Wang-Iversen disputerer for ph.d.-graden i helsevitenskap og vil offentlig forsvare avhandlingen:
"Mental Healthcare After Deinstitutionalization: A Qualitative Study of Narratives of Recovery Across Institutional and Community Settings."
Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her! / The doctoral thesis is available here!
Disputasen strømmes og et opptak vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn.
The defense will be streamed, and a recording of the disputation will be available for 24 hours.
Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne starter kl. 10.15 / The trial lecture starts at 10.15
Tittel/Title: "Makt-Mening-Trussel-rammeverket: Nok et nyliberalt triks - eller en vei til meningsfull bedring?"
Prøveforelesningen strømmes her / The trial lecture will be streamed here.
Disputasen starter kl. 12.15 / The defense starts at 12.15
Disputasen strømmes her / The defense will be streamed here
Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen/ Summary of the thesis:
Mental health reform moved care from large institutions to community settings. Most people with severe illness now live in their own homes or supported housing, see outreach teams or clinics, and enter hospital only briefly. For them, freedom and access have improved.
A forgotten minority, however, still ricochets between wards and short-term lodgings, sometimes ending up homeless or in prison—blocking beds and disrupting the care continuum. My thesis explores what recovery means to this group, how service gaps propel their instability, and how therapeutic relationships can steady or shake them.
Narrative interviews with repeatedly hospitalized service-users showed that recovery relies on several supports lining up at once: secure housing, dependable medication, regular routines, and—above all—enduring therapeutic bonds. When one piece slips, the rest often collapse, triggering another admission.
Quick fixes will not stop this cycle. What is needed are “holding structures”: well-staffed, municipally run residences and longer-stay hospital wards that bridge the gap between acute beds and ordinary flats, giving people the time and relationships required for sustainable recovery.
Hovedveileder/Main supervisor:
Professor Geir F. Lorem, Institutt for psykologi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.
Bedømmelseskomité/Defensecomitee:
Førsteamanuensis Sebastian Gabrielsson, Luleå tekniska universitet – 1. opponent.
Professor Marit Helene Hem, VID vitenskapelige høgskole – 2. opponent.
Førsteamanuensis Ida Therese Solhaug, Institutt for psykologi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komité.
Disputasleder/ Leader of defense:
Instituttleder Per Håkan Brøndbo, Institutt for psykologi, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.
When: 12.12.25 kl 10.15–16.00
Where:
Auditorium Cortex, plan 7, MH Vest
Location / Campus: Digitalt, Tromsø
Target group: Employees, Students, Guests, Invited, Enhet
Contact: Andrea Jennerwein
E-mail: andrea.jennerwein@uit.no