Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies
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The Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (Norwegian: Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter om vold og traumatisk stress, NKTVS) is a national, interdisciplinary research centre in Norway. It is part of the University of Oslo, and is located at Ullevål University Hospital in Oslo.
It was established on January 1, 2004, and comprises the former Psychosocial Centre for Refugees, University of Oslo (PSSF); the Norwegian Resource Centre for Information and Studies on Violence (VOS); the Norwegian National Resource Center on Child Sexual Abuse (NRSB); and the Division of Disaster Psychiatry, University of Oslo (KKP). The centre is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Children and Family Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Defence.
The Centre employs experts on psychiatry, psychology, pediatrics, sociology, social anthropology, education, social work, sexology, criminology and philology.
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