Christos Dimitriadis

Biography

Christos Dimitriadis is a Greek- Swiss PhD researcher specializing in Refugee Care at the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex. He holds a MBBS and is an accredited Jungian analyst and a psychiatrist. Christos currently works at his own practice and at the community mental health services of the City of Zurich, Switzerland, which includes the psychiatric evaluation of asylum-seekers and refugees. Christos' academic journey in Refugee Care commenced after having gathered experiences for two years as a clinician at the Outpatient Centre of Victims of Torture and War of the Swiss Red Cross. His clinical work at the Red Cross and the lectures of the MA course in Refugee Care at the University of Essex inspired and motivated him to focus on the psychosocial wellbeing of humanitarians and caregivers of refugees for his research. Also, he is currently pursuing a Master in Public Health (MPH). His PhD thesis explores various aspects of the wellbeing of helpers and humanitarians and holistically investigates their reactions in regard to their work with refugees. His thesis is driven by the innovative theories of CTAR (Centre of Trauma, Asylum and Refugees at the University of Essex), including the framework of the Adversity Grid and Adversity Activated Development (AAD). Christos has actively participated at various events organized by CTAR over the past years and is registered as a peer reviewer for the Essex Student Journal.

Qualifications

• MD (GR)/ MBBS University of Thrace (Greece) (2009)

• Psychiatrist FMH (Swiss Medical Association) (2018)

• Jungian Psychoanalyst CG Jung Institute Zurich (Switzerland) (2023)

Thesis