Browsing by Author "Betancourt, Theresa"
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High Hopes, Grim Reality: Reintegration and the Education of Former Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone
Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; Simmons, Stephanie; Borisova, Ivelina; Brewer, Stephanie E.; Iweala, Uzo; de la Soudière, Marie (University of Chicago Press, 2008)Civil war broke out in Sierra Leone in 1991 and lasted more than a decade. During the conflict, both the national army and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), a rebel group responsible for some of the worst atrocities ... -
HIV Status Disclosure through Family-Based Intervention Supports Parenting and Child Mental Health in Rwanda
Chaudhury, Sumona; Kirk, Catherine M.; Ingabire, Charles; Mukunzi, Sylvere; Nyirandagijimana, Beatha; Godfrey, Kalisa; Brennan, Robert Thomas; Betancourt, Theresa Stichick (Frontiers Media SA, 2016)Introduction: Few evidence-based interventions exist to support parenting and child mental health during the process of caregiver HIV status disclosure in sub-Saharan Africa. A secondary analysis of a randomized-controlled ... -
Implementation and Scale-Up of Psycho-Trauma Centers in a Post-Conflict Area: A Case Study of a Private–Public Partnership in Northern Uganda
Nakimuli-Mpungu, Etheldreda; Alderman, Stephen; Kinyanda, Eugene; Allden, Kathleen; Betancourt, Theresa S; Alderman, Jeffrey S.; Pavia, Alison; Okello, James; Nakku, Juliet; Adaku, Alex; Musisi, Seggane (Public Library of Science, 2013)As one article in an ongoing series on Global Mental Health Practice, Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu and colleagues describe a private-public partnership that implemented and scaled psycho-trauma centers in Northern Uganda. -
Improving outcomes for caregivers through treatment of young people affected by war: a randomized controlled trial in Sierra Leone
McBain, Ryan K; Salhi, Carmel; Hann, Katrina; Kellie, Jim; Kamara, Alimamy; Salomon, Joshua A; Kim, Jane J; Betancourt, Theresa S (World Health Organization, 2015)Abstract Objective: To measure the benefits to household caregivers of a psychotherapeutic intervention for adolescents and young adults living in a war-affected area. Methods: Between July 2012 and July 2013, we carried ... -
Interventions for Children Affected by War
Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; Meyers-Ohki, Sarah E.; Charrow, Alexandra Phillippa; Tol, Wietse A. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2013)Background Children and adolescents exposed to armed conflict are at high risk of developing mental health problems. To date, a range of psychosocial approaches and clinical/psychiatric interventions has been used to ... -
The living environment and children's fears following the Indonesian tsunami
Du, Ye Beverly; Lee, Christopher Thomas; Christina, Desy; Belfer, Myron L.; Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; O, Edward James; Palfrey, Judith S. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)The tsunami that struck South-east Asia on 26 December 2004 left more than 500,000 people in Aceh, Indonesia, homeless and displaced to temporary barracks and other communities. This study examines the associations between ... -
Long term mental health outcomes of Finnish children evacuated to Swedish families during the second world war and their non-evacuated siblings: cohort study
Santavirta, Torsten; Santavirta, Nina; Betancourt, Theresa S; Gilman, Stephen E (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2015)Objectives: To compare the risks of admission to hospital for any type of psychiatric disorder and for four specific psychiatric disorders among adults who as children were evacuated to Swedish foster families during the ... -
A Longitudinal Study of Psychosocial Adjustment and Community Reintegration among Former Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone
Betancourt, Theresa Stichick (Maney Publishing, 2010)The phenomenon of children associated with armed forces and armed groups is an issue of increasing global concern. The forceful conscription of children (both boys and girls) into armed forces has been documented in at ... -
Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: linking practice and research
Tol, Wietse A; Barbui, Corrado; Galappatti, Ananda; Silove, Derrick; Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; Souza, Renato; Golaz, Anne; van Ommeren, Mark (Elsevier BV, 2011)This review links practice, funding, and evidence for interventions for mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in humanitarian settings. We studied practice by reviewing reports of mental health and psychosocial support ... -
The mental health of children affected by armed conflict: Protective processes and pathways to resilience
Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; Khan, Kashif Tanveer (Informa UK Limited, 2008)This paper examines the concept of resilience in the context of children affected by armed conflict. Resilience has been frequently viewed as a unique quality of certain ‘invulnerable’ children. In contrast, this paper ... -
Nothing can defeat combined hands (Abashize hamwe ntakibananira): Protective processes and resilience in Rwandan children and families affected by HIV/AIDS
Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; Meyers-Ohki, Sarah; Stulac, Sara N.; Elizabeth Barrera, Amy; Mushashi, Christina; Beardslee, William Rigby (Elsevier BV, 2011)In Rwanda, the dual vectors of HIV and legacy of the 1994 genocide have had devastating consequences for children and families. In this and other low-resource settings, extreme poverty, poor access to services, family ... -
Past horrors, present struggles: The role of stigma in the association between war experiences and psychosocial adjustment among former child soldiers in Sierra Leone
Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; Agnew-Blais, Jessica; Gilman, Stephen Edward; Williams, David; Ellis, B Heidi (Elsevier BV, 2010)Upon returning to their communities, children formerly associated with armed forces and armed groups–commonly referred to as child soldiers–often confront significant community stigma. Much research on the reintegration ... -
The psychological toll of slum living in Mumbai, India: A mixed methods study
Subbaraman, Ramnath; Nolan, Laura; Shitole, Tejal; Sawant, Kiran; Shitole, Shrutika; Sood, Kunal; Nanarkar, Mahesh; Ghannam, Jess; Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; Bloom, David E.; Patil-Deshmukh, Anita (Elsevier BV, 2014)In India, “non-notified” slums are not officially recognized by city governments; they suffer from insecure tenure and poorer access to basic services than “notified” (government-recognized) slums. We conducted a study in ... -
A qualitative case study of child protection issues in the Indian construction industry: investigating the security, health, and interrelated rights of migrant families
Betancourt, Theresa S; Shaahinfar, Ashkon; Kellner, Sarah E; Dhavan, Nayana; Williams, Timothy P (BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Many of India’s estimated 40 million migrant workers in the construction industry migrate with their children. Though India is undergoing rapid economic growth, numerous child protection issues remain. Migrant ... -
A Qualitative Study of Mental Health Problems among Children Displaced by War in Northern Uganda
Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; Speelman, L.; Onyango, G.; Bolton, P. (SAGE Publications, 2009)Multiple studies have found that children from a variety of cultures who have been affected by war are at increased risk for a range of psychosocial problems. However, most studies are based on Western concepts and assume ... -
Research Review: Psychosocial adjustment and mental health in former child soldiers - a systematic review of the literature and recommendations for future research
Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; Borisova, Ivelina; Williams, Timothy P; Meyers-Ohki, Sarah E; Rubin-Smith, Julia E; Annan, Jeannie; Kohrt, Brandon A (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)Aims and scope This article reviews the available quantitative research on psychosocial adjustment and mental health among children (age <18 years) associated with armed forces and armed groups (CAAFAG) – commonly ... -
The Role of Health Systems Factors in Facilitating Access to Psychotropic Medicines: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the WHO-AIMS in 63 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
McBain, Ryan Keniston; Norton, Daniel J.; Morris, Jodi; Yasamy, M. Taghi; Betancourt, Theresa S. (Public Library of Science, 2012)Background: Neuropsychiatric conditions comprise 14% of the global burden of disease and 30% of all noncommunicable disease. Despite the existence of cost-effective interventions, including administration of psychotropic ... -
Sierra Leone's Child Soldiers: War Exposures and Mental Health Problems by Gender
Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; Borisova, Ivelina I.; de la Soudière, Marie; Williamson, John (Elsevier BV, 2011)Purpose: To examine associations between war experiences, mental health, and gender in a sample of male and female Sierra Leonean former child soldiers. Methods: A total of 273 former child soldiers (29% females) were ... -
Sierra Leone's Former Child Soldiers: A Longitudinal Study of Risk, Protective Factors, and Mental Health
Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; Brennan, Robert Thomas; Rubin-Smith, Julia; Fitzmaurice, Garrett M.; Gilman, Stephen Edward (Elsevier BV, 2010)Objective To investigate the longitudinal course of internalizing and externalizing problems and adaptive/prosocial behaviors among Sierra Leonean former child soldiers and whether post-conflict factors contribute to adverse ... -
Sierra Leone’s Former Child Soldiers: A Follow-Up Study of Psychosocial Adjustment and Community Reintegration
Betancourt, Theresa Stichick; Borisova, Ivelina Ivanova; Williams, Timothy Philip; Brennan, Robert Thomas; Whitfield, Theodore Hatch; De La Soudiere, Marie; Williamson, John; Gilman, Stephen Edward (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)This is the first prospective study to investigate psychosocial adjustment in male and female former child soldiers (n=156, 12% female). The study began in Sierra Leone in 2002 and was designed to examine both risk and ...