Research Publications 2012

• Claessens, L.C., de Graaff, D., Jordans, M.J.D., Boer, F., & Van Yperen, T. (2012). Participatory evaluation of psychosocial interventions for children: a pilot study in Northern Uganda. Intervention, 10, 43-58.

• Jordans, M.J.D., Komproe, I.H., Tol, W.A., Smallegange, E., Ntamatumba, P. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2012). Potential treatment mechanisms of counselling for children in Burundi: A series of n=1 studies. American Journal of American Orthopsychiatry, 82, 3, 338-348.

• Jordans, M.J.D., Luitel, N.P., Poudyal, B., Tol, W.A. & Komproe, I.H. (2012). Evaluation of a brief training on mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies: a pre and post assessment in Nepal. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 27, 3, 1-4.   

• Jordans, M.J.D., Semrau, M., Thornicroft, G. & van Ommeren, M. (2012). The role of perceived needs in explaining the association between trauma exposure and distress in humanitarian settings in Haiti, Jordan and Nepal. British Journal of Psychiatry. DOI:10.1192/ bjp.bp.111.102137

• Kohrt, B., Hruschka, D., Worthman, C., Kunz, R., Baldwin, J. Upadhaya, N., Acharya, N, Koirala, S., Thapa, S., Tol, W., Jordans, M.J.D., Rodkin, N., Sharma, V. & Nepal, M. (In press). A prospective study of political violence and mental health in Nepal. British Journal of Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.096222

• Luitel, N., Jordans, M.J.D., Sapkota, R.P., Tol, W.A., Kohrt, B.A., Thapa, S., Komproe, I. & Sharma, B. (2012). Conflict and Mental Health: Cross sectional epidemiological study in Nepal. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. DOI 10.1007/s00127-012-0539-0.

• Morris, J., Berrino, A., Crow, C., Jordans, M.J.D., Okema, L. & Jones, L. (2012). Does combining infant stimulation with emergency feeding improve psychosocial outcomes for displaced mothers and babies? A controlled evaluation from Northern Uganda. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 82, 3, 349-357.

• Semrau, M., van Ommeren, M., Blagescu, M., Griekspoor, A., Howard, L.M., Jordans, M.J.D., Lempp, H., Marini, A., Pedersen, J., Pilotte, I., Slade, M. & Thornicroft, G. (2012).The Development and Psychometric Properties of the Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs (HESPER) Scale. American Journal of Public Health, 102, 10, 55-63.

• Tol, W.A., Komproe, I.H., Jordans, M.J.D., Vallipuram, A., Sipsma, H., Sivayokan, S. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2012) Outcomes and moderators of a preventive school based mental health intervention for children affected by war in Sri Lanka: A cluster randomized trial. World Psychiatry, 11, 114-122. 

• Ventevogel P, van de Put W, Faiz H, van Mierlo B, Siddiqi M, et al. (2012) Improving Access to Mental Health Care and Psychosocial Support within a Fragile Context: A Case Study from Afghanistan. PLoS Med 9(5): e1001225. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001225 

• Wind, T.R. and I.H. Komproe. (2012). The mechanisms that associate community social capital and with post-disaster mental health: a multilevel model. Social Science & Medicine, Volume 75, 9: 1715-1720