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Kyösti Waris

14 December 1946 -

Kyösti Waris was born (1946) in Lahti, Finland and graduated from Lahti lyceum. He has completed his doctoral degree (Ph.D.) majoring in psychology and sociology.

He is a social scientist, psychologist, sociologist and health care professional. He specializes in mental health care, work and organization psychology and in psychology of occupational health care. He is an expert in work-related issues and he has got the training of work mentor.

The author has been working in health care for several years, among others in mental health offices. As a psychologist his role was to assess clients' mental health and working capacity and to write psychologist's statements to the psychiatrists for the planning of the clients' care and rehabilitation. Tasks included also individual and group therapy as well as the work of preventive mental health.

He has worked as a psychologist and Senior Adviser for the National Board of Labour Protection, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and Ministry of Labour. In the administration his duties included, among others, strategic plans for promoting people's mental well-being in work places (mental labour protection). He has retired from the post of Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.


Kyösti Waris on syntynyt (1946) Lahdessa ja kirjoittanut ylioppilaaksi Lahden lyseosta. Hän on suorittanut yhteiskuntatieteiden maisterin ja filosofian tohtorin tutkinnot pääaineinaan psykologia ja sosiologia.

Koulutukseltaan hän on yhteiskuntatieteilijä, psykologi, sosiologi ja terveydenhuollon ammattilainen. Kirjoittaja on erikoistunut mielenterveys-, työ- ja organisaatio- sekä työterveyshuollon psykologiaan. Hän on myös työstressi- kysymysten asiantuntija.

Kyösti Waris on toiminut useita vuosia terveydenhuollon tehtävissä, mm. mielenterveystoimistossa. Siellä hänen tehtäviinsä psykologina ovat kuuluneet asiakkaiden mielenterveyden ja työkyvyn arviointi sekä lausuntojen kirjoittaminen psykiatreille asiakkaiden hoidon ja kuntoutuksen suunnittelua varten. Tehtäviin ovat kuuluneet myös asiakkaiden yksilö- ja ryhmähoito sekä ennalta ehkäisevä mielenterveystyö.

Hän on työskennellyt psykologina ja ylitarkastajana työsuojeluhallituksessa, työministeriössä sekä sosiaali- ja terveysministeriössä. Terveydenhuollon hallinnossa hänen tehtäviinsä on kuulunut mm. strateginen suunnittelu henkisen hyvinvoinnin edistämiseksi työelämässä (psyykkinen työsuojelu). Hän on jäänyt eläkkeelle sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön ylitarkastajan virasta.

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