The mental health consequences of being a child soldier – an international perspective

Worldwide there are currently 300 000 child soldiers. Not only does the use of child soldiers lead to individual suffering but it also alters the dynamics of war and makes conflict and instability more likely. It is important both to prevent recruitment and to rehabilitate former child soldiers into...

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Autores principales: Singh, Aoife R., Singh, Ashok N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2010
Materias:
Thematic Paper–Child Soldiers
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508039
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description Worldwide there are currently 300 000 child soldiers. Not only does the use of child soldiers lead to individual suffering but it also alters the dynamics of war and makes conflict and instability more likely. It is important both to prevent recruitment and to rehabilitate former child soldiers into their communities. For rehabilitation and reintegration programmes to be effective, it is necessary to understand the consequences of child soldiering. This paper reviews and summarises some of the key findings related to the mental health consequences of being a child soldier.
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spelling pubmed-67349712019-09-10 The mental health consequences of being a child soldier – an international perspective Singh, Aoife R. Singh, Ashok N. Int Psychiatry Thematic Paper–Child Soldiers Worldwide there are currently 300 000 child soldiers. Not only does the use of child soldiers lead to individual suffering but it also alters the dynamics of war and makes conflict and instability more likely. It is important both to prevent recruitment and to rehabilitate former child soldiers into their communities. For rehabilitation and reintegration programmes to be effective, it is necessary to understand the consequences of child soldiering. This paper reviews and summarises some of the key findings related to the mental health consequences of being a child soldier. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2010-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6734971/ /pubmed/31508039 Text en © 2010 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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