Examining Psychosocial Health and Resiliency

Individuals and Communities Recovering from Ebola in Liberia (Resilience in the Face of Tragedy)

Psychosocial Support for Adolescents Girls in Post-Conflict Areas

(ReBuild)|

October 2015  | Fiona Samuels and Nicola Jones with Bassam Abu Hamad, Janice Cooper, Ananda Galappatti

Individuals and Communities Recovering from Ebola in Liberia (Resilience in the Face of Tragedy)

The Fallout of Rape as a Weapon of War  |

2015  | Nicola Jones, Janice Cooper, Elizabeth Presler-Marshall and David Walker 

The life-long and intergenerational impacts of sexual violence in conflict

Mental Health Beyond Facilities Project (mhBeF)|A Research Initiative

2012 - 2015 | mhBeF

Developing evidence-based Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services (CCMHS) package for Persons With Severe Mental Disorders and Epilepsy (PWSMDE) in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LAMIC)

       Upcoming Research Initiatives

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• Efficacy of Crisis Intervention Teams in reducing stigma and discrimination and improving care

• Enhancing referral among traditional healers and religious leaders

• User advocacy and information dissemination programs (radio)

• Community based mental health care

        Future Research Topics

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• National prevalence of mental health and substance use disorders

• Psychotropic drugs effect determination

• National prevalence of open mole (cultural bound syndrome)

• Maternal depression and improved child outcomes

• Suicide in youth

• Peer support models in Liberia

Sustaining a Data Reporting Practice by Mental Health Clinicians in Liberia

July 2014 | Ellen Zegura with Ellena D.

Over a four year time period, more than 140 clinicians have been trained in the use of the data reporting software, and more than 3000 valid reports have uploaded to the cloud. This participation has persisted despite significant technology challenges and little data feedback to clinicians.