Tol, Wietse

Prof. dr. Wietse A. Tol is sinds november 2021 bijzonder hoogleraar ‘Global Mental Health and Social Studies’ aan het Athena Instituut van de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Hij behaalde zijn Master Klinische en Gezondheidspsychologie in 2002 aan de Universiteit van Leiden, en zijn PhD (cum laude) in 2009 aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, waarna hij een postdoctorale fellow was bij het Global Health Initiative van Yale University. Wietse Tol heeft uitgebreide internationale onderzoekservaring op het gebied van Global Mental Health, met een speciale focus op lage- en middeninkomenslanden (LMICs). Tussen 2016 en 2020 was hij aangesloten bij de Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Mental Health in Baltimore. Hij ontving vele onderscheidingen, inclusief de Award for Excellence in International Public Health Practice van de Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Wietse Tol is tegenwoordig professor Global Mental Health aan de Universiteit van Kopenhagen en Senior Advisor van HealthRight International. Hij werkt nauw samen met vele NGO’s en maakt actief onderdeel uit van verschillende nationale en internationale netwerken.

Link naar publicaties: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PFboBFYAAAAJ&hl=en

Publicaties

Accessibility and Perceived Impact of a Group Psychosocial Intervention for Women in Ecuador : A Comparative Analysis by Migration Status

2024

Auteurs:

Gabrielle Wimer, Maria Larrea, Josefina Streeter, Amir Hassan, Alejandra Angulo, Andrea Armijos, Annie Bonz, Wietse A. Tol and M. Claire Greene

(Scientific article)

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a transdiagnostic intervention for alcohol misuse and psychological distress in humanitarian settings : study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Uganda

2024

Auteurs:

Catharina F. van der Boor, Dalili Taban, Wietse A. Tol, Josephine Akellot, Melissa Neuman, Helen A. Weiss, Giulia Greco, Anna Vassall, Carl May, Abhijit Nadkarni, Eugene Kinyanda, Bayard Roberts & Daniela C. Fuhr Catharina F. van der Boor, Dalili Taban, Wietse A. Tol, Josephine Akellot, Melissa Neuman, Helen A. Weiss, Giulia Greco, Anna Vassall, Carl May, Abhijit Nadkarni, Eugene Kinyanda, Bayard Roberts & Daniela C. Fuhr

(Scientific article)

Measuring refugees’ capabilities : translation, adaptation, and valuation of the OxCAP-MH into Juba Arabic for use among South Sudanese male refugees in Uganda

2024

Auteurs:

C.F. van der Boor, D. Taban, K. Ismail, J. Simon, B. Roberts, D. Fuhr, W.A. Tol & G. Greco

(Scientific article)

Nurturing families : A feasibility randomised controlled trial of a whole-family intervention with vulnerable families in Jordan

2024

Auteurs:

Felicity L. Brown, Hind Yousef, Alexandra C.E. Bleile, Hadeel Mansour, Anna Barrett, Maha Ghatasheh, Eve S. Puffer , Zeinab Mansour, Karam Hayef, Samer Kurdi, Qaasim Ali, Wietse A. Tol, Aala El-Khani, Rachel Calam, Hana Abu Hassan and Mark J.D. Jordans

(Scientific article)

Perspectives on competency-based feedback for training non-specialists to deliver psychological interventions : multi-site qualitative study of the EQUIP competency-based approach

2024

Auteurs:

Abdelrhman Elnasseh, Varun S. Mehta, Gergana Manolova, Gloria A. Pedersen, Shannon Golden, Liyam Eloul, Frezgi Gebrekristos, Pamela Y. Collins, Teresia Mutavi, Anne W. Mbwayo, Muthoni Mathai, Muthoni Mathai, Tessa Concepcion, Rozane El Masri, Frederik Steen, Jerome T. Galea, Carmen Contreras, Josephine Akellot, Rosco Kasujja, Samuel Wasereka, Byamah Brian Mutamba, Wietse A. Tol, Mansurat Raji, Sacha Moufarrej, Alison Schafer and Brandon A. Kohrt

(Scientific article)

Strategies to improve the implementation and effectiveness of community-based psychosocial support interventions for displaced, migrant and host community women in Latin America

2024

Auteurs:

M. Claire Greene, Gabrielle Wimer, Maria Larrea, Ingrid Mejia Jimenez, Andrea Armijos, Alejandra Angulo, Maria Esther Guevara, Carolina Vega, Emily W. Heard, Lina Demis, Lucia Benavides, Christine Corrales, Ale de la Cruz, Maria Jose Lopez, Arianna Moyano, Andrea Murcia, Maria Jose Noboa, Abhimeleck Rodriguez, Jennifer Solis, Daniela Vergara, Lena S. Andersen, Maria Cristobal, Milton Wainberg, Annie G. Bonz and Wietse Tol

(Scientific article)

The Effects of Mental Health Interventions on Labor Market Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

2024

Auteurs:

Crick Lund, Kate Orkin, Marc Witte, John H. Walker, Thandi Davies, Johannes Haushofer, Sarah Murray, Judy Bass, Laura Murray, Wietse Tol & Vikram H. Patel

(Online source), (Scientific article)

Common strategies in empirically supported psychological interventions for alcohol use disorders : A meta-review

2023

Auteurs:

Abhijit Nadkarni, Alessandro Massazza, Rahul Guda, Luanna T. Fernandes, Ankur Garg, Mehak Jolly, Lena S. Andersen, Urvita Bhatia, Sergiy Bogdanov, Bayard Roberts, Wietse A. Tol, Richard Velleman, Quincy Moore, Daniela Fuhr

(Scientific article)

Psychological Flexibility in South Sudanese Female Refugees in Uganda as a Mechanism for Change Within a Guided Self-Help Intervention

2023

Auteurs:

Daniel P. Lakin, Samuel E. Cooper, Lena Andersen, Felicity L. Brown, Jura L. S. Augustinavicius, Kenneth Carswell, Marx Leku, Alex Adaku, Teresa Au, Richard Bryant, Claudia Garcia-Moreno, Ross G. White, and Wietse A. Tol

(Scientific article)

Task-sharing psychosocial interventions for the prevention of common mental disorders in the perinatal period in low- and middle-income countries : A systematic review and meta-analysis

2023

Auteurs:

Eleonora Prina, Caterina Ceccarelli, Jibril O Abdulmalik, Francesco Amaddeo, Camilla Cadorin, Davide Papola, Wietse A Tol, Crick Lund, Corrado Barbui, Marianna Purgato

(Scientific article)

Testing a Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Intervention Approach for Addressing Unhealthy Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Humanitarian Settings : Protocol of the Ukuundapwa Chapamo Randomised Controlled Trial

2023

Auteurs:

Jeremy C Kane, Muzi Kamanga, Stephanie Skavenski, Laura K Murray, Mbaita Shawa, Bertha Bwalya, Kristina Metz, Ravi Paul, Namuchana Mushabati, Peter Ventevogel, Stephanie Haddad, Grace Kilbane, Megan Sienkiewicz, Veronica Chibemba, Princess Chiluba, Nkumbu Mtongo, Mildred Chibwe, Caleb J Figge, Michelle Alto, David Mwanza, Elizabeth Mupinde, Shira Kakumbi, Wietse A Tol, Kelsey Vaughan, Zaliwe Banda, Anja Busse, Nadine Ezard, Allan Zulu, Henry Loongo, M. Claire Greene

Evaluating the feasibility of a group psychosocial intervention for migrant and host community women in Ecuador and Panamá : protocol for a multi-site feasibility cluster trial

2022

Auteurs:

M. Claire Greene, Annie Bonz, Maria Cristobal, Carolina Vega, Lena S. Andersen, Alejandra Angulo, Andrea Armijos, María Esther Guevara, Lucia Benavides, Alejandra de la Cruz, Maria Jose Lopez, Arianna Moyano, Andrea Murcia, Maria Jose Noboa, Abhimeleck Rodriguez, Jenifer Solis, Daniela Vergara, Jodi Scharf, Priya Dutt, Milton Wainberg and Wietse A. Tol

(Scientific article)

Examining implementation of an intervention to reduce psychological distress and intimate partner violence in a refugee camp setting

2022

Auteurs:

M. Claire Greene, Thea Scognamiglio, Samuel L. Likindikoki, Lusia Misinzo, Tasiana Njau, Annie Bonz, Peter Ventevogel, Jessie K. K. Mbwambo & Wietse A. Tol

(Scientific article)

Impact of displacement context on psychological distress in refugees resettled in Australia : a longitudinal population-based study

2022

Auteurs:

Angela Nickerson, Angela Nickerson, Shraddha Kashyap, David Keegan, Ben Edwards, Walter Forrest, Richard A. Bryant, Meaghan O'Donnell, Kim Felmingham, Alexander C. McFarlane, Wietse A. Tol, Lonneke Lenferink, Joel Hoffman and Belinda J. Liddell

(Scientific article)

Partner Alcohol Use and Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence : Independent and Synergistic Effects on Intimate Partner Violence Across 19 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

2022

Auteurs:

Christine Bourey, Lori Heise, Wietse A.Tol, and M. Claire Greene

(Scientific article)

Process evaluations of mental health and psychosocial support interventions for populations affected by humanitarian crises

2022

Auteurs:

Alessandro Massazza, Carl R. May, Bayard Roberts, Wietse A. Tol, Sergiy Bogdanov, Abhijit Nadkarni, Daniela C. Fuhr

(Scientific article)

Psychological and social interventions for the promotion of mentalhealth in people living in low- and middle-income countries affected byhumanitarian crises

2022

Auteurs:

Davide Papola, Eleonora Prina, Caterina Ceccarelli, Chiara Gastaldon, Wietse A Tol, Mark van Ommeren, Corrado Barbui, Marianna Purgato

(Scientific article)

Psychological Flexibility in South Sudanese Female Trauma Survivors in Uganda as a Mechanism for Change Within a Guided Self-Help Intervention

2022

Auteurs:

D.P. Lakin, S.E. Cooper, L. Andersen, F. Brown, J.L.S. Augustinavicius, K. Carswell, M. Leku, A. Adaku, T. Au, R. Bryant, C. Garcia-Moreno, R.G. White, & W.A. Tol

(Scientific article)

Scientists Against War : A Plea to World Leaders for Better Governance

2022

Auteurs:

Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal, Velayudhan Mohan Kumar, Namasivayam Ganesh Pandian, Joop T. de Jong, Sudalaikannu Andiappan, Alexandru Corlateanu, Arehally Marappa Mahalaksmi, Saravana Babu Chidambaram, Ramasamy Rajesh Kumar, Chellamuthu Ramasubramanian, Sudhakar Sivasubramaniam, Alvhild Alette Bjørkum, JosAnn Cutajar, Michael Berk, Ilya Trakht, Anton Vrdoljak, Miguel Meira e Cruz, Harris A. Eyre, Janne Grønli, Dainiel P. Cardinali, Andreas Maercker, Willem A. C. M. van de Put, Jaswant Guzder, Bjørn Bjorvatn, Wietse A. Tol, Darío Acuña-Castroviejo, Marie Meudec, Charles M. Morin, Markku Partinen, Corrado Barbui, Mark J. D. Jordans, Mario H. Braakman, Christine Knaevelsrud, Ståle Pallesen, Marit Sijbrandij, Diego Andrés Golombek, Colin A. Espie, Pim Cuijpers, Hernán Andrés Marín Agudelo, Koos van der Velden, Bessel A. van der Kolk, Stevan E. Hobfoll, Walter L. J. M. Devillé, Michael Gradisar, Dieter Riemann, John Axelsson, Gloria Benítez-King, Robert D. Macy, Vitalii Poberezhets, Samuel Ratnajeevan Herbert Hoole, Rangaswamy Srinivasa Murthy, Thomas Hegemann, Andreas Heinz, Jane Salvage, Alexander C. McFarlane, Rob Keukens, Harendra de Silva, Cornelia Oestereich, Jochen Wilhelm, Michael von Cranach, Klaus Hoffmann, Matthias Klosinski, Dinesh Bhugra & Mary V. Seeman

(Scientific article)

Ten years of tracking mental health in refugee primary health care settings : an updated analysis of data from UNHCR’s Health Information System (2009–2018)

2022

Auteurs:

Shoshanna L. Fine, Jeremy C. Kane, Paul B. Spiegel, Wietse A. Tol & Peter Ventevogel

(Scientific article)

The impact of maternal depressive symptoms and traumatic events on early childhood mental health in conflict-affected Timor-Leste

2022

Auteurs:

Susan J. Rees, Mohammed Mohsin, Louis Klein, Zachary Steel, Wietse Tol, Mark Dadds, Valsamma Eapen, Zelia da Costa, Elisa Savio, Natalino Tam and Derrick Silove

(Scientific article)

Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings : linking practice and research

2011

Auteurs:

Wietse A. Tol, Corrado Barbui, Ananda Galappatti, Derrick Silove, Theresa S. Betancourt, Renato Souza, Anne Golaz, and Mark van Ommeren

(Review), (Scientific article)

Introducing the IASC Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Guidelines in Emergencies in Nepal: a process description

2010

Auteurs:

Mark Jordans, Nawaraj Upadhaya, Wietse Tol, Parbati Shrestha, Joanne Doucet, Radha Gurung, Joseph Aguettant, Pashupati Mahat, Sweta Shah, Karuna Prasad Shrestha, Surendra Sherchan, Ramesh Maharjan, Arun Kunwar, Ishor Raj Regmi, Pramod Shyangwa, Amanda Melville, Mark van Ommeren

(Scientific article)

Combining qualitative and quantitative research methods to support psychosocial and mental health programmes in complex emergencies. Introduction to this Special Issue

2009

Auteurs:

Paul Bolton, Wietse A. Tol, Judith Bass

(Scientific article)

Hoe kunnen we kinderen ondersteunen die oorlog hebben meegemaakt?: Bronnen van veerkracht

2009

Auteurs:

Wietse A. Tol

(Artikel), (Wetenschappelijk artikel)

Investigating the Tibetan Healing System: A psychosocial needs assessment of Tibetan refugees in Nepal