Intended for use by practitioners, the guide provided examples of psychosocial interventions from around the world, as well as guidance on how to implement them. It is comprised of three sections including: Psychosocial support (explaining what it is, and... Read more
Psychosocial interventions
Strang, A. B., & Ager, A. (2003). Psychosocial interventions: some key issues facing practitioners. Intervention, 1(3), 2-12. The ever-growing range of approaches to psychosocial intervention in areas of armed conflict reflects a wide diversity in underlying perspective. Practitioners are... Read more
Kassam, A., & Nanji, A. (2006). Mental health of Afghan refugees in Pakistan: a qualitative rapid reconnaissance field study. Intervention, 4(1), 58-66. For the past 25 years, Afghans have accounted for the greatest number of displaced persons in the... Read more
van der Veer, G. (2008). Developing relevant knowledge and practical skills of psychosocial work and counselling. Intervention, 6(2), 132-139. In many areas of armed conflict there is an urgent need for relevant knowledge and practical skills around mental health... Read more
Ward, L. M., & Eyber, C. (2009). Resiliency of children in child-headed households in Rwanda: implications for community based psychosocial interventions. Intervention, 7(1), 17-33. This article focuses on the resilience of children facing extreme hardship and adversity. It is... Read more
Bannink-Mbazzi, F., & Lorschiedter, A. (2009). Psychosocial support to vulnerable youth in vocational schools in northern Uganda. Intervention, 7(2), 130-137. This report describes the psychosocial interventions of AVSI in... Read more
Freeman, C. M. (2012). The psychosocial need for intergroup contact: practical suggestions for reconciliation initiatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina and beyond. Intervention, 10(1), 17-29. Modern day Bosnia suffers from widespread ethnic segregation, solidified by the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords... Read more
Hamber, B., & Gallagher, E. (2014). Ships passing in the night: psychosocial programming and macro peacebuilding strategies with young men in Northern Ireland. Intervention, 12(1), 43-60. The study presented here explores how the impact of the conflict, as it... Read more
King, R. U. (2014). Key factors that facilitate intergroup dialogue and psychosocial healing in Rwanda: a qualitative study. Intervention, 12(3), 416-429. Psychosocial interventions in many post conflict settings, including Rwanda, have failed to facilitate dialogue between members of conflicting... Read more
Vukovich, M., & Mitchell, G. V. (2015). Sharing Circles: learning from a community based psychosocial intervention model implemented with vulnerable populations in Myanmar. Intervention, 13(2), 121-134. Chicago The last several decades of ongoing conflict and oppression in Myanmar (as... Read more
