Kjersti Bergum Kristensen

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her! The doctoral thesis! Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 12.15: «Embracing resilience, coping, and support networks in understanding COPMI families. What are the differences between a child perspective and a family and network perspective and how can that influence implementation and development of preventive interventions. » Auditoriet er åpent for publikum. The auditorium is open to the public Prøveforelesningen vil strømmes her.  The defense will still be streamed here. Disputasen starter 14.15 Disputasen strømmes her/ The defense will be streamed here.   Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn. / A recording of the disputation will be available for 24 hours. De som ønsker å opponere ex auditorio kan sende e-post til leder av disputasen.  Opponents’ ex auditorio should sign up to leader of defense by e-mail to:henriette.kyrrestad@uit.no

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen: 

Many adult mental health and social service users have minor children. Children are affected by their parents’ situation, whether it involves mental illness, low income or work disabilities. Therefore, mental health and social services for adults need to consider the situation of any minor children and provide support for them. This PhD project investigates the extent and the quality of the family focus in adult mental health and social services. The main findings suggest that children and parenting is not an incorporated focus among professionals in mental health and social services for adults. The extent and the quality of the family focus in these adult services is insufficient to enable prevention of adverse life outcomes for children and to enable direction of further support of families. 

Hovedveileder
Professor Camilla Lauritzen, RKBU Nord, UiT Norges arktiske Universitet.

Biveileder
Professor Charlotte Reedtz, RKBU Nord, UiT Norges arktiske Universitet.

Bedømmelseskomité
Professor Joanne Nicholson, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University - 1. opponent.
Førsteamanuensis Tormod Rimehaug, Institutt for psykisk helse, fakultet for medisin og helsevitenskap, NTNU - 2. opponent. 
Førsteamanuensis Lene-Mari Potulski Rasmussen, RKBU Nord, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komité.

Disputasleder: Førsteamanuensis Henriette Kyrrestad, RKBU Nord, Norges arktiske universitet.