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معرفی
Lars Hestmark is an Associate Professor at the University of Oslo's Centre for Medical Ethics. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Anthropology (2010), M.D. (2016), and a PhD in Medicine (2024). His work focuses on improving mental healthcare through family involvement strategies, clinical ethics, and health services research. Key projects include the IFIP trial evaluating family engagement protocols in psychosis treatment.
- Education:
- Bachelor of Arts (Social Anthropology), University of Oslo, 2010
- M.D., University of Oslo, 2016
- PhD in Medicine, University of Oslo, 2024
His research emphasizes ethical challenges in family involvement during severe mental illness treatment, including confidentiality dilemmas and clinician-patient-family dynamics. Recent studies analyze clinician perceptions, patient experiences, and implementation barriers in community mental health centers.
Notable contributions include a 2024 pragmatic cluster randomized trial assessing family involvement outcomes and a 2023 study exploring clinician attitudes. He collaborates with interdisciplinary teams on projects funded by the Norwegian health system.
Current efforts focus on advancing evidence-based practices through trials like IFIP, aiming to standardize family-inclusive care models in psychosis treatment. His work bridges clinical practice, ethics, and health policy to improve patient and caregiver outcomes.
