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 · 596 citations

Public Health, Psychiatry, Psychology +17

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 · 371 citations · Full text

Education, Human Development, Behavioral Health +16

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 · 320 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Conflict Studies, Psychiatry +15

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 · 271 citations · Full text

Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology +17

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 · 266 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Social Psychology, Child Welfare +7