Kos, A. M., & Huzejrovic, V. (2003). Volunteers as helpers in war-related distress. Intervention, 1(2), 50-56. Nowadays, the mental health profession is aware of the importance of the social network for the coping and healing processes in persons affected... Read more
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Ispanovic-Radojkovic, V. (2003). Youth clubs: Psychosocial intervention with young refugees. Intervention, 1(3), 38-44. The war in former Yugoslavia (1991-95) exposed hundreds of thousands of children and adolescents to very intensive, often multiple traumatic experiences, followed by a chain of... Read more
Schauer, E., Neuner, F., Elbert, T., Ertl, V., Onyut, L. P., Odenwald, M., & Schauer, M. (2004). Narrative exposure therapy in children: a case study. Intervention, 2(1), 18-32. In this article a form of psychotherapy for traumatised children and... Read more
Amone-P’Olak, K. (2005). Psychological impact of war and sexual abuse on adolescent girls in Northern Uganda. Intervention, 3(1), 33-45. In this article, war experiences, psychological symptoms, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology, and the physical and sexual abuses of... Read more
Westerveld-Sassen, L. (2005). The impact of the Eritrean-Ethiopian border conflict on the children in Eritrea; the role of protective factors.Intervention, 3(1), 25-30 This article describes a study on the impact of war on Eritrean children living in an internally... Read more
Igreja, V., & Dias-Lambranca, B. (2006). The social world of dreams and nightmares in a post-conflict setting: the case of Gorongosa in central Mozambique. Intervention, 4(2), 145-157. The paper describes socio-cultural theories of interpretations of dreams among the population... Read more
Specht, I., & Attree, L. (2006). The reintegration of teenage girls and young women. Intervention, 4(3), 219-228. Women combatants are not a homogeneous group. The current approach of many Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programmes is inappropriate for girls... Read more
Harris, D. A. (2007). Pathways to embodied empathy and reconciliation after atrocity: Former boy soldiers in a dance/movement therapy group in Sierra Leone. Intervention, 5(3), 203-231. A time limited dance/movement therapy group, facilitated by adult males, provided creative movement... Read more
Ntakarutimana, E. (2008). The challenge of recovering from war trauma in the African great lakes region: an experience from Centre Ubuntu in the Projet Colombe Network. Intervention, 6(2), 162-166. The African Great Lakes Region has been impacted by various... Read more
Richters, A., Dekker, C., & Scholte, W. F. (2008). Community based sociotherapy in Byumba, Rwanda. Intervention, 6(2), 100-116. A community based sociotherapy programme was implemented in the North of Rwanda in 2005. This article describes the background of sociotherapy,... Read more