Psychosocial Research with Children in Iraq: Current Health Practice and Policy in a Context of Armed Conflict

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Al Obaidi, Abdul Kareem, Corcoran, Tim and Scarth, Leslie (2013) Psychosocial Research with Children in Iraq: Current Health Practice and Policy in a Context of Armed Conflict. International Psychiatry, 10 (3). pp. 72-74. ISSN 1749-3676 (print) 1749-3684 (online)

Abstract

There is a need to show how psychosocial issues affect children in conflict areas like Iraq. Raising knowledge and awareness of children’s mental health status in Iraq has been difficult and the knowledge base has been limited by the shortage of resources, international sanctions and the isolation of Iraqi scholars. Many obstacles to research in Iraq exist but an agenda should be developed emphasising the need for high-quality contextualised psychosocial research. Health researchers in the country need to clarify basic population parameters and to provide culturally appropriate, evidence-based interventions for practitioners.

Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/24699
Official URL https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/PUB_IPv10n3.pdf
Subjects Historical > FOR Classification > 1605 Policy and Administration
Historical > FOR Classification > 1701 Psychology
Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > College of Education
Keywords psychological issues, mental health policy, well-being, war, violence, adversity, Iraq, Baghdad
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