Stockholm university

Research group Clinical developmental psychology

How do conditions such as ADHD, autism and anxiety arise? What underlies the everyday difficulties experienced by children and adults with these conditions? What is the best method to assess these conditions and what is it like to live with a diagnosis?

Busy brain. Photo: Tara Winstead from Pexels

The research group studies atypical development using interdisciplinary methods. In several ongoing research projects, we investigate how ADHD, autism, depression and anxiety manifest themselves in children and adolescents.

Other research projects focus on how people with rare genetic syndromes such as Williams syndrome, Smith-Magenis syndrome and Down syndrome understand and perceive the world. We also study assessment of ADHD and the experiences of adolescents and young adults living with an ADHD diagnosis.

We use a variety of methods, from clinical psychological and psychiatric assessments to hermeneutic approaches, eye movement measurement and pupillometry, and computational modeling.

Our goal is to contribute to better care and quality of life for children, adolescents and adults with atypical development. We work in close collaboration with the health care system in different parts of the country and collaborate with national and international experts in psychology, genetics, psychiatry and computer science.

Our research is supported by the Swedish Research Council, FORTE, Riksbankens jubileumsfond, Sunnerdahls Handikappsfond and Stiftelsen Sävstaholm.

The research group is led by Matilda Frick and Johan Lundin Kleberg, licensed psychologists and associate professors in developmental psychology.

Group members

Group managers

Matilda Frick

Associate Professor

Department of Psychology
Matilda Frick

Johan Lundin Kleberg

Associate Professor

Department of Psychology
Johan Lundin Kleberg Foto: Henrik Dunér

Members

Rebecka Astenvald

PhD Student

Uppsala University

Hanna Björlin Avdic

PhD Student

Karolinska Institutet

Christine Fawcett

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychology
ChristineFawcett

Anna Fridell

PhD Student

Karolinska Institutet

Astrid Hallman

PhD Student

Department of Psychology
Astrid Hallman. Foto: Henrik Dunér

Viktoria Klein Moberg

PhD Student

Department of Psychology

Martin Oscarsson

PhD Student

Department of Psychology
Martin Oscarsson

Research projects