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Eva Henje - neuroscientist, trauma therapist, and mental health activist

Eva Henje is a neuroscientist, trauma therapist, and associate professor at Sweden’s Umeå University, specialising in child- and adolescent psychiatry. Eva describes herself as mental health activist, because she’s passionate about raising awareness about the systemic reasons behind increasing rates of depression. She has created programs to empower and destigmatize young people with psychological suffering, and has helped develop alternatives to the current psychiatric diagnostic systems.

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