The intergenerational impact of war on mental health and psychosocial wellbeing: lessons from the longitudinal study of war-affected youth in Sierra Leone

Background Globally, one in four children lives in a country affected by armed conflict or disaster often accompanied by exposure to a range of adversities including violent trauma and loss. Children involved with armed groups (often referred to as “child soldiers”) typically exhibit high levels of...

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Published in:	Conflict and health 2020-09, Vol.14 (1), p.62-8, Article 62
Main Authors:	Betancourt, Theresa S., Keegan, Katrina, Farrar, Jordan, Brennan, Robert T.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Adjustment Adults Analysis Anxiety Armed forces Case studies Child soldiers Childhood mental disorders Children Civil war Collaboration Community Community involvement Conflict Conflict Studies Correlation analysis Data Data collection Dissemination Domestic violence Ebola virus disease Emergencies Emergency Medicine Emotional behavior Epidemics Epidemiology Ethics Families & family life Family Family conflict Family relations Health needs Health problems Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Health research Health Services Research Humanitarian crisis Humanitarianism Implementation science Intergenerational relationships Intergenerational transmission Interpersonal relations Intervention Lessons from the field: Confronting the challenges of health research in humanitarian crises Long term Long-term effects Longitudinal studies Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mental depression Mental disorders Mental health Military personnel Offspring Parenting Parents & parenting Post traumatic stress disorder Post-conflict Protective factors Psychological aspects Psychological trauma Psychosocial factors Psychosocial well being Public Health Qualitative analysis Rape Rehabilitation Research in Practice Risk factors Social factors Social interactions Social reintegration Soldiers Stigma Trauma Virus diseases War Well being Young adults Youth
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