Are Holen

Are Holen (born 18 July 1945) is a M.D. and Ph.D. and is currently professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He specializes on stress psychiatry, and has done scientific research on meditation.

In addition to having a medical degree, he has studied psychology and is a trained psychotherapist.

In 1966 he founded the non-profit organisation Acem International School of Meditation.

Writings

"The North Sea Oil Rig Disaster." In International Handbook of Traumatic Stress Syndromes. Edited by John P. Wilson and Beverley Raphael. New York: Plenum, 1993. 471-478.

With Christian Moldjord and Lars Kristian Fossum. "Coping with Peacekeeping Stress." In The Psychology of the Peacekeeper: Lessons From the Field. Edited by Thomas W. Britt and Amy B. Adler. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2003. 169-184.