Henrik Wang Iversen

UiT - The Arctic University of North Norway, Norway

Paradoxes In Mental Healthcare: Exploring Service Gaps In Treatment And Care For Patients With Extensive Hospitalization Experience

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Biography

Henrik Wang Iversen is a clinical psychologist working at the Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, University Hospital of North Norway. Here he works with admitted patients suffering from severe mental illness and comorbid substance abuse. He is a trained qualitative researcher with narrative methods as his specialty, taking his PhD at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. This paper is part of the larger PhD study which explores the experiences of patients with extensive hospitalization experience through narrative methods. The aim is to deepen our understanding of how healthcare services can be better tailored to meet the needs of patients who struggle to navigate the current service system.

Abstract