The public defence will be held as a video conference over Zoom.
The defence will follow regular procedure as far as possible, hence it will be open to the public and the audience can ask ex auditorio questions when invited to do so.
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Adjudication committee
- First opponent: Research Associate Professor Jessica Carlsson Lohmann, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Second opponent: Associate Professor Sofie Bäärnhilem, Transkulturellt Centrum, Region Stockholm, Sweden
- Third member and chair of the evaluation committee: Associate Professor Nils Eiel Steen, University of Oslo
Chair of the Defence
Professor Lars Mehlum, University of Oslo
Principal Supervisor
Associate Professor Suraj Thapa, University of Oslo
Summary
Traumatic experiences can cause several kinds of mental disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder( PTSD), Complex PTSD (CPTSD), depression and other disorders. These problems have seen to impact quality of life (QOL). Moreover, trauma and trauma related disorders can also affect inflammatory markers such as cytokines.
Despite the high prevalence and long-term impact of trauma, there is a lack of awareness and proper management of trauma related mental disorders, especially in developing countries. Studies related to trauma is also rare in this part of world. Newer diagnostic entity such as CPTSD is also very less studied and the search for biological markers for trauma is ongoing.
We studied associated mental disorders, cytokines, QOL and sociodemographic profile in a trauma-affected help-seeking population coming to a tertiary hospital in Nepal. High rates of PTSD, CPTSD, depression and anxiety were seen. The CPTSD patients had lower QOL. The increased levels of cytokines IL-6 and IL1-b were seen in trauma-affected people and PTSD patients, respectively.
The current work has contributed to understanding the impact of trauma in South Asian population.
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