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Speciallæge i Psykiatri, dr.med. Søren Buus Jensen
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GENERAL CURRICULUM VITAE:
Dr. SØREN BUUS JENSEN,
Specialist in Psychiatry, dr.med.
Psychiatric Clinic, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
soeren@mentalhealthconsult.com
Abstract
Dr. Soeren Buus Jensen, now Head of Psychiatric Clinic in Frederiksberg, Denmark, was until 2005 Senior Mental Health Advisor to WHO (for the Government of Liberia and in Uganda).
He graduated from University of Copenhagen in 1974 and was authorized as a General Practitioner (Primary Health Care) in 1978. He worked through years in the Danish Health system as a clinician, researcher and trainer. He specialized in Psychiatry (since 1987) and completed his doctoral of science thesis in 1989 also at Copenhagen University.
In Denmark he held a series of senior positions. He was the Director (Adm. Overlaege) at Copenhagen University Hospital in Glostrup, Dept of Psychiatry (1998-2000).
He is an experienced clinical psychiatrist also trained as a psychotherapist with special experience in the work with trauma, torture survivors, refugees and sexual violations. He is an experienced trainer, teaching mental health on all levels internationally and nationally.
He has throughout his career been an engaged researcher with an extensive and multi-facetted publication list combining academic research and systematic hands on fieldwork and still a highly active researcher.
He has years of experience also in hospital management/administration from Denmark, and internationally development of pubic mental health policies, programs and interventions in war and post-conflict situations including fund-raising and experience in working with governments and politicians.
Since 1990 he has spent more than 10 years in international work. This developed initially from working with refugees in Denmark and lead into research work in Chile related to mental health and human rights. Between1989-93 he lived and worked in Chile for a total of 6 months. From 1994-96 WHO engaged him in Ex-Yugoslavia. Initially he headed the Emergency Mental Health and Rehabilitation Dept. in Zagreb/Sarajevo. Later he became the Special Representative, e.g. Head of Mission, for the overall WHO Humanitarian Assistance to Ex-Yugoslavia, overseeing public health, mental health and primary health care projects besides being in charge of administration and management, and working on fund raising with the donor community. .
During his international work as a consultant his activities have targeted the borderland between primary health care and community mental health care, especially in conflict/ post-conflict areas in poverty-stricken countries in the developing world. Working against torture and organized violence and in support of assisting survivors of conflicts and wars, he was involved in a series of activities related to training health care providers (doctors, nurses, health workers and volunteers), direct hands on clinical experience in working in African developing environment (S. Sudan/ N. Uganda, Burundi, Liberia), research related to mental health needs and resources in the general populations (Sierra Leone (WHO) and Somalia (UNICEF), Liberia (WHO), project implementation (N. Uganda, S. Sudan, Burundi (TPO, South Africa (SAITS), Liberia (WHO)) and health policy development on governmental level (S. Leone/WHO, Liberia WHO Uganda/WHO).
His international working experience includes countries in Latin America (Chile, Guatemala, and Honduras), Africa (Uganda, S. Sudan, Burundi, Sierra Leone, S. Africa, Kenya, Liberia), Asia (Nepal, Sri Lanka) and Europe (Ex-Yugoslavia, Georgia). Since 1998, he is professor at New York University (International Trauma Studies Program) and currently International Mental Health Advisor at ITSP. From 2003-2004 he was Senior International Trainer at the Trauma training Program at the South African Trauma Institute (SAITS) in Johannesburg, SA
Since 2000 he was based in Africa (Uganda, Kenya and Liberia) working as a Senior Mental Health Advisor with recent consultancies in Sierra Leone (WHO 2002), Somalia (UNICEF 2002-2003), Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DANIDA, as Team Leader for Euro Health Group (EHG, DK) in the Evaluation of RCT/IRCT organizations work against torture- in Denmark and internationally (2003-4) and for the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Finnida) evaluation of a national Mental Health Project in Egypt (2004)
During this period he has carried out a series of large-scale research projects. These include a.o. a Needs and Resource Assessment “Mental Health and Substance Abuse Survey in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone” including nearly 2000 systematic interviews. Most recently a publication for UNICEF a study in Somalia on Child Protection (“From Perception to Reality”) including a household study of nearly 10.000 structured interviews (5000 adults and 5000 children) combined with qualitative studies of the target groups like street children, children exposed to traumatic experiences from war and other violence, child soldiers etc.
From September 2004 he was a Senior Advisor to WHO and the MOH in Liberia to restart the totally closed mental health services and mental health training in war torn Liberia. He has developed a 2-years emergency strategy plan, now being implemented although restricted by limited resources available- and developing model projects for future mental health work in Liberia including a focus on community mental health interventions in a post-conflict environment combining training, clinical services and research. Lack of funding led to a termination of this full time position in July 2005 with planned shot term follow-up.
In September/October 2005 he was a consultant from WHO Geneva to WHO Uganda developing a mental health “Needs and Resource Assessment and a Plan of Action for the development of mental health in Uganda with special focus on the conflict zones in the North (Gulu area)”.
In November 2005 he was twice for a month a clinical consultant to Lycksele Hospital, Västerbottan County, Sweden with focus on clinical work in Southern Lapland.
From 2006-2017 Dr. Soeren Buus Jensen headed Psychiatric Clinic (within the public health system) in Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark - alternating with consultancies. Through 11 years he carried out more than 27.000 clinical consultaions.
Since August 2017 he is now in private practice in Frederiksberg, Denmark.
2018-2019 He was Head of Psychiatry in Greenland (Queen Ingrid Hospital, Nuuk)
2020-2021 Chief Psychiatrist, Copenhagen Private Psychiatric Hospital, Hejmdal, Frederiksberg, Dept of Adult Psychiatry.
CURRICULUM VITAE: Dr. SØREN BUUS JENSEN: Details
1. ACADEMIC HISTORY
1974: MD, University of Copenhagen,
1978: Gold Medal Award for Young Researchers University of Copenhagen,
1978: Authorization as General Practitioner, Family Medicine (Copenhagen),
Seven years of general medical clinical work (Internal Medicine, Diabetology, Surgery,
Gynecology, Social Medicine and Neurology),
1987: Specialist Authorization in Psychiatry (National Health Board, Copenhagen),
Ten years of clinical psychiatry as a specialist (9 years in leading positions).
1989: Doctoral Thesis: Sexual Dysfunction and Diabetes Mellitus (dr. med./ MD, Ph.D.),
University of Copenhagen,
1992: International Research Award: Herman Musaph Award, Holland,
Best European Research Study in Medical Sexology (1990-92)
1998: Professor at ITSP, New York University, International Training Director,
2003: Senior International Trainer, SAITS in Johannesburg, South Africa
2. Professional Training: Psychotherapy
1981-: Licensed Psychotherapist: Group Therapy,
1984-: Licensed Psychotherapist: Couples and Sex Therapy,
1985-: Psychotherapy Supervisor: Authorization with Psychiatric Residents,
1999: Completion of Psycho-Social Trainers of Trainers (TOT) Course in Uganda
3. Professional Training: Health Management and Economy
1988: Management Course in Health Care (SOSA/OLAU1), Danish Medical Association,
1992-3: Advanced Course in Hospital and Health Administration (OLAU II),
1999: Advanced Health Management and Economy (OLAU III).
4. OVERVIEW: AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL SPECIALIZATION
4.1. INTERNATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH / PSYCHO-SOCIAL CONSULTATION
Senior Mental Health Advisor to UN organizations
Former Yugoslavia 1994-98 (WHO), Rwanda 1997-98 (UNICEF), Sierra Leone 2002 (WHO), Somalia 2002-2003 (UNICEF), Liberia 2004-05 (WHO), Uganda 2005 (WHO)
Senior Mental Health Advisor to Euro Health Group, Denmark
EHG, DK is a Copenhagen based consultancy group specializing in health projects in the developing world (From 2003-04) - part time
Director and Senior Mental Health Advisor International Consultancy Group:
Global Psychiatric and Psycho-Social Initiatives (GPSI) (2002-2005)
Consultant to the Danish Government : Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DANIDA)
2003: Team-Leader Evaluation Team of The Research, Documentation and Rehabilitation work of RCT/IRCT as Senior Health Advisor to Euro Health Group (EHG) for DANIDA, including field visits to Latin America (Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico)
2002: Short term Consultant: Community Mental Health in the developing world (Tunisia) and Mental Health Research in Developing Countries (WHO), Cape Town,
Consultant to the Finnish Government : Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FINNIDA)
2003-04: Senior Consultant for Mid-Term Evaluation of MH program in Egypt with HCG Helsinki, Finland
Consultant and Senior Mental Health Advisor to International NGO
TPO (Transcultural Psycho-social Organization) Amsterdam:
N. Uganda/ S. Sudan, Burundi (2000-2002), Nepal (2001) and Kosovo (2001),
Consultant Transmedica Consult: Västerbotten County, Sweden
Lycksele Hospital, Psychiatric clinic, Sweden (2005), Clinical consultant 1 month
Director:
International University Center for Mental Heath and Human Rights (1996-1998),
Project development and implementation, consultancies and training institutes related to community mental health care related to primary health care (Research network)
Team Leader of Evaluation
UNICEF Rwanda (1997), RCT/IRCT 2003, Finnida Egypt MH program (2004)
Areas of Specialization:
Community / Public Mental Health in conflict and post-conflict countries,
General and specialized psychiatric clinical specialist work
Community Mental Health as integrated part of primary health care
Needs and Resource Assessments in Mental Health, Substance Abuse and War/Post conflict Areas with special focus on developing world.
Psychiatric treatment and research in developed and developing countries,
Research: Project ideas, research implementation, training of researchers in developing countries, data analysis, writing and critique of research documentation,
Hospital and Community Health Care Management,
Health policy, legislation and evaluation special focus on primary and community mental health care,
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse treatment,
Psycho-Social/Mental Health programming: refugees, IDP and war affected populations,
Mental health and human rights issues,
Family and Community-oriented Health Education/ Preventive interventions
Project/Program development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation,
Training of primary health care workers in the developing world
Transcultural Health Perspectives,
Healing methods for traumatic stress disorders,
Child protection incl. Children exposed to sexual abuse, street children and child soldiers
4.2. PSYCHO-SOCIAL, MENTAL HEALTH AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE TRAINER
4.2.1. Internationally :
A. Training Courses: Teaching
Psycho-social/ community mental health care for primary health care workers (doctors, nurses, counselors and volunteers) in N.Uganda, S. Sudan and Burundi,
Emergency mental health care for PHC doctors and nurses in Burundi,
Advanced psychiatry for psychiatric residents in Kosovo,
Mental health research skills in Nepal,
Community psychiatry and treatment of trauma in Sarajevo,
Postgraduate treatment of trauma courses at New York University (NYU).
International training courses in trauma treatment, training and community interventions in South Africa (in a 3-years project)
B. Lecturing: (Examples)
Sarajevo University , Bosnia Herzegovina, Harvard University, Yale University and New York University,,
Invited Plenary Speaker European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESSTS)
International Academy of Sex Research, (Key note speaker, Maastrict)
World Congress of Emergency Psychiatry. (Plenary Speaker)
Ongoing at International Training Courses in South Africa and NYU
AFTA/IFTA 2005/ June invited plenary speaker
UN-NGO Committee, New York (2005/ 9) : Invited speaker
4.2.2. Nationally/ Denmark :
Professional workshops and training sessions for medical students, psychiatric residents, primary health care physicians, nurses, social workers and psychologists at Copenhagen University.
Clinical supervisor of medical students and residents
Consultancies with training and supervision related to management support, staff care and development and leadership coaching for several Danish institutions and organizations within the mental health and social welfare system.
Development of training of a series of postgraduate training programs in Denmark (Clinical Sexology, Alcoholism treatment and International Trauma work (Transcultural Teams).
4.3. ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
A. International:
Program Manager: WHO Humanitarian Aid to Ex-Yugoslavia: Mental Health and Physical Rehabilitation Program: Initiation, implementation and management in 5 republics (1994-96).
Head of Mission : Special Representative WHO in Ex-Yugoslavia (1995-96). In charge of 100+ international/national staff working in units of public health, epidemiology, nutrition, primary health care, drug supply, physical rehabilitation. Management of 25 million USD/ annual budget, logistics and security (Zagreb/ Sarajevo)
Initiator - Co-Director (1997-99) / Faculty (present)
International Trauma Studies Program at New York University (ITSP/NYU)
Evaluation Teams
Team Leader: UNICEF Rwanda (1997), WHO Sierra Leone (2002), Danida/Euro Health Group Evaluation of RCT/IRCT (2003), Uganda, WHO (2005)
Team member : Helsinki Consultation Group/ Finnida: Mental Health in Egypt (2004)
B. National/ Denmark:
Chief Psychiatrist Hejmdal Private Psychiatric Hospital (2020- )
Chief Psychiatrist of Greenland Psychiatry based i Nuuk, Greenland (2018-2019)
The only full time psychiatrist in Greenland during this period.
Executive Director and Chair ( 1998-2000 )
Community Mental Health Services and Hospital Department at Copenhagen University, Glostrup, Clinical and administrative director with 450+ employees and a budget of 25 million USD. The Danish Mental Health System is a community-oriented approach with intense collaboration of community care, primary health care and short-term back-up hospital services.
Executive Director and Chief Psychiatrist , Aalborg Denmark (1990-1994).
Director of Psychiatric Hospital and Community Services with 150+ employees
Founding Editor and Editor in Chief : Scandinavian Journal of Sexology (Nordisk Sexologi) (1983-93)
Director Postgraduate Training Program in Clinical Sexology (1983-93)
A 2-year postgraduate training program in couples and sex therapy
President: Nordic Association for Clinical Sexology (1992-93)
4.4. RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
More than 150 publications international and national in books, book chapters, reports and scientific journals: Some examples are:
Nancy Baron & Soeren Buus Jensen:
From Perceptions to Reality: Child Protection in Somalia,
UNICEF Somalia (2004)
Soeren Buus Jensen & Nancy Baron:
Training Early Mental Health Interventions Related to Large Scale Disasters. In Oerner & Schnyder: Reconstructing Early Interventions after Trauma,
Oxford University Press: Oxford 2003.
Nancy Baron, Soeren Buus Jensen & Joop de Jong:
The mental health of refugees and internally displaced people. Chapter in UN-report on Mental Health (2002) and book chapter in Green et al: “Trauma in war and peace”,
New York 2003
Soeren Buus Jensen & Edward Nahim:
Mental Health and Substance Abuse in Sierra Leone: A systematic needs and resource assessment,
WHO Freetown 2002,
Soeren Buus Jensen:
In the Aftermath of September 11th: Large Scale Psychosocial and Mental Health Interventions.
ESTSS Bulletin, April 2002.
Soeren Buus Jensen,
Frontlines of mental health under war conditions. In Taipale, I. et al (ed) War and Health, London, Zed Books, 2001.
Soeren Buus Jensen
Mental health: How stressed are the aid workers? Humanitarian Affairs Review, 7, pp 41-45 ECHO: Brussels, 1999.
Soeren Buus Jensen, R. Neugebauer, Susan White, Torben Marner, Logan Ndahiro and Eugene Rurangwa:
Coming out of the Mist: An Assessment of The Trauma Recovery Program in Rwanda, UNICEF Kigali/ New York 1997.
Soeren Buus Jensen:
Mental Health and Human Rights under War conditions in the Former Yugoslavia. Report, Copenhagen, WHO/ EURO/PAR 1996.
Inger Agger & Soeren Buus Jensen:
Trauma and Healing under State Terrorism. The case example of Chile,
Zed Books, London and Santiago de Chile, 1996
Inger Agger & Soeren Buus Jensen:
Psychosexual Aspects of Torture in Wilson JP and Raphael, B.
International Handbook of Traumatic Stress,
Plenum Press, New York 1993
Leslie Schover & Soeren Buus Jensen:
Sexuality and Chronic Illness: A comprehensive Approach,
Plenum Press, New York 1989
Soeren Buus Jensen:
Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women with Diabetes Mellitus. Doctoral Thesis.
Nordisk Sexologi, Suppler. 1. 1989.
Soeren Buus Jensen:
Alcohol, Alcoholic? and Alcoholism (textbook in Danish)
Copenhagen , Munksgaard 1980.
A detailed reference list is available on request
In progress
Book:
Narratives from the borderlands of insanity and evil.
Mental health and human rights in war and conflict
5. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
A. International employments
Clinical Consultant, Swedish Government, Västerbotten County
Lycksele Hospital,Nordsverige 2005/11)
Senior Mental Health Advisor (2005/9- 2005/10) WHO Uganda
Senior Mental Health Advisor to WHO and MOH to restart mental health services and capacity building in then mental health field in post-conflict Liberia (2004-2005)
Director and International Consultant in developing countries with recent consultancies in Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Somalia, South Africa and Egypt (2002-2004)
Senior Mental Health Advisor/ Consultant (2003- 2004)
Euro Health Group, Denmark –part time
With recent consultancies in the Evaluation of International Centers working against Torture (RCT/IRCT) - and an assessment of mental health needs in East Africa
Senior Mental Health Advisor (2000-2002)
Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) Holland
Technical Supervision of Community Mental Health Clinics including:
Training professional and paraprofessional staff, clinical and staff supervision, quality assurance monitoring and research,
Implementation and supervision of first mental health clinic in S. Sudan,
Coordinated work with district and central government officials,
Research Coordination of the Uganda/Burundi part of the TPO CE-Study:
Cost and Program Effectiveness Study of Psychosocial Interventions in 6 Conflict/Post-Conflict Countries funded by the World Bank.: Field training of research teams in Sudan, Uganda, Burundi and Nepal in data collection, analysis and project management.
Consultant to the TPO Kosovo Psychiatric Residency Training Program
Training of psychiatric residents and their supervisors as part of reconstruction of mental health system in Kosovo,
Director and Senior Health Advisor (1996-1998)
International University Center for Mental Health and Human Rights (IUCMHR)
He initiated this international project as a follow-up to the WHO Mental Health emergency work during the war in the Former Yugoslavia. The center targeted post-graduate training (Mental Health and Human Rights and Trauma: Prevention and Healing) of MH-professionals, needs assessments, program design, evaluation, research activities and consultative functions to the UN-organizations (i.e.: WHO and UNICEF) and governmental and non-governmental organizations.
The center was based at Glostrup University Hospital 1998-2000 and moved with him to Africa and the work was later integrated in GPSI from 2002). Examples of tasks are:
WHO Senior Health Advisor to Macedonia
Responsible for development and implementation of WHO Mental Health Program in Macedonia, including needs and resource assessment, professional training and supervision, program management support and international advisory functions. Follow-up quality assurance project implemented and published in final WHO report (1998).
Team Leader: External Evaluation UNICEF Trauma Recovery Program - Rwanda.
Project included 2 months of field evaluation in Rwanda. The final report is available through UNICEF (1997) and was reported at numerous professional conferences.
Co-Director: International Trauma Studies Program, New York University
Beginning in 1998, assisted in initiation of 1-year postgraduate training program with focus on Trauma and Healing. Co-directorship involved consultancy, student supervision and teaching seminars. One special task included training and seminars related to the 11th September disaster, 2001. He is now affiliated ITSP as International Training Director.
For further information see http://www.itspnyc.org
WHO Special Representative of the Regional Director and
Program Manager Mental Health/ Physical Rehabilitation,
World Health Organization Emergency Aid to Ex-Yugoslavia (1994-1996)
From 1994 – 1996, the employment with WHO began as a short-term mental health consultancy and led to the position as Head of Mission for the WHO Humanitarian Assistance in all health divisions and ended as WHO Senior Mental Health Advisor.
WHO Senior Advisor on Mental Health (Sarajevo 1996)
Responsibility for the Mental Health component of WHO Humanitarian Assistance Program, Assisted in national health care reform, legislation and reconstruction of mental health system for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In particular, assisted in establishment of new mental health legislation and policy in Bosnia-Herzegovina,
WHO Special Representative of Regional Director for Humanitarian Assistance to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1995-6)
Head of Mission, WHO Humanitarian Assistance Program (Zagreb Area Office for Former Yugoslavia) until its closure May 1996 due to the Dayton Peace Agreement. Responsibilities included political and administrative functions (Budget and Personnel), overseeing the professional units (Public Health, Primary Health Care, Drug Policy, Epidemiology, Nutrition, Logistics and Supplies Unit) and all three national offices (Zagreb, Sarajevo and Belgrade) plus 6 field offices with a total of 100+ employees (1996). External responsibilities included representing WHO in collaboration with governments, donors, press, other UN-agencies, NGOs and professional health associations. Also, during this period continued program responsibilities for the Rehabilitation of War Victims Program and the Mental Health Unit.
Program Manager for Rehabilitation of War Victims Program (Zagreb 1995-6)
Administrative, professional and budget responsibility for WHO programs for mental health and physical rehabilitation. Responsible for development and implementation of a new Regional Model for Community Based Physical Rehabilitation of the War-Injured,
WHO Program Manager, Mental Health Unit (Zagreb 1994-5)
Responsible for implementation and development of WHO Regional Model for Mental Health in 11 different regions; This new emergency mental health model was a coordinated UN, NGO and government response and included war-related epidemiology, capacity building of local professionals (200 plus local psychiatrists and psychologists participated one-year post-graduate training programs in post-traumatic therapy and counseling and community-oriented mental health care). Programs were integrated with health reform plans for mental health in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Included collaboration with senior national professionals, Ministries of Health and donors for fund-raising, project development, post-graduate teaching in war and post war phases. Documented in a WHO Report (Buus Jensen, 1997)
Mental Health Consultant: Rehabilitation of War Victims Project (Zagreb 1994)
February 1994: invited as technical expert to assist the Rehabilitation Program in developing a mental health program for the war-injured. From April 1994, head of such new mental health unit
B EMPLOYMENT: National Employments in Denmark:
1. Positions as Executive Director/ Chief Psychiatrist 1990-4, 1998-2000 2018-2019:
2018-2019 Head of Psychiatry in Greenland, based at Queen Ingrid Hospital Nuuk
In and Outpatient services.
Executive Director and Chair (1998/5-2000/12)
Community Psychiatry and Copenhagen University Hospital, Glostrup
The Danish mental health system promotes a comprehensive community-oriented mental health structure where primary health care, community mental health centers, mobile teams and short-term in-patient treatment are integrated. Directorship responsibilities included overseeing the University Hospital Psychiatric Department with 200 in-patient beds, 3 Day-Hospitals (60 patients per day), Outpatient Clinics (200+ patients/day) and 7 Community Centers/ Mobile Units (each 100+ patients). Responsibilities also included hiring and supervision of 450 staff (including 44 doctors) and planning, monitoring and management of annual budget of 18 million USD, political negotiations and a large scale restructuring and modernization of the department. Professionally it included setting clinical guidelines for optimal treatment procedures, all levels of training programs and overseeing research and quality assurance projects.
Chief Psychiatrist and Administrative Head of Psychiatric Dept. B, (1990-4) at
Aalborg Psychiatric Hospital (Teaching Hospital in Psychiatry)
Administrative and Clinical responsibility for In-Patient Services (80 beds), Day Hospital, Community Psychiatric Teams and Psychotherapeutic Outpatient Clinic,- with about 125 employees, Initiator of Psychotherapy. Clinic and Training Program, Head of Transcultural Team
2. Other Specialist Positions in Mental Health (1987-90)
Chief-Psychiatrist (Acting) 1990, Psych. Dept. CPH Municipal Hospital
Head of Psychiatric Day-Hospital targeting long-term-rehabilitation of psychotic patients.
Chief Psychiatrist (Acting) 1989-90, Hilleroed Psych. Hospital, Dept. R,
Responsibility for the Psychiatric Day-Hospital; Initiator of Transcultural Team and Research Group with focus on mental health of refugees and Immigrants,
Senior Registrar (1987-88) Hilleroed Psychiatric Dept. R
Clinical function at the Emergency Psychiatric Ward,
3. Clinical Positions Related to Specialization in Psychiatry (1980-87)
Registrar (1986-87) Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Neurology
Senior Registrar (1985-86) Psychiatry, Fjorden, Roskilde
Research Fellow, (1982-85) Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Psychiatry
Clinical research for my doctoral thesis, paid by a grant from Copenhagen University and Danish National Research Council based in the department of Clinical Sexology.
Senior Resident/ Senior Registrar (1980-82) Rigshospitalet, Psychiatry
Specialist training including theoretical and practical courses in psychiatry
4. Clinical Positions Related to General Medical Work (1974-80)
Medical Doctor: Employment at Copenhagen Hospitals
Rotation-basis training at Gentofte and Herlev Hospital incl. positions in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Gynecology/Obstetrics and Psychiatry and Alcoholism Outpatient Clinic/ Social Medicine (Bispebjerg Hospital and Copenhagen Municipal Hospital),
6. ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH TASKS
6. A . International:
2005 New York: UN: Invited speaker : UN: NGO Mental health Committee
1999-2002 Member of the UN Mental Health Committee, New York: Co-chairman for the working group with focus on refugees and IDP.
1999-present Editorial Board Journal of Traumatic Stress.
1999 Host Regional Conference of ESTSS Copenhagen.
1997-2004 B oard of Directors , ESTSS (European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies),
1996 WHO Advisor on Mental Health and Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Georgia.
1995 The War Tribunal, Haag, Staff training: Sexual violations- a war crime?
1995 WHO Delegate/and Author of background paper: First Workshop on Role of International Organizations in the Countries of Former Yugoslavia,(MSF& WHO).
1993 Invited Expert at European Consultation on Care and Rehabilitation of
Victims of Rape, Torture and other severe Traumas of War in the Republics of Ex-Yugoslavia, Utrecht, NL (Organized by UNHCR, WHO, Pharos),
1988 National Delegate to WHO Advisory Group on the “Health Situation of Refugees and Victims of Organized Violence”, Gothenburg, Sweden.
1987 WHO Temporary Advisor on Sexual Health with special focus on HIV/AIDS,
1980-present Senior Member of International Academy of Sex Research,
6. B National/ Denmark:
1987-94 Psychiatric Consultant assisting Refugees and Torture Survivors:
Danish Red Cross (Copenhagen and Aalborg), Danish Refugee Council (Copenhagen and Aalborg), OASIS Center for Refugees (Copenhagen, 1987-90), Transcultural Team, Psych. Depts. (Hilleroed, (1987-90) and Rehabilitation Center for Refugees and Torture survivors in North Judland (1991-4)
Editor in Chief: NORDISK SEXOLOGI (Scandinavian Journal of Sexology).
1981-93 Lecturer at Pre- and Post-Graduate Courses in Clinical Sexology:
Copenhagen and Aarhus University/ The National Health Board,
1983-92 Director of Post-Graduate Training in Sexology:
Initiator, administrative and professional head of 2-year post-graduate training program in Clinical Sexology and Couples Therapy,
1987-1994 Private Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Practice
1984-85 Community Intervention Project on Alcoholism:
A 2- years Community Intervention Program in Ribe County with South Judland University for alcohol treatment and prevention,
1981-87 Lecturer: Institute Family Medicine Copenhagen University:
On psychosomatic and somato-psychic reactions, clinical sexology and alcoholism,
1981-94 Private Consultant in organizational management, training of organizational leadership and facilitator of management / staff workshops,
1980-86 Steering Board of Public Health Committee, Danish Medical Association
1981-90 Danish Association Clinical Sexology:
Steering Board (1981-90), President 1988-90), Nordic President 1990-91
7. International Research Projects:
Child Protection in Somalia (UNICEF Somalia 2003-04)
see above
Mental Health and Substance Abuse: Needs and Resource Assessment in S. Leone (WHO 2002/03)
see above
Cost and Program Effectiveness of Psycho-Social Interventions in Conflict/ Post-conflict Countries ( 2001-2002)
Research coordinator for Uganda and Burundi and part of study management team for multi-site study (Uganda, Burundi, Gaza, Algeria, Nepal and Cambodia) with Transcultural Psychosocial Organization funded by the World Bank,
A Follow-Up Study of Men Tortured Sexually in Prison Camps during the Yugoslavian War (1994-96)
The study was based on interviews with men asking for assistance from a special counseling center for men sexually violated, run by a local human rights organization (WHO Report, 1997).
Mental Health Epidemiology under War Conditions (1994-96)
Changes in the mental health profile in different war zones during the Yugoslavian war (Croatia, Sarajevo and Macedonia): Needs and resource assessments. Published by WHO 1994, 96, 97).
Psycho-Social and Mental Health Aspects under War Conditions (1994-96)
A series of studies targeting effectiveness of psycho-social and mental health interventions, problems of mixed marriages, the use of basic mental health drugs (WHO-kits) and effectiveness of interventions related to capacity building (Published by ECHO 1996, WHO 1996-97).
Trauma and Healing under State Terrorism (1990-4)
This research project targeted mental health and human rights during the dictatorship in Chile, funded by the Danish Research Council. Book published in English, T rauma and Healing under State Terrorism and Spanish in 1996.
Sexual problems related to Diabetes, Cancer, Alcoholism, AIDS, Epilepsy etc. Published in a series of scientific journals and as an American Textbook, Sexuality and Chronic Illness: A Comprehensive Approach (1987), doctoral thesis (1989) and Internationally awarded (1992).
Trans-cultural Psychiatry (1988 and 2000)
These comparative studies with 12 years intervals analyzed the mental health profile, problems and treatment outcome of refugees and immigrants referred to the mental health system.
Community Interventions in Alcoholism Treatment and Prevention (1984-85)
This large-scale intervention study analyzed effects of community education, capacity building and network building in a Danish county aimed at decreasing problems of alcoholism and increasing quality of treatment opportunities. (Published by S. Judland University Center, 1985).
8. PUBLICATIONS (Overview)
BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS and CORE SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
152 publications, (72 International (i) +80 national (n):
Publications include: 10 Books and Academic Monographs (3i+7n), 23 International Reports and professional editions, 34 Book chapters (17i+17n), 101 scientific articles in professional journals (42i+59n). Full publication list is available on request. The themes include Mental Health, Psycho-Social Issues, Human Rights, Refugees, Torture, General Psychiatry, Clinical Sexology, Couples, Alcoholism and Emotional Aspects of Chronic Illness.
Languages : Publications are in 9 languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Croatian, Swedish and Danish). See selected publication list above.
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL ORAL PRESENTATIONS
2005: New York: UN NGO Mental Health Standing Committee: Mental Health and Human Rights
2005: Washington (IFTA): From the Borderland between Insanity and Evil. Mental Health and Human Rights in conflict/post-conflict territories in Africa. Key note speaker.
2003: Johannesburg, South Africa, Workshop SAITS, Community and Family Interventions related to psycho-social and mental health problems in post-conflict territories
2002 New York University: Trauma and Healing in large scale disasters,
Public lecture
2001: ISTSS conference, New Orleans:
Community Mental Health Work in East Africa
2001: Tulane University, International Health Dept., New Orleans
Public Mental Health aspects of large-scale disasters
2001: ESTSS Regional Conference on Trauma, Milan, Italy
Mental Health Aspects of Large Scale Organized Violence
2001: ITSP, New York, Workshop for MH Professionals in the Aftermath of September 11th
Early Mental Health Interventions after Large Scale Disasters
2000: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva: Staff Training
Mental Health and Human Rights
1998: Honorary Speaker Hamburg University
Mental Health and Human Rights: Experiences from Chile, the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
1998: Honorary Lecturer: Yale University:
Center for International and Area Studies: Genocide Studies Program
Genocide and its human consequences: A mental health perspective,
Yale University Psychiatric Institute: Mental Health and Human Rights in Modern Psychiatry
1998: ISTSS World Conference, Washington DC
The Rwandan Children and their Families: Evaluation of the UNICEF Trauma Recovery Program
1998: Honorary Lecturer: Inauguration of ITSP program at New York University:
Trauma Work in a Human Rights Context
1998: Invited Plenary Speaker: 5th World Congress for Emergency Psychiatry:
Trauma and Healing under State Terrorism, War conditions and Genocide
1997: The MDM-Conference on Mental Health Reform in Bosnia Herzegovina, Sarajevo
Essential Mental Health Reform in the aftermath of war
1997: ESTSS Conference, Maastrict NL- Key note speaker
Mental Health and Human Rights under War conditions in Ex-Yugoslavia
1997: Institute for Trauma, Harvard University, Boston
Mental Health and Human Rights
1996: Invited Honorary Lecturer: International Academy of Sex Research, Rotterdam, NL:
Sexual Violations as a Strategy of War
1994: World Mental Health Day, Sarajevo:
Professionally relevant travel experiences:
England 1988, (Oxford Refugees Studies Program).
Chile (1989-93),
Costa Rica and Venezuela (1989),
USA/Mexico (1990),
Argentina (1991),
Ex-Yugoslavia 1993-96
Greece (1967/68 &1996).
Macedonia 1997-98,
Uganda , Burundi, S. Sudan 2000-2002
Nepal 2001,
Indonesia (2001),
Kosovo (2001-02),
South Africa (2002, 2003, 2004)
Kenya 2002-04
Sri Lanka (2002)
Sierra Leone (2002),
Somalia (2003),
Mexico , Honduras, Guatemala (2003),
Egypt (2003),
Morocco (2004)
Tanzania (2004)
Ghana (2004)
Liberia (2004/2005)
Uganda (2005)
Indonesia (2006)
International references:
Dr. Jack Saul, Director International Trauma Studies Program,
ITSP, New York University
Dr. Richard Alderslade, MD, MPH
WHO Senior Advisor UN/New York (former Head of WHO Emergency Unit, WHO Copenhagen)
alderslade@un.org or richard.alderslade@gmail.com
Danish reference:
Chief Psychiatrist, Dr. Bent Rosenbaum, Psykiatrisk Center Glostrup
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