Prof Joop de Jong

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Joop de Jong, MD, PhD, is Professor of Cultural and International Psychiatry at the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam, adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine, and Principal Advisor Socio-Medical Projects and Public Mental Health, City of Amsterdam. Joop de Jong is expert in public mental health and cultural and international psychiatry. He has conducted research in post-conflict and in multicultural settings, and has (co)authored 220 chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has published on cultural and international psychiatry and psychotherapy, public mental health, epidemiology, medical anthropology and on the mental health of populations torn by violence and disaster. He is advisor to WHO and other UN agencies, member of various professional organizations and board member of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies. Profile from: http://www.cghi.nl/11?user=26