TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a multi-layered psychosocial care system for children in areas of political violence
AU - Jordans, Mark J.D.
AU - Tol, Wietse A.
AU - Komproe, Ivan H.
AU - Susanty, Dessy
AU - Vallipuram, Anavarathan
AU - Ntamatumba, Prudence
AU - Lasuba, Amin C.
AU - De Jong, Joop T.V.M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The reported project has been made possible through funding from PLAN Netherlands.
PY - 2010/6/16
Y1 - 2010/6/16
N2 - Few psychosocial and mental health care systems have been reported for children affected by political violence in low- and middle income settings and there is a paucity of research-supported recommendations. This paper describes a field tested multi-layered psychosocial care system for children (focus age between 8-14 years), aiming to translate common principles and guidelines into a comprehensive support package. This community-based approach includes different overlapping levels of interventions to address varying needs for support. These levels provide assessment and management of problems that range from the social-pedagogic domain to the psychosocial, the psychological and the psychiatric domains. Specific intervention methodologies and their rationale are described within the context of a four-country program (Burundi, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Sudan). The paper aims to contribute to bridge the divide in the literature between guidelines, consensus & research and clinical practice in the field of psychosocial and mental health care in low- and middle-income countries.
AB - Few psychosocial and mental health care systems have been reported for children affected by political violence in low- and middle income settings and there is a paucity of research-supported recommendations. This paper describes a field tested multi-layered psychosocial care system for children (focus age between 8-14 years), aiming to translate common principles and guidelines into a comprehensive support package. This community-based approach includes different overlapping levels of interventions to address varying needs for support. These levels provide assessment and management of problems that range from the social-pedagogic domain to the psychosocial, the psychological and the psychiatric domains. Specific intervention methodologies and their rationale are described within the context of a four-country program (Burundi, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Sudan). The paper aims to contribute to bridge the divide in the literature between guidelines, consensus & research and clinical practice in the field of psychosocial and mental health care in low- and middle-income countries.
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U2 - 10.1186/1752-4458-4-15
DO - 10.1186/1752-4458-4-15
M3 - Article
C2 - 20553603
AN - SCOPUS:77953488935
SN - 1752-4458
VL - 4
JO - International Journal of Mental Health Systems
JF - International Journal of Mental Health Systems
M1 - 15
ER -