Development of a multi-layered psychosocial care system for children in areas of political violence.
Few psychosocial and mental health care systems have been reported for children affected by political violence in low- and middle income settings and there is a paucity of research-supported recommendations. This paper describes a field tested multi-layered psychosocial care system for children (focus age between 8-14 years), aiming to translate common principles and guidelines into a comprehensive support package. This community-based approach includes different overlapping levels of interventions to address varying needs for support. These levels provide assessment and management of problems that range from the social-pedagogic domain to the psychosocial, the psychological and the psychiatric domains. Specific intervention methodologies and their rationale are described within the context of a four-country program (Burundi, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Sudan). The paper aims to contribute to bridge the divide in the literature between guidelines, consensus & research and clinical practice in the field of psychosocial and mental health care in low- and middle-income countries.
Jordans
Mark Jd
MJ
Department of Research & Development, HealthNet TPO, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. mjordans@healthnettpo.org.
Tol
Wietse A
WA
Komproe
Ivan H
IH
Susanty
Dessy
D
Vallipuram
Anavarathan
A
Ntamatumba
Prudence
P
Lasuba
Amin C
AC
de Jong
Joop Tvm
JT