Verena Ertl

Summary

Affiliation: University of Bielefeld
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Trauma, poverty and mental health among Somali and Rwandese refugees living in an African refugee settlement - an epidemiological study
    Lamaro P Onyut
    Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda
    Confl Health 3:6. 2009
  2. ncbi Validation of a mental health assessment in an African conflict population
    Verena Ertl
    Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
    Psychol Assess 22:318-24. 2010
  3. ncbi Community-implemented trauma therapy for former child soldiers in Northern Uganda: a randomized controlled trial
    Verena Ertl
    Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, PO Box 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
    JAMA 306:503-12. 2011
  4. ncbi Haunted by ghosts: prevalence, predictors and outcomes of spirit possession experiences among former child soldiers and war-affected civilians in Northern Uganda
    Frank Neuner
    Bielefeld University, Department of Psychology, Postbox 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
    Soc Sci Med 75:548-54. 2012

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Publications4

  1. ncbi Trauma, poverty and mental health among Somali and Rwandese refugees living in an African refugee settlement - an epidemiological study
    Lamaro P Onyut
    Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda
    Confl Health 3:6. 2009
    ..A mental health outreach program was initiated based on this study...
  2. ncbi Validation of a mental health assessment in an African conflict population
    Verena Ertl
    Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
    Psychol Assess 22:318-24. 2010
    ..Results show that mental health assessments in African languages can produce reliable and valid data but that caution is warranted in the unevaluated transfer of cutoff scores and scoring algorithms...
  3. ncbi Community-implemented trauma therapy for former child soldiers in Northern Uganda: a randomized controlled trial
    Verena Ertl
    Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, PO Box 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
    JAMA 306:503-12. 2011
    ..Despite high rates of impairment, there have been no randomized controlled trials examining the feasibility and efficacy of mental health interventions for former child soldiers...
  4. ncbi Haunted by ghosts: prevalence, predictors and outcomes of spirit possession experiences among former child soldiers and war-affected civilians in Northern Uganda
    Frank Neuner
    Bielefeld University, Department of Psychology, Postbox 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
    Soc Sci Med 75:548-54. 2012
    ..In addition, we provide evidence for the incremental validity of spirit possession as a trauma-related psychological disorder in this context...