Andreas Hoff

Psychiatrist & PhD Clinic owner, Vestegnsklinikken Senior researcher Speaker Comedian

Andreas Hoff

About

I am a psychiatrist and PhD whose primary research focus is interventions before, during and after sick leave due to mental disorders — including stress, anxiety and depression. In recent years I have also become intensively engaged in research on ADHD diagnostics, epidemiology and interventions, and in transdiagnostic approaches for people waiting for psychiatric assessment.

I own and run Vestegnsklinikken in Glostrup — a specialist psychiatric outpatient clinic with 10–15 staff. The clinic hosts CORTEX (Collaborative Research Unit for Transdiagnostic Explorations), where we investigate how psychiatric treatment can be delivered most efficiently to keep waiting times down. A central tool is Concept WAITLESS, which integrates metacognitive therapy and transdiagnostic group interventions.

I hold guest researcher positions at three research units and regularly teach clinicians on transdiagnostic approaches and the ADHD diagnosis in adults.

Since 2023 I have hosted the podcast Mens Du Venter (While You Wait), and since 2013 I have performed stand-up comedy.

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Research

My research spans psychiatric diagnostics, ADHD, transdiagnostic interventions, and how psychiatry can best serve the many people who are waiting. I currently hold guest researcher positions at three research units.

Own unit · Vestegnsklinikken
CORTEX & Concept WAITLESS

CORTEX investigates how treatment in specialist psychiatric outpatient practice can be organised efficiently — keeping waiting times down while improving quality of care. Concept WAITLESS integrates metacognitive therapy and transdiagnostic group interventions. In 2025, FFUS awarded approx. DKK 500,000 for a pilot study on psychoeducation for patients on the waiting list for ADHD assessment.

Guest researcher
CEBP · Centre for Evidence-Based Psychiatry, Region Zealand

Led by Professor Ole-Jakob Storebø. The current collaboration concerns a project on the effects of the ADHD medication methylphenidate in children, with a focus on systematic, evidence-based methodology.

Read more about CEBP →
Guest researcher
FORMS · Mental Health Centre Amager, Capital Region of Denmark

Led by Consultant and Associate Professor Lene Falgaard Eplov. I have been involved in the IBBIS project since 2016 — a randomised trial on integrated interventions for people on sick leave with stress, anxiety and depression. FORMS also studies Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for young people, currently being rolled out across Danish municipalities.

Read more about FORMS →
Guest researcher
EMPIRA · under CORE, Capital Region of Denmark

Collaboration with Associate Professor and psychiatrist Helene Speyer. Among other topics, we study the Rumpelstiltskin Effect — the phenomenon whereby receiving a clinical diagnosis itself produces therapeutic benefit, independent of any medical intervention. The phenomenon raises fundamental questions about what a diagnosis actually does to and for a patient.

Read more about EMPIRA →

Selected publications

  1. 2025
    DMPG-ADHD author group (incl. Hoff A). Assessment of ADHD in adults in specialist outpatient practice. Clinical guideline. Danish Multidisciplinary Psychiatry Groups (DMPG). Approved February 2025.
  2. 2025
    Danish Medicines Council expert panel (incl. Hoff A). Treatment guideline for pharmacological treatment of ADHD in children, adolescents and adults. Danish Medicines Council (Medicinrådet). Published December 2025.
  3. 2025
    Hoff A, Speyer H. The importance of gender and age for symptoms and epidemiology of ADHD. Ugeskrift for Læger, 187(20):V11240761.
  4. 2024
    Hoff A, Bojesen AB, Falgaard Eplov L. The Danish IBBIS Trials for Sickness Absentees with Common Mental Disorders: A Phase 4 Prospective Study Comparing Randomized Trial and Real-World Data. International Journal of Integrated Care, 24(3):10.
  5. 2024
    Hoff A, Bojesen AB, Falgaard Eplov L. Does a specialized assessment improve vocational outcomes for people on sick leave with a suspected common mental disorder? Results from the Mental Health Assessment Study (MeHAS). PLOS Mental Health.
  6. 2023
    Hoff A et al. Integrated mental healthcare and vocational rehabilitation for people on sick leave with anxiety or depression: 24-month follow-up of the randomized IBBIS trial. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation.
  7. 2023
    DMPG-ADHD author group (incl. Hoff A). Assessment of ADHD in adults in hospital settings. Clinical guideline. Danish Multidisciplinary Psychiatry Groups (DMPG). Approved November 2023.
  8. 2022
    Hoff A, Poulsen RM, Fisker J et al. Integrating vocational rehabilitation and mental healthcare to improve the return-to-work process for people on sick leave with depression or anxiety: results from a three-arm, parallel randomised trial. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 79(2):134–142.
  9. 2022
    Hoff A, Fisker J, Poulsen RM et al. Integrating vocational rehabilitation and mental healthcare to improve the return-to-work process for people on sick leave with stress-related disorders: results from a randomized trial. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 48(5):361–371.
  10. 2021
    Terluin B, Hoff A, Falgaard Eplov L. Assessing measurement equivalence of the Danish and Dutch Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire using differential item and test functioning analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.
  11. 2017
    Poulsen R, Hoff A et al. Integrated mental health care and vocational rehabilitation to improve return to work rates for people on sick leave because of depression and anxiety (the Danish IBBIS trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 18(1):578.
Full publication list via ORCID →

Podcast

Mens Du Venter (While You Wait)

A Danish-language podcast on psychiatry and mental illness — for everyone waiting to see a psychiatrist, and for anyone curious about what psychiatry can and cannot actually do. Since 2023, more than 33 episodes have been released with guests including researchers, psychologists, physicians and public debaters.

Topics range widely: the dilemmas of ADHD diagnostics, the Rumpelstiltskin Effect, placebo, group therapy, the consequences of waiting lists, and the role of medication in psychiatry. A recurring theme is the priority dilemmas facing society and psychiatry — what we know, what we do not know, and the importance of not overstating the evidence. Andreas often discusses how psychiatrists can best communicate complex knowledge, and what it means to provide the best possible care within the constraints that actually exist.

mensduventer.nu Spotify Apple Podcasts

Talks & teaching

Andreas Hoff speaking

Performing at Store Vega, Break-It Festival.

I give talks and teach clinicians — with research in one hand and (occasional) humour in the other.

Transdiagnostic approaches in psychiatric practice
Teaching for clinicians on how transdiagnostic models can complement categorical diagnostics — and what this means for treatment and resource allocation.
The ADHD diagnosis in adults
Epidemiology, diagnostics and the many dilemmas of the rising diagnostic rate. What does the research say, and how do we handle what we do not yet know?
The waiting list problem — and what actually works
On the priority dilemmas facing psychiatry and society, and concrete models for reducing waiting times and improving treatment flow.
Stress, sick leave and the return to work
Research-based insights from the IBBIS project on integrated interventions for people on sick leave with anxiety, depression and stress.
The human mind and our tendency to overestimate ourselves
On cognitive biases, wellbeing and the humour that emerges when idealism meets realism.
Enquire about a talk or teaching →

Comedy

Since 2013 I have performed stand-up comedy, and continue to do so on special occasions — such as scientific conferences and professional events. Day to day, I draw on that experience to make my talks and teaching more humorous and engaging.

I am also available as a conference host on occasions where my background in clinical work and research in the health and social sector can be meaningfully brought into play.

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Contact

Andreas Hoff
Emaildoktorhoff@gmail.com
Clinicvestegnsklinikken.dk
ORCID0000-0001-9901-2674