Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 606-615 , June 2010

Sierra Leone's Former Child Soldiers: A Longitudinal Study of Risk, Protective Factors, and Mental Health

  • Theresa S. Betancourt, Sc.D., M.A.

      Affiliations

    • François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
    • Department of Global Health and Population at HSPH
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Dr. Theresa S. Betancourt, Research Program on Children and Global Adversity/François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, 651 Huntington Avenue, 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02115
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  • Robert T. Brennan, Ed.D., Ed.M.

      Affiliations

    • François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
    • ,
  • Julia Rubin-Smith, M.S.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
    • ,
  • Garrett M. Fitzmaurice, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Psychiatric Biostatistics at McLean Hospital of Harvard Medical School
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  • Stephen E. Gilman, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Society, Human Development and Health and the Department of Epidemiology at HSPH

,Accepted 18 March 2010.

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 This study was funded by the United States Institute of Peace, USAID/DCOF, Grant #1K01MH077246-01A2 from the National Institute of Mental Health, the International Rescue Committee, and the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights.

 Disclosure: Drs. Betancourt, Brennan, Fitzmaurice, Gilman, and Ms. Rubin-Smith report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0890-8567(10)00286-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2010.03.008

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 606-615 , June 2010

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