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