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Courses 2025 - 2026
OFB0105130
Trauma and violence
OFB0110130
Trauma and violence
Education
2017
University of Iceland, Doktorspróf PhD
2007
, MS
2001
, BS
Research
2023
„Allir á útopnu, boðnir og búnir að standa sína plikt“ Upplifun heilbrigðisstarfsfólks af umönnun íbúa Súðavíkur eftir snjóflóðin í janúar 1995.
Journal article
2022
Women's Lived Experience of the Interconnectedness of Trauma, Substance Use, and Prison.
Journal article
2022
For the First Time I Felt Great Hope: Experience of Yoga and Yoga Nidra as Therapy for Depression, Anxiety and Stress.
Journal article
2022
“Where There Are Stars, There Is Also Darkness”: Young Icelandic Men’s Experience of Prescription Drug Misuse.
Journal article
2021
Adaptation of the barriers to help-seeking for trauma (BHS-TR) scale: a cross-cultural cognitive interview study with female intimate partner violence survivors in Iceland.
Journal article
2021
‘We experienced lack of understanding in the healthcare system’. Experiences of childhood sexual abuse survivors of the childbearing process, health and motherhood.
Journal article
2021
,,It overtook my body and soul“: The experience of individuals receiving health-promoting service, of psychological trauma and health-related problems.
Journal article
2021
This is the Result of Something Else.
Journal article
2021
Persistent Suffering
: The Serious Consequences of Sexual Violence against Women and Girls, Their Search for Inner Healing and the Significance of the #MeToo Movement.
Journal article
2021
Reynsluheimur kvenna í íslensku fangelsi og reynsla þeirra af meðferðarúrræðum innan og utan fangelsis.
Journal article
2021
„Þetta breytti lífi mínu“ Reynsla fólks af dáleiðslumeðferð við afleiðingum sálrænna áfalla.
Journal article
2020
„Sjálfseyðingarhvötin er svo sterk“: Reynsla karlkyns þolenda af sjálfsvígshugsunum í kjölfar kynferðisofbeldis.
Journal article
2020
The Restorative Potential of Icelandic Nature.
Journal article
2020
Þrálát þjáning og leiðin til bata i l´jósi Metoo, afleiðingar kynferðislegs ofbeldis fyrir konur og leiðin til innri lækngia.
Book chapter
2020
1.3. Patient Care ds), C. https://eee.arctic-council.org/en/news/covid-19-in-the-arctic-a-briefing-document-for-senior-arcticofficials/?fbclid=IwAR2a-pSYuavZBhir9BbfpxYEmbE89eF-5uyXJ9jBI1LQjSXtB1v8Qj-25-s.
Report
2019
YOU NEED MORE UNDERSTANDING“: CSA SURVIORS‘ EXPERIENCES OF THE PERINATAL PERIOD, HEALTH DURING PREGNANCY AND MOTHERHOOD.
Journal article
2019
‘The self‐destruction force is so strong’: male survivors’ experience of suicidal thoughts following sexual violence.
Journal article
2019
Annað áfall ofan á hitt.
Journal article
2018
RISING SUN: Prioritized Outcomes for Suicide Prevention in the Arctic.
Journal article
2018
Childhood sexual abuse (CSA): Consequences and holistic intervention. Í H. Exner-Pirot, B. Norbye, og L. Butler (ritstj.), Northern and indigenous health and health care. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: University of Saskatchewan.
Book chapter
2018
Screaming Body and Silent Healthcare Providers: A Case Study with a Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivor.
Journal article
2017
Childhood Sexual Abuse: Consequence and Holistic Intervention.
Dissertation
2016
Mikilvægi styðjandi fagfólks við að ná vexti í kjölfar áfalla.
Journal article
2016
Djúp og viðvarandi þjáning:Reynsla íslenskra karla af áhrifum kynferðislegsofbeldis í æsku.
Journal article
2016
Personal resurrection: female childhood sexual abuse survivors' experience of the Wellness-Program.
Journal article
2014
Consequences of childhood sexual abuse for health and well-being: gender similarities and differences.
Journal article
2014
„Ég veit ekki hvað það er að líða vel“: Reynsla kvenna með geðröskun af áhrif endurtekins ofbeldis á líðan, líkamsheilsu og geðheilbrigði.
Journal article
2013
Repressed and silent suffering: consequences of childhood sexual abuse for women's health and well-being.
Journal article
2012
Deep and almost unbearable suffering: consequences of childhood sexual abuse for men's health and well-being.
Journal article
2011
Þögul þjáning: Langtímaafleiðingar kynferðislegs ofbeldis í æsku fyrir heilsufar og líðan karla og kvenna.
Book chapter
2009
Tíminn læknar ekki öll sár.
Journal article
„Þetta breytti lífi mínu“ Reynsla fólks af dáleiðslumeðferð við afleiðingum sálrænna áfalla.
Journal article
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