• “I Have No Capacities That Can Help Me”: Young Asylum Seekers in Norway and Serbia – Flight as Disturbance of Developmental Processes 

      Varvin, Sverre; Vladisavljevic, Ivana; Jovic, Vladimir; Sagbakken, Mette (Frontiers in Psychology;January 2022 | Volume 12 | Article 786210, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-05)
      Most studies on refugee populations are organized around trauma-related issues and focus on explaining pathological factors. Few studies are anchored in general developmental psychology with the aim of exploring normal ...
    • Psychoanalysis and the third position: social upheavals and atrocity 

      Varvin, Sverre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Many situations are now characterized by a breakdown of order and structure, leaving people at the peril of unorganized forces (war machines, human traffickers, etc.) resulting in the dehumanizing of ordinary people on a ...
    • 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 ...