Background Children and adolescents exposed to armed conflict are at high risk of
developing mental health problems. To date, a range of psychosocial approaches and …

Mental health professionals from North America and Europe have become common
participants in postconflict and disaster relief efforts outside of North America and Europe …

Rights and Wrongs of Children's Work, authored by an interdisciplinary team of experts,
incorporates recent theoretical advances and experiences to explore the place of labor in …

This study employed a social ecology framework to evaluate psychosocial well-being in a
cross-sectional sample of 142 former child soldiers in Nepal. Outcome measures included …

In war's aftermath, many young soldiers attempt to reintegrate and reestablish their lives.
Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) programs are a priority intervention …

All recent books on international social work mention Africa only briefly and few engage with
the broader field of development studies. This book focuses solely on the unique African …

It is commonly assumed that approximately 300.000 children 1 worldwide participate
actively in armed conflict. 2 The most recent comprehensive report on the use of child …

In this article, I am concerned with the political agency available to victims of wartime
violence, and the subsequent insights it generates for thinking about complicity and …

In northern Uganda, more than 50,000 people were recruited by the Lord's Resistance Army
(LRA) between the late 1980s and 2004, mostly by force. Around half of those taken were …

In post-war northern Uganda (as elsewhere), the reintegration of ex-combatants into their
home communities is an ongoing process that involves long-term social and spiritual labour …