1. Development of a multi-layered psychosocial care system for children in areas of political violence.
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Jordans, Mark J. D., Tol, Wietse A., Komproe, Ivan H., Susanty, Dessy, Vallipuram, Anavarathan, Ntamatumba, Prudence, Lasuba, Amin C., and de Jong, Joop T. V. M.
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CHILDREN & violence , *CHILD psychology , *CHILD development , *MENTAL health , *POLITICAL crimes & offenses , *PATHOLOGICAL psychology , *CLINICAL medicine , *CHILD psychiatry ,PSYCHIATRIC research - Abstract
Few psychosocial and mental health care systems have been reported for children affected by political violence in lowand middle income settings and there is a paucity of research-supported recommendations. This paper describes a field tested multi-layered psychosocial care system for children (focus age between 8-14 years), aiming to translate common principles and guidelines into a comprehensive support package. This community-based approach includes different overlapping levels of interventions to address varying needs for support. These levels provide assessment and management of problems that range from the social-pedagogic domain to the psychosocial, the psychological and the psychiatric domains. Specific intervention methodologies and their rationale are described within the context of a four-country program (Burundi, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Sudan). The paper aims to contribute to bridge the divide in the literature between guidelines, consensus & research and clinical practice in the field of psychosocial and mental health care in low- and middle-income countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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