Ellen Visser

Ellen Visser is a researcher specializing in psychosis and severe mental illness. Her work focuses on clinical recovery, psychosocial functioning, and validation of recovery assessment tools. She contributes to transnational studies like PHAMOUS, analyzing factors influencing recovery in long-term psychosis cases. Key research areas include personal recovery measurement, symptom scale mapping, and gender differences in mental health outcomes.

Her research employs latent class analysis and routinely collected clinical data to identify psychosocial functioning patterns. She collaborates on translating clinical scales (HoNOS, PANSS) to quality-of-life metrics (EQ-5D-3L). Recent studies address well-being disparities and recovery transitions in schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

Visser has supervised 2 academic works and participated in presentations on psychiatric care intensity prediction. Her research aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals related to mental health and well-being (SDG 3).