Sophie Liljedahl

Sophie Liljedahl, Ph. D., C. Psych, completed her doctorate in clinical psychology in 2010 at the University of Ottawa (Ontario, Canada). She completed her residency (2009) and post-doctoral fellowship (2011) at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) / University of Toronto. Sophie is a licensed clinical psychologist in good standing with the College of Psychologists of Ontario. She relocated to Sweden in August 2012.

In Sweden Sophie works as the Head of Research, Treatment, and Program Development at a residential treatment facility in Skåne (Finjagården). She collaborates with the Southern node of the National Self-Harm Project on a number of local and national initiatives. She is a current contributor to a systematic review of school-based self-harm prevention programs (SBU: Swedish Council on Health Technology).

Sophie teaches in the Department of Psychology at Lund University in the free-standing courses, the Psychologists’ Program, and the CBT branch of the Psychotherapists’ Program. Her interests are clinical supervision, assessment, and clinical research in relation to self-harm, suicide and related difficulties (addictions, borderline personality disorder, eating disorders), as well as prevention and the development of evidence-based treatments.

Recent Publication list

A unified theoretical framework for understanding suicidal and self-harming behavior: Synthesis of diverging definitions and perspectives.

Liljedahl S, Westling S.

Rome: 3rd International Conference on Borderline Personality Disorder and Allied Disorders; 2014.

Insatser för minskat självskadebeteende. Rekommendationer för psykiatrisk vård.

Westling S, Liljedahl S, Holmqvist-Larsson M, Ershammar, D. 2014.

[Links: Regionalt vårdprogram]

Escalate shamefully, de-escalate angrily or gratefully: The influence of discrete emotions on escalation of commitment.

Dang J, Xiao S, Liljedahl S.

Scand J Psychol 2014

[Links: PMID: 24888976 | DOI link]

The rationale for a novel non-suicidal self-injury prevention program for youth.

Liljedahl S.

Stockholm, Sweden: The 13th European Congress of Psychology; 2013.

Resilient outcome: Academic engagement by youth with histories of homelessness.

Liljedahl I, Rae J, Aubry T, Klodawsky F.

Youth homelessness in Canada: Implications for policy and practice. Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Homelessness Research Press; 2013, pp 269-286.

[Links: E-book chapter]

Clinical guidelines for deliberate self-harm, non-suicidal self-injury and borderline personality disorder. Kunskapsöversikt på uppdrag av Psykiatri Skåne.

Liljedahl S. I.

Sweden: Nationellasjalvskadeprojektet; 2012.

[Links: Review of international self-harm clinical guidelines]

Resilient Educational Outcomes: Participation in School by Youth With Histories of Homelessness.

Hyman I[1], Aubry T, Klodawsky F.

Youth and Society 2011:43(1):253-273.

[Links: youth homelessness]

'Youth friendly' characteristics of professionals in mental health settings

Hyman S, Davidson S, Manion I, Brandon S.

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies 2007:2:261-272.

Psyche in the lab: Celebrating brain science in Canada.

Dallaire R, Hyman S.

Ontario, Canada: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers; 2006, pp vii-viii.

[1] My surname changed with my marriage in 2011 from Hyman to Liljedahl.