Publications and Authorship – Articles, Professional Contributions, and Other Works
I have always had a passion for writing. Below is an overview of my published work. My full name is Anette Bakkane Bendixen, but I use the short version of my name to avoid common misspellings of my surname.
Doctoral Thesis
Bendixen AB. “Anxiety symptoms among older adults in specialist mental health services”
Doctoral Thesis, University of Oslo, 2020.
Professional Book Chapters
Bendixen AB. Chapter on anxiety in Alderspsykiatri (eds. Knut Engedal & Marit Tveito, 2019). Forlaget Aldring og helse. ISBN 978–82–8061–385–1
Bendixen AB. Chapter on anxiety in Psykisk helse i eldre år (ed. Signe Tretteteig, 2020). Forlaget Aldring og helse. ISBN 978–82–8061–386–8
Educational Material
Bendixen AB. Angst hos eldre (Anxiety in Older Adults). Booklet No. 4 in the ABC training series from the Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health, commissioned by the Norwegian Directorate of Health (2020).
Professional Communication and Media
Podcast: Eldre & Psyken: Angst hos eldre. Produced by the Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health, featuring Fabian Stang as the patient. I explain why anxiety in old age can be difficult to distinguish from somatic illness, and provide advice for treatment and understanding across the lifespan. [Listen to the podcast here]
Psyk-IT: Professional online lecture in the Psyk-IT series from the Norwegian National Centre for Ageing and Health – Anxiety in Geriatric Psychiatry Patients (2017). Targeted at healthcare professionals, presenting updated knowledge in psychiatry and elderly health.
Radio Interview (Doktorpraten, Radio Luster):
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Whooping cough Pertussis (in Norwegian)
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Elder care in Luster municipality Elder Care (in Norwegian)
Scientific Articles – First Author
Bendixen AB, Hansen ISd, Morild I, Lilleng PK. Deaths from violent causes and accidents in Hordaland County 2003–04. Tidsskrift for den Norske Legeforening 2014;134:27.
Bendixen AB, Engedal K. Anxiety among older psychiatric patients: a hidden comorbidity? Aging & Mental Health 2015:1–8.
Bendixen AB, Hartberg CB, Selbæk G, Engedal K. Symptoms of Anxiety in Older Adults with Depression, Dementia, or Psychosis: A Principal Component Analysis of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2016;42:310–322.
Bendixen AB, Engedal K, Selbaek G, Hartberg CB. Anxiety Symptoms in Older Adults with Depression Are Associated with Suicidality. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2018;45:180–189.
Bendixen AB, Engedal K, Selbaek G, Benth JS, Hartberg CB. Anxiety symptom levels are persistent in older adults with a mental disorder: A 33-month follow-up study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2019;34:601–608.
Scientific Articles – Co-Author
Bakke HK, Schroder Hansen I, Bendixen AB, Morild I, Lilleng PK, Wisborg T. Fatal injury as a function of rurality: a tale of two Norwegian counties. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2013;21:14.
Molde H, Hynninen KM, Torsheim T, Bendixen AB, Engedal K, Pachana NA, Nordhus IH. A Bifactor and item response analysis of the geriatric anxiety inventory. Int Psychogeriatr 2017:1–10.
Molde H, Nordhus IH, Torsheim T, Engedal K, Bendixen AB, Byrne GJ, et al. A cross-national analysis of the psychometric properties of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI). J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2019.
