SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Direction:Psychology
Position:Full Professor





Jana (Darejan) Javakhishvili has been working in trauma research, training and treatment since 1995. Since 2002 she has been engaged in the field of conflict transformation as a facilitator for peace building processes in Georgia and the South Caucasus. She is a current president of the Georgian Society of Psychotrauma, and also co-founder and board member of the Georgian Association of Addictologists. Since 2005, Jana is a contact person for the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma in the South Caucasus. Since 2017, she is an editorial board member of the European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT). In October 2018 she was elected as a president of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) for two years terms and since January 2019 she leads the society. Since 2012, she has been teaching at the Mental Health MA program, and since 2015 – at the Addiction Studies MA Program at Ilia State University

Scientific interests / research interests

mental health problems (including addictions) of war-affected populations; impact of political opression on mental health and well-being of the family members of the opressed; trans-generational transmission of trauma; studying effectiveness of mental health services; drug situation analyses, etc.

Featured publications

McElroy, E., Shevlin, M., Murphy, S., Roberts, B. Makhashvili, N., Javakhishvili, J., Bisson, J., Ben-Ezra, M., Hyland, P. (2019). ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD: structural validation using network analysis. In: World Psychiatry, 18:2 – June 2019; Pp: 236.   DOI: 10.1002/wps.20638

Javakhishvili, J.D. (editor). (2016). Drug Situation in Georgia, 2015. Drug Annual Report. Published within the frame of ADDIGE TEMPUS project, Tbilisi. ISBN: 978-9941-0-9415-6

http://altgeorgia.ge/2012/myfiles/DRUG%20ENG%20green.pdf

Javakhishvili, J.D. (2014). Soviet Legacies in Contemporary Georgia: A Psycho-traumatological Perspective. In: Identity Studies in The Caucasus and Black See Region, Vol. 5, 20-40.

http://ojs.iliauni.edu.ge/index.php/identitystudies/article/view/196/130

Javakhishvili, J.D., Javakhishvili, N., Miovsky, M., Razmade, M., Kandelaki, N. (2014). Piloting The Comprehensive Social Influence (‘Unplugged’) Program in Georgia: a Formative Study. In: Adiktologie, 14 (2), pp. 126-134. ISSN: 1213-3841.

Javakhishvili, J.D. & Kvarchelia, L. (eds). (2013). Myths and Conflicts in the South Caucasus: Instrumentalization of Conflict in Political Discourse. International Alert, London.

http://www.international-alert.org/sites/default/files/publications/Caucasus_2013_Myths_Vol2_EN.pdf

Books

In Georgian:

The monograph reflecting findings of the study focused on the impact of the Soviet repression on the mental health and well-being of the family members of the repressed is in a process of preparation for publication;

Javakhishvili, J. (2018). Illegal Drugs: Guidebook. Ilia State University Press, Tbilisi.

ISBN 978-9941-18-315-7;

Javakhishvili, J. (2017). Prevention of Drug Abuse. Third updated edition. Nekeri Publishers, Tbilisi. (the first edition: 2009, Saunje, Tbilisi; The second edition: 2011, Nekeri Publishers, Tbilisi).

ISBN: 98-9941-0-9740-9;

Javakhishvili, J., Makhashvili, N. (2011). Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency: Psychosocial Service’s Experience. Nekeri Publishers, Tbilisi.

ISBN 978-9941-0-3515-9;

Javakhishvili, J.D., Sarjveladze, N. (eds) (2007). Managing Inter Ethnic Relationships, Manual. Nekeri publishers, Tbilisi.

ISBN 978-99940-910-7-2;

In English:

Karpernko, O., Javakhishvili, J.D. (eds) (2013). Myth & Conflict in the South Caucasus: Instrumentalization of Conflict in Historical Naratives. International Alert, London. http://www.internationalalert.org/resources/publications/myths-and-conflict-south-caucasus-vol-1-english

Javakhishvili, J.D. (2013). Myth & Conflict in the South Caucasus: Training Manual in Critical Thinking. (2013). International Alert, London. http://www.internationalalert.

org/resources/publications/myths-and-conflict-south-caucasus-english

Javakhishvili, J.D., Sarjveladze, N. (eds) (2007). Managing Inter Ethnic Relationships, Manual. Nekeri publishers, Tbilisi.

ISBN: 978-99940-911-3-3;

Makhashvili, N., Javakhishvili, J.D. (2005). Overcoming Trauma: Special Focus on Support in a School Setting. (2005). Chapter in: Johnsen, B. (2005). Socio-Emotional Growth and Development of Learning Strategies (Towards Inclusion), Anthology, vol.3. University of Oslo, Oslo Academic Press, Oslo.

ISBN: 82-7477-143-5;

Javakhishvili, J.D. (2001). Victims of War: Psychological Problems and the Ways of Overcoming Them. Chapter in: Martinez, M. (ed). (2001). Prevention and Control of Aggression and the Impact on its Victims. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, pp. 389-395.

ISBN: 0-306-46624-4;

Javakhishvili, J.D., Sarjveladze, N. (2001). Developmental Programs for Children for Civic Society Building. Chapter in Beyond Civil Society: Education and Civic Culture in Post-Communist Countries. Edited by Stephen Webber, Ilkka Liikanen, Macmillan Press, UK, pp.204-214.

ISBN: 0-333-71018-5;

Sarjveladze, No., Beberashvili, Z., Javakhishvili, D., Makhashvili, N. (2001). Trauma and Psychosocial Assistance. Tu-Tu publishers, Baku.

ISBN: 99928.0.064.X.

Articles in magazines

Blog in “Liberaly” web magazine: http://liberali.ge/authors/view/2088/jana-javakhishvili

WordPress Blog:

https://janajavakhishvili.wordpress.com/2016/09/12/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98-%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98-%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A6/

An extensive list of publications

International publications:

Ramachandran, A., Makhashvili, N., Javakhishvili, J., Karachevsky, A., Kharchenko, N., Shpiker, M., Ezard, N., Fuhr, D.C., Roberts, B. (2019). Alcohol use among conflict-affected persons in Ukraine: risk factors, coping, and access to mental health services. In: European Journal of Public Health, vol.0. No. 0, 1-6. The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckz117;

Cheung, A., Makhashvili, N., Javakhishvili, J., Karachevsky, A., Kharchenko, N., Shpiker,  M., Roberts, B. (2019). Patterns of somatic distress among internally displaced persons in Ukraine: analysis of a cross-sectional survey. In: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. Springer;

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01652-7

Schäfer, I., Hopchet, M., Vandamme, N., Ajdukovic, D., El-Hage, W., Egreteau, L., Javakhishvili, J.D, Makhashvili, N., Lampe, A., Ardino, V., Kazlauskas, E., Mouthaan, J., Sijbrandij, M., Dragan, M., Lis-Turlejska, M., Figueiredo-Braga, M., Sales, L., Arnberg, F.,  Nazarenko, T., Nalyvaiko, N., Armour, C., Murphy, D. (2018) Trauma and trauma care in Europe, European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 9:1.

DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1556553

Shelvin, M., Hyland, P., Vallieres, F., Bisson, J., Makhashvili, N., Javakhishvili, J., Shpiker, M., Roberts, B. (2018). A comparison of DSM-5 and ICD-11 PTSD prevalence, comorbidity and disability: an analysis of the Ukrainian Internally Displaced Person’s Mental Health Survey. In: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. Vol. 137., Issue 2. Page: 138-147.

DOI: 10.1111/acps.12840

Roberts, B., Makhashvili, N., Javakhishvili, J.D., Karachevskyy, A., Kharchenko, N., Shpiker, M., & Richardson, E. (2017). Mental health care utilisation among internally displaced persons in Ukraine: Results from a nation-wide survey. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 1-12.

DOI: 10.1017/S2045796017000385

Makhashvili, N., Javakhishvili, J.D., Pinchuk, I., Roberts. B. (2017). Mental Health Conditions and Co-morbidities Among Internally Displaced Persons in Ukraine. In: European Psychiatry, Vol. 41, P. S145.

DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.02.024

Kazlauskas, E., Javakhishvili, J.D., Meewisse, M., Merecz-Kot, D., Sar, V., Schafer, I., Schnyder, U., Gersons, B. (2016). Trauma Treatment Across Europe: Where Do We Start Now from a Perspective of Seven Countries. In: European Journal of Psychotraumatology. Vol 7 (1).

DOI:  10.3402/ejpt.v7.29450

Javakhishvili, J.D., Otiashvili, D., Tabatadze, M. Cico-Bergen, D. (2016). Drug Situation in Georgia, 2014. Drug Annual Report. Published within the frame of ADDIGE TEMPUS project, Tbilisi.

ISBN: 978-9941-0-8803-2

http://altgeorgia.ge/2012/myfiles/Drug%20report%20ENG%202014.pdf

Javakhishvili, J.D., Otiasvhili, D., Tabatadze, M. (2015). Drug Situation in Georgia, 2013. Drug Annual Report. Published within the frame of ADDIGE TEMPUS project, Tbilisi.

ISBN: 978-9941-07851-4

http://altgeorgia.ge/2012/myfiles/Drug%20report%20ENG.pdf

Karpenko, O. & Javakhishvili, J.D. (eds). (2013). Myths and Conflicts in the South Caucasus: Instrumentalization of Historical Narratives. International Alert, London.

http://cisr.ru/files/publ/Caucasus_2013_Myths_Vol1_EN1.pdf

Javakhishvili, D. J., Sturua, L., Otiashvili, D., Kirtadze, I., Zábranský, T. (2011). Overview Drug Situation in Georgia. In: Adiktologie, (11)1, 42–51.

http://www.adiktologie.cz/en/articles/detail/553/2965/Overview-of-the-Drug-Situation-in-Georgia

Kirtadze, I., Otiashvili, D., Javakhishvili, D. J. (2011). Educational Needs in the Sphere of Addictology in Georgia. In: Adiktologie, (11)1, 52–60.

http://www.adiktologie.cz/en/articles/detail/553/2966/Educational-Needs-in-the-Sphere-of-Addictology-in-Georgia

Javakhishvili, J.D., Kirtadze, I., Sturua, L., Otiashvili, D., Zabranski, T. (2011). Drug Situation in Georgia, 2010. Overview. Tbilisi.

ISBN: 978-9941-0-2248-7

http://www.altgeorgia.ge/2012/myfiles/drug%20situation%20in%20Georgia%202010eng.pdf

Javakhishvili, J.D. (2010). Helping the Internally Displaced Population. In: Mental Health Reforms. Special Issue: Meeting Mental Health Challenges in Georgia. Vol: 2 (10). P: 10-12;

Javakhishvili, J.D. (2010). Review of the book by Nick Manning and Natalia Tikhonova “Health and Health Care in New Russia”. In: Primary Health Care Research & Development,  Vol. 11, Issue 03, July 2010, Cambridge University Press 2010. P. 285.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423610000022

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/primary-health-care-research-and-development/article/manning-n-and-tikhonova-n-eds-2009-health-and-health-care-in-the-new-russia-farnham-england-ashgate-publishing-limited-314-pp-65-includes-bibliographical-reference-and-index-isbn-9780754674276-hardcover/6A9202BA8DE64E0B44C38923935B1E81

Javakhishvili, J.D., Sturua, L. (editors). (2009). Drug Situation in Georgia 2008. Annual Report. Tbilisi

ISBN 978-9941-0-1567-0

http://www.altgeorgia.ge/2012/myfiles/Drug-situation-in-Georgia-2008.pdf

Javkhishvili, J.D., Agapishvili, N., Kvavilashvili, N., Pilauri, K.; Editor: Makhashvili, N. (2009). Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs of War Affected Population of Georgia. Analytical Report. Tbilisi, GMHC

http://www.gmhc.ge/en/pdf/war-affected_eng.pdf

Javakhishvili, J.D., Makhashvili, N. (2009). Psycho-social Work with Internally Displaced People in Georgia: Problems and Solutions. In: Mental Health Reforms. Vol: 1 (8). pp: 18-28.

In Georgian:

Cico-Bergen, D., Javakhishvili, J.D., Otiashvili, D., Tabatadze, M. (eds) (2016). Drug Situation in Georgia, 2014. Annual report. Published within the frame of ADDIGE Tempus project, Tbilisi.

http://altgeorgia.ge/2012/myfiles/Drug%20report%20GEO%202014.pdf

Javakhishvili, J.D., Otiashvili, D., Tabatadze, M. (eds) (2016). Drug Situation in Georgia, 2013. Annual report. Published within the frame of ADDIGE Tempus project, Tbilisi.

http://altgeorgia.ge/2012/myfiles/Drug%20report%20GEO.pdf

Todadze, Kh., Javakhishvili, J.D., Otiashvili, Sturua, L. (2013). Drug National Strategy Document, 2014. The document is elaborated for consideration of the Government of Georgia as well as UNODC (unpublished draft);

Javakhishvili, J.D., Balanchivadze, N., Kirtadze, OI., Sturua, L., Otiashvili, D., Zabranski, T. (2012). Drug Situation in Georgia, 2012. Annual Report. Tbilisi.

http://altgeorgia.ge/2012/myfiles/drug-2012-geo-eng-bolo-bolo-bolo.pdf

Makhashvili, N., Javakhishvili, J. (2011). Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency: International Experience. Nekeri Publishers, Tbilisi.

ISBN 978-9941-0-3516-6.

Javakhishvili, J.D., Sturua, L., Otiashvili, D., Kirtadze, OI., Zabranski, T. (2010). Drug Situation in Georgia, 2010. Overview. Tbilisi.

http://altgeorgia.ge/2012/myfiles/drug%20situation%20in%20Georgia%202010_geo.pdf

Javakhishvili, J.D. (2009). Media and Coverage of Drug Related Problems. Handbook for Journalists and Media-Educators.  Rezoni Publishers, Tbilisi.

ISBN 98-9941-0-1566-3

Current Courses

Course Catalog

Basics of Sociology and Psychology for Healthcare Professionals (ENG); Doctoral seminar 1; Restorative Justice, Mediation and Crime Prevention Among Adolescents; Practice (Addicltion Studies); Social Trauma: Phenomenology and Resistance; Drug Counselling and Psychological Therapies for Addictions
Basics of Sociology and Psychology for Healthcare Professionals (ENG); Addictology Case Management; Prevention of Addictions (Drug Misuse and Gambling); Psychotrauma among Children and Adults
  • Prevention of Drug Misuse (since 2012, MA level, 1st semester)
  • Psychotrauma in Children and Adolescents and its Treatment (since 2013 MA level, 3d semester)
  • Social Trauma: Phenomenology and Resilience (since 2013, MA, 2d semester)
  • Drug Situation Monitoring and Applied Drug Epidemiology (since, MA level, 1st semester)
  • Addictological Case Management (since 2016, MA level, 3d semester)
  • Managing Mass Trauma Caused by Disaster (2012-2015 years, MA level, 1st semester).