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• Jordans, M.J.D., Tol, W.A., Komproe, I.H. & de Jong, J.T.V.M.(2009). Systematic review of evidence and treatment approaches:Psychosocial and mental health care for children in war. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 14, 2-14.

• Tol, W.A., Jordans, M.J.D., Reis, R. & De Jong, J.T.V.M. (2009). Ecological resilience: working with child-related psychosocial resources in war-affected communities. In: D. Brom, R. Pat-Horenczyk & J. Ford (Eds.), Treating Traumatized Children: Risk, Resilience,and Recovery. New York, Routledge.

• Jordans, M.J.D., Tol, W.A., Komproe, I.H., Lasuba,A.C., Ntamutumba, P., Susanty, D., Vallipuram, A. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2010).Comprehensive psychosocial support for children in areas of armed conflict. InternationalJournal of Mental Health Systems, 4,15, 1-12.

• Tol, W.A., Komproe, I.H., Susanty, D., Jordans, M.J.D. & De Jong, J.T.V.M. (2008). School-based mental health intervention for political violence-affected children in Indonesia: a cluster randomized trial.JAMA, 300, 655-662.

• Jordans, M.J.D., Komproe, I.H., Tol, W.A. & de Jong, J.T.V.M.(2008). Screening for psychosocial distress amongst war affectedchildren: Cross-cultural construct validity of the CPDS. Journal ofChild Psychology and Psychiatry, 50, 515-523.

• Jordans, M.J.D., Komproe, I.H., Ventevogel, P., Tol, W.A. & deJong, J.T.V.M. (2008). Development and Validation of the Child Psychosocial Distress Screener in Burundi. American Journal ofOrthopsychiatry, 78, 290-299.

• Tol, W.A. & Jordans, M.J.D. (2008).  Evidence-based psychosocialpractice in political violence affected setting. Intervention, 6, 1, 66-69.

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

• Tol, W.A., Reis, R., Susanty, D. & De Jong, J.T.V.M. (In press). Communal violence and child psychosocial wellbeing: qualitative findings from Poso, Indonesia. Transcultural Psychiatry.

• Jordans, M.J.D., Komproe, I.H., Tol, W.A., Kohrt,B., Luitel, N., Macy, R.D.M. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2010). Evaluation of a classroom-based psychosocial intervention inconflict-affected Nepal: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51,818-826.

• Jordans,M.J.D., Komproe, I.H., Tol, W.A., Susanty, D., Vallipuram, A., Ntamutumba, P.,Lasuba, A.C. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2010). Practice-driven evaluation of a multi-layered psychosocial care package for children in areas of armed conflict.Community Mental Health Journal, DOI10.1007/s10597-010-9301-9.

• Tol, W.A.,Komproe, I.K., Jordans, M.J.D., Gross, A., Susanty, D., de Jong, J.T.V.M. (Inpress). Mediators and Moderators of a Psychosocial Intervention for Children Affected by Political Violence. Journal of Clinical and ConsultingPsychology.

Presentations

• Bridging research and practice when designing psychosocial interventions for children affected by political violence
  Paper presented at International Association for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions18th World Congress, Istanbul, Turkey. Tol, W.A., Jordans, M.J.D., Komproe, I.H. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2008).

• School-Based intervention for war-affected children: randomized trials in Burundi and Indonesia
   24th International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago, United States. Tol, W.A. (2008).

• Cluster randomized trial on a school-based intervention in war-affected Sri Lanka   
  24th International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago, United States. Tol, W.A. (2008).

• Comprehensive Psychosocial Care for Children in Areas of Armed Conflict     
  Paper presented at International Association Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, Istanbul. Jordans, MJD; Tol, W.A.; Komproe, I.H. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2008).

• The impact of armed conflict on children and their communities: qualitative findings from Burundi
  Paper presented at World Psychiatric Association Regional Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Tol, W.A., Reis, R., Sururu, A., Ndayisaba, A., de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2007).

• Psychosocial counselling for children affected by armed conflict in Burundi and Sudan: A preliminary single case study     
  Paper presented at World Psychiatric Association Regional Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Jordans, M.J.D; Smallegange, E; Komproe, I.H.; Tol, W.A.; Nsereko, J; de Jong J.T.V.M. (2007).

• Qualitative research on the psychosocial impact of war on children in Burundi and Indonesia: “It never rains, it pours.”
  Presentation at the IVth World Trauma Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tol, W.A. (2006).       

• Synthesis of cluster randomized trials on a school-based psychosocial intervention in Burundi, Indonesia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka
  Presentation at International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, Atlanta, USA, 11-13 November 2009. Tol, W.A., Komproe, I.H., Jordans, M.J.D. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2009)

Suggested reading

• Apfel, R.J. & Simon, B.S. (Eds.). (2006). Minefields in their Hearts: The mental health of children in war and communal violence. Yale University Press.
• Barenbaum, J., Ruchkin, V., & Schwab-Stone, M. (2004). The psychosocial aspects of children exposed to war: practice and policy initiatives. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 41-62.
• Berman, H. (2001). Children and war: current understandings and future directions. Public Health Nursing, 18, 243-252.
• Bolton, P., Bass, J., Betancourt, T., Speelman, L., Onyango, G., Clougherty, K. F., Neugebauer, R., Murray, L., & Verdeli, H. (2007). Interventions for Deptression Symptoms Among Adolescent Survivors of War and Displacement in Northern Uganda. Journal of the American Medical Association, 298, 519-527.
• Boyden, J., & de Berry, J. (2004). Introduction. In J. Boyden & J. de Berry (Eds.), Children and Youth on the Front Line: Ethnography, Armed Conflict, and Displacement (pp. xi-xxvii). New York: Bergahn Books.
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. (1999). Psycho-social assistance for children affected by armed conflict.
• www.ifrc.org/Docs/pubs/health/psycholog/CABAC.pdf
• Machel, G. (2003). The Impact of War on Children: a Review of Progress Since the 1996 United Nations Report on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children. London, UK: C. Hurst & Co.
• Psychosocial Working Group (2003). Psychosocial Intervention in Complex Emergencies: A Conceptual Framework. Oxford: Refugees Studies Centre.  
• Punamaki, R.L. (2006). Resilience in Conditions of War and Military Violence: Preconditions and Developmental Processes. In M.E. Garralda & M. Flament (Eds.), Working with Children Adolescents. An Evidence-based Approach to Risk and Resilience. New York: Lanham Boulder.
• Shaw, J. A. (2003). Children exposed to war/ terrorism. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 6, 237-246.   
• Stichick, T. (2001). The psychosocial impact of armed conflict on children. Rethinking traditional paradigms in research and intervention. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 10, 797-814.
• The International Save the Children Alliance. (1996). Promoting Psychosocial Well-Being Among Children Affected by Armed Conflict and Displacement: Principles and Approaches.    
• Tolfree, D. (1996). Restoring Playfulness. Different approaches to assisting children who are psychologically affected by war or displacement. Falun: Radda Barnen.
• Wessels, M., & Monteiro, C. (2006). Psychosocial assistance for youth: Towards reconstruction for peace in Angola. Journal of Social Issues, 62, 121-139.