Mental Health and Trauma Exposures of Child Soldiers Compared to Civilian Children in Nepal

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon Alan Kohrt
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child Soldiers

scholarly journals Recruitment of child soldiers in Nepal: Mental health status and risk factors for voluntary participation of youth in armed groups.

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 208-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon A. Kohrt ◽  
Minyoung Yang ◽  
Sauharda Rai ◽  
Anvita Bhardwaj ◽  
Wietse A. Tol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Child Soldiers ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Voluntary Participation ◽  
Armed Groups

Postwar environment and long-term mental health problems in former child soldiers in Northern Uganda: the WAYS study

2014 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 425-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kennedy Amone-P'Olak ◽  
Jan Stochl ◽  
Emilio Ovuga ◽  
Rosemary Abbott ◽  
Richard Meiser-Stedman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Child Soldiers ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Northern Uganda ◽  
Former Child Soldiers

scholarly journals Four principles of mental health research and psychosocial intervention for child soldiers: lessons learned in Nepal

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon A. Kohrt ◽  
Mark J. D. Jordans ◽  
Christopher A. Morley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychosocial Support ◽  
Recent Decade ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Child Soldiers ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
The Government ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Guidelines And Recommendations

Child soldiers represent a challenging population for mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), as we have little evidence regarding their needs or the efficacy of interventions. Despite an increasing breadth of MHPSS interventions for children affected by war, very few are supported by evidence (Jordans et al, 2009). In a recent decade-long conflict, Maoists and the government of Nepal conscripted thousands of children to serve as soldiers, sentries, spies, cooks and porters. After the war ended in 2006, we began a project incorporating research into the development of interventions for former child soldiers. Through this work, conducted with Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) Nepal, we identified four key principles to guide research and intervention with child soldiers (Fig. 1). We present these principles as location- and context-specific examples of the growing effort to develop guidelines and recommendations for research and intervention in acute post-conflict settings (Inter-Agency Standing Committee, 2007; Allden et al, 2009).

scholarly journals The mental health consequences of being a child soldier — an international perspective

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aoife R. Singh ◽  
Ashok N. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child Soldiers ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Child Soldier ◽  
Health Consequences ◽  
Former Child Soldiers ◽  
Child Soldiering

Worldwide there are currently 300 000 child soldiers. Not only does the use of child soldiers lead to individual suffering but it also alters the dynamics of war and makes conflict and instability more likely. It is important both to prevent recruitment and to rehabilitate former child soldiers into their communities. For rehabilitation and reintegration programmes to be effective, it is necessary to understand the consequences of child soldiering. This paper reviews and summarises some of the key findings related to the mental health consequences of being a child soldier.

scholarly journals Social ecology interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder: what can we learn from child soldiers?

2013 ◽  
Vol 203 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon Kohrt
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Social Ecology ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Child Soldiers ◽  
Trauma Survivors ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Post Traumatic

SummaryResearch with child soldiers is crucial to improving mental health services after war. This research also can illuminate innovative approaches to treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among adult soldiers, veterans and other trauma survivors in high-income countries. A key contribution is the role of social ecology for trauma-healing interventions.

Multiple trauma and mental health in former Ugandan child soldiers

2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 573-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fionna Klasen ◽  
Gabriele Oettingen ◽  
Judith Daniels ◽  
Hubertus Adam
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Multiple Trauma ◽  
Child Soldiers

Measuring Mental Health in Child Soldiers

JAMA ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 300 (23) ◽  
pp. 2729
Author(s):  
Alexander C. Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child Soldiers
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