There is a growing evidence-base for the effectiveness of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) programmes for children affected by conflict for a range of mental health and wellbeing outcomes, but with limited evidence for how these interventions produce change. This study aimed to review the evidence for mechanisms of change of MHPSS interventions for children affected by conflict.

Wereldwijd vluchten miljoenen mensen voor geweld en terreur. Wat is de impact op je als mens, als je geweld of terreur aan de lijve hebt ondervonden?

Als je vervolgens een – vaak ellendige – reis moet maken op zoek naar veiligheid?

ZOA vroeg het psychiater Pim Scholte: 'Je verliest alles wat je leven betekenis geeft'

20 pagina's over 'het laatste stukje Indië'. 

42. Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea : De gebeurtenissen van 1949 tot en met 1963 op een rij

45. Letterlijk voor schut staan

48. Russische geheime operaties? 

51. Taboe op de Morgenstervlag

53. 'Zonder de Papoea's waren wij nooit dat oerwoud uigekomen'

57. Nieuw-Guinea

Artsen en verpleegkundigen worden tijdens uitzendingen geconfronteerd met allerlei dilemma’s. In een potentieel gevaarlijke omgeving, waar materieel en personeel schaars zijn, moet medische zorg geleverd worden aan militairen en burgers die om medische hulp vragen. Historica Francesca Hooft onderzocht hoe ze daarmee omgaan.

Humanitarian workers are at risk of experiencing emotional distress and mental health problems. The COVID-19 pandemic created additional stress and challenges for staff in ongoing emergencies who had to continue delivering humanitarian assistance. The primary objective of this study was to assess the mental health status of humanitarian staff working in the Rohingya refugee operation in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, returnees and host communities in conflict settings experience high rates of mental health problems associated with prolonged and repeated exposure to multiple exposure to distress, as is the case in Iraq. We sought to highlight the outcomes and complementarity of Problem Management Plus (PM+) and Doing What Matters in Times of Stress (DWM) in addressing the mental health and psychosocial support needs of IDPs, returnees and host community teens and adults in Zummar, Iraq.

We have performed a mixed-methods study into mental health problems in Moroccan-Dutch people. The aim of the study is to increase the insight in how social and cultural determinants are related to:

a) the development of mental health problems,

b) the way mental health problems are experienced and explained and

c) the conversation about mental health problems and help-seeking for them.

Not only wars, but also genocides and crimes against humanity have shaped and shaken the 20th century. Their traces can still be found today in the psyche not only of the people affected, but also of their descendants. Particularly as a result of the Holocaust, psychoanalysts became aware of the effects that traumas of the victims had on their descendants. They had introjected the anger and shame of their parents in the emotional atmosphere of their families.

Background: Extremely violent events such as terrorist attacks and mass shootings form a severe risk for the health and wellbeing of affected individuals. In this study based on a public health monitor, we focus on the health impact (including PTSD symptoms, physical problems and day-to-day functioning) of the Utrecht tram shooting, which took place in the morning of March 18th 2019. A lone gunman opened fire on passengers within a moving tram. Four people died, and six people were injured in this attack.

Victims of crimes have been granted increasing procedural rights to participate in the juridical process since the mid 1990s. However, knowledge about the (anti)-therapeutic effect of participation is limited. We examined the associations between symptom levels of persistent complex bereavement disorder (PCBD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression and the intention to participate in a criminal trial. Furthermore, we investigated the mediating role of state anger in these associations.