Theresa Stichick Betancourt
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 105600 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Theresa Stichick Betancourt |
| PRENOMES | Theresa Stichick |
| SOBRENOME | Betancourt |
| ASSINATURA | BETANCOURT T S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Harvard School of Public Health |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 37 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2005 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2011 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Nothing can defeat combined hands (Abashize hamwe ntakibananira)
Sierra Leone’s Former Child Soldiers
This is the first prospective study to investigate psychosocial adjustment in male and female former child soldiers (ages 10–18; n = 156, 12% female). The study began in Sierra Leone in 2002 and was designed to examine both risk and protective factors in psychosocial adjustment. Over the 2-year period of follow-up, youth who had wounded or killed others during the war demonstrated increases in hostility. Youth who survived rape not only had highe…
A Qualitative Study of Mental Health Problems among Children Displaced by War in Northern Uganda
While multiple studies have found that children affected by war are at increased risk for a range of mental health problems, little research has investigated how mental health problems are perceived locally. In this study we used a previously developed rapid ethnographic assessment method to explore local perceptions of mental health problems among children and adults from the Acholi ethnic group displaced by the war in northern Uganda. We conduc…
The mental health of children affected by armed conflict
This paper examines the concept of resilience in the context of children affected by armed conflict. Resilience has been frequently viewed as a unique quality of certain 'invulnerable' children. In contrast, this paper argues that a number of protective processes contribute to resilient mental health outcomes in children when considered through the lens of the child's social ecology. While available research has made important contributions to un…
Stressors, Supports and the Social Ecology of Displacement
A Qualitative Study of Mental Health Problems among Children Displaced by War in Northern Uganda
While multiple studies have found that children affected by war are at increased risk for a range of mental health problems, little research has investigated how mental health problems are perceived locally. In this study we used a previously developed rapid ethnographic assessment method to explore local perceptions of mental health problems among children and adults from the Acholi ethnic group displaced by the war in northern Uganda. We conduc…
Nothing can defeat combined hands (Abashize hamwe ntakibananira)
Stressors, Supports and the Social Ecology of Displacement
The mental health of children affected by armed conflict
This paper examines the concept of resilience in the context of children affected by armed conflict. Resilience has been frequently viewed as a unique quality of certain 'invulnerable' children. In contrast, this paper argues that a number of protective processes contribute to resilient mental health outcomes in children when considered through the lens of the child's social ecology. While available research has made important contributions to un…
A Qualitative Study of Mental Health Problems among Children Displaced by War in Northern Uganda
While multiple studies have found that children affected by war are at increased risk for a range of mental health problems, little research has investigated how mental health problems are perceived locally. In this study we used a previously developed rapid ethnographic assessment method to explore local perceptions of mental health problems among children and adults from the Acholi ethnic group displaced by the war in northern Uganda. We conduc…
Sierra Leone’s Former Child Soldiers
This is the first prospective study to investigate psychosocial adjustment in male and female former child soldiers (ages 10–18; n = 156, 12% female). The study began in Sierra Leone in 2002 and was designed to examine both risk and protective factors in psychosocial adjustment. Over the 2-year period of follow-up, youth who had wounded or killed others during the war demonstrated increases in hostility. Youth who survived rape not only had highe…
Nothing can defeat combined hands (Abashize hamwe ntakibananira)
Migration, Health and Trauma (5 obras) · Psychology (5 obras) · Psychiatry (4 obras) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 obras) · Developmental psychology (3 obras) · Resilience and Mental Health (3 obras) · Social Psychology (3 obras) · Anxiety (2 obras) · Clinical Psychology (2 obras) · Mental health (2 obras)