Mass conflict and care in war affected areas : in search of assessment and psychosocial intervention

Research in this thesis is focused on the relevance of psychosocial programs in areas of mass violence. Central questions are: how to assess needs in terms of psychosocial health, how to best address those needs, and what is the effectiveness of these mental health interventions?

Scarred Communities : Psychosocial Impact of Man-made and Natural Disasters on Sri Lankan Society

Scarred Communities is a qualitative, psycho-ecological study of the long-term effects of disasters-both man-made and natural-on Sri Lankan communities. The book studies the effects of war and the 2004 tsunami on families and communities. The concept of collective trauma is introduced to provide a framework in understanding how basic social processes, relationships and networks change due to...

Among the dying

In the book, twentyfive characters tell in monologues about their experience of the World War I. The general and the nurse, the scientist and the prostitute, the chaplain and a person sentenced to death

The world is a scary place? : investigating treatments and assessment for children after trauma

This dissertation provides new insights about treatments and assessment for children who experienced traumatic events. We investigated the comparative effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) by means of a randomized controlled trial (RCT). The results of this trial suggest that both treatments are effective and...

Evaluating the feasibility of complex interventions in mental health services : standardised measure and reporting guidelines.

Abstract
Background
The feasibility of implementation is insufficiently considered in clinical guideline development, leading to human and financial resource wastage.
Aims
To develop (a) an empirically based standardised measure of the feasibility of complex interventions for use within mental health services and (b) reporting guidelines to facilitate feasibility assessment.
Method

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