Suraj Thapa

Professor - Forskningsleder PHA
Bilde av Suraj Thapa
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Mobiltelefon +47-99343167
Rom 322
Treffetider 23066821
Brukernavn
Besøksadresse Sognsvannsveien 21 Bygg 20 0372 OSLO
Postadresse Postboks 1039 Blindern 0315 Oslo

Job, utdanning og forskningsinteresser:

  • Forskningsleder: Klinikk for psykiskhelse og avhengighet (PHA), OUS og UiO siden 2020
  • Professor ved Institutt for klinisk medisin, UiO siden 2023
  • Førsteamanuensis ved Institutt for klinisk medisin, UiO  2016-2022
  • Prosjektleder: NORPART - COMENTH
  • Spesialist i voksenpsykiatri fullført i 2010 fra Oslo Universitetssykehus (OUS), og jobbet på samme sykehus som overlege  (i fulltid fram til 2016 og deltid fram til 2020).
  • PhD, Det medisinske fakultet, Universitetet i Oslo, 2006.
  • Master i filosofi (M.Phil) i internasjonal helse fra Universitetet i Oslo, 2001
  • Bachelor of Medicine og Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) fra det medisinske instituttet, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1995
  • Forsknings interesser og erfaringer innenfor traume forskning, stress, PTSD, psykoimmunologi, psykonkologi, transkulturell psykiatri, perinatal psykiatri, migrasjon og global mental helse
Emneord: Transkulturell psykiatri, migrasjon, traumer, PTSD, SDGs, biologiske markører

Publikasjoner

  • Stensland, Synne; Glad, Kristin Alve; Andersen, Arnfinn J.; Brodersen, Dorte; Bækkelund, Harald & Daae, Cecilie [Vis alle 17 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2023). Oppfølging av mennesker rammet av krig og katastrofer. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 143(18), s. 1–5. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0791.
  • Ojha, Sneha & Thapa, Suraj Bahadur (2023). Psychological distress and suicidality in psychiatric patients during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: A repeated cross-sectional study. SSM - Mental Health (SSM-MH). ISSN 2666-5603. 4. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100286. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Pant, Sagun Ballav; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Howard, John; Ojha, Saroj Prasad & Lien, Lars (2023). Internalized Stigma and its Correlates Among Opioid Agonist Treatment Service Users in Nepal. Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health. ISSN 2198-9834. doi: 10.1007/s40737-023-00353-4. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Trinh, Nhung; Semark, Birgitte Dige; Munk-Olsen, Trine; Liu, Xiaoqin; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur & Yilmaz, Zeynep [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2023). Antidepressant treatment in pregnancy: a Danish registry linkage study in pregnant women with pre-existing obsessive‐compulsive disorder. Translational Psychiatry. ISSN 2158-3188. 13(1). doi: 10.1038/s41398-023-02516-0. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Koirala, Rishav; Aass, Hans Christian; Søegaard, Erik Ganesh Iyer; Dhakal, Hari Prasad; Ojha, Saroj Prasad & Hauff, Edvard [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2023). Association of pro-inflammatory cytokines with trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder visiting a tertiary care hospital in Kathmandu. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 18(2). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281125. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Pant, Sagun Ballav; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Howard, John; Ojha, Saroj Prasad & Lien, Lars (2023). Psychological distress and quality of life among Opioid Agonist Treatment service users with a history of injecting and non-injecting drug use: A cross-sectional study in Kathmandu, Nepal. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 18(2). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281437. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Mainali, Anustha; Infanti, Jennifer Jean; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Jacobsen, Geir Wenberg & Larose, Tricia Lynn Lois (2023). Anxiety and depression in pregnant women who have experienced a previous perinatal loss: a case‑cohort study from Scandinavia. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. ISSN 1471-2393. 23(1). doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-05318-2. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Dhungana, Saraswati; Koirala, Rishav; Ojha, Saroj Prasad & Thapa, Suraj (2022). Resilience and its association with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression symptoms in the aftermath of trauma: A cross-sectional study from Nepal. SSM - Mental Health (SSM-MH). ISSN 2666-5603. 2. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100135. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Pant, Sagun Ballav; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Howard, J.; Ojha, SP & Lien, Lars (2022). Mental disorders and Suicidality among Opioid Agonist Treatment service users in Nepal: a cross sectional study. . SSM - Mental Health (SSM-MH). ISSN 2666-5603. 2. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100165. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Søegaard, Erik Ganesh Iyer; Kan, Zhanna; Aass, Hans Christian Dalsbotten; Koirala, Rishav; Hauff, Edvard & Thapa, Suraj (2022). Abnormal Cytokines in Trauma Patients Explained by Obesity, Musculoskeletal Disease, Smoking, and Lung Disease. Neuropsychobiology. ISSN 0302-282X. 81(6), s. 516–530. doi: 10.1159/000526806. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Dhungana, Saraswati; Koirala, Rishav; Ojha, Saroj Prasad & Thapa, Suraj (2022). Association of childhood trauma, and resilience, with quality of life in patients seeking treatment at a psychiatry outpatient: A cross-sectional study from Nepal. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 17(10), s. 1–13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275637. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Kan, Zhanna; Søegaard, Erik Ganesh Iyer; Siqveland, Johan; Hussain, Ajmal; Hanssen-Bauer, Ketil & Jensen, Pia [Vis alle 12 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2022). Coping, Social Support and Loneliness during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Effect on Depression and Anxiety: Patients’ Experiences in Community Mental Health Centers in Norway. Healthcare. ISSN 2227-9032. 10(5). doi: 10.3390/healthcare10050875. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Søegaard, Erik Ganesh Iyer; Kan, Zhanna; Koirala, Rishav; Hauff, Edvard & Thapa, Suraj Bahadur (2021). Gender differences in a wide range of trauma symptoms after victimization and accidental traumas: a cross-sectional study in a clinical setting. European Journal of Psychotraumatology. ISSN 2000-8066. 12(1), s. 1–13. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2021.1975952. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Koirala, Rishav; Søegaard, Erik Ganesh Iyer; Kan, Zhanna; Ojha, Saroj Prasad; Hauff, Edvard & Thapa, Suraj (2021). Exploring complex PTSD in patients visiting a psychiatric outpatient clinic in Kathmandu, Nepal. Journal of Psychiatric Research. ISSN 0022-3956. 143, s. 23–29. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.08.030. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Dhungana, Saraswati; Koirala, Rishav; Ojha, Saroj Prasad & Thapa, Suraj Bahadur (2021). Quality of life and its association with psychiatric disorders in outpatients with trauma history in a tertiary hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal: a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry. ISSN 1471-244X. 21:98, s. 1–11. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03104-6. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • Abraham, Ruth; Leonhardt, Marja; Lien, Lars; Hanssen, Ingrid; Hauff, Edvard & Thapa, Suraj Bahadur (2021). The relationship between religiosity/spirituality and quality of life among female Eritrean refugees living in Norwegian asylum centres. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. ISSN 0020-7640. doi: 10.1177/00207640211010207. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • 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. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • 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). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234203. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • 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. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
  • 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 [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (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 [Vis alle 14 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (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. 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 [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (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. 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 [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (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.

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  • Tyssen, Reidar; Javo, Cecilie; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Isaksson Rø, Karin Elisabet; Preljevic, Valjbona & Sandbu, Morten (2023). Perceived clinical challenges when treating patients from another culture: a study among doctors training in psychiatry.
  • Thapa, Suraj; Mainali, Anustha; Schwank, Simone E. & Acharya, Ganesh (2020). Maternal mental health in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. ISSN 0001-6349. 99(7), s. 817–818. doi: 10.1111/aogs.13894.
  • Sapkota, Dipak; Thapa, Suraj Bahadur; Hasseus, Bengt & Jensen, Janicke Liaaen (2020). Saliva testing for COVID-19? British Dental Journal. ISSN 0007-0610. doi: 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, Psykiske reaksjoner ved somatisk sykdom. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202418786. s. 89–106.
  • Patel, Vikram; Sumathipala, Athula; Khan, MM & Thapa, Suraj Bahadur (2007). South Asia. I Bhui, Kamaldeep & Bhugra, Dinesh (Red.), Culture and mental health: a comprehensive textbook. CRC Press. ISSN 978-0340810460. s. 212–224.
  • Thapa, Suraj Bahadur (2007). Bhutan. I D'Avanzo, Carolyn Erickson (Red.), Cultural Health Assessment. Elsevier. ISSN 9780323048347. 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. Unipub forlag. ISSN 82-8080-185-5.

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Publisert 21. jan. 2016 19:12 - Sist endret 30. okt. 2023 16:37

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