Publications
"A qualitative study of mental health problems among children displaced by war in northern Uganda." Transcult PsychiatryTranscult Psychiatry. 46 (2009): 238-56.
"Interventions for children affected by war: an ecological perspective on psychosocial support and mental health care." Harv Rev PsychiatryHarv Rev Psychiatry. 21 (2013): 70-91.
"Interventions for children affected by war: an ecological perspective on psychosocial support and mental health care." Harv Rev Psychiatry. 21.2 (2013): 70-91.
"A Longitudinal Study of Psychosocial Adjustment and Community Reintegration among Former Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone." Int Psychiatry. 7 (2010): 60-62.
"Child soldiers: reintegration, pathways to recovery, and reflections from the field." J Dev Behav Pediatr. 29 (2008): 138-41.
"Validating the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children in Rwanda." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 51 (2012): 1284-92.
"The intergenerational effect of war." JAMA Psychiatry. 72 (2015): 199-200.
"Promoting parent-child relationships and preventing violence via home-visiting: a pre-post cluster randomised trial among Rwandan families linked to social protection programmesAbstractBackgroundMethodsResultsConclusionsTrial registration." BMC Public Health. 20.1 (2020).
"Post-traumatic stress symptoms among former child soldiers in Sierra Leone: follow-up study." Br J Psychiatry. 203 (2013): 196-202.
"Trajectories of internalizing problems in war-affected Sierra Leonean youth: examining conflict and postconflict factors." Child Dev. 84 (2013): 455-70.
"Optimizing an Era of Global Mental Health Implementation Science." JAMA Psychiatry. 73 (2016): 99-100.
"Trajectories of internalizing problems in war-affected Sierra Leonean youth: examining conflict and postconflict factors." Child Dev. 84.2 (2013): 455-70.
"Sierra Leone's former child soldiers: a follow-up study of psychosocial adjustment and community reintegration." Child Dev. 81 (2010): 1077-95.
"Trauma history and psychopathology in war-affected refugee children referred for trauma-related mental health services in the United States." J Trauma Stress. 25 (2012): 682-90.
"Interrelatedness of child health, protection and well-being: an application of the SAFE model in Rwanda." Soc Sci Med. 74 (2012): 1504-11.
"Past horrors, present struggles: the role of stigma in the association between war experiences and psychosocial adjustment among former child soldiers in Sierra Leone." Soc Sci Med. 70 (2010): 17-26.
"Comparing Trauma Exposure, Mental Health Needs, and Service Utilization Across Clinical Samples of Refugee, Immigrant, and U.S.-Origin Children." J Trauma Stress. 30 (2017): 209-218.
"A qualitative case study of child protection issues in the Indian construction industry: investigating the security, health, and interrelated rights of migrant families." BMC Public Health. 13 (2013): 858.
"Psychosocial adjustment and mental health in former child soldiers--systematic review of the literature and recommendations for future research." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 54 (2013): 17-36.
"Ethics in Community-Based Research with Vulnerable Children: Perspectives from Rwanda." PLoS One. 11 (2016): e0157042.
"Psychosocial adjustment and mental health in former child soldiers--systematic review of the literature and recommendations for future research." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 54.1 (2013): 17-36.
"Attending to the mental health of war-affected children: the need for longitudinal and developmental research perspectives." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 50 (2011): 323-5.
"Identifying Priorities for Mental Health Interventions in War-Affected Youth: A Longitudinal Study." Pediatrics. 136 (2015): e344-50.
"Commentary: Advancing an implementation science agenda on mental health and psychosocial responses in war-affected settings: comment on trials of a psychosocial intervention for youth affected by the Syrian crisis - by Panter-Brick et al. (2018)." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 59 (2018): 542-544.
"The mental health of children affected by armed conflict: protective processes and pathways to resilience." Int Rev Psychiatry. 20 (2008): 317-28.
"We left one war and came to another: resource loss, acculturative stress, and caregiver-child relationships in Somali refugee families." Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 21 (2015): 114-25.
"The intergenerational impact of war: longitudinal relationships between caregiver and child mental health in postconflict Sierra Leone." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 56 (2015): 1101-7.
"Context matters: community characteristics and mental health among war-affected youth in Sierra Leone." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 55 (2014): 217-26.
"Early Childhood Education and Care Physical Environment and Child Development: State of the art and Reflections on Future Orientations and Methodologies." Educational Psychology Review (2019).
"Association between economic growth and early childhood nutrition." Lancet Glob Health. 3 (2015): e79-80.
South African Child Gauge 2013. Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2013.
"Parochial altruism in humans." Nature. 442.7105 (2006): 912-5.
Early Childhood Matters Magazine . The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2018.
Young children and families in crisis and displacement: Selected articles from our Early Childhood Matters publication. The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2019.
Early Childhood Matters | Special Issue "A good start: Advances in early childhood development". The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2015.
"Enhancing attachment organization among maltreated children: results of a randomized clinical trial." Child Dev. 83.2 (2012): 623-36.
"Maternal stress during pregnancy predicts cognitive ability and fearfulness in infancy." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 46.11 (2007): 1454-63.
"The science of early adversity: is there a role for large institutions in the care of vulnerable children?" Lancet. 386 (2015): 388-98.
"Genetic syndromes caused by mutations in epigenetic genes." Hum. Genet.. 132.4 (2013): 359-83.
Resolving International Conflicts: The Theory and Practice of Mediation. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1996.
"Gene variants associated with antisocial behaviour: a latent variable approach." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 54 (2013): 1074-85.
"An assessment of antenatal care among Syrian refugees in Lebanon." Confl Health. 9 (2015): 8.
"Beyond risk, resilience, and dysregulation: phenotypic plasticity and human development." Dev. Psychopathol.. 25.4 Pt 2 (2013): 1243-61.
"Genetics and the geography of health, behaviour and attainment." Nature Human Behaviour (2019).
"For better and for worse: Differential susceptibility to environmental influences." Curr Dir Psychol Sci. 16 (2007): 300-304.
"The intergenerational transmission of parenting: introduction to the special section." Developmental psychology. 45 (2009): 1201-4.
"Effects of Sure Start local programmes on children and families: early findings from a quasi-experimental, cross sectional study." BMJ. 332.7556 (2006): 1476.
"War, trauma and children's development: Observations from a modern evolutionary perspective." Int J Behav Dev. 32 (2008): 260-271.
"Childhood experience, interpersonal development, and reproductive strategy: and evolutionary theory of socialization." Child Dev. 62.4 (1991): 647-70.
"Variation in Susceptibility to Environmental Influence: An Evolutionary Argument." Psychological Inquiry. 8 (1997): 182-186.
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