African child soldiers need mental help
Posted August 3rd, 2007 by Tara Murray in Sub-Saharan AfricaChild soldiers need help to overcome post-traumatic stress and reject revenge and accept reconciliation, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (BBC News). The researchers interviewed children who had been forced to fight in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Citation: Bayer, C. P., Klasen, F., & Adam, H. (2007). Association of trauma and PTSD symptoms with openness to reconciliation and feelings of revenge among former Ugandan and Congolese child soldiers. JAMA, 298, 555-559. [Available online to Penn State faculty, students, and staff.]
