Background
Gersons, Berthold P.R. was born on May 30, 1945 in Groningen, The Netherlands. Son of Hermann and Rebekka Gersons.
Gersons, Berthold P.R. was born on May 30, 1945 in Groningen, The Netherlands. Son of Hermann and Rebekka Gersons.
Doctor of Medicine, University Amsterdam, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, University Amsterdam, 1977.
Training psychiatrist City Mental Health Institute, Amsterdam, 1976-1984. Assistant professor in psychiatry University Amsterdam, 1976-1984. Professor ambulatory and social psychiatry University Utrecht, The Netherlands, since 1984.
Temporary consultant World Health Organization Europe, since 1977. Chairman organizing committee International Congress on Traumatic Stress Studies, Amsterdam, 1992.
Chairman advisory committee on reorganization of mental health care in Amsterdam, 1987-1988. Member Dutch Society Psychiatry, Dutch Psychoanalytic Society, Society for Trauma and Stress Studies.
Married Dina C.M. Wolfensberger. Children: Maya, Ruben.