This book presents a new model on trauma. A new factor in this book is the impact of the child developmental stage itself on the perception of traumatic events. This concerns the way trauma influences the performance of the developmental tasks, a formative developmental perspective. A frame of...

Dit boek legt uit wanneer gespecialiseerde hulp nodig is na een confrontatie met een ingrijpende gebeurtenis en wanneer het juist beter is deze (nog) niet in te zetten. Als duidelijk is wat normaal is, dan is er ook sneller helderheid over signalen die erop wijzen dat er meer aan de hand is. En...

Dit boek vertelt het verhaal van de gemeente Moerdijk over de brand bij het bedrijf Chemie-Pack. Dat verhaal speelt zich af binnen de muren van het gementehuis in Zevenbergen. Wat gebeurde er in de crisiskamers en achter de schermen? Ruim honderd ambtenaren en bestuurders waren in touw. Zji...

Duizend tot tweeduizend Nederlanders zijn een directe naaste verloren bij de ramp met vlucht MH17. Een deel van hen zal de rouwperiode niet zonder problemen doorkomen. ‘Die groep klopt straks aan bij de eerste lijn’, voorspelt psychiater Eric Vermetten. Reden waarom een expertteam klaarstaat om ondersteuning te bieden.

The success of interventions to address psychosocial issues depends on effectively identifying areas in which assistance is needed, and measuring whether the intervention is providing that assistance. This study evaluates one attempt to develop a locally meaningful assessment of emotional wellbeing (the Kakuma Emotional Wellbeing Interview or KEWI) using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The KEWI was found to have good reliability and validity according to a quantitative study, but a qualitative study highlighted some challenges.

This paper outlines a methodology for the development of culturally sensitive measures of war problems (including psychological and behavioural problems) and wellbeing for use among refugees affected by the recently concluded civil war in Sri Lanka. These measures were derived from qualitative data collected from individuals living in areas affected by the civil war. The authors utilised a qualitative data analysis methodology, involving both open coding and thematic analysis.

This paper describes the use of a mixed methods design to develop the Sri Lankan Children’s Daily Stressor Scale (CDSS).

This special edition of Intervention is dedicated to applied research in the field of mental health and psychosocial wellbeing. Here ‘applied’ refers to research useful in programme design, monitoring and evaluation. The issue focuses on disasters and complex emergencies, because conducting research and interventions under these conditions is one of the field’s major challenges.

In this report the author, an Afghan woman, describes her personal and professional development while working with an international nongovernmental organization in her country. In 1996, under the Taliban regime, she started to work on a project battling malnutrition with the Action Contre la Faim (ACF) She later took part in a psychosocial project to assist women and children. Her professional experiences and personal life are strongly interrelated. The psychosocial work has profoundly changed her situation and her outlook on life.

Thousands of Iraqis have settled in Egypt since 2003, escaping death threats, torture, kidnappings and military attacks to face uncertainty in their lives and increasing strain on the psychosocial challenges in their new lives. This explorative study describes the psychosocial stress faced by these Iraqi refugees in Egypt. Two hundred and four Iraqis in Egypt filled in a checklist focussing on four groups of stress factors. The data provided by this study demonstrate the contribution of violence to Iraqi refugees’ life from a number of sources.