Dr Marianne Kastrup

Marianne C Kastrup MD PhD trained in psychiatry in Denmark.

She led the National Centre for Transcultural Psychiatry, Copenhagen University Hospital, for several years and has been Medical Director International Research and Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims, Copenhagen and Head of Department psychiatry, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre.

She has been a member of the Norwegian Research Council for Mental Health, OPCAT (UN Optional Protocol) under the Danish ombudsmen, GESEMI Charite Hospital, Berlin and Eppendorfer Hospital, Hamburg, Expert Advisory Panel on Mental Health, WHO and expert advisor, European Council Committee for the Prevention of Torture, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and Punishment, She was member of the World Psychiatric Association Executive Committee; Secretary General of the European Psychiatric Association; Treasurer of the World Association Social Psychiatry, Board member Mental Health Europe.

She has received various accolades and honours both nationally and internationally and is published widely in books, chapters, and papers.