Leg psykolog. Docent vid Institutionen för socialt arbete vid Stockholms Universitet.
Professor vid Institut för psykisk helsearbeit vid Universitetet i Agder (Norge). Arbetat kliniskt inom socialtjänsten och psykiatrin.
Medverkade i nedläggningsarbete av Långbro sjukhus och till uppbyggnaden av alternativ till slutenvården i lokalsamhället.
Doktorerat på en avhandling om återhämtning från allvarliga psykiska problem. Forskat på kommunernas sociala arbete, återhämtning som en social process - pengar och psykisk hälsa, hjälpande platser, hjälpande relationer.
Nyligen publicerat
Bülow, P., Andersson, G., Denhov. A. & Topor, A. (2016). Experience of psychotropic medication – An interview study of persons with psychosis, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 37(11), 820-828.DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2016.1224283
Bøe, T.D., Larsen, I.B. & Topor, A. (2019). Nothing matters: the significance of the unidentifiable, the superficial and nonsense, International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 14:1, 1684780, DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2019.1684780
Bøe, T.D., Larsen, I.B., Bertelsen, B. & Topor, A. (2021). A qualitative fallacy: Life trapped in interpretations and stories. Qualitative Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941211041916.
Topor, A. (2020). Deinstitutionalisation, welfare state and social engineering: Basaglia in the Swedish context, in T. Burns & J. Foot (eds)Basaglia's International Legacy: From Asylum to Community. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 333 – 346.
Topor, A. (2021). Vardag, värdighet och det lilla extra i en utsatt situation. Om Stadsmissionens Matkasseverksamhet. Stockholm: Sveriges Stadsmissioner.
Topor, A., Denhov, A. & Bülow. P. (2019). Socialt arbete och människor med psykiska problem – en introduktion. Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift, 1, 5-18.
Topor, A., Stefansson, C.G., Denhov, A., Bülow, P. & Andersson, G. (2019). Recovery and economy; salary and allowances: a 10-year follow-up of income for persons diagnosed with first-time psychosis. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Vol. 54, nr 8, s. 919-926. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01655-4.
Topor, A., von Greiff, N. & Skogens, L. (2019). Micro-affirmations and Recovery for Persons with Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug Problems: User and Professional Experience-BasedPractice and Knowledge. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-019-00063-8.
Topor, A., Bøe, T.D. & Larsen, I.B. (2020).Recovery: Stressing the Social Basis of the Process. madinamerica.com/2020/06/recovery-social-basis/https://www.madinamerica.com/2020/06/recovery-social-basis/
Topor, A., Fredwall, T.E., Svoren Hodoel, E.K. & Larsen, I.B. (2021). Before Recovery: A Blind Spot in Recovery Research? Users’ Narratives about the Origins and Development of their Mental Health and/or Addiction Problems. Journal of Recovery in Mental Health, Vol.4 No. 2., 29-47. ISSN: 2371-2376
Topor, A. & Matscheck, D. (2021). Diversity, Complexity and Ordinality: Mental Health Services Outside the Institutions—Service Users’ and Professionals’ Experience-BasedPractices and Knowledges, and New Public Management. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 18, 7075. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18137075
Topor, A., Bøe, T.D. & Larsen, I.B. (2021). Berättelser på tvärs – erfarenhetsbaserad kunskap utanför det tillåtna? Stories that do not fit in – experience-based knowledges beyond the acceptable. Tidskrift for Psykisk Helsearbeid, Vol 18, Nr. 3, 260 – 271. https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2021-03-03
Topor A., Boe, T.D. & Larsen, I.B. (2022). The Lost Social Context of Recovery - Psychiatrization of a Social Process. Front. Sociol. 7:832201. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2022.832201
