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Britt Reuter Morthorst serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Copenhagen, specializing in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Her research program focuses on critical issues in youth mental health with particular emphasis on suicide prevention and self-harm interventions across diverse cultural contexts.
Her primary research interests include:
- Suicide epidemiology and prevention strategies, especially in vulnerable populations like Greenlandic communities
- Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) among adolescents and effective therapeutic approaches
- Digital mental health interventions for emotion regulation difficulties
- Cross-cultural aspects of suicide and self-harm behaviors
- National trends in self-harm hospitalizations
- Primary care responses to youth suicidal behavior
Dr. Morthorst's publication record demonstrates a consistent focus on methodologically rigorous studies, including scoping reviews, qualitative investigations, national registry analyses, and randomized controlled trials. Her work on Mental Health First Aid training in Denmark (2016) has been particularly influential with 30 citations and 3 policy citations. Recent publications (2023-2025) show continued productivity with multiple studies examining suicide in Greenland, digital emotion regulation therapy, and Danish self-harm trends.
Her research has attracted significant attention from both academic and policy communities, with several publications referenced in policy documents, picked up by news outlets, and garnering substantial readership on academic platforms. Dr. Morthorst frequently collaborates with researchers across Denmark and internationally, reflecting the global relevance of her work in adolescent mental health.
