Publications
"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.
"Integrating Early Child Development and violence prevention programs: A systematic review." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2018 (2018): 27-54.
"Integrating Early Child Development and Violence Prevention Programs: A Systematic Review." New directions for child and adolescent development. 2018 (2018): 27-54.
"War-Related Traumas and Mental Health Across Generations." JAMA Psychiatry. 75 (2018): 5-6.
"Annual Research Review: Breaking cycles of violence - a systematic review and common practice elements analysis of psychosocial interventions for children and youth affected by armed conflict." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 58 (2017): 507-524.
"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.
"Conducting longitudinal, process-oriented research with conflict-affected youth: Solving the inevitable challenges." Dev Psychopathol. 29 (2017): 85-92.
"Coping and mental health outcomes among Sierra Leonean war-affected youth: Results from a longitudinal study." Dev Psychopathol. 29 (2017): 11-23.
"The impact of a family skills training intervention among Burmese migrant families in Thailand: A randomized controlled trial." PLoS One. 12 (2017): e0172611.
"Improving Mental Health Outcomes of Burmese Migrant and Displaced Children in Thailand: a Community-Based Randomized Controlled Trial of a Parenting and Family Skills Intervention." Prev Sci. 18 (2017): 793-803.
""We would never forget who we are": resettlement, cultural negotiation, and family relationships among Somali Bantu refugees." Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 26 (2017): 1387-1400.
"Correction: Ethics in Community-Based Research with Vulnerable Children: Perspectives from Rwanda." PLoS One. 11 (2016): e0163384.
"Costs and cost-effectiveness of a mental health intervention for war-affected young persons: decision analysis based on a randomized controlled trial." Health Policy Plan. 31 (2016): 415-24.
"Ethics in Community-Based Research with Vulnerable Children: Perspectives from Rwanda." PLoS One. 11 (2016): e0157042.
"Optimizing an Era of Global Mental Health Implementation Science." JAMA Psychiatry. 73 (2016): 99-100.
"Addressing health disparities in the mental health of refugee children and adolescents through community-based participatory research: a study in 2 communities." Am J Public Health. 105 Suppl 3 (2015): S475-82.
"Development of the SAFE Checklist Tool for Assessing Site-Level Threats to Child Protection: Use of Delphi Methods and Application to Two Sites in India." PLoS One. 10 (2015): e0141222.
"Identifying Priorities for Mental Health Interventions in War-Affected Youth: A Longitudinal Study." Pediatrics. 136 (2015): e344-50.
"Improving outcomes for caregivers through treatment of young people affected by war: a randomized controlled trial in Sierra Leone." Bull World Health Organ. 93 (2015): 834-41.
"The intergenerational effect of war." JAMA Psychiatry. 72 (2015): 199-200.
"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.
"Long term mental health outcomes of Finnish children evacuated to Swedish families during the second world war and their non-evacuated siblings: cohort study." BMJ. 350 (2015): g7753.
"Risk and protective factors for suicidal ideation and behaviour in Rwandan children." Br J Psychiatry. 207 (2015): 262-8.
"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.
"Youth mental health after civil war: the importance of daily stressors." Br J Psychiatry. 206 (2015): 116-21.
"The Youth Readiness Intervention for war-affected youth." J Adolesc Health. 56 (2015): 606-11.
"After abduction: exploring access to reintegration programs and mental health status among young female abductees in Northern Uganda." Confl Health. 8 (2014): 5.
"A behavioral intervention for war-affected youth in Sierra Leone: a randomized controlled trial." J Am Acad Child Adolesc PsychiatryJ Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 53 (2014): 1288-97.
"Context matters: community characteristics and mental health among war-affected youth in Sierra Leone." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 55 (2014): 217-26.
"Developing an African youth psychosocial assessment: an application of item response theory." Int J Methods Psychiatr Res. 23 (2014): 142-60.
"Integration of prevention of violence against children and early child development." The Lancet. Global health. 2 (2014): e442-3.
"A pilot study of a family focused, psychosocial intervention with war-exposed youth at risk of attack and abduction in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo." Child Abuse Negl. 38 (2014): 1197-207.
"Efforts to Promote Reintegration and Rehabilitation of Traumatized Former Child Soldiers: Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone: The Role of Caregivers and Their Awareness of the Violence Adolescents Experienced During the War." J Aggress Maltreat Trauma. 22 (2013): 803-828.
"Implementation and scale-up of psycho-trauma centers in a post-conflict area: a case study of a private-public partnership in northern Uganda." PLoS Med. 10 (2013): e1001427.
"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.
"Multi-tier mental health program for refugee youth." J Consult Clin Psychol. 81 (2013): 129-40.
"Post-traumatic stress symptoms among former child soldiers in Sierra Leone: follow-up study." Br J Psychiatry. 203 (2013): 196-202.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"Trajectories of internalizing problems in war-affected Sierra Leonean youth: examining conflict and postconflict factors." Child Dev. 84 (2013): 455-70.
"Trajectories of internalizing problems in war-affected Sierra Leonean youth: examining conflict and postconflict factors." Child Dev. 84.2 (2013): 455-70.
"Disease burden and mental health system capacity: WHO Atlas study of 117 low- and middle-income countries." Br J Psychiatry. 201 (2012): 444-50.
"Interrelatedness of child health, protection and well-being: an application of the SAFE model in Rwanda." Soc Sci Med. 74 (2012): 1504-11.
"Moderators of treatment effectiveness for war-affected youth with depression in northern Uganda." J Adolesc Health. 51 (2012): 544-50.
"Transactional sex as a form of child sexual exploitation and abuse in Rwanda: implications for child security and protection." Child Abuse Negl. 36 (2012): 354-61.
"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.
"Validating the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children in Rwanda." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 51 (2012): 1284-92.
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