The impact of the Eritrean-Ethiopian border conflict on the children in Eritrea; the role of protective factors

This article describes a study on the impact ofwar on Eritrean children living in an internally displaced persons camp in the Gash Barka region.. It is based on a psychosocial needs assessment conducted within the framework of a psychosocial project by the Dutch non-governmental organisation (NGO) ‘War Child,’. Key research questions used included; the nature of the traumatic experiences of the children, the prevalence of psychosocial problems, and the need for therapeutic intervention.

The Community Participatory Evaluation Tool for psychosocial programs: a guide to implementation

This paper describes an instrument for the monitoring and evaluation fprograms designed to improve the psychosocial well being of children: the Community Participatory Evaluation Tool (CPET). The community plays an important role when the evaluation tool is properly utilised. The rationale for use of the tool is explained, and its application in practice is illustrated with a case study.

Keywords: evaluation, community coping mechanisms, developmental tasks, monitoring

 

Citizens and Resilience: Summary of the EU- project: Citizens and Resilience. The Balance between Awareness and Fear.

Introduction

The European Commission has awarded a proposal of Impact, the Dutch Knowledge Centre for Post-Disaster Psycho-Social Care with a grant, under the pilot project "Victims of Terrorist Acts" of the directorate-general justice, freedom and security. The project is called: Citizens and Resilience. The balance between awareness and fear.

Nature of the problem

False and Recovered Memories in the Laboratory and Clinic: A Review of Experimental and Clinical Evidence

We review the clinical and laboratory evidence for recovered and false memories. Available data suggest that, at least under certain circumstances, both false and recovered memories may occur. We suggest that the critical questions are: (a) how common is each type of memory phenomenon, (b) what factors lead to the occurrence of each (including under what conditions are each possible and/or likely to occur), and perhaps most importantly, (c) can these two types of memories be distinguished from each other?

 

Emotion-specific and emotion-non-specific components of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) : implications for a taxonomy of related psychopathology

Many cognitive theories of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including our own SPAARS model, propose that one basis of the disorder is the cognitive system’s persistent failure to resolve discrepancies between trauma-related information and the content of pre-existing mental representations, such as schemas. This leads to the characteristic PTSD symptom pattern of re-experiencing and avoidance of trauma-related material.

Construct Validation of the Dutch Version of the Impact of Event Scale

The Impact of Event Scale (ES; M. J. Horowitz, N. Wilner, & W. Alvarez, 1979) is a worldwide-used self-report measure to assess the frequency of intrusive and avoidant phenomena after a variety of traumatic experiences. The purpose of this article is to assess the psychometric value of the Dutch version of the IES (D. Brom & R. J. Kleber, 1985) in several samples of individuals who had experienced various traumatic stressors. The reliability and structure of the IES were evaluated in 3 different samples (total N = 1.588).

Mental health symptoms following war and repression in eastern Afghanistan

Context Decades of armed conflict, suppression, and displacement resulted in a high prevalence of mental health symptoms throughout Afghanistan. Its Eastern province of Nangarhar is part of the region that originated the Taliban movement. This may have had a distinct impact on the living circumstances and mental health condition of the province's population.

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