Hazel Da Breo, PhD, RP
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Biography
Hazel Da Breo, PhD, R.P. is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the School of Arts and Sciences, St. George’s University. She previously worked as a Senior Research Fellow with the University of Huddersfield, U.K. Additionally, Da Breo directs an NGO, Sweet Water Foundation: Research and Treatment Institute which is well known internationally for its work with vulnerable and marginalized populations. Da Breo’s extensive research projects and interests cover child protection, inter-personal violence, and the relationships between violence, oppressive social systems, climate change trauma and mental health break down. She has also published widely in culture and the arts, and has written for film. Publications include books, book chapters, and articles. Her most recent book may be found here: Psychosis, Spirit Possession and Child Sexual Abuse: A Jungian, Depth (routledge.com). She is committed to psychology’s liberatory purpose, and its objective to offer interventions that relieve the suffering of ordinary people.
Contact Information
439-2000 x 3661
Areas of Interest
- Human Trafficking: New Developments in the Global South
- Increasing rates of homicide following climate change disaster in Small Island Developing States
- Child Abuse and Psychosis
- Treatment Approaches for Child Victims of Sexual Harm, under the age of 5
- Family Systems Theory: New frameworks for traditional societies
- A Fanonian perspective on Personality Development: How the Patriarchy affects the construction of the self
Affiliations
- Global Affairs Canada – Partner
- The Caribbean Development Bank: Integrity, Compliance and Accountability – Consultant
- Ministry of Social Development, Grenada – Partner
Selected Publications
- 2019: Boduszek, D., Debowska, A., Jones, A.D. et al. (Daniel Boduszek , Agata Debowska , Adele D. Jones , Minhua Ma , David Smith , Dominic Willmott , Ena Trotman Jemmott , Hazel Da Breo , & Gillian Kirkman) (2019) Prosocial video game as an intimate partner violence prevention tool among youth: A randomised controlled trial. Computers in Human Behavior, 93. pp. 260-266. ISSN 0747-5632 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.12.028
- 2017: Bodusek, Dan, Debowska, Agata, Trotman, Ena, Da Breo, Hazel, Willmott, Dominic, Sherretts, Nicole, Jones, Adele D. “Victimisation, violence perpetration, and attitudes towards violence among boys and girls from Barbados and Grenada”, (2017) DOI10.13140/RG.2.2.12891.87848
- 2017: Jarmal Charles, B.S.; Lindyann Lessey, B.S.; Jennifer Rooney, M.D.; Ingmar Prokop, B.S.; Katherine Yearwood, M.D.; Hazel Da Breo, Pdh.D.; Patrick Rooney, M.D.; Ruth H Walker, MB. Ch.B., Ph.D.; Andrew K Sobering, Ph.D (2017) “Presentation and care of a family with Huntington disease in a resource-limited community.” Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders, Springer.
Selected Projects
- Human Trafficking in the OECS, Global Affairs Canada
- Psychosomatic Therapeutic Therapies for victims of sexual violence, Global Affairs Canada
- Psychosocial Recovery from Natural Disaster, Ministries of Social Development and Health, Grenada
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