Guðbjörg
Sveinsdóttir
Address: Trönuhjalli 13, 200 Kópavogur
Tel.
home: 564 2854
Tel.
work: 561
2612
E-mail: gudsve@mi.is
EDUCATION
/ QUALIFICATIONS
- Clinical Supervision 1999-2001
- Psychiatric Nursing 1990-1991
- Icelandic School of Nursing 1975-1978
FURTHER
TRAINING
- Basic and advanced Critical
Incident Stress Debriefing courses
- Courses and seminars on
Children and Trauma
- Various congresses/seminars on
Psychiatric treatment by the World Mental Health Organization,
International Symposium of Psychological Treatment of Skizophrenia (ISPS),
and Nordic Psychatric Nurses (PSSN)
CURRENT
POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Director for Shelter for
Mentally Disabled People
- Consultant for the Icelandic
Red Cross Branches on Mental Health issues.
EMPLOYMENT
RECORD
- Icelandic Red Cross, Efstaleiti
9 Reykjavík Iceland 1994-
- Landspitali Psychiatric
Unit Hringbraut, 101 Reykjavík Iceland 1991-1994
- Sentral Sykehuset I Akershus
psychiatric Unit, 1774 Nordbyhagen Norway 1988-1991
- Landspitali Psychiatric Unit
Hringbraut, 101 Reykjavík Iceland 1984-1988
- Landakot Eye Clinic Túngata, 101 Reykjavík Iceland 1981-1984
- Landspitali Psychiatric Unit
1979-1981
INTERNATIONAL
EXPERIENCE
- Psychiatric Nursing in Norway 1988-1991
- Kosovo Verification Mission for
OSCE, Medical Division, Psychological resources, Stress and Trauma Relief
January-May 1999
- ICRC, Baghdad Iraq, Health
delegate,assessment of psychiatric services and proposals for joint
projects, May- July 2003
RED
CROSS / RED CRESCENT TRAINING / EXPERIENCE
- Basic Delegate Training Course
Iceland 2000
- Working for the IRC since 1994
and member of the board of the Kopavogur branch of the Icelandic Red Cross
since 2001
- Member of the IRC voluntary
team on critical incident stress and trauma relief since 1999
OTHER
INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES
·
Leader of the professional
group of psychiatric Nurses in Iceland
from 1994-1998
- Member of the board of the Organization for Nordic
Psychatric Nurses since 1997
- Member of the Icelandic Women
peace organization