Published papers in English


Editor's Introduction to Klasen et al (2010), Posttraumatic resilience in former Ugandan child soldiers, Child Development 81(4) 1096-113.

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Betancourt, T.S., Borisova, II., Williams, T.P., Brennan, R.T., Whitfied, T.H. de la Soudier, M., Williamson, J. Gilman, S.E.  Child Development (2010) Vol.81(4) pp1077-1095.


Jordans et al (2009) Systematic Review of Evidence and Treatment Approaches:  Psychosocial and Mental Health Care for Children in War.  Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 14(1) pp. 2-14

Statistics Glossary 2011  (edited by Dr Linda Dowdney).

Individual through community resilience in social reintegration of children associated with armed forces and groups by Angela Veale

2010 Postscipt to Pathways to embodied empathy and reconciliation after atrocity: Former boy soldiers in a dance/movement therapy group in Sierra Leone, November 2007, by David Alan Harris

Do No Harm: Challenges in Organizing Psychosocial Support to Displaced People in Emergency Settings', 2008, by Michael G Wessells

Pathways to embodied empathy and reconciliation after atrocity: Former boy soldiers in a dance/movement therapy group in Sierra Leone, November 2007, by David Alan Harris

Returning home - Children's perspectives on reintegration: A case study of children abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army in Teso, eastern Uganda, 2008, by Vera Chrobok and Andrew S Akuta

Forgotten Children - the outcome of children born of the Lord's Resistance Army, Northern Uganda (2008) by Eunice Apio

Suffer the Children: The psychosocial rehabilitation of child soldiers as a function of peace-building (2007) by Julie Guyot

Trauma, resilience and cultural healing: how do we move forward? (2007) Edited by Dr Linda Dowdney

Trauma, culture, and community: getting beyond dichotomies? (2007) by Michael Wessells, PhD

Is the culture always right? The dangers of reproducing gender stereotypes and inequalities in psychosocisl interventions for war-affected children (2007) by Myriam Denov, PhD

Sport and citizenship as alternatives to armed violence: the experience of Luta pela Paz (Fight for Peace), Rio de Janeiro (2006) by Leriana Figueiredo, Fatima Ribeiro and Mirian dos Santos

Psychological Impact of Civil War in Sierra Leone (2006) by Victor E.M. Gbegba and Hassan Koroma

Sierra Leone and Civil War: Neglected Trauma and Forgotten Children (2006) by Nicolas Heeren

Girls Formerly Associated with Fighting Forces and Their Children: Returned and Neglected (2006) by Susan Mckay, Malia Robinson, Maria Gonsalves and Miranda Worthen

After Survival, What Next? Mental Health Services in England (2006) by Dr Guinevere Tufnell

Child psychiatry in a multicultural context (2005) by Ruma Bose and Susan Jennings

Bellagio Conference Report (2005): Girl Mothers in Southern and Western Africa

Psychosocial Care of Demobilized Child Soldiers in Colombia: Conceptual and Methodological Aspects (2005) by Dr Fernando Jiovani Arias Morales

Psychosocial Support for War Affected Children in Northern Uganda: Lessons Learned (2005) by Dr Lucia Castelli, Elena Locatelli and Mark Canavera

Crossing Bridges and Negotiating Rivers - Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Children Associated with Armed Forces (2005) by Dr Elizabeth Jareg - Save the Children

Children Exposed to War - Practice and Policy Initiatives (2004) by Joshua Barenbaum, Vladislav Ruchkin and Mary Schwab-Stone

Experiences and psychosocial impact of the El Salvador civil war on child soldiers (2002) by Maria L Santacruz and Rubi E Arana

Is the Culture Always Right? (2002) by Atle Dyregrov, Leila Gupta, Rolf Gjestad and Magne Raundalen

Okusiakala ondalo yokalye: Let us light a new fire. Local knowledge in the Post-War Healing and Reintegration of War-Affected Children in Angola (1998) by Alcinda Honwana