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SUMMARY:The Differential Effects of Different Categories of War Events\, A
 ge at Capture\, and Duration in Captivity on Depression in a Ugandan Cohor
 t of War-affected Youth - The WAYS Study - Dr Kennedy Amone-P'Olak (Univer
 sity of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20121113T160000Z
DTEND:20121113T170000Z
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CONTACT:Luning Sun
DESCRIPTION:Northern Uganda experienced a protracted civil war for over tw
 o decades with enormous mental health consequences for the population\, es
 pecially the youth. In 2011\, through Wellcome Trust funded African Instit
 utional Initiative programme to build capacity for health research in Afri
 ca\, the War-affected Youths Study (WAYS) started a longitudinal research 
 project to chart the trajectory of mental health problems in war-affected 
 youths. Individual\, family\, and community contextual factors that exacer
 bate or protect against mental health problems will be examined within the
  framework of the Stress Vulnerability Model (Schneiderman\,Ironson\, Sieg
 el\, 2005) and the Social Ecology Model (Bronfrenbrenner\, 1977\, 1994\; E
 arls\, Carlson\, 2001).\n\nThis talk will be on the extent to which differ
 ent categories of war events predict depression/anxiety in war-affected yo
 uths in northern Uganda (N = 539\, baseline age = 26.18\; SD=4.96\, min-ma
 x = 18 - 35\; age at abduction = 14.14\, SD= 4.21\, min-max = 7-28). We us
 ed univariable and multivariable regression models to determine the indivi
 dual and unique influence of various categories of war events on symptoms 
 of depression/anxiety and further examined between and within sex differen
 ces in stratified analyses. "Witnessing violence"\, "deaths" and sexual ab
 use were the most toxic and pervasive predictors of depression/anxiety\, e
 specially if the youths were abducted at a young age. Interventions to mit
 igate the mental health consequences of the war should take into considera
 tion the different types of war events.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Department of Psychology\, Downing Site\, Cambridg
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