Theresa S. Betancourt

Interventions for Depression Symptoms Among Adolescent Survivors of War and Displacement in Northern Uganda

Paul Bolton, Judith Bass, Theresa S. Betancourt et al. · JAMA · 2007 · 560 citations

We left one war and came to another: Resource loss, acculturative stress, and caregiver–child relationships in Somali refugee families.

Theresa S. Betancourt, Saida M. Abdi, Brandon S. Ito et al. · Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology · 2014 · 355 citations · Full text

Ethnicity, Refugee Families, Resettlement Stressors +21

Past horrors, present struggles: The role of stigma in the association between war experiences and psychosocial adjustment among former child soldiers in Sierra Leone

Theresa S. Betancourt, Jessica Agnew‐Blais, Stephen E. Gilman et al. · Social Science & Medicine · 2009 · 318 citations · Full text

Past Horrors, Military Context, Present Struggles +11

Sierra Leone’s Former Child Soldiers: A Follow-Up Study of Psychosocial Adjustment and Community Reintegration

Theresa S. Betancourt, Ivelina Borisova, Timothy P. Williams et al. · Child Development · 2010 · 263 citations · Full text

Trauma History and Psychopathology in War‐Affected Refugee Children Referred for Trauma‐Related Mental Health Services in the United States

Theresa S. Betancourt, Elizabeth A. Newnham, Christopher M. Layne et al. · Journal of Traumatic Stress · 2012 · 258 citations · Full text