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Appendix 3 Contributors
Nora Sveaass is a clinical psychologist and professor emeritus at the Department of Psychology , University of Oslo ( UiO ). She is the chair of the organisation Mental Health & Human Rights Info ( MHHRI ). Her research is on refugees , human rights violations and the psychological consequences of torture and violence , as well as the treatment and rehabilitation of torture survivors , including women exposed to sexual violence in war and conflict . She was a member of the UN Committee against Torture between 2005 and 2013 , and member of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture in the period 2014-2022 . She has published numerous books and articles and was the editor and co-author of ‘ Mental Health and Gender Based Violence : Helping Survivors of Sexual Violence in Conflict - a Training Manual ’.
Helen Christie is a clinical psychologist and former director of the East and South Regional Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health – Research and post graduate centre ( RBUP ). She has worked extensively on sexual abuse of children and on patients with late effects , including adults . She has also worked with traumatised refugee children in Norway , and children in war zones . Helen has written numerous articles and books on trauma , sexual abuse and resilience . She was a co-author of the manual ‘ Stabilisation and Skills Training in Trauma ’, and two MHHRI Manuals on ‘ Mental Health and Gender Based Violence : Helping Survivors of Sexual Violence in Conflict ’ and on “ Children exposed to sexual violence in war , conflict , humanitarian crisis and low resource communities . A mental health manual for helpers ”. She has run different trainings on gender-based violence , in support of traumatised children and family guidance programmes around the world .
Doris Drews is a specialist in psychiatry , with many years of experience in therapy of severely traumatised clients . She currently works as chief physician and team leader for an emergency team at a psychiatric outpatient clinic in Oslo . In addition , she has taught as well as worked as an expert on trauma and stabilisation of traumatised people . Doris is a co-author of ‘ Mental Health and Gender Based Violence : Helping Survivors of Sexual Violence in Conflict ’.
Harald Bækkelund is a clinical psychologist and researcher associated with the National Knowledge Centre on Violence and Traumatic Stress ( NKVTS ) and Modum Bad . He has extensive experience of working with both survivors of trauma and perpetrators of violence . He has provided trauma training and guidance for many years and has trained assistants working with survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo .
Sara Skilbred Fjeld has a master ’ s degree in Psychology from the University of Oslo and has worked as a research assistant at the Department of Media and Communications , where she was involved in EU Kids Online , a research project that examined online security risks and online opportunities for European children . She has also been involved in a research project of Norwegian Social Research ( NOVA ) on domestic violence . She is one of the authors of the non-fictional book ‘ Det nådeløse arbeidslivet – Hvorfor vi blir utbrente og hvordan arbeidslivet kan bli den beste utgaven av seg selv ’, which is based on a qualitative research project about what causes stress and burnout at work .
Elisabeth Ng Langdal has a Cand . Polit degree in Social Geography from the University of Oslo , with a focus on health and developing countries , and an intermediate degree in anthropology . She also has a bachelor ’ s degree in media and communication from the University of Oslo . She has been the General Manager of MHHRI since 2008 . In addition to running MHHRI ’ s resource database on the consequences of human rights violations on mental health , she was co-author of ‘ Mental Health and Gender Based Violence : Helping Survivors of Sexual Violence in Conflict ’ and “ Children exposed to sexual violence in war , conflict , humanitarian crisis and low resource communities . A mental health manual for helpers ”
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