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Name: Kirsten Søndergaard FrederiksenEmail: kf.crf@psy.au.dk
Location: Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus University, Denmark
Occupation: Assistant Professor and Programme Director, European Master in Drug and Alcohol Studies (EMDAS)
Web site: https://www.au.dk/en/kf.crf@psy.au.dk
City: Aarhus
Country: Denmark
Phone: +45 9350 8114
Interests Families affected by alcohol and other drug problems; children and young people; affected family members; alcohol and drug treatment; treatment and implementation research; population surveys; quantitative and register-based research; social inequalities and psychosocial outcomes.
Biography:Kirsten Søndergaard Frederiksen is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus University, Denmark. She holds an MSc in Sociology from Aalborg University and a PhD from Aarhus University.
Her research focuses broadly on alcohol and other drug use and its consequences for individuals, families and wider social networks. A particular focus of her work is children and young people growing up in families affected by parental substance use, including how family adversity is associated with educational, mental health and social outcomes across childhood and early adulthood.
Her work combines national population surveys, Danish register data and treatment research. Kirsten is involved in the Danish national UngMap surveys of substance use, wellbeing and everyday life among young people aged 15–25. She also conducts research on alcohol and drug treatment, implementation and support for family members affected by another person’s substance use.
Her current work includes research on adapting and evaluating the 5-Step Method for affected family members in Denmark and research on alcohol use and assessment among older adults.
Kirsten is Programme Director for the Danish part of the European Master in Drug and Alcohol Studies (EMDAS) and is actively involved in international research and teaching collaborations. Within AFINet, she has contributed to international work on support for families affected by alcohol, substance use and gambling, including as co-editor of Supporting Families Affected by Alcohol, Substance Use, and Gambling: A Global Approach.
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