Personal profile
Personal profile
Endowed professor of psychotrauma, loss, and grief after disasters and violence, University of Humanistic Studies, The Netherlands. Psychiatrist, associate director of residency training, ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre/ ARQ Centrum'45, The Netherlands.
Geert Smid (he/him) published about the prevalence, diagnosis, and treatment of PTSD and traumatic grief and stress sensitization. My current research on PTSD and traumatic grief focuses on meaning attribution, epidemiological and cultural aspects, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
External positions
Professor, ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre
1 Mar 2019 → …
Keywords
- stress
- trauma
- PTSD
- grief
- treatment
- prevention
- epidemiology
- coping
- therapy
- culture
- service-delivery approaches
- psychotrauma
- loss
- traumatic grief
- ambiguous loss
- unrecognised loss
- suicide
- euthanasia
- moral trauma
- refugees
- veterans
- police officers
- disaster victims
- bereaved families
- diversity
- sexual orientation and gender identity and expression
- life stories
- rituals
- meaning-making
Research themes
- Life course, loss and grief
- Meaning making and chaplaincy
- Care, welfare and flourishing
- Justice, diversity and inclusion
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Geestelijke verzorging voor veteranen met morele verwonding: Een ontwikkel- en evaluatieonderzoek van een existentieel-narratieve interventie
Schuhmann, C. M. (Principal Investigator), Jacobs, G. C. (Researcher), Smid, G. E. (Researcher) & Mudde, L. M. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/22 → 29/03/24
Project: Research
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Health loss-related grief among sick-listed employees: development and validation of the health impairment grief scale
van Eersel, J. H. W., Hulshof, I. L., van Os, L. S., Smid, G. E. & Boelen, P. A., 6 Feb 2026, In: Disability and Rehabilitation. p. 1-13 13 p., PMID 9207179.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Meaning-making following sexual abuse: a scoping review and meta-synthesis
Smid, G. E., Lind, J. & Kruizinga, R., 24 Mar 2026, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 17, p. 1798844 19 p., 1798844.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
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Betekenisgeving en rituelen bij persisterende en traumatische rouw
Smid, G. E. & Wojtkowiak, J., 1 Mar 2025, In: PsyXpert . 11, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
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Case Report: Multi-modal motion-assisted memory desensitization and reconsolidation for traumatic grief (3MDR-TG)
Hengst, S. M. C., Nijdam, M. J., Gasser, R. & Smid, G. E., 30 Sept 2025, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 16, 9 p., 1548387.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Clinical utility of the Bereavement and Grief Cultural Formulation Interview (BG-CFI) in psychotherapy for traumatic grief in refugees
Smid, G., Texier, J. & Özer, H., 29 May 2025. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Academic
Datasets
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Replication Data for: Reciprocal relations between job loss-related grief reactions and quality of job search behaviour: A cross-lagged analysis
van Eersel, J. (Creator), Hulshof, I. (Contributor), I. Wickham, M. (Creator), Smid, G. (Creator) & Boelen, P. (Contributor), DataverseNL, 4 Dec 2025
DOI: 10.34894/1b1inc
Dataset
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Replication Data for: Health loss-related grief among sick-listed employees - Development and validation of the Health Impairment Grief Scale
van Eersel, J. (Creator), Hulshof, I. (Contributor), van Os, L. (Contributor), Smid, G. (Contributor) & Boelen, P. (Contributor), DataverseNL, 22 Dec 2025
DOI: 10.34894/u0mxrw
Dataset
Activities
- 1 Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Geestelijke verzorging in het asielzoekerscentrum
Dronkers, P. (Organiser), Smid, G. E. (Member of programme committee) & Jacobs, G. C. (Member of programme committee)
23 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Press/Media
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Na euthanasie minder rouwklachten bij nabestaanden dan na zelfdoding
15/09/22
1 item of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Interview or expert commentary
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Rouw kan ook een aandoening worden
31/10/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Interview or expert commentary
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Verlies en rouw tijdens corona: De stilte in huis werd ineens heel luid
31/10/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Interview or expert commentary
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Traumaspecialist verwacht meer rouwstoornissen door karige steun en sobere uitvaarten
29/09/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Interview or expert commentary
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Rouwen zonder fysiek afscheid: psychiater Geert Smid legt uit hoe je dat doet
29/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Interview or expert commentary