Media reports about vivo members and projects<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\nWomen carry the burden of Ugandan war trauma<\/h2>\n
IRIN, February 2018<\/strong>
\nAn article about the difficult situation of women in Uganda and NGOs who support them including the outpatient clinic of vivo international. You can access the article via this link<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n\nSurviving genocide: Storytelling and ritual help communities heal<\/h2>\n
Science, May 2017<\/strong>
\n![\"Photo:](\"https:\/\/www.vivo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/picture-23-WP-200x300.jpg\")
Photo: Inka Reiter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\nThousands of exiled Yezidis are dealing with the psychological aftermath of a forced migration that tore families apart. vivo member Dr Maggie Schauer was interviewed about treating Yezidi women with NET. You can read the article here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n\nThe troubled minds of migrants<\/h2>\n
Nature, 2016<\/strong>
\nThe refugees and migrants surging into Europe are suffering very high levels of psychiatric disorders. Nature talked to several researchers, among them vivo member Prof Thomas Elbert. Read the article here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n\nTanzania: Study Shows Corporal Punishment Doesn’t Improve Child’s Behaviour<\/h2>\n
allafrica, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\nA study conducted by vivo in Tanzania has concluded that regardless of the culture a child lives in, corporal punishment may do lasting psychological harm. Read the article here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n\nRegardless of the culture, corporal punishment may harm the child<\/h2>\n
Reuters, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\nIn a study with school children in Tanzania vivo found that children who were beaten tend to show more behaviour problems. Read the whole article here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n\nThe power of storytelling: treating the trauma of child soldiers<\/h2>\n
Prevention Action, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\nNarrative Exposure Therapy is an evidence-based treatment for the psychological trauma of former child soldiers. Find out more by following this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nAfghani children suffering from post-traumatic stress<\/h2>\n![\"School](\"https:\/\/www.vivo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Afghanchildren_eng-233x300.jpg\")
<\/a>School in Kabul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nScience Daily, June 2009<\/strong><\/p>\nChildren who live in Afghanistan are particularly affected every day by a multitude of war time stressors which increase the likelihood of developing PTSD: trauma, child labor, and family and military violence. On a daily basis they are first-hand witnesses to the bombings, abuse, and the general upheaval of their home life and society as a result of war, including the effects of long-term poverty and familial turmoil.<\/p>\n
You can read the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nLos ni\u00f1os traumatizados por la guerra civil de Sri Lanka reciben ayuda psicol\u00f3gica<\/h2>\n![\"KIDNET](\"https:\/\/www.vivo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SriLankaKIDNET_eng-250x300.jpg\")
<\/a>KIDNET in Sri Lanka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nEl Mundo, May 2009<\/strong><\/p>\nEn el norte de Sri Lanka, la antigua Ceil\u00e1n, el tigre es el animal m\u00edtico por excelencia. Hasta el punto de que la guerrilla local tamil adopt\u00f3 el nombre de este animal tot\u00e9mico. Los tigres tamiles han sido pr\u00e1cticamente derrotados por las autoridades cingalesas, pero a\u00f1os y a\u00f1os de guerra y las cat\u00e1strofes naturales, como el tsunami, han dejado su huella casi indeleble en los ni\u00f1os de la regi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n
You can read the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nPsychotherapy for the poor<\/h2>\n![\"IDP](\"https:\/\/www.vivo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/UgandaIDPcamp_eng-225x300.jpg\")
<\/a>IDP camp in Uganda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nScientific American, March 2009<\/strong><\/p>\nIt had been four years since 13-year-old Mohamed Abdul escaped civil war in Somalia, but he still had nightmares and flashbacks. When he was nine years old, a crowd fleeing a street shooting trampled him, putting him in the hospital for two weeks. A month later he saw the aftermath of an apparent massacre: about 20 corpses floating in the ocean. Soon after, militiamen shot him in the leg, knocked him unconscious, then raped his best friend, a girl named Halimo.<\/p>\n
You can download the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nNarrative exposure improves PTSD symptoms<\/h2>\n![\"NET](\"https:\/\/www.vivo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TherapyUganda_eng-300x257.jpg\")
<\/a>NET in an Ugandan IDP camp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nClinical Psychiatry News, February 2009<\/strong><\/p>\nShort-term narrative exposure therapy can be effective in treating posttraumatic stress disorder in child and adult survivors of war, even when carried out by lay counselors with limited training, new research shows. Narrative exposure therapy (NET) builds on the tradition of testimony therapy in which patients are asked to repeatedly talk about a traumatic event in detail and reexperience all emotions associated with the event. This leads to habituation of the emotional response to the traumatic memory and a subsequent lessening of PTSD symptoms.<\/p>\n
You can download the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Women carry the burden of Ugandan war trauma<\/h2>\n
IRIN, February 2018<\/strong> Science, May 2017<\/strong> Thousands of exiled Yezidis are dealing with the psychological aftermath of a forced migration that tore families apart. vivo member Dr Maggie Schauer was interviewed about treating Yezidi women with NET. You can read the article here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n Nature, 2016<\/strong> allafrica, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n A study conducted by vivo in Tanzania has concluded that regardless of the culture a child lives in, corporal punishment may do lasting psychological harm. Read the article here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n Reuters, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n In a study with school children in Tanzania vivo found that children who were beaten tend to show more behaviour problems. Read the whole article here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n Prevention Action, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n Narrative Exposure Therapy is an evidence-based treatment for the psychological trauma of former child soldiers. Find out more by following this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Science Daily, June 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n Children who live in Afghanistan are particularly affected every day by a multitude of war time stressors which increase the likelihood of developing PTSD: trauma, child labor, and family and military violence. On a daily basis they are first-hand witnesses to the bombings, abuse, and the general upheaval of their home life and society as a result of war, including the effects of long-term poverty and familial turmoil.<\/p>\n You can read the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n El Mundo, May 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n En el norte de Sri Lanka, la antigua Ceil\u00e1n, el tigre es el animal m\u00edtico por excelencia. Hasta el punto de que la guerrilla local tamil adopt\u00f3 el nombre de este animal tot\u00e9mico. Los tigres tamiles han sido pr\u00e1cticamente derrotados por las autoridades cingalesas, pero a\u00f1os y a\u00f1os de guerra y las cat\u00e1strofes naturales, como el tsunami, han dejado su huella casi indeleble en los ni\u00f1os de la regi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n You can read the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Scientific American, March 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n It had been four years since 13-year-old Mohamed Abdul escaped civil war in Somalia, but he still had nightmares and flashbacks. When he was nine years old, a crowd fleeing a street shooting trampled him, putting him in the hospital for two weeks. A month later he saw the aftermath of an apparent massacre: about 20 corpses floating in the ocean. Soon after, militiamen shot him in the leg, knocked him unconscious, then raped his best friend, a girl named Halimo.<\/p>\n You can download the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Clinical Psychiatry News, February 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n Short-term narrative exposure therapy can be effective in treating posttraumatic stress disorder in child and adult survivors of war, even when carried out by lay counselors with limited training, new research shows. Narrative exposure therapy (NET) builds on the tradition of testimony therapy in which patients are asked to repeatedly talk about a traumatic event in detail and reexperience all emotions associated with the event. This leads to habituation of the emotional response to the traumatic memory and a subsequent lessening of PTSD symptoms.<\/p>\n You can download the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Media reports about vivo members and projects Women carry the burden of Ugandan war trauma IRIN, February 2018 An article about the difficult situation of women in Uganda and NGOs who support them including the outpatient clinic of vivo international. You can access the article via this link. Surviving genocide: Storytelling and ritual help communities … Continue reading Press about vivo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vivo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vivo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vivo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vivo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vivo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":97,"href":"https:\/\/www.vivo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3098,"href":"https:\/\/www.vivo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/3098"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vivo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vivo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAn article about the difficult situation of women in Uganda and NGOs who support them including the outpatient clinic of vivo international. You can access the article via this link<\/a>.\n<\/div>\nSurviving genocide: Storytelling and ritual help communities heal<\/h2>\n
\nThe troubled minds of migrants<\/h2>\n
\nThe refugees and migrants surging into Europe are suffering very high levels of psychiatric disorders. Nature talked to several researchers, among them vivo member Prof Thomas Elbert. Read the article here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\nTanzania: Study Shows Corporal Punishment Doesn’t Improve Child’s Behaviour<\/h2>\n
Regardless of the culture, corporal punishment may harm the child<\/h2>\n
The power of storytelling: treating the trauma of child soldiers<\/h2>\n
Afghani children suffering from post-traumatic stress<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Los ni\u00f1os traumatizados por la guerra civil de Sri Lanka reciben ayuda psicol\u00f3gica<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Psychotherapy for the poor<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Narrative exposure improves PTSD symptoms<\/h2>\n
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