Uitterhaegen, B. (2005). Psycho-education and psychosocial support in the Netherlands; a program by and for refugees. Intervention, 3(2), 141-147. This article is about a community based intervention program in the Netherlands. In this program, asylum seekers and refugees are... Read more
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Weyermann, B. (2007). Linking economics and emotions: Towards a more integrated understanding of empowerment in conflict areas. Intervention, 5(2), 83-96. The disintegration and disempowerment caused by war and organized violence in conflict areas are often reinforced by aid projects.... Read more
Salem-Pickartz, J. (2007). Peer counsellors training with refugees from Iraq: A Jordanian case study. Intervention, 5(3), 232-243. The author trained 49 peer counsellors in two refugee camps, over the course of 2004, and traced the impact of their work... Read more
Mirghani, Z. (2013). Healing through sharing: an outreach project with Iraqi refugee volunteers in Syria. Intervention, 11(3), 321-329. In 2003, civil conflict and war broke out in Iraq, leading to the displacement of millions across the region. This report... Read more
Landis, D., & Stark, L. (2014). Examining promising practice: an integrated review of services for young survivors of sexual violence in Liberia. Intervention, 12(3), 430-441. In 2012, an integrated review of programmes for young survivors of sexual violence in... Read more
Vergara, M., Comas, E., Gautam, I., & Koirala, U. (2015). Supporting the relationship between mother and child within the context of domestic violence: a pilot parenting programme in Surkhet, Midwestern Nepal. Intervention, 13(2), 110-120. This paper describes the experience... Read more
Based on an ethnographic type baseline study conducted on four support groups for people living with mental health problems, evolving in various contexts (prisons, hospitals, refugee camps and mental health centres), this study highlights the fact that strategies supporting... Read more