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Emma Forsén

Emma Forsén

Affiliated to Research
Visiting address: Nobels väg 12a, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C8 Medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik, C8 MEB Bulik, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • I am a licensed clinical psychologist and a researcher, and I have worked with eating disorders since 2009. I am currently the project manager for a clinical treatment study where we intend to evaluate a CBT programme (the compuLsive Exercise Activity theraPy – LEAP) designed to target compulsive exercise in eating disorders. The project is a collaboration with four Swedish eating-disorder specialist units.

    I am also the project manager for the Swedish part of the global Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI) study. The purpose of EDGI is to increase our knowledge about how genes and environmental factors affect the risk of developing eating disorders. Further, I am the chairman of the patient organisation Frisk & Fri: Riksföreningen mot ätstörningar.

    My education:
    2011-2017: PhD, Psychiatry. ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, Dept of Clinical Neuroscience, Sweden.
    2007-2009: Psychologist programme (supplementary courses). Uppsala University, Sweden.
    2005-2007: Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology. University of Roehampton, UK.
    2002-2005: Psychology, BSc (Hons). University of Surrey, UK.

Research

  • I have studied how self-image (how individuals treat themselves) can be linked to eating disorders in different diagnostic groups, age groups and genders, and I have also studied whether eating disorders can be understood from an interpersonal and attachment perspective. Another part of my research focuses compulsive exercise as a symptom of eating disorder. I have also worked with the youth version of the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire.

    In addition to the studies for which I am currently the project manager, I am also involved in a study that aims to evaluate the effects of an online prevention program aiming to increase knowledge and awareness about eating disorders in coaches and trainers in community and recreational sports. I am also involved in a study focusing the effects of the pandemic for people with eating disorders.

Articles

  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS. 2025;58(2):427-439
    Costello K; Birgegard A; Borg S; Thornton LM; Thompson KA; Hedlund E; Peat CM; Goode RW; Termorshuizen JD; Mantilla EF; van Furth EF; Bulik CM; Watson HJ
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS. 2024;57(11):2143-2155
    Presseller EK; Cooper GE; Thornton LM; Birgegard A; Abbaspour A; Bulik CM; Forsen Mantilla E; Dinkler L
  • Article: JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS. 2024;12(1):151
    Simon ET; Monell E; Lindstedt K; Wiberg A-C; Mantilla EF
  • Article: JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS. 2024;12(1):86
    Liao Z; Birgegard A; Monell E; Borg S; Bulik CM; Mantilla EF
  • Article: EATING BEHAVIORS. 2023;50:101750
    Birgegard A; Mantilla EF; Breithaupt LE; Borg S; Sanzari CM; Padalecki S; Hedlund E; Bulik CM
  • Article: EATING DISORDERS. 2022;30(6):602-617
    Birgegard A; Abbaspour A; Borg S; Clinton D; Mantilla EF; Savva A; Termorshuizen JD; Bulik CM
  • Article: JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS. 2022;10(1):142
    Selenius S; Birgegard A; Mantilla EF
  • Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2022;150:227-230
    Birgegard A; Mantilla EF; Dinkler L; Hedlund E; Savva A; Larsson H; Bulik CM
  • Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS. 2022;125(1):148-166
    Levallius J; Monell E; Birgegard A; Clinton D; Forsen Mantilla E
  • Article: BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR. 2022;12(1):e2458
    Mantilla EF; Clinton D; Monell E; Levallius J; Birgegard A
  • Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2021;21(1):369
    Monell E; Meyer C; Szwajda A; Mantilla EF
  • Article: JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS. 2021;9(1):81
    Petersson S; Birgegard A; Brudin L; Mantilla EF; Monell E; Clinton D; Bjorck C
  • Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY-THEORY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE. 2019;92(3):379-393
    Mantilla EF; Clinton D; Birgegard A
  • Article: JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS. 2019;7:15
    Mantilla EF; Norring C; Birgegard A
  • Article: PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY-THEORY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE. 2018;91(3):302-316
    Mantilla EF; Clinton D; Birgegard A
  • Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;15(4):E797-797
    Mantilla EF; Levallius J; Monell E; Birgegard A
  • Article: JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS. 2018;6:11
    Monell E; Levallius J; Mantilla EF; Birgegard A
  • Article: JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS. 2017;5:19
    Mantilla EF; Birgegard A; Clinton D
  • Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2016;239:156-162
    Mantilla EF; Birgegard A
  • Article: JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS. 2015;3:30
    Mantilla EF; Birgegard A
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All other publications

  • Doctoral thesis: 2017
    Forsén E

Employments

  • Affiliated to Research, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2025-2026

Degrees and Education

  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2018

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