Iris Tatjana Graef-Calliess, MD, PhD
Germany
Iris Tatjana Graef-Calliess (MD, psychiatrist) is currently director of the Department for General Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Wunstorf Clinic, Hannover Region Clinics, Ger- many. For the past five years, 2012-2017, she headed the Center for Transcultural Psy- chiatry & Psychotherapy and the Research & Development department at Wahrendorff Clinic, Hannover/Germany. Besides, she is head of the research group for Social and Trans- cultural Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, Dept. of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychother- apy at Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
She holds a BA in Slavic Languages, was internationally trained during her medical studies and her specialist’s training and has received training in psychodynamic as well as systemic psychotherapy and intercultural mediation. She was a founding member and chair of the networks and committees for young professionals in the German Psychiatric Association (DGPPN) and in the European Psychiatric Association (EPA).
Her research interests include transcultural psychiatry and intercultural psychotherapy, mental health care of immigrants and refugees, global mental health, social psychiatry, health care provision and diversity management. Her postdoctoral studies focused on in- tercultural psychotherapy developing a culture dynamic model for bicultural identity.
She is co-chair of the German Psychiatric Association’s section Intercultural Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Migration, and of the European Psychiatric Association’s section Cultural Psychiatry. She is a member of European Psychiatric Association’s task force on mental health of refugees, of the German Government’s expert task force on immigration & public health of the representative for migration, refugees and integration, of the World Associa- tion for Cultural Psychiatry (WACP), and of WPA’s section Transcultural Psychiatry.
She has conducted several studies and research projects on mental health care focusing on differential symptomatology, acculturation and identity. Her publication list comprises 58 peer-reviewed papers, 48 books or book chapters, and over 130 congress contributions.
Selected publications:
- Nguyena MH, Hahn E, Wingenfeld K, Graef-Calliess IT, … Taa TMT. Acculturation
and severity of depression among first-generation Vietnamese outpatients in Ger-
many. Int Journal of Social Psychiatry 2017;63(8):708-716. - BelzM,…Graef-CalliessIT.PosttraumaticStressDisorderandcomorbiddepression
in refugees: assessment of a sample from a German refugee reception center.
Transcult Psychiatry 2017;54(5-6):595-610. - Behrens K, … Graef-Calliess I. How much orientation towards the host culture is
healthy? Acculturation style as risk enhancement for depressive symptoms in im-
migrants. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2015;61:498–505. - Schouler-Ocak M, Graef-Calliess I, … Bhugra D. EPA guidance on cultural compe-
tence training. Eur Psychiatry 2015;30:431–40. - Bhugra D, Gupta S, Schouler-Ocak M, Graef-Calliess IT, … Carta M. EPA Guidance
mental health care of migrants. European Psychiatry 2014;29:107-115. IF 3.439. - Sieberer M, … Calliess IT. Depressive symptoms in first- and second generation immigrants: a cross-sectional study of a multiethnic working population. Int J Soc
Psychiatry 2012;58(6):605-613. - Calliess IT, … Ziegenbein M. Personality disorders in a cross-cultural perspective:
impact of culture and migration on diagnosis and etiological aspects. Curr Psychiatr Rev 2008;4:39-47.