Intervention Vol 21| Issue 1

Celebrating 20 years of bridging research and practice

Welcome to the first issue of Intervention in 2023. This issue marks two noteworthy occasions. First, in January, we celebrated the 20-year anniversary of Intervention journal... read the editorial here

Field reports 

• Lessons Learned in Using the Score of Perceived Outcomes (ScoPeO) Tool in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Programmes to Measure Quality of Life >>

• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among University Students of Mosul, Iraq: An After Effect of War Atrocities >>

• Psychosocial Programming in Uganda: Adaptations during COVID-19 >>

Articles 

• Decolonising Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Interventions in the Humanitarian System >>

• Development and Psychometric Testing of the Student Learning in Emergencies Checklist (SLEC): Measuring Promotors of Academic Functioning and Wellbeing in Palestinian Youth Affected by War and Conflict >>

• Competency Assessment of Non-Specialists Delivering a Psychological Intervention in Lebanon: A Process Evaluation >>

• Testing a Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Intervention Approach for Addressing Unhealthy Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Humanitarian Settings: Protocol of the Ukuundapwa Chapamo Randomised Controlled Trial >>

Personal Reflections 

• A Brief Reflection on Paper Titled “Mental Health Training of Primary Health Care Workers: Case Reports from Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Jordan" >>

• How Process Matters in Strengthening MHPSS: A Reflection >>

• Us and Us: Reflections of the Wellbeing of Church-based Volunteers Working with Refugees and Asylum-seekers, Edinburgh, Scotland >>

• Workshops on Trauma and Loss, Coping and Resilience, to Support Afghani Refugee Women Living in Limbo in Greece >>

Book review

• Groupwork with Refugees and Survivors of Human Rights Abuses: The Power of Togetherness by Boyles, Ewart-Biggs, Horn and Lamb. London: Imprint Routledge >>