This review presents evidence for family and parent-focused interventions on mental health outcomes for children and youth in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) and identifies treatment…
Can't Wait to Learn, our innovative programme providing education to children affected by conflict, was awarded a prestigious prize by UNESCO. The programme teaches children how to read, write and…
EASE is a brief, transdiagnostic intervention that aims to mitigate symptoms of emotional distress in young adolescents. If proven effective, it can potentially be scaled-up in many settings.
This chapter presents three critiques of common practices that limit the understanding of refugee and other war-affected populations’ mental health, and argues that addressing these critiques will…
This report outlines a VoiceMore project led by a group of young people living in Bangui in the Central African Republic, supported by War Child. It details their concerns regarding sexual abuse and…
This chapter reviews: (1) the epidemiology of substance misuse; (2) evidence for treatment and prevention services; and (3) implementation considerations for substance use services in…
This paper provides an overview of the impacts of war on children, outlining existing intervention research and sector standards, and provides recommendations and future directions for research and…
In 2007, a series of papers in The Lancet synthesised decades of interdisciplinary research and practice in diverse contexts and called the global community to action to scale up services for people…
This study investigates the effectiveness of community-based mental health interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Here, a review-of-reviews strategy is used to identify…
This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of focused psychosocial support interventions for children exposed to traumatic events in humanitarian settings, in low- and middle-income countries.…
