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Sverre Varvin

Sverre Varvin

Job title
  • Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 32, 0166 Oslo
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 932 49 669
  • Office: +47 672 36 166
E-mail
  • sverre.varvin@oslomet.no
Affiliation

Field of study

Mental Health

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Johansen, Jennifer Drummond ; Varvin, Sverre ; Sagbakken, Mette (2025). Family life under strain: the impact of forced migration on refugee parenting in reception centers. Frontiers in Psychology. Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1554692

Varvin, Sverre ; Jović, Vladimir; Trivunčić, Bojana; Lončarević, Jelena (2025). Psychoanalytic Field Work for Refugees Exposed to Human Rights Violations. International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies. Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1002/aps.70003

Grøtvedt, Halldis Niesser; Varvin, Sverre ; Vladisavljević, Ivana; Trivuncic, Bojana; Brekke, Idunn (2024). A cross- sectional study of refugees in Norway and Serbia: Levels of mental distress and social-demographic risk factors. Journal of Migration and Health. Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2024.100238

Jović, Vladimir; Varvin, Sverre (2024). Traumatic events, posttraumatic states, and the debate on aetiology. Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01062301.2024.2384757

Varvin, Sverre (2023). Die Psychoanalyse und die Dritte Position: sozial Umwälsungen und Gräueltaten. Zeitschrift für psychoanalytische Theorie und Praxis. Vol. 38.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4686228

Varvin, Sverre (2023). Longterm psychoanalytic treatment with traumatised refugees. Elton, Vivienne; Leuzinger-Bohleber, Marianne; Schlesinger-Kipp, Gertraud; Pender, Vivian B. (Ed.). Trauma, Flight and Migration. p. 152-164. Routledge.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4215696

Varvin, Sverre (2023). Psychoanalysis and the third position: social upheavals and atrocity. International Journal of Psychoanalysis. Vol. 104.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2023.2213528

Varvin, Sverre (2023). Compassion and dehumanization towards refugees. Leo, Guiseppe (Ed.). Why war in Ukraine and in Europe. Psychoanalysis, trauma and resilience. p. 135-184. Guiseppe, Leo, edizione Frenis Zero pree.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3789221

Sagbakken, Mette ; Bregård, Ida Marie ; Varvin, Sverre (2022). “Imagine, 7 Years Without a Future”: A Qualitative Study of Rejected Asylum Seekers' Life Conditions in Norway. Frontiers in Sociology. Vol. 7.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.813994

Varvin, Sverre ; Vladisavljevic, Ivana; Jovic, Vladimir; Sagbakken, Mette (2022). “I Have No Capacities That Can Help Me”: Young Asylum Seekers in Norway and Serbia – Flight as Disturbance of Developmental Processes. Frontiers in Psychology. Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.786210



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Textbooks

Geirdal, Amy Østertun ; Varvin, Sverre (2017). Relasjoner i psykisk helsearbeid. ISBN: 9788215027906. 200 p. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4086414

Sem, Idunn; Varvin, Sverre (2015). Krigsseilere. Å overleve freden. Etterord ved Sverre Varvin. ISBN: 9788253038414. 90 p. Pax Forlag.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4726354

Varvin, Sverre (2003). Flukt og Eksil. Traume identitet og mestring. ISBN: 9788215003757. 256 p. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3557177

Varvin, Sverre ; Popovic, Tamara Stajner (2002). Upheaval: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Trauma. ISBN: 9788683595020. 249 p. IAN, Belgrade.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3508675

Varvin, Sverre (2002). Norway and Psychoanalysis. 2 p. Routledge.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3442628



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Research reports

Dahl, S.; Sveaass, N.; Varvin, Sverre (2006). Psykiatrisk og psykososialt arbeid med flyktninger: veileder. 92 p. Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter om vold og traumatisk stress.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3755025

Varvin, Sverre (2002). Mental Survial Strategies after Extreme Traumatisation. ISBN: 9788280800190. 541 p. Universitetet i Oslo.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3815469



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Dissemination

Varvin, Sverre (2025). Flyktning og psykisk helse. Gonzalez, Marianne Thorsen (Ed.). Psykiske lidelser - faglig forståelse og terapeutisk tilnærming. Sykepleiefaglige og flerfaglige perspektiver.. p. 361-370. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4899819

Varvin, Sverre (2024). Traumatiserte flyktninger - psykoanalytisk basert psykososialt og psykoterapeutisk arbeid. Sandal, Gro Mjeldheim; Binder, Per-Einar (Ed.). Psykisk helsehjelp etter flukten. En håndbok for praktikere i psykologi og medisin. p. 89-105. Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5225835

Johansen, Jennifer Drummond ; Sagbakken, Mette ; Varvin, Sverre (2023). Parenting in the context of reception centers in Norway- the experiences of parents. 23rd Nordic Conference for Professionals working with Traumatised Refugees – Rehabilitating Torture Survivors and Traumatised Refugees  - 2023. Region Västra Götaland .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4368107

Varvin, Sverre (2023). Psykisk helsearbeid med flyktninger. Bregård, Ida Marie; Vollebæk, Line Ruud (Ed.). Helsetjenester til migranter i sårbare livssituasjoner. p. 141-155. Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3911209

Varvin, Sverre (2023). Tortur, hvordan virker det og hvordan kan vi hjelpe torturoverlevere?. Bregård, Ida Marie; Vollebæk, Line Ruud (Ed.). Helsetjenester til migranter i sårbare livssituasjoner. p. 226-244. Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3495872

Varvin, Sverre (2023). Flyktninger. Bregård, Ida Marie; Vollebæk, Line Ruud (Ed.). Helsetjenester til migranter i sårbare livssituasjoner. p. 129-140. Gyldendal Akademisk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3425241

Varvin, Sverre (2023). Psychoanalysis and the third position: social upheavals and atrocity. IPA 53rd Congress: Mind in the line of fire. International Psychoanalytical Association.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3495838

Sagbakken, Mette ; Bregård, Ida Marie ; Varvin, Sverre (2022). Exploring How Refugees' Experiences of Time Influence Their Mental Health and Well-Being. Internasjonal konferanse; 'Science and Education for Sustainable Development'. Center for Sustainable Development, University of Gdańsk.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3331969

Varvin, Sverre (2022). Children in war – the importance of good parenting. The Nordic Psychiatrist. Vol. 2.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4939693

Varvin, Sverre (2020). På flukt. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet).
https://doi.org/10.4045/tidsskr.20.0141



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