disinhibited social engagement disorder in adolescence. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Elgie, Sarah; Seim, Astrid Røsland; Tarren-Sweeney, Michael. (2026) The Assessment Checklist for Adolescents Plus (ACA+) Mental Health and Relational Strengths Measure for Adolescents in Statutory Out-Of-Home Care: Content Validity and Factor Structure for a Residential Care Sample. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
    Academic article
  • Seim, Astrid Røsland; Jozefiak, Thomas; Wichstrøm, Lars; Lydersen, Stian; Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen. (2021) Self-esteem in adolescents with reactive attachment disorder or disinhibited social engagement disorder. International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect
    Academic article
  • Seim, Astrid Røsland; Jozefiak, Thomas; Wichstrøm, Lars; Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen. (2019) Validity of reactive attachment disorder and disinhibited social engagement disorder in adolescence. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    Academic article
  • Seim, Astrid Røsland; Jozefiak, Thomas; Wichstrøm, Lars; Lydersen, Stian; Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen. (2020) Reactive attachment disorder and disinhibited social engagement disorder in adolescence: co-occurring psychopathology and psychosocial problems. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    Academic article
  • Østvik, Jørn; Granlund, Mats; Seim, Astrid Røsland. (2024) Mental health and mental health problems among users of AAC: a scoping review. Augmentative and Alternative Communication : AAC
    Academic literature review
  • Greger, Hanne Klæboe; Stuifbergen, Maria Catherina; Jozefiak, Thomas; Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen; Lydersen, Stian; Rimehaug, Tormod; Schalinski, Inga; Seim, Astrid Røsland; Singstad, Marianne Tevik; Wallander, Jan. (2024) Young Adults with a History of Residential Youth Care: A Cohort Profile of a Hard-to-Reach Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)
    Academic article

Report

  • familiedirektoratet, Barne-, ungdoms- og; Seim, Astrid Røsland. (2026) Samvær: gjennomføring av samvær etter omsorgsovertakelse kunnskapsbasert retningslinje | Bufdir. Barne-, ungdoms- og familiedirektoratet
    Other type of report
  • Seim, Astrid Røsland. (2025) Tilknytningsforstyrrelser: Reaktiv og udiskriminerende - Helsebiblioteket. Helsebiblioteket
    Other type of report

Student thesis or dissertation

  • Seim, Astrid Røsland; Kayed, Nanna Sønnichsen; Jozefiak, Thomas; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2021) Reactive Attachment Disorder and Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder in Adolescence: Construct validity, prevalence, comorbidity, and self-esteem among adolescents living in Norwegian residential youth care. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis

Teaching

Courses

  • MDV6202 - Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Part II: Risk Development and Mental Disorders
  • IPH6202 - Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Part II: Risk Development and Mental Disorders
  • MDV6227 - Infants' and young children's mental health

Outreach

2026

  • Lecture
    Seim, Astrid Røsland. (2026) Attachment disorders as a psychiatric diagnosis: distinctions from and correlations with normative patterns of attachment. Introduction to assessment and treatment. Attachment in Childhood and Adolescence – Normative Development, Disorders and Intervention

2025

  • Lecture
    Seim, Astrid Røsland; Asmervik, Kristine; Ledsaak, Siw-Lindia Leirbakk. (2025) Nasjonalt forløp for barnevern – sped og småbarnsfokus: Helsehjelp til små barn i barnevernet. Sped- og småbarnskonferansen 'Nå De Små'
  • Lecture
    Seim, Astrid Røsland. (2025) Tilknytning. Regional samling for leger i Helse Nord
  • Lecture
    Seim, Astrid Røsland; Westgaard, Jannicke Eirin. (2025) Behandling av traumer, inkludert TF-CBT, EMDR, komplekse traumer. Regional samling for leger i Helse Midt-Norge

2022

  • Blog post
    Bjørseth, Åse Gresseth; Kårstad, Silja Berg; Våge, Kristine Gudmundsen; Seim, Astrid Røsland. (2022) God mental helse starter ved unnfangelse – eller før?.
  • Lecture
    Seim, Astrid Røsland. (2022) Tilknytningsforstyrrelser og selvbilde blant ungdommer i norske barneverninstitusjoner. BUP-dagene
  • Conference lecture
    Seim, Astrid Røsland. (2022) Reactive attachment disorder and disinhibited social engagement disorder - validity, comorbidity and self-esteem. Reactive attachment disorder and disinhibited social engagement disorder: Signalling needs, understanding social boundaries. The Implications of Attachment Disorders for abused and neglected children and their families

2021

  • Conference lecture
    Lehmann, Stine; Seim, Astrid Røsland; Noom, Marc; Tarren-Sweeney, Michael. (2021) Trauma- and stressor- related difficulties in youth placed in out-of-home care: Validity, associations and measurement. EUSARF Conference XVI

2016

  • Lecture
    Sandnes, Kjersti; Seim, Astrid Røsland. (2016) Hvordan avdekke emosjonelle vansker hos små barn?. Kurs for fastleger

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