Blar i ODA Open Digital Archive på forfatter "Varvin, Sverre"
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Relationships of Childhood Adverse Experiences with Mental Health and Quality of Life at Treatment Start for Adult Refugees Traumatized by Pre-Flight Experiences of War and Human Rights Violations
Opaas, Marianne; Varvin, Sverre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09)Adverse and potentially traumatic experiences (PTEs) in childhood were examined among 54 adult refugee patients with pre-flight PTEs of war and human rights violations (HRVs) and related to mental health and quality of life ... -
Risk assessment of imminent violence in acute psychiatry : a step towards an extended model
Lockertsen, Øyvind; Varvin, Sverre; Færden, Ann; Eriksen, Bjørn Magne Sundsbø; Roaldset, John Olav; Procter, Nicholas G.; Vatnar, Solveig Karin Bø (Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology;Volume 31, 2020 - Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-29)Aggression occurs frequently in mental health care settings, and studies have reported that 17% to 31% of patients admitted to acute psychiatric wards commit violence. Inpatients’ fluctuating mental states and behaviour ... -
Samtalens betydning i psykomotorisk fysioterapi: En kvalitativ studie av psykomotoriske fysioterapeuters erfaringer med samtalen i psykomotorisk fysioterapi
Eskeland, Sissel (Master thesis, 2019)Tema: Prosjektets tema er samtalens betydning i psykomotorisk fysioterapi. Bakgrunn: Bakgrunn for valg av tema er egne praksiserfaringer om samtalens betydning i psykomotorisk fysioterapi og forskning som etterspør økt ... -
Screening for risk of violence using service users' self-perceptions: A prospective study from an acute mental health unit
Lockertsen, Øyvind; Procter, Nicholas; Vatnar, Solveig Karin Bø; Færden, Ann; Eriksen, Bjørn Magne S.; Roaldset, John Olav; Varvin, Sverre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Service users’ self-perception of risk has rarely been emphasized in violence risk assessments. A recent review pointed to the importance of a multidisciplinary approach, because different perspectives may provide a deeper ... -
Short-term violence risk assessment in acute psychiatry – A naturalistic prospective inpatient study
Lockertsen, Øyvind (Skriftserien;11, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: This doctoral thesis is based on a PhD project that was part of a larger prospective naturalistic research project: “Violence risk assessment in an acute psychiatric ward”. Violence within the health sector ... -
Specialist services: practice
Varvin, Sverre (Oxford Textbook of Migrant Psychiatry;, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-04)Refugees flee from war, persecution, imprisonment and torture. Many refugees have suffered adverse and complex traumatic experiences in their countries of origin, extending through childhood, adolescence and in adulthood, ... -
Tilknytning, relasjon og kulturell identitet
Hagfors, Anne Julie (Master thesis, 2017)En pågående longitudinell studie ved Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter om vold og traumatisk stress viser at barndomstraumer er mer avgjørende for voksne flyktningers psykiske helse og livskvalitet, enn senere traumer i forbindelse ... -
Traumatised women - organised violence
Varvin, Sverre; Lægreid, Eivor (Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China;Volume 3, Number 1, Academic article, 2020-05-01)This article focuses on the conditions for the development of organised violence to women and children with the ensuing traumatic effects, and details the situation of the affected persons. The claim is that present ... -
Unconscious phantasy and its conceptualizations: An attempt at conceptual Integration
Bohleber, Werner; Jimenez, Juan Pablo; Scarfone, Dominique; Varvin, Sverre; Zysman, Samuel (The International Journal of Psychoanalysis;96(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-07-14)That there is a lack of consensus as to how to decide between competing, at times even contradictory theories, and about how to integrate divergent con- cepts and theories is well known. In view of this situation, the IPA ... -
Understanding the refugee-traumatised person. Semiotic and psychoanalytic perspectives
Rosenbaum, Bent; Jovic, Vladimir; Varvin, Sverre (Psychosozial;43. Jg., Nr. 161, Heft III, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The current situation of refugees demands a redefinition of our understanding of the concept of psychological trauma. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) cannot be used to ac‐ count for the variety of posttraumatic ...