“If they abduct you, you don’t come back”: Understanding Ugandan former child soldiers in the context of their life.

Preston, Justin M.

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“…The interview will take about 45–60 min and is considered the gold standard for assessing PTSD severity. The CAPS-CA-5 has excellent psychometric properties and has already been successfully administered in other East-African samples [ 55 ]. It will serve as the main psychological outcome variable.…”

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The impact of an exercise training intervention on cortisol levels and post-traumatic stress disorder in juveniles from an Ugandan refugee settlement: study protocol for a randomized control trial

Budde

Akko

Ainamani

et al. 2018

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BackgroundLatest research demonstrates a significant improvement in stress-related symptoms in psychological disorders as a result of exercise training (ET). Controlled clinical trials further validate the significance of ET by demonstrating lower salivary cortisol levels in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after intervention. A significant change in cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) levels can already be found after an 8–12-week ET program. The proposed study aims to investigate the impact of an 8-week ET on PTSD symptoms and changes in cortisol levels in a juvenile refugee sample from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at an Ugandan refugee settlement. It is the first to implement an ET intervention in a resource-poor, post-conflict setting.Methods/designIn a randomized controlled trial, 198 adolescent participants aged 13–16 years from the DRC who, suffer from PTSD, will be investigated. The participants are based at the Nakivale refugee settlement, an official refugee camp in Uganda, Africa, which is among the largest in the world. The participants will be randomized into an Exercise Training (ET) group with a maximum heart rate (HRmax) of > 60%, an Alternative Intervention (AI) group with low-level exercises, and a Waiting-list Control (WC) group. After the 8-week interventional phase, changes in cortisol awakening response (CAR) and DHEA in the ET group that correspond to an improvement in PTSD symptoms are expected that remain at follow-up after 3 months.DiscussionTo date, there is no controlled and reliable longitudinal study examining the effects of an ET program on symptom severity in individuals with PTSD that can be explained with a harmonization of cortisol secretion. The presented study design introduces an intervention that can be implemented with little expenditure. It aims to provide a promising low-threshold and cost-effective treatment approach for the application in resource-poor settings.Trial registrationGerman Trials Register, ID: DRKS00014280. Registered prospectively on 15 March 2018.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s13063-018-2753-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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The impact of an exercise training intervention on cortisol levels and post-traumatic stress disorder in juveniles from an Ugandan refugee settlement: study protocol for a randomized control trial

Budde

Akko

Ainamani

et al. 2018

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“…This study sheds light on how trauma becomes integral to a community, and because it exists in social relationships rather than just within individuals, trauma becomes more resilient and difficult to end. Trauma is also a focus in Preston’s (2015) analysis of the experiences of child soldiers in Uganda. A common theme in Benjamin and Carolissen (2015) and Preston (2015) is the transformation of identity through trauma, but also how positive reconstruction of identity is essential for recovery.…”

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“…Trauma is also a focus in Preston’s (2015) analysis of the experiences of child soldiers in Uganda. A common theme in Benjamin and Carolissen (2015) and Preston (2015) is the transformation of identity through trauma, but also how positive reconstruction of identity is essential for recovery.…”

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Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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A rich array of research papers is included in this issue of the journal. First, a special collection of six papers guest-edited by Louis, Amiot, and Thomas (2015) focuses on collective harmdoing. The guest editors provide a critical introduction to this set of papers, and Hagai and Crosby (2015) add a thought-provoking reflection. These papers are all part of a tradition of giving attention to collective processes, rather than just intraindividual processes. This is a turn toward psychological science that gives importance to relationships between people, and not just within individuals. Harmdoing comes about through collective processes that create certain conditions in which individuals feel compelled to conform and obey destructive norms and leadership. This rich set of discussions on collective harmdoing sets the stage for a second set of papers that puts the spotlight on conflicts in Africa and the Middle East.The majority of researching and practicing psychologists live in Western societies. The conflicts and problems addressed in mainstream psychology originate from the conflicts and problems of Western societies, and American society in particular. The United States has been the lone "superpower," the "First World" of psychology for at least half a century, with the other industrialized societies constituting the Second World and the developing societies making up the Third World of psychology. These trends have been discussed in mainstream journals for some time (Moghaddam, 1987), but change toward "appropriate psychology for the Third World" has been very difficult to bring about. The challenge has been to give adequate attention on the part of psychological science to the conflicts and problems of non-Western societies. The editorial board, reviewers, contributors, readers, and also the editor of this journal take this challenge seriously.The next four papers in this issue of the journal concern African societies, the settings being South Africa, Uganda, Sierra Leone, and Rwanda. Benjamin and Carolissen (2015) explore the trauma experienced by 18 women counselors who have been working in a low-income South African community characterized by fear, danger, and distrust. Parents, teachers, police officers-just about all adults in the community are perceived as impotent and helpless, because they are not able to carry out their normal responsibilities. This study sheds light on how trauma becomes integral to a community, and because it exists in social relationships rather than just within individuals, trauma becomes more resilient and difficult to end. Trauma is also a focus in Preston's (2015) analysis of the experiences of child soldiers in Uganda. A common theme in Benjamin and Carolissen (2015) and Preston (2015) is the transformation of identity through trauma, but also how positive reconstruction of identity is essential for recovery.

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“If they abduct you, you don’t come back”: Understanding Ugandan former child soldiers in the context of their life.

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The impact of an exercise training intervention on cortisol levels and post-traumatic stress disorder in juveniles from an Ugandan refugee settlement: study protocol for a randomized control trial

The impact of an exercise training intervention on cortisol levels and post-traumatic stress disorder in juveniles from an Ugandan refugee settlement: study protocol for a randomized control trial

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