Sarajevo 2000: the psychosocial consequences of war, Results of empirical research from the territory of former Yugoslavia,

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 Sarajevo 2000: the psychosocial consequences of war,
Results of empirical research from the territory of former Yugoslavia, Presentations from a Symposium held at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo, July 7 and 8, 2000.   Editors: Steve Powell Elvira Durakovic-Belko www.psih.org (1.5 MB pdf file)  
Contents

Forewords 9

About this book 11
 

Introduction 17
Will traumatic stress reactions continue to be an issue in the future? 17
The "psvchosocial approach" to the consequences of war: a critical essay 18
 

Overview of results regarding adults 27
Prof. Dr. Renko Dapic
 

Papers on adults: epidemiology and risk and protective factors 31
Women from the safe haven: the psychological and psychiatric consequences of extreme and prolonged trauma on women from Srebrenica 32
Pam Bell*. Isabel Bergeret & Liliiana Oruc
 

The effects of war trauma in Bosnian female civilians: a study description. 37
Pam Bell*. Liliiana Oruc & Kevin Spratt
 

Displacement as a factor causing posttraumatic stress disorder 42
Nadezda Saviak
 

The structure of displaced families who settled in Zenica 48
Nurka Babovic
 

Attitudes to displacement 51
Fuad Hegic
 

Posttraumatic stress disorder in adults after the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina: returnees. Displaced and non-displaced persons in Sarajevo and Bania Luka 54
Rita Rosner. Steve Powell & Will! Butollo
 

Posttraumatic growth after war 58
Steve Powell*. Rita Rosner & Will! Butollo
 

Psychological disorders in soldiers during the war 64
Slobodan Pavlovic & Osman Sinanovic
 

Posttraumatic stress disorder in seriously wounded soldiers 67
Slobodan Pavlovic & Osman Sinanovic
 

The role of depressive state in suicide attempts in patients treated at a psychiatric clinic during the war 70
Nurija Babaiic & Zihnet Selimbasic
 

Repeated suicide attempts among patients treated at a psychiatric clinic during the war 72

Nuriia Babaiic & Zihnet Selimbasic

DESNOS. coping and defence mechanisms 74
Miriana Pernar. Tanla Franciskovic & Liiliana Moro
 

Ethnic distance in the post-war period in a multiethnic society 76
Slavica Adamovic
 

Mental illness as a frequent psychological consequence of war 79
Sladana Kocevska
 

Ways of coping with stress induced by war and their correlations with the five-factor personality model, tested on a sample of employed women 80
Natasa Hanak
 

The experiences of migration and acculturation as reported by displaced people from B&H (Bosnia and Herzegovina) living in Vienna (Austria) 85
Andrea Kucera & B rig itte Lueger-Schuster

Papers on adults: treatment 91
Who is in treatment? Comparison between Sarajevo adults in psychological treatment and those not in treatment 92
Steve Powell*. Amira Gradincic. Rita Rosner & Will! Butollo
 

The impact of a mental health program in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Interventions and evaluations 100

Trudy Mooren*. Rolf Kleber. Kaz de Jong. Jadranka Ruvic & Seila Kulenovic
 

Psvchosocial education as a model of psvchosocial assistance and support in the community 105

Miriana Novkovic
 

A community-based family liaison and reintearation process 107
Sandra Kukic*. Momir Smitran. Sanin Campara. Nermina Becirevic. Seila Kulenovic-Latal. Seila Tulic. Aida Hasimbeaovic-Valenzuela & Minia Manduric-Bender
 

War torture in B&H (Bosnia and Herzegovina), psychological consequences and rehabilitation 110

Sabina Popovic
 

Psychological aspects of amputation 115
Andreia Lipnicevic Radio
 

Five years of village field work in Eastern Slavonia. Northern Bosnia and Voivodina: 120
Charles Tauber
 

Psychological care for caregivers 123
Jelena Srna & Irena Radio

Overview of results regarding children and young people 129
Dr. Maria Gavranidou
 

Papers on children and adolescents: epidemiology and risk and protective factors 139
Posttraumatic stress reactions in the children and adolescents of Sarajevo during the war 140

Sved Arshad Husain
 

Children and adolescents' psvchosocial disorders in Sarajevo during the war and the post-war period 149
Vera Danes
 

Evaluation of the psvchosocial adjustment of displaced children from Srebrenica 152

Nermin Papo & Jadranka Kolenovic-Papo

War trauma of children in Tuzla 157
Rabija Radio
 

Longitudinal study of the war-related traumatic reactions of children in Sarajevo in 1993. 1995 and 1997 158
Renko Papic* & Rune Stuvland
 

Coping with traumatic stress - the role of some personality characteristics, socio-demographic characteristics, environmental factors and cognitive assessments 163
Elvira Durakovic-Belko
 

The relation of war-related traumatic experiences to locus of control and fear of negative evaluation in pupils in secondary schools 167
Fehim Rosic
 

War exposure and maternal reactions in the psychological adjustment of children from Mostar. Bosnia-Herzegovina. 172
Patrick Smith
 

Influence of trauma on school achievement 175
Zumreta Behric
 

Psychological war trauma and achievement motive 176
Jovan Savic
 

Socio-demographic characteristics of children and their experience of war-related trauma 180

Branko Milosavlievic & Vladimir Turiacanin
 

Posttraumatic adjustment of younger adolescents who suffered traumatic loss of or separation from their fathers 184
Sibela Zvizdic* & Willi Butollo
 

War-related traumatic experiences and psychosomatic reactions of younger adolescents 188

Ariiana Osmanovic* & Sibela Zvizdic

The effect of war-related trauma on the behaviour of adolescents 192
Sanela Karacic* & Sibela Zvizdic
 

Educational development and psvchosocial adjustment 196
David Galloway*. Lynn Cohen & Esperanza Vives
 

Psvchosocial functioning of Bosnian refugee adolescents in Slovenia 200
Vera Slodniak
 

Psychological conseguences of the war and of displacement for child victims of war 1991 -1995 in Croatia 205
Josip Jankovic
 

Long-term conseguences of war on children in Croatia 208
Gordana Kuterovac Jagodic
 

Psychological effects of war trauma in children 211
Vesna Petrovic
 

Psychological reactions of adolescents to war-related stress 214
Natasa Ceribasic-Liubomirovic
 

Risk factors for the development of emotional problems in children during war-related separation from their parents 216
Kseniia Kondic. Vesna Deianovic. Milan Markovic. Goran Qpacic & Lazar Teniovic
 

Time heals all sorrows? PTSD and its consequences four years after experienced trauma 217

Mariia Zotovic & Nila Kapor Stanulovic

Research on the frequency and intensity of posttraumatic stress reaction among adolescents after the bombing in Novi Sad 222
Lada Marinkovic. Nevena Roncevic. Dobrila Radovanov & Aleksandra Stoiadinovic
 

How adolescents feel about the war - reactions of adolescents exposed to war stressors during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia 224
Danica Nikic Matovic
 

Impact of the war on personality structure 225
Dusko Bursac
 

How children and their parents react, emotionally and behaviourally. to stress caused by a war environment 228
Zarko Trebiesanin
 

War through children's eves a year after the NATO bombing 232
Svetlana Tisinovic

Papers on children and adolescents: treatment 235
Evaluation of UNICEF-supported school psvchosocial programs in B&H (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 1993-1999 236
Rune Stuvland* & Elvira Durakovic-Belko
 

Psychological adjustment in war-exposed secondary school students two years after the war: Results of a large-scale risk screening survey 240
Milena Kutlaca*. Christopher M. Lavne. Jenifer Wood. William S. Saltzman. Rune Stuvland. & Robert S. Pvnoos
 

The University of London/UNICEF Child Mental Health Project in Mostar 248
William Yule & Patrick Smith
 

Case study of work with a traumatised child 251
Mediha Imamovic
 

Differential effects of a non-specific school-program on returnee children 253
Maria Gavranidou*. Eiub Cehle. Steve Powell & Elma Pasic
 

Participation in a program of psvchosocial support and reduction of posttraumatic symptoms in pre-school children and their mothers 257
Dzemal Sestan
 

Psvchosocial support of children during the war in relation to well-being and coping strategies 260

Renko Papic* & Rune Stuvland
 

Evaluation of results of cognitive-behavioural therapy applied to traumatised children of displaced persons and refugees 265
Mirha Sehovic
 

The effect of war on children's speech 268
Sadeta Zecic
 

Evaluation of psvchosocial intervention with traumatised adolescents 270
Veronika Ispanovic-Radoikovic*. Vesna Petrovic. Hilton Davis. Lazar Teniovic & Teodora Mincic
 

Evaluation of an intervention for children's trauma 274
Vesna Petrovic* & Veronika Ispanovic Radoikovic
 

Principles and effects of a program for the psychological support of war-traumatised children 277

Nila Kapor-Stanulovic & Mariia Zotovic
 

Psychological workshops as a way to help children in extreme situations 281
Mirsada Topalovic & Emil Vlajic
 

Programs of psvchosocial assistance for children with special needs and their parents after the war 283
Suleiman Hrnjica

Table of contributors 287
Index 291