Publications
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature. Penguin Publishing Group, 2003.
World Report on Violence against Children. New York: United Nations, 2006.
Socio-emotional Programme Promotes Positive Behaviour in Preschoolers." Child Care in Practice. 15.4 (2009): 261-278.
"From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development. National Academies Press, 2000.
Sense of coherence and its association with exposure to traumatic events, posttraumatic stress disorder, and depression in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo." J Trauma Stress. 23 (2010): 313-21.
"Human rights, transitional justice, public health and social reconstruction." Soc Sci Med. 70 (2010): 98-105.
"Strategic Documentation of Violence against Healthcare: Towards a Methodology for Accountability." World Health Popul. 16 (2016): 31-7.
" Technology, conflict early warning systems, public health, and human rights." Health Hum Rights. 14 (2012): 106-17.
"Indicators framework for peacebuilding, education and social cohesion. Boston, MA: Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and UNICEF, 2017.
Does intergroup contact reduce prejudice? Recent meta-analytic findings." Reducing prejudice and discrimination. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000. 93-114.
Increased methylation of glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) in adults with a history of childhood maltreatment: a link with the severity and type of trauma." Transl Psychiatry. 1 (2011): e59.
"COVID-19, Violence & The Need To Act with Urgency. Benjamin Perks Blogsite, 2020.
The costs and economic impact of violence against children. London: Child Fund Alliance, Overseas Development Institute, 2014.
The role of nutrition in integrated early child development in the 21st century: contribution from the Maternal and Child Nutrition journal." Matern Child Nutr. 13 (2017): 3-6.
"Genomics. ENCODE project writes eulogy for junk DNA." Science. 337.6099 (2012): 1159, 1161.
"Effectiveness of community dissemination of parent–child interaction therapy." Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 4.2 (2012): 204-213.
"The advisory group of experts report on the 2015 review of the United Nations. Peacebuilding Architecture, 2015.
Correlates of Suicidal Ideation and Self-harm in Early Childhood in a Cohort at Risk for Child Abuse and Neglect." Archives of Suicide Research. 23.1 (2019): 134-150.
"Transitioning mental health & psychosocial support: from short-term emergency to sustainable post-disaster development. Humanitarian Action Summit 2011." Prehosp Disaster Med. 26 (2011): 470-81.
"Promoting child and adolescent mental health in low and middle income countries." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 49.3 (2008): 313-34.
"A Parental Bonding Instrument." British Journal of Medical Psychology. 52 (1979): 1-10.
"COVID-19: 24/7 Parenting. Parenting for Lifelong Health, 2020.
Practitioner Review: Engaging fathers – recommendations for a game change in parenting interventions based on a systematic review of the global evidence." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 55.11 (2014): 1187-1212.
"Mental health and childhood adversities: a longitudinal study in Kabul, Afghanistan." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 50.4 (2011): 349-63.
"Violence, suffering, and mental health in Afghanistan: a school-based survey." Lancet. 374.9692 (2009): 807-16.
"Health, Risk, and Resilience: Interdisciplinary Concepts and Applications." Annu Rev Anthropol. 43 (2014): 431-448.
"Editorial Commentary: Resilience in child development--interconnected pathways to wellbeing." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 54.4 (2013): 333-6.
" Resilience humanitarianism and peacebuilding." Multisystemic resilience: Adaptation and transformation in contexts of change. Oxford University Press, 2021. 361-74.
Conflict, violence, and health: setting a new interdisciplinary agenda." Soc Sci Med. 70 (2010): 1-6.
"Trauma memories, mental health, and resilience: a prospective study of Afghan youth." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 56.7 (2015): 814-25.
"Editorial Commentary: Resilience in child development--interconnected pathways to wellbeing." Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines. 54 (2013): 333-6.
"How might global health master deadly sins and strive for greater virtues?" Glob Health Action. 7 (2014): 23411.
"The field of medical anthropology in Social Science & Medicine." Soc Sci Med. 196 (2018): 233-239.
"Practitioner review: Engaging fathers--recommendations for a game change in parenting interventions based on a systematic review of the global evidence." Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines. 55 (2014): 1187-212.
"Practitioner review: Engaging fathers--recommendations for a game change in parenting interventions based on a systematic review of the global evidence." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 55.11 (2014): 1187-212.
"Caregiver-child mental health: a prospective study in conflict and refugee settings." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 55.4 (2014): 313-27.
"Social stressors, mental health, and physiological stress in an urban elite of young Afghans in Kabul." Am. J. Hum. Biol.. 20.6 (2008): 627-41.
"Insecurity, distress and mental health: experimental and randomized controlled trials of a psychosocial intervention for youth affected by the Syrian crisis." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 59 (2018): 523-541.
"Overview and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child." Lancet. 367 (2006): 689-90.
"Reframing the Early Childhood Curriculum: Educational Imperatives for the Future. Taylor & Francis, 2002.
Primary prevention of parent-child conflict and abuse in Iranian mothers: a randomized-controlled trial." Child Abuse Negl. 34.3 (2010): 206-13.
"An intervention for relational and physical aggression in early childhood: A preliminary study." Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 24.1 (2009): 15-28.
"The development and evaluation of the intervention model for the Florida Infant Mental Health Pilot Program." Infant Mental Health Journal. 28.3 (2007): 259-280.
"Child Poverty and inequality: New Perspectives. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2012.
Child Povery and Inequality: new Perspectives. Eds. M. Daniels, and S. Engilbertsdóttir. New York, 2012.
Building resiliency in families with young children exposed to violence: The safe start initiative pilot study." Best Practice in Mental Health. 8.1 (2008).
"School Bullying: Changing the Problem by Changing the School." School Psychology Review. 32.3 (2003).
"Experiences of Fathers of Babies Admitted into a Neonatal Unit in a Tertiary Hospital in Port Harcourt, Nigeria." Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research (2019): 1-10.
"The Effects of Armed Conflict on Educational Attainment and Inequality. Washington, DC: Education Policy and Data Center, FHI 360, 2016.
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