Personlig profil
Kort præsentation
I joined the Department of Psychology as an associate professor in November 2020. My main research interests are within the area of clinical and health psychology. Specially, I am interested in how individuals react differently to trauma and on how symptoms posttraumatic stress disorder develop over time in trauma-exposed individuals. Moreover, I have an interest in applying and developing methods for studying the complexity of psychopathology and mental health and on applying machine learning methods for the prediction of mental health problems following trauma exposure.
Undervisnings- og vejledningsområder
- Trauma and PTSD
- Comorbidity and diagnostics
- Research methods in psychology
- Clinical psychology
- Complexity science of psychopathology
CV
Current and recent positions
- Nov 2020- Associate professor, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen
- 2019-oct 2020: Senior researcher, Research and Knowledge Centre, the Danish Veteran Centre
- 2017-2020: Affiliated researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen
- 2016-2017: Part-time lecturer at the Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen
- 2014-2019: Researcher, Research and Knowledge Centre, the Danish Veteran Centre
- 2014-2015: Part-time lecturer at the Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark
Education
- July 2014: PhD in Psychology, University of Southern Denmark. Dissertation title: Traumatic Stress Reactions Following Military Deployment: Data driven approaches for better identification of heterogeneous outcomes
- March 2010: MSc in Psychology, majoring in neuropsychology and clinical psychology, University of Copenhagen
- June 2007: BSc in Psychology, University of Copenhagen
Prizes and awards
- 2019: Young Investigator Award, The Danish Psychological Association (25,000 DKK)
Leave
- 1st of October 2017 - 27th of July 2018: Maternity leave
- 18th of February - 8th of October 2015: Maternity leave
Grants
- 2022: "DARECO - the Danish Refugee Cohort" Role: PI. Carlsbergfondet. DKK 1,285,000
- 2022: "Comorbidity networks of mental disorders and general medical conditions". Role: PI. Independent Research Fund Denmark. DKK 2,776,932
- 2022: "Adverse Childhood Experiences and high-risk employment: Early risk factors for adult psychopathology" Role: PI. Independent Research Fund Denmark. DKK 2,865,345
- 2019: “Suicide prediction in high-risk patients – using machine learning to provide personalized risk assessment of suicide and suicide attempts”. Role: Co-applicant. TrygFonden. 981.600 DKK
- 2018: "PRECISION PSYCHIATRY INITIATIVE (PRECISE) – deep phenotyping paving the way for individualized treatment based on big data driven decision support". Role: Co-applicant. Lundbeck Foundation. 10,000,000 DKK
- 2018: “Traume, hjerne og krop”. Role: project manager. Offerfonden: 309,399.86 DKK
- 2018: “Tidlig identifikation af Psykisk Sårbare Veteraner”. Role: Co-PI. TrygFonden: 740,000 DKK
- 2017: “All fear, no feelings: the role of anhedonia and emotional numbing in posttraumatic stress disorder among Danish treatment-seeking veterans”. Role: Principal Investigator. Helsefonden: 350,000 DKK
Eksterne ansættelser
Forsker, Veterancentret
1 maj 2014 → …
Emneord
- Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet
- Traumer
- resiliens
- psykometri
- prædiktion
- epidemiologi
Samarbejde og topforskningsområder i de sidste fem år
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The effect of therapists’ trait-like and state-like professional self-doubt on rupture resolution
Igra, L., Faye Jacobsen, C., Karstoft, K.-I., Nielsen, J. & Rettig Lauritzen, L., 2026, I: Psychotherapy Research. 36, 3, s. 484-499Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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Associations of war exposures, post-migration living difficulties and social support with (complex) PTSD: a cohort study of Ukrainian refugees resettled in Denmark
Karstoft, K.-I., Bjørndal, L. D., Pedersen, A. A., Korchakova, N., Power, S. A., Morton, T. A., Koushede, V. J., Thøgersen, M. H. & Hall, B. J., 2025, I: Social science & medicine (1982). 376, 8 s., 118080.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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Client preferences, therapy activities and preference-activity match as predictors of therapy outcome
Faye Jacobsen, C., Karstoft, K. I., Falkenström, F., Nielsen, J., Lunn, S. & Poulsen, S., 2025, I: Psychotherapy Research. 35, 5, s. 777-792 16 s.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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Development of a military mental health training program aiming to promote mental health and operational readiness in the Danish armed forces: an intervention mapping approach
Kjærgaard, A., Karstoft, K. I., Schmidt, B. W. & Kirk, J. W., 2025, I: Frontiers in Public Health. 13, 12 s., 1676193.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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Exploring the Matching Effect: The Association Between Preference Accommodation, the Working Alliance, and Outcome in Psychotherapy
Jacobsen, C. F., Falkenström, F., Karstoft, K. I., Igra, L., Lunn, S., Nielsen, J., Lauritzen, L. & Poulsen, S., 2025, I: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 93, 6, s. 443-456 14 s.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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Profiles of parental reflective functioning and mind-mindedness in first-time parents of 4-month-old infants
Madsen, E. B., Egmose, I., Stuart, A. C., Krogh, M. T., Haase, T. W., Karstoft, K.-I. & Væver, M. S., 2025, I: Infant Mental Health Journal. 46, 6, s. 870-885 16 s.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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Shared genetic architecture of posttraumatic stress disorder with cardiovascular imaging, risk, and diagnoses
Shen, J., Valentim, W., Friligkou, E., Overstreet, C., Choi, K. W., Koller, D., O’Donnell, C. J., Stein, M. B., Gelernter, J., Lv, H., Sun, L., Falcone, G. J., Polimanti, R., Pathak, G. A., Werge, T. (Medlem af forfattergruppering), Silove, D. (Medlem af forfattergruppering), Nordentoft, M. (Medlem af forfattergruppering), Karstoft, K. I. (Medlem af forfattergruppering) & Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, 2025, I: Nature Communications. 16, 1, 17 s., 5631.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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The factor structure of the International Trauma Questionnaire – Heywood cases in confirmatory factor analysis
Karstoft, K.-I., Vindbjerg, E., Nielsen, A. B. S., Andersen, S. B. & Folke, S., 2025, I: European Journal of Psychotraumatology. 16, 1, 6 s., 2444745.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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