ArticleFrontiers in psychology2014
A study on reintegration of street children in Burundi: experienced violence and maltreatment are associated with mental health impairments and impeded educational progress.
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- Meta-analysis: Exposure to Early Life Stress and Risk for Depression in Childhood and Adolescence.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions for promoting reintegration and reducing harmful behaviour and lifestyles in street-connected children and young people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Preventing Childhood Sexual Abuse Related Mental Health Deterioration Using a Narrative Family Intervention in Burundi.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025Trial
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- Trauma and physical pain: an urban-rural comparison of sexually abused girls in Burundi.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Meta-Analysis: Prevalence of Youth Mental Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Review
- The Relationship between Trauma and Attachment in Burundi's School-Aged Children.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Enabling structural resilience of street-involved children and youth in Kenya: reintegration outcomes and the Flourishing Community model.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Characterizing Unaccompanied Foreign Minors: Educational Level and Length of Stay as Individual Difference Factors That Impact Academic Self-Efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Personal Learning Environments that Facilitate Socio-Educational Integration of Unaccompanied Foreign Minors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Impact and cultural acceptance of the Narrative Exposure Therapy in the aftermath of a natural disaster in Burundi.BMC psychiatry · 2018Article
- A comparative study of the prevalence and correlates of psychiatric disorders inChild and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2017Article
- Intergenerational violence in Burundi: Experienced childhood maltreatment increases the risk of abusive child rearing and intimate partner violence.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2015Article
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Abstract
Street children are exposed to violence, and subsist in poor and generally precarious conditions. In conflict regions, institutional care facilities are often the only well established way to care for vulnerable children. Providing access to school education is considered to be key to allow successful integration into society. However, adverse effects of psychological disorders may pose another serious obstacle. In semi-structured interviews in a sample of 112 Burundian male youths (mean age = 15.9 years), we assessed exposure to traumatic stressors, regularly and recently occurring violence as well as prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, substance dependence, suicidal risk, and progress in school. Former street children (n = 32) and other vulnerable children (n = 50) in a residential center were compared to children living in the streets (n = 15) or with families (n = 15). While the children living in the center were less regularly exposed to violence and reported less substance dependence than street children, PTSD symptoms were common among the former street children. Furthermore, we provided empirical evidence that for the children living in the center, recently experienced violence - mostly minor physical conflicts, psychological violence and neglect - was associated with increased PTSD symptomatology and impeded progress in school. In a population of children who experienced many traumatic incidences and a lot of violence, even minor violent events may trigger and reinforce PTSD symptoms. Hence controlling exposure to violence and addressing mental ill-health in vulnerable children is mandatory for reintegration.
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