Morten Sandbu

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Morten Sandbu er psykiater og overlege ved Regional seksjon for spiseforstyrrelser ved Oslo universitetssykehus.

Articles by Morten Sandbu

When the Spanish flu came to Andøya island

Morten Sandbu

27.03.2020: In July 1918, the Spanish flu came to Andøya island. The municipal medical officer, Christian Fredrik Rossow, wrote an account of his experience of the epidemic. His descriptions have clear similarities with the current COVID-19 epidemic. The World Health Organization is now describing the COVID-19...

Foreign doctors in Norwegian psychiatry – is there a need for a mentoring scheme?

Morten Sandbu,
Anne Kamps,
Valjbona Preljevic,
Cecilie Javo

30.06.2015: During the last 10 – 15 years there has been a marked increase in the number of foreign doctors in Norway, to date (2014) approximately 3 900, equivalent to one-sixth of all doctors of working age. A similar trend has been observed in the USA, Canada, Australia and most Western European countries (1...