Håkan Nyman Dr Med Sc Clinical neuropsychologist

Address:
Department of Psychiatry
Karolinska hospital
SE-171 76 Stockholm
Sweden

Telephone:
+46-8-517 733 02
+46-739-661 815 (cell phone)

E-mail:
hakan.nyman@nvso.sll.se
hakan.nyman@ks.se

Education:
- Psychologist, 1980-1983
- Dr Med Sc, 1986-1992

Professional experience:
Clinical psychologist/neuropsychologist, Dept of Psychiatry, Karolinska hospital, 1983-present
Lecturer, part time, Dept of Psychology, University of Stockholm, 1990-present

Memberships:
Swedish Psychological Association, 1982-present
Swedish Neuropsychological Society, 1989-present
Swedish Society for the History of Psychiatry, 1988-present
International Neuropsychological Society, 1999-present

Brief description of present research:
a) Neuropsychological characteristics of psychotic disorders, especially schizophrenia.
b) Neuropsychological function in severe OCD, including the long-term effects of capsulotomy.
c) The effect of estrogen on neurocognitive functions.
d) Neuropsychological effects of different methods in heart surgery.
e) Development of neuropsychological assessment methods.

Selected references:

- Nyman H & Bartfai A (Eds.). Klinisk neuropsykologi. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2000
- Eriksson Å, Nyman H, Flyckt L, Edman G, Bjerkenstedt L & Wiesel F-A. Neuropsychological function in patients with schizophrenia, their relatives and normals. Manuscript, 2000
- Nyman H, Andreéwitch S, Lundbäck E & Mindus P. Executive and cognitive functions in patients with extreme OCD treated by capsulotomy. Applied Neuropsychology, under revision
- Rosmark B, Ösby U, Engelbrektsson K & Nyman H. Stability of performance on neuropsychological tests in patients with schizophrenia. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 1999, 249:299-304
- Kilander L, Andrén B, Nyman H, Lind L, Boberg M, & Lithell H. Atrial fibrillation is an independent determinant of low cognitive function: a cross-sectional study in elderly men. Stroke, 1998 Sep, 29:9, 1816-2
- Kilander L, Nyman H, Boberg M, Hansson L & Lithell H. Hypertension is related to cognitive impairment. A 20-year followup of 999 men. Hypertension, 1998, 31:3, 780-78
- Kilander L, Nyman H, Boberg M & Lithell H. Cognitive function, vascular risk factors and education. A cross-sectional study based on a cohort of 70-year-old men. J Intern Med, 1997, 242:4, 313-321
- Jönsson E, Härnryd C, Johannesson T, Wahlström J, Bergenius J, Bergstedt H, Greitz D, Nyman H, Björck E, Blennow E, Sedvall G. Further studies on a male monozygotic triplet with schizophrenia. Cytogenetical and neurobiological assessments in the patients and their parents. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 1997, 247:5, 239-47
- Härnryd C, Jönsson E, Greitz D, Nyman H, Sedvall G. A set of male monozygotic triplets with schizophrenic psychoses. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 1995, 245, 1-7Nyman H & Mindus P. Neuropsychological correlates of intractable anxiety disorder before and after capsulotomy. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1995: 91: 23-31