Kristin Berre Ørjasæter

Kristin Ørjasæter is a Professor of Mental Health at the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Division of Health and Community Division, where she leads the Mental Health Research Group. She holds a Master`s degree in Social Work and a PhD in Health Sciences.

Her research focuses on recovery narratives, recovery-oriented mental health services, social preparedness, co-created research, and the role of arts and digital techonologies in supporting mental health, wellbeing and medication safety.

She leads the NEON Young Norway Study (NFR) –The Neon Young Norway Study (nord.no), and is involved in several other external funded research projects, including:

• MedSafe-Old: Ensuring medication safety for older recipients of municipal home care services - Senter for omsorgsforskning, sør (omsorgsor.no)
• The Centre for Children & Youth, Vulnerability, and Social Preparedness - Prosjektbanken (forskningsradet.no)
• Young in Namdalen (Partnerskapet Namdalen og Trøndelag Municipality) – Principal Investigator

Ørjasæter is also engaged in the following ongoing research projects:

• Where did I go? The performers and audiences’ experiences with musical theater to create understanding, openness and changes in attitudes related to mental health problems (PI)
• FACT: An appropriate collaborative treatment model in rural areas? (PI)

From 2024-2028, She serves on the Management Committee (MC) of the European Cost Action Network CA23153 – Digital Mental Health for Young People (Action CA23153 - COST).

Before joining academia full-time, Ørjasæter worked for 15 years in specialized mental health services. Her clinical experience includes outpatient, acute, and intermediate care, with particular expertise in eating disorders and personality disorders. She has completed advanced training in family therapy, schema therapy (ST), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), EMDR, and eating disorders treatment.