Johan Nyrenius
About Johan Nyrenius
Johan (reg. psychologist and specialist in neuropsychology) is a PhD candidate in psychiatry at the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, and chief psychologist at the adult psychiatric clinic of Helsingborg and northwestern Skåne.
Research
Johan’s main area of interest is adults with autism. His thesis will describe adult psychiatric outpatients with autism and sub-threshold autism. The group will be described psychiatrically, socially and cognitively and will also be compared to adult psychiatric outpatients without autism, from the same clinic. The aim is to describe the group’s needs and estimate prevalence of autism in adult outpatient psychiatry.
His research has been funded by:
- Region Skåne; Psykiatri. Habilitering och Hjälpmedel
- The Stig and Ragna Gorthon Foundation
- The Swedish Child Neuropsychiatry Science Foundation
- The Annmari and Per Ahlqvist Foundation
- The Adlerbertska Foundation
- The Wilhelm and Martina Lundgren Memorial Fund
Education and pedagogical experience
Johan has been a clinical supervisor in different settings. He has been a lecturer for clinical interns and medical students in psychometrics. He supervises theses for psychologists in specialist training.
Clinical work
Johan’s experience is mainly from adult outpatient psychiatry. He also has experience from child and adolescent psychiatry and from child and adolescent habilitation. He presently works part-time with local research and educational issues at his home clinic, and part-time clinically.
Publications
Nyrenius, J., Eberhard, J., Ghaziuddin, M., Gillberg, C., & Billstedt, E. (2022). Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in adult outpatient psychiatry. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(9), 3769-3779. Doi: 10.007/s10803-021-05411-z.
Nyrenius, J. & Billstedt,E. (2020). The functional impact of cognition in adults with autism spectrum disorders. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 74(3), 220-225. Doi: 10.1080/08039488.2019.1694698