JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Community-implemented trauma therapy for former child soldiers in Northern Uganda: a randomized controlled trial.
The psychological rehabilitation of former child soldiers and their successful reintegration into postconflict society present challenges. Despite high rates of impairment, there have been no randomized controlled trials examining the feasibility and efficacy of mental health interventions for former child soldiers. ⋯ Among former Ugandan child soldiers, short-term trauma-focused treatment compared either with an academic catch-up program including supportive counseling or with wait-listing resulted in greater reduction of PTSD symptoms.
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Intimate partner physical violence, rape, sexual assault, and stalking are pervasive and co-occurring forms of gender-based violence (GBV). An association between these forms of abuse and lifetime mental disorder and psychosocial disability among women needs to be examined. ⋯ Among a nationally representative sample of Australian women, GBV was significantly associated with mental health disorder, dysfunction, and disability.