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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