Sri Lanka

Family violence and trauma

Catani, C., Sossalla, I. (2015).
Child abuse predicts adult PTSD symptoms among individuals diagnosed with intellectual disabilities.
Frontiers in Psychology, 6:1600.

Crombach, A., Bambonyé, M. (2015).
Intergenerational violence in Burundi: Experienced childhood maltreatment increases the risk of abusive child rearing and intimate partner violence.
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 6:26995.

Saile, R., Ertl, V., Neuner, F., Catani, C. (2015).
Children of the postwar years: A two-generational multilevel risk assessment of child psychopathology in northern Uganda.
Development and Psychopathology.

Sriskandarajah, V., Neuner, F., Catani, C. (2015).
Predictors of Violence Against Children in Tamil Families in Northern Sri Lanka.
Social Science and Medicine, 146:257-265.

Catani, C., Sossalla, I. (2015).
Child abuse predicts adult PTSD symptoms among individuals diagnosed with intellectual disabilities.
Frontiers in Psychology, 6:1600.

Sriskandarajah, V., Neuner, F., Catani, C. (2015).
Predictors of Violence Against Children in Tamil Families in Northern Sri Lanka.
Social Science and Medicine, 146:257-265.

Family violence and trauma

Post-traumatic stress in children from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan

Catani, C. , Gewirtz, A., Wieling, E., Schauer, E., Elbert, T., Neuner, F. (2010).
Tsunami, war, and cumulative risk in the life of Sri Lankan school children.
Child Development, 81(4), 1176-91.

Catani, C. , Kohiladevy, M., Ruf, M., Schauer, E., Elbert, T. & Neuner, F.(2009).
Treating children traumatized by war and Tsunami: A comparison between exposure therapy and meditation-relaxation in North-East Sri Lanka.
BMC Psychiatry, 9:22.

Catani, C. , Schauer, E., Elbert, T., Missmahl, I., Bette, J.-P., Neuner, F. (2009).
War trauma, child labor and family violence: Life adversities and PTSD in a sample of school children in Kabul.
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22(3), 163-171.

Catani, C. , Jacob N., Schauer, E., Kohila, M., Neuner, F.(2008).
Family violence, war, and natural disasters: Effect of extreme stress on children’s mental health in Sri Lanka.
BMC Psychiatry, 8:33.

Catani, C., Schauer, E., & Neuner, F. (2008). Beyond individual war trauma: domestic violence against children in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.
J Marital Fam Ther, 34(2), 165-176.

Elbert, T., Schauer, M., Schauer, E., Huschka, B., Hirth, M., Neuner, F. (2009).
Trauma-related impairment in children – a survey in Sri Lankan provinces affected by armed conflict.
Child Abuse and Neglect, 33, 238-246.

Neuner, F., Schauer, E., Catani, C., Ruf, M. & Elbert, T. (2006).
Post-tsunami Stress: A Study of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children living in three severely Affected Regions in Sri Lanka.
Journal of Traumatic Stress, 19(3), 339-347.

Catani, C. , Gewirtz, A., Wieling, E., Schauer, E., Elbert, T., Neuner, F. (2010).
Tsunami, war, and cumulative risk in the life of Sri Lankan school children.
Child Development, 81(4), 1176-91.

Catani, C., Schauer, E., & Neuner, F. (2008). Beyond individual war trauma: domestic violence against children in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.
J Marital Fam Ther, 34(2), 165-176.

Post-traumatic stress in children from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan

(de) vivo unterstützt die Arbeit von Aaruthal in Sri Lanka

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(de) vivo unterstützt die Arbeit von Aaruthal in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka – a country shattered by war and natural disaster

In Sri Lanka’s North-Eastern provinces, traumatic experiences were already common prior to the Tsunami in December 2004. For two decades, thousands of people have been killed and many more were displaced as a result of conflict and violence in the country. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) have been fighting for political autonomy, which resulted in ongoing conflict in the Northern and Eastern areas of the country. Civilians have become casualties of war; landmines and unexploded ordnance posed a constant threat; hospitals and schools have been destroyed; and the economy has been shattered.

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vivo’s work in Sri Lanka

Since early 2002 vivo has been partnering with GTZ, the Ministry of Education, the Education Council North-East and Shantiham Association for Health & Counselling to build-up a cascade model of psycho-social care for affected school children in the North-Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. In the framework of this model, more than 1500 teachers have been trained as qualified Counsellors and Befrienders to provide services to children and their families in need.

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