Suraj Thapa
Associate Professor
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Division of Mental Health and Addiction

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Phone
+47 23066821
Mobile phone
+47-99343167
Username
Visiting address
Sognsvannsveien 21
building nr 20
0372 Oslo
Postal address
Postboks 1039 Blindern
0315 Oslo
CURRENT POSITIONS:
Head of Research- Division of Mental Health & Addiction, Oslo University Hospital
Head - Division of Mental Health & Addiction, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo
Project leader: NORPART projet between Norway and Nepal in collaboration in higher education in mental health
EDUCATION, JOB & RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Specialist training in Adult Psychiatry completed in 2010 from Oslo University Hospital (OUS), and worked fulltime in the same hospital as a consultant psychiatrist till 2016.
- Associate Professor UiO and parttime consultant psychiatrist OUS since 2016
- PhD, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 2006.
- Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) in International Health from University of Oslo, 2001
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1995
- Interested and worked in Trauma Research, Stress, PTSD, Psychooncology, Transcultural Psychiatry, Perinatal Psychiatry, Migration and Global Mental Health
Publications
- Koirala, Rishav; Søegaard, Erik Ganesh Iyer; Ojha, Saroj Prasad; Hauff, Edvard & Thapa, Suraj B. (2020). Trauma related psychiatric disorders and their correlates in a clinical sample: A cross-sectional study in trauma affected patients visiting a psychiatric clinic in Nepal. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 15(6), s e0234203 . doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234203 Full text in Research Archive.
- Søegaard, Erik Ganesh Iyer; Kan, Zhanna; Koirala, Rishav; Hauff, Edvard & Thapa, Suraj Bahadur (2020). Variations in psychiatric morbidity between traumatized Norwegian, refugees and other immigrant patients in Oslo. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. ISSN 0803-9488. 74(6), s 390- 399 . doi: 10.1080/08039488.2020.1714724 Full text in Research Archive.
- Koirala, Rishav; Søegaard, Erik Ganesh Iyer & Thapa, Suraj Bahadur (2017). Updates on pharmacological treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. Journal of Nepal Medical Association. ISSN 0028-2715. 56(206), s 274- 280 . doi: 10.31729/jnma.3108 Full text in Research Archive.
- Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Martinez, Priscilla & Clausen, Thomas (2014). Depression and its correlates in South Africa and Ghana among people aged 50 and above: Findings from the WHO Study on global AGEing and adult health. African Journal of Psychiatry. ISSN 1994-8220. 17(6) . doi: 10.4172/Psychiatry.1000167
- Luitel, Nagendra P.; Jordans, Mark J.D.; Sapkota, Ram P.; Tol, Wietse A.; Kohrt, Brandon A.; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Komproe, Ivan H. & Sharma, Bhogendra (2013). Conflict and mental health: a cross-sectional epidemiological study in Nepal. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. ISSN 0933-7954. 48(2), s 183- 193 . doi: 10.1007/s00127-012-0539-0
- Kohrt, Brandon A.; Hruschka, Daniel J.; Worthman, Carol M.; Kunz, Richard D.; Baldwin, Jennifer L.; Upadhaya, Nawaraj; Acharya, Nanda Raj; Koirala, Suraj; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Tol, Wietse A.; Jordans, Mark J.D.; Robkin, Navit; Sharma, Vidya Dev & Nepal, Mahendra K. (2012). Political violence and mental health in Nepal: prospective study. British Journal of Psychiatry. ISSN 0007-1250. 201(4), s 268- 275 . doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.096222
- Thapa, Suraj Bahadur & Hauff, Edvard (2012). Perceived needs, self-reported health and disability among displaced persons during an armed conflict in Nepal. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. ISSN 0933-7954. 47(4), s 589- 595 . doi: 10.1007/s00127-011-0359-7
- Thapa, Suraj Bahadur & Hauff, Edvard (2011). Perceived needs, self-reported health and disibility among displaced persons during an armed conflict in Nepal. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. ISSN 0933-7954. s 359 . doi: 10.1007/s00127-011-0359-7
- Lien, Lars; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Rove, Jon Andreas; Kumar, Bernadette. N & Hauff, Edvard (2010). Premigration Traumatic Events and Psychological Distress Among Five Immigrant Groups. International Journal of Mental Health. ISSN 0020-7411. 39(3), s 3- 19 . doi: 10.2753/IMH0020-7411390301
- Tol, Wietse A.; Kohrt, Brandon A.; Jordans, Mark J.D.; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Pettigrew, Judith; Upadhaya, Nawaraj & de Jong, Joop T.V.M. (2010). Political violence and mental health: A multi-disciplinary review of the literature on Nepal. Social Science and Medicine. ISSN 0277-9536. 70(1), s 35- 44 . doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.037
- Tol, WA; Komproe, IH; Jordans, MJD; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Sharma, B & De Jong, JTVM (2009). BRIEF MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TREATMENT FOR TORTURE SURVIVORS IN NEPAL: A NATURALISTIC COMPARATIVE STUDY. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. ISSN 0020-7640. 55(1), s 39- 56 . doi: 10.1177/0020764008091525
- Tol, WA; Komproe, IH; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Jordans, MJD; Sharma, B & De Jong, JTVM (2007). Disability associated with psychiatric symptoms among torture survivors in rural Nepal. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. ISSN 0022-3018. 195 . doi: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31802f5dac
- Dalgard, Odd Steffen; Suraj, Bahadur Thapa; Hauff, Edvard; McCubbin, Michael & Syed, Hammad Raza Zaidi (2006). Immigration, lack of control and psychological distress: Findings from the Oslo Health Study. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. ISSN 0036-5564. 47, s 551- 558
- Suraj, Bahadur Thapa & Hauff, Edvard (2005). Gender differences in factors associated with psychological distress among immigrants from low- and middle-income countries - Findings from the Oslo Health Study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. ISSN 0933-7954. 40
- Suraj, Bahadur Thapa & Hauff, Edvard (2005). Psychological distress among displaced persons during an armed conflict in Nepal. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. ISSN 0933-7954. 40(6)
- Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Van Ommeren, Mark; Sharma, Bhogendra; de Jong, JTVM & Hauff, Edvard (2003). Psychiatric disability among Bhutanese refugees. American Journal of Psychiatry. ISSN 0002-953X. 160, s 2032- 2037
- Van Ommeren, Mark; de Jong, JTVM; Sharma, B; Komproe, I; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur & Carden, E (2001). Psychiatric disorders among tortured refugees in Nepal. 2001. Archives of General Psychiatry. ISSN 0003-990X. (58), s 475- 482
- Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Van Ommeren, Mark; Sharma, B; Makaju, R & de Jong, JTVM (2000). Limited cultural validity of Composite International Diagnostic Interview's proble flow chart. Transcultural Psychiatry. ISSN 1363-4615. 37, s 123- 134
- Van Ommeren, M; Sharma, B; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Makaju, R; Prasain, D; Bhattarai, R & de Jong, JTVM (1999). Preparing instruments for transcultural research: use of the translation monitoring form with Nepali speaking Bhutanese refugees. Transcultural Psychiatry. ISSN 1363-4615. 36, s 285- 301
- Sapkota, Dipak; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Hasseus, Bengt & Jensen, Janicke Liaaen (2020). Saliva testing for COVID-19?. British Dental Journal. ISSN 0007-0610. . doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-020-1594-7
- Thapa, Suraj Bahadur & Acharya, Ganesh (2017). Women's health is not in focus in disaster zones: lessons from the Nepal earthquake. Journal of family planning and reproductive health care. ISSN 1471-1893. 43(2), s 92- 93 . doi: 10.1136/jfprhc-2016-101605
- Preljevic, Valjbona T. & Thapa, Suraj Bahadur (2014). Tverkulturelle forhold, I: Psykiske reaksjoner ved somatisk sykdom. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202418786. 5. s 89 - 106
- Patel, Vikram; Sumathipala, Athula; Khan, MM & Thapa, Suraj Bahadur (2007). South Asia, In Kamaldeep Bhui & Dinesh Bhugra (ed.), Culture and mental health: a comprehensive textbook. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0340810460. 21. s 212 - 224
- Thapa, Suraj Bahadur (2007). Bhutan, In Carolyn Erickson D'Avanzo (ed.), Cultural Health Assessment. Elsevier. ISBN 9780323048347. B. s 80 - 83
- Suraj, Bahadur Thapa (2006). Population based studies of mental health among migrants in Nepal and Norway:migration and adversity in different contexts.
Published Jan. 21, 2016 7:15 PM
- Last modified Aug. 31, 2020 3:17 PM