Political violence and development: an ecologic approach to children in war zones.
This article looks at the experiences of children in war from a psychosocial and social ecologic perspective. In contrast to clinical approaches, it offers a conceptualization of how the impacts of political violence and war are socially mediated. It suggests that psychologic assistance to war-affected children often occurs not through the provision of therapy by outsiders but via support from insiders.
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 60 Haven Avenue B-4, New York, NY 10032, USA. nb2101@columbia.edu
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D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D004463:Ecology; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D016730:Program Development; D011584:Psychology; D012036:Refugees; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence; D014857:Warfare