Oskar Blakstad
Clinical Psychologist, entrepreneur and tech enthusiast.
A passion for Digital Mental Health
Tech innovation can enhance mental healthcare by delivering faster, more effective treatment for the individual and reducing societal costs.
Clinical Psychologist
Oskar Blakstad is a clinical psychologist with extensive experience in digital healthcare, having developed solutions for various issues such as gambling and gaming addiction, panic attacks, and tools for mild to moderate mental health care.
Founder Explorable.com
Explorable.com is an educational website offering simple, accessible explanations of scientific and psychological concepts, designed to help users understand research methods, with over 100 million users and frequent citations in Wikipedia-articles.
Founder Assisted Self-Help
Founded Assisted Self-Help (Assistert Selvhjelp) in 2012, a digital platform offering guided self-help programs for mental health challenges, combining professional psychological methods with user-friendly online tools.
Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2018
The award, given annually by Ferd, honors Norwegian organizations that create significant social impact through innovative, sustainable solutions to societal challenges. Assisted Self-Help won the award in 2018 for the contributions to digitalise mental health.
Ashoka-Fellow
Oskar Blakstad is one of nine Norwegian Ashoka Fellows, a prestigious recognition awarded to social entrepreneurs who have demonstrated the ability to drive large-scale social change through innovative and sustainable solutions. Ashoka Fellows are selected for their creativity, entrepreneurial quality, and impact on society.
Various Digital Health Projects
Oskar Blakstad has contributed developing various digital health initiatives, including Spinnville Følelser for children’s emotions, Uppsych for panic attacks and phobias, Non-cardiac chest pain, E-Risk for children’s anxiety, and Trigga for dependency issues. He also contributed to now-defunct projects like Jegspiller.no and EnkleRåd.no for gambling and gaming addiction.
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