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Transcultural Psychiatry | 2009

A Qualitative Study of Mental Health Problems among Children Displaced by War in Northern Uganda

Theresa S. Betancourt; Liesbeth Speelman; Grace Onyango; Paul Bolton

While multiple studies have found that children affected by war are at increased risk for a range of mental health problems, little research has investigated how mental health problems are perceived locally. In this study we used a previously developed rapid ethnographic assessment method to explore local perceptions of mental health problems among children and adults from the Acholi ethnic group displaced by the war in northern Uganda. We conducted 45 free list interviews and 57 key informant interviews. The rapid assessment approach appears to have worked well for interviewing caretakers and children aged 10—17 years. We describe several locally defined syndromes: two tam/par/kumu (depression and dysthymia-like syndromes), ma lwor (a mixed anxiety and depression-like syndrome), and a category of conduct problems referred to as kwo maraco/gin lugero. The descriptions of these local syndromes were similar to western mood, anxiety and conduct disorders, but included culturespecific elements.


Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America | 2008

Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for depressed youth in IDP camps in Northern Uganda: adaptation and training.

Helen Verdeli; Kathleen F. Clougherty; Grace Onyango; Eric Lewandowski; Liesbeth Speelman; Teresa S. Betancourt; Richard Neugebauer; Traci R. Stein; Paul Bolton

This article reviews the use of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) with depressed youth living in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in North Uganda. This youth has been exposed to severe losses and disruptions in relationships with caregivers, family, and community members; limited access to formal education; exposure to malnutrition and infections; and pressure to prematurely assume adult family roles. The process of adaptation to the content and training of IPT for these youth is presented and illustrated with case examples.


JAMA | 2003

Group interpersonal psychotherapy for depression in rural Uganda: A randomized controlled trial.

Paul Bolton; Judith Bass; Richard Neugebauer; Helen Verdeli; Kathleen F. Clougherty; Priya Wickramaratne; Liesbeth Speelman; Lincoln Ndogoni; Myrna M. Weissman


JAMA | 2007

Interventions for Depression Symptoms Among Adolescent Survivors of War and Displacement in Northern Uganda A Randomized Controlled Trial

Paul Bolton; Judith Bass; Theresa S. Betancourt; Liesbeth Speelman; Grace Onyango; Kathleen F. Clougherty; Richard Neugebauer; Laura K. Murray; Helen Verdeli


British Journal of Psychiatry | 2006

Group interpersonal psychotherapy for depression in rural Uganda: 6-month outcomes: randomised controlled trial.

Judith Bass; Richard Neugebauer; Kathleen F. Clougherty; Helen Verdeli; Priya Wickramaratne; Lincoln Ndogoni; Liesbeth Speelman; Myrna M. Weissman; Paul Bolton


World Psychiatry | 2003

Adapting group interpersonal psychotherapy for a developing country: experience in rural Uganda.

Helen Verdeli; Kathleen F. Clougherty; Paul Bolton; Liesbeth Speelman; Ndogoni Lincoln; Judith Bass; Richard Neugebauer; Myrna M. Weissman


Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | 2009

Assessing local instrument reliability and validity: A field-based example from northern Uganda

Theresa S. Betancourt; Judith Bass; Ivelina Borisova; Richard Neugebauer; Liesbeth Speelman; Grace Onyango; Paul Bolton


Archive | 2003

Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression in Rural Uganda

Paul Bolton; Richard Neugebauer; Helen Verdeli; Kathleen F. Clougherty; Priya Wickramaratne; Liesbeth Speelman


Archive | 2013

Uganda: 6-month outcomes : Randomised controlled trial Group interpersonal psychotherapy for depression in rural

Lincoln Ndogoni; Liesbeth Speelman; Myrna M. Weissman; Paul Judith Bass; Richard Neugebauer; Kathleen F. Clougherty; Helen Verdeli


Archive | 2009

by War in Northern Uganda A Qualitative Study of Mental Health Problems among Children Displaced

Theresa S. Betancourt; Liesbeth Speelman; Grace Onyango; Paul Bolton

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Paul Bolton

Johns Hopkins University

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Grace Onyango

World Vision International

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Lincoln Ndogoni

World Vision International

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Myrna M. Weissman

Columbia College (Missouri)

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