Bergen 4-Day Treatment (B4DT) for OCD and anxiety

By developing the intensive treatment called Bergen 4-Day Treatment (B4DT), psychologists Gerd Kvale and Bjarne Hansen have fundamentally changed the treatment of anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders.

Kavli Trust is now financing the extension of the treatment internationally.

By developing the intensive treatment called Bergen 4-Day Treatment (B4DT), psychologists Gerd Kvale and Bjarne Hansen have fundamentally changed the treatment of anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders.

Kavli Trust is now financing the extension of the treatment internationally.

More about this project

  • The Bergen 4-Day treatment for OCD: At full speed after the pandemic

    June 30, 2022

    After a long break during the pandemic, Gerd Kvale and Bjarne Hansen are working at full speed training health professionals worldwide in the 4-day treatment intervention for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

  • Joining forces for new mental health project

    November 07, 2018

    Bergen Research Foundation, the Kavli Trust, Haukeland University Hospital and the University of Bergen are joining forces to provide a total of NOK 111 million for a new mental health research centre in Bergen, Norway.

  • Putting panic to flight

    April 04, 2017

    An exciting new technique said to overcome anxiety disorders in just four days is now being spread to treatment centres throughout Norway and Sweden with support from the Kavli Trust.