Associate Professor

Hilde-Margit Løseth

Department of Welfare and Participation
Hilde-Margit Løseth
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KRONSTAD2 M4-20
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Field of work

Mental Health Work, Substance Use Issues, and Mental Health. Professional Relationships. Dialectical Relational Understanding.

Educated as a psychiatric nurse with a master's degree in nursing science from the University of Bergen and a doctorate from the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.

I have worked in the fields of substance use and psychiatry for over ten years, undertaking various responsibilities at different levels. Responsible for several externally funded continuing education programs in the field of mental health. Co-developer and Subject coordinator for the Continuing Education in Mental Health and Substance Use Work. Supervise master's theses in the Master's in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Work and the Master's in Social Sciences.

Area of Expertise: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Work. Professional relations.

Scholar from 2020 to 2024 in the END study (Bereaved persons following drug-related deaths). Researching municipal health and welfare services for the bereaved after drug-related deaths, from the perspective of helpers.

 Teaching in: Mental Health and Substance Use Work. Dialectical Relational Understanding.

 Researching: Currently: Self Care in Professional Therapeutic Relationships.

Doctoral Thesis: How do municipal health and welfare services address bereaved individuals after drug-related deaths? What obstructs and what enables support in the acute phase, from the perspective of helpers? How can collaboration around assistance to the bereaved after drug-related deaths be optimised in the interplay between the municipal support system, the bereaved themselves, and volunteer organisations?

Courses taught
  • MASO591, Master's Thesis (45 credits), Fall 2025
  • TPHR501, Perspectives on Mental Health, Substance Use and Addiction, Fall 2025, subject responsible
  • TPHR502, Prevention, Treatment and Care, Spring 2026, subject responsible
  • TPHR503, Ethics, Relation and Interaction, Fall 2025
  • TPHR504, Professional Development and Practice, Spring 2026, subject responsible
  • TPHR590, Master's Thesis, Spring 2026
  • TPHR590, Master's Thesis, Fall 2025

Publications

  • How do professional helpers in municipality’s health and welfare services relate to persons bereaved by illicit drug use? Qualitative research

    Hilde-Margit Løseth, Kari Dyregrov, Lillian Bruland Selseng, Sonja Mellingen, Kristine Berg Titlestad (2024)

  • The role of public policy for grief support in the case of stigmatised deaths

    Hilde-Margit Løseth, Monika Alvestad Reime (2024)

  • Akutt hjelp etter unaturlige dødsfall utenfor sykehus

    Hilde-Margit Løseth (2024)

  • Kva fortel END prosjektet sine resultat om etterlatte sin livssituasjon?

    Monika Alvestad Reime, Hilde-Margit Løseth (2024)

  • How do professional helpers in municipality’s health and welfare services relate to persons bereaved by illicit drug use? Qualitative research

    Hilde-Margit Løseth (2024)

  • Kva fortel END prosjektet sine resultat om etteerlatte sin livssituasjon?

    Hilde-Margit Løseth, Sari Kaarina Lindeman (2024)

  • Hjelpeapparatet i møte med etterlatte

    Monika Alvestad Reime, Sonja Mellingen, Hilde-Margit Løseth (2024)

  • How do health and welfare services relate to drug-death bereaved persons' needs? A qualitative study.

    Hilde-Margit Løseth, Øyvind Reehorst Kalsås (2023)

  • Drug-related deaths: help needs of those bereaved and the help services' perspectives

    Hilde-Margit Løseth, Øyvind Reehorst Kalsås (2023)

  • Barriers and facilitative factors in the provision of first-responder services to persons bereaved following a drug-related death: A qualitative study

    Hilde-Margit Løseth, Lillian Bruland Selseng, Kari Dyregrov (2023)
    Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (NAD) 2023 ;Volum 40. s. 371-390

  • “How Do Municipal Managers Describe Improving the Services Provided to Drug Death-Bereaved Persons?” a Qualitative Study

    Hilde-Margit Løseth, Kari Dyregrov, Lillian Bruland Selseng, Sonja Mellingen (2023)
    Omega - Journal of Death and Dying 2023 s. 1-20

  • Drug-related deaths: Help needs of those bereaved and the help services` perspective

    Øyvind Reehorst Kalsås, Hilde-Margit Løseth (2023)

  • Etterlattes hjelpebehov ved narkotikarelatert død og hjelpetjenestenes perspektiv

    Hilde-Margit Løseth, Øyvind Reehorst Kalsås (2022)

  • Hvordan møter helse- og velferdstjenestene etterlatte ved narkotikarelatert død i akuttfasen?

    Hilde-Margit Løseth (2022)

  • Barriers and facilitators in professional assistance provision to persons bereaved by drug-related deaths during the acute phase.

    Hilde-Margit Løseth (2022)

  • Hvorfor er det så vanskelig, og hva skal til for å gjøre det bedre?

    Hilde-Margit Løseth (2022)

  • Kommunale helse- og velferdstjenester til etterlatte ved narkotikarelatert død i rett etter dødsfallet

    Hilde-Margit Løseth (2022)

  • END-prosjektet

    Hilde-Margit Løseth (2022)

  • Etterlatte etter narkotikadødsfall får ikke hjelpen de trenger

    Hilde-Margit Løseth (2022)

  • Hvordan møter ansatte i kommunale helse-og velferdstjenester etterlatte i akuttfasen ved narkotikarelatert død? En kvalitativ studie

    Hilde-Margit Løseth, Lillian Bruland Selseng, Kari Dyregrov, Sonja Mellingen (2022)
    Global Qualitative Nursing Research 2022 ;Volum 9.

  • Professional helpers' experiences of assisting the bereaved after drug-related deaths: A knowledge gap

    Monika Alvestad Reime, Hilde-Margit Løseth, Sari Kaarina Lindeman, Kristine Berg Titlestad, Kari Dyregrov, Lillian Bruland Selseng (2022)
    Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (NAD) 2022 ;Volum 39. s. 453-465

  • Professional help to drug-death-bereaved persons in the acute phase

    Hilde-Margit Løseth (2021)

  • Hvordan møter kommunale helse- og velferdstjenester etterlatte ved narkotikarelatert død i akuttfasen?

    Hilde-Margit Løseth (2021)

  • ENDkast I «På sporet av hjelparar sine erfaringar», episode 3, snakkar phd-stipendiat Hilde -Margit Løseth med Sari Lindeman om END-prosjektet sitt fokus på hjelparane sine erfaringar.

    Sari Kaarina Lindeman, Hilde-Margit Løseth (2021)

  • Strains and challenges of close family members before a drug related death (DRD)

    Birthe Møgster, Hilde-Margit Løseth, Lennart Lorås (2019)

  • The special grief following drug related deaths

    Kari Dyregrov, Birthe Møgster, Hilde-Margit Løseth, Lennart Lorås, Kristine Berg Titlestad (2019)
    Addiction Research and Theory 2019 ;Volum 28. s. 415-424

  • How to study follow-up when it doesn’t exist?

    Hilde-Margit Løseth, Lillian Bruland Selseng (2019)

  • Hvordan lever efterladte videre efter en pårørendes stofrelaterede død?

    Kari Dyregrov, Hilde-Margit Løseth (2019)
    Stof 2019 s. 28-31

  • Den spesielle sorgen ved narkotikarelatert død

    Kari Dyregrov, Birthe Møgster, Kristine Berg Titlestad, Hilde-Margit Løseth, Lennart Lorås (2018)
    Psyke & Logos 2018 ;Volum 39. s. 92-109

  • Vold og traumatisk stress i utdanningene. Prosjektrapport

    Siv Førde, Kjersti Alsaker, Hilde-Margit Løseth, Lars M. Kvinge, Randi Sviland, Venke A Johansen (2018)
    Høgskulen på Vestlandet

  • DRUG DEATH RELATED BEREAVEMENT AND RECOVERY (The END-project)

    Kristine Berg Titlestad, Birthe Møgster, Hilde-Margit Løseth, Sari Kaarina Lindeman, Lennart Lorås, Kari Dyregrov (2018)

  • Etterlatte ved narkotikarelatert død – END-prosjektet Rekruttering av deltakere til nasjonal forskningsstudie

    Kristine Berg Titlestad, Birthe Møgster, Hilde-Margit Løseth, Sølvi Kaald, Kari Dyregrov (2018)

  • Etterlatte ved narkotikarelatert død (END-prosjektet)

    Kristine Berg Titlestad, Birthe Møgster, Hilde-Margit Løseth, Kari Dyregrov (2018)

  • Prosjekt Online

    Janicke Slang, Hilde-Margit Løseth (2017)

  • Komplisert sorg for etterlatte etter overdosedødsfall

    Hilde-Margit Løseth, Sonja Mellingen (2017)
    Nordlys 2017