Dr. Mark Jordans, PhD

Senior Technical Advisor
  Amstardam , NL

Dr. Mark Jordans, child psychologist, is a Reader, Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Humanitarian Settings at the Center for Global Mental Health, King’s College London and works as Director of Research & Development for the NGO War Child in the Netherlands. He is the founder and Senior Technical Advisor of TPO Nepal, where he worked between 1999 and 2011.

He holds an honorary appointment, as Associate Professor, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. His work focuses on the development, implementation and evaluation of psychosocial and mental health care systems in low and middle income countries, especially for children in adversities and in fragile states. He has directed intervention and research programs for torture survivors, children affected by political violence, former child soldiers, refugees and trafficked youth in Nepal, Burundi, Sudan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Sri Lanka. He has been involved in mental health research for the last fourteen years and has published more than 100 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. He has presented papers in 16 international conferences and worked in the publication of 8 manuals.

Projects:

  1. Evaluation of Group PM+ 2016-2019- Principal Investigator (PI)
  2. Emerging Mental Health Systems in low- and middle-income countries (EMERALD) 2012-2017- Co-Principal Investigator (co-PI)/ Country Lead for Nepal
  3. Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME) 2010-2018- Co-Principal Investigator (co-PI)/ Country Lead for Nepal
  4. Disaster Mental Health Intervention 2014-2017- Co-Investigator (Co-I)
  5. Mental Health Beyond Facilities (mhBEF) 2012-2014- Co-Investigator (Co-I)/ Country Lead for Nepal
  6. Reintegration Child Soldiers Nepal 2006-2009- Co-Investigator (co-I)
  7. Classroom based psychosocial care 2007-2008- Principal Investigator (PI)

 Publications:

Subba, P., Luitel, N.P., Kohrt, B.A. &Jordans, M.J.D. (2017) Improving detection of mental health problems in community settings in Nepal: Development and Pilot testing of the Community Informant Detection Tool. Conflict and Health.

  1. Hanlon, C., Semrau, M., Alem, A., Abayneh, S., Abdulmalik, J., Docrat, S., Evans-Lacko, S., Gureje, O., Jordans, M.J.D., Lempp, H., Mugisha, J., Petersen, I., Shidhaye, R. & Thornicroft, G. (2017). Evaluating capacity-building for mental health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries for service users and caregivers, service planners and researchers. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 1-8.doi:10.1017/S2045796017000440
  2. Chisholm, D. & Heslin,M., Docrat, S., Nanda., Shidaye, R., Upadhaya, N., Jordans, M.J.D., Abdulmalik, J., Olaywiwola, S., Gureje, O., Kizza, D., Misha J., Kigozi, , Hanlon, C., Aduguna, M., Sanders, R., Pretoriuis, C., Thornicroft, G.J., & Lund, C. (2017). Scaling-up services for psychosis, depression and epilepsy in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 26(3), 234-244. doi:10.1017/S2045796016000408.
  3. Tomlinson, M., Jordans, M.J.D., MacMillan, H., Betancourt, T., Hunt, X., & Mikton, C. (2017). Research priority setting for integrated early child development and violence prevention (ECD+) in low and middle income countries: An expert opinion exercise. Child Abuse & Neglect, 72, 131-139. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.07.021
  4. Luitel, N.P., Jordans, M.J.D., Kohrt, B.A., Rathod, S.D., Komproe, I.H. (2017). Treatment gap and barriers for mental health care: A cross-sectional community survey in Nepal. PLoS ONE 12(8): e0183223. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183223
  5. Upadhaya, N., Jordans, M.J.D., Pokhrel, R., Gurung, D., Adhikari, R.P. Petersen, I. & Komproe, I.H. (2017) Current situations and future directions for mental health system governance in Nepal: Findings from a qualitative study. International Journal of Mental Health Systems.
  6. Jordans, M.J.D., Kohrt, B.A., Luitel, N.P., Lund, C. & Komproe, I.H. (2017). Proactive community case finding to facilitate treatment seeking for mental disorders, Nepal. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 95(7), 531-534.
  7. Gurung, D., Upadhyaya, N., Magar, J., Giri, N.P., Hanlon, C., Jordans, M.J.D. Service user and care giver involvement in mental health system strengthening in Nepal: a qualitative study on barriers and facilitating factors. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 2017;11(1):30.
  8. Jordans, M.J.D., Rathod, S., Fekadu, A., Medhin, G., Kigozi, F., Kohrt, B., Luitel, N., Petersen, I., Shidhaye, R., Ssebunnya, J., Patel, V. & Lund, C. (2017). Suicidal ideation and behaviour among community and health care seeking populations in five low-and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences, 1-10.
  9. Petersen, I., Marais, D., Abdulmalik, J., Ahuja, S., Alem, A., Chisholm, D., Egbe, C., Gureje, O., Hanlon, C., Lund, C., Shidhaye, R., Jordans, M.J.D., Kigoze, F.,Mugisha, J., Upadhaya, N. & Thornicroft, G. (2017). Strengthening mental health system governance in six low-and middle-income countries in Africa and South Asia: challenges, needs and potential strategies. Health Policy and Planning. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czx014
  10. Kane, J. C., Luitel, N. P., Jordans, M. J. D., Kohrt, B. A., Weissbecker, I., & Tol, W. A. (2017). Mental health and psychosocial problems in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquakes: findings from a representative cluster sample survey. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 1-10.
  11. Jordans, M.J.D., van den Broek, M., Brown, F., Coetzee, A., Ellermeijer, R.E.C., Hartog, K., Steen, H. F., Miller, K.E. (In Press). Supporting Children Affected by War. In: A. Nickerson & N. Morina (Eds.) Mental Health in Refugee and Post Conflict Populations.
  12. Jordans, M.J.D., Chisholm, D., Semrau, M., Upadhaya, N., Abdulmalik, J., Ahuja, S., Alem, A., Hanlon, C., Kigozi, F., Mugisha, J., Petersen, I., Shidhaye, R., Lund, C., Thornicroft, G. & Gureje, O. (2016). Indicators for routine monitoring of effective mental health care coverage in low and middle income settings: A Delphi study. Health Policy & Planning.
  13. Thomas, F.C., Tol. W.A., Vallipuram, A., Sivayokan, S., Jordans, M.J.D., Reis. R. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2016). Emic perspectives on the impact of armed conflict on children’s mental health and psychosocial well0being: applying a social ecological framework of resilience in Nothern Sri Lanka. Peace and Conflict.
  14. Chisholm, D. & Heslin,M., Docrat, S., Nanda., Shidaye, R., Upadhaya, N., Jordans, M.J.D., Abdulmalik, J., Olaywiwola, S., Gureje, O., Kizza, D., Misha J., Kigozi, , Hanlon, C., Aduguna, M., Sanders, R., Pretoriuis, C., Thornicroft, G.J., & Lund, C. (2016). Scaling-up services for psychosis, depression and epilepsy in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences.
  15. Rathod, S.D., De Silva, M.J., Ssebunnya, J., Breuer, E., Murhar, V., Luitel, N.P., Medhin, G., Kigozi, F., Shidhaye, R., Fekadu, A., Jordans, M.J.D., Patel, V., Tomlinson, M. & Lund, C. (2016) Treatment Contact Coverage for Probable Depressive and Probable Alcohol Use Disorders in Four Low- and Middle-Income Country Districts: The PRIME Cross Sectional Community Surveys. PLoS ONE, 11(9): e0162038. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0162038
  16. Kohrt, B. A., Yang, M., Rai, S., Bhardwaj, A., Tol, W. A., &Jordans, M.J.D. (2016). Recruitment of child soldiers in Nepal: Mental health status and risk factors for voluntary participation of youth in armed groups. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 22(3), 208.
  17. Upadhaya, N., Jordans, M.J.D., Abdulmalik, J., Ahuja, S., Alem, A., Hanlon, C., Kigozi, F., Kizza, D., Lund, C., Semrau, M., Shidhaye, R., Thornicroft, G., Komproe, I.H., Gureje, O. (2016). Information systems for mental health in six low and middle-income countries: cross country situation analysis. International Journal of Mental Health Systems
  18. Murray, L. &Jordans, M.J.D. (2016). Rethinking the service delivery system of psychological interventions in low and middle income countries. BMC Psychiatry, 16: 234, DOI 10.1186/s12888-016-0938-y
  19. Burkey, M. D., Ghimire, L., Adhikari, R. P., Wissow, L. S., Jordans, M. J., & Kohrt, B. A. (2016). The ecocultural context and child behavior problems: A qualitative analysis in rural Nepal. Social Science & Medicine, 159, 73-82.
  20. Fekadu A, Medhin G, Selamu M, Shiferaw T, Hailemariam M, Rathod SD, Jordans M.J.D., Teferra S, Lund C, Breuer E, Prince M, Giorgis TW, Alem A, Hanlon C. (2016). Non-fatal suicidal behaviour in rural Ethiopia: a cross-sectional facility- and population-based study. BMC Psychiatry, 16, 75-81
  21. Miller, K.E. &Jordans, M.J.D. (2016) Determinants of Children’s Mental Health in War-Torn Settings: Translating Research into Action. Current Psychiatry Report, 19
  22. Jordans, M.J.D., Pigott, H. & Tol, W.A. (2016). Interventions for Children Affected by Armed Conflict: a Systematic Review of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Current Psychiatry Report, 18, 9, DOI 10.1007/s11920-015-0648-z.
  23. Kohrt, B.A., Luitel, N.P., Acharya, P. &Jordans, M.J.D. (2016). Detection of Depression in Low Resource Settings: Validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Cultural Concepts of Distress in Nepal. BMC Psychiatry
  24. Shidhaye, R., Sikander, S., Jordans, M.J.D., De Silva, P. & Chatterjee, S. (2015). Mental Health Programs and Policies in South Asia: Initiatives and Obstacles. In: Mental Health in South Asia: Ethics, Resources, Programs and Legislation. (Eds.) J.K. Trivedi & A. Tripathi. Dortdrecht: Springer
  25. Kohrt, B. A., Ramaiya, M. K., Rai, S., Bhardwaj, A., &Jordans, M. J. D. (2015). Development of a scoring system for non-specialist ratings of clinical competence in global mental health: a qualitative process evaluation of the Enhancing Assessment of Common Therapeutic Factors (ENACT) scale. Global Mental Health, 2, e23. doi:10.1017/gmh.2015.21
  26. Susanty, D., Jordans, M.J.D., Irmayani, R. & Tol, W.A. (2015). A classroom based intervention in conflict affected Poso, Indonesia: synthesising lessons learned from research and practice. Intervention, 13, 3, 279 – 288
  27. Chowdhary, N., Anand, A., Dimidjian, S., Shinde, S., Weobong, B., Balaji, M., Hollon, S.D., Rahman, A., Wilson, G.T., Verdeli, H., Araya, R., King, M., Jordans, M.J.D., Fairburn, C., Kirkwood, B. & Patel, V. (2015). The Healthy Activity Program lay counsellor delivered treatment for severe depression in India: systematic development and randomised evaluation. British Journal of Psychiatry, DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114. 161075
  28. De Silva, M.J., Rathod, S.D., Hanlon, C., Breuer, E., Chisholm, D., Fekadu, A., Jordans, M.J.D., Kigozi, F., Petersen, I., Shidhaye, R., Medhin, G., Ssebunnya, J., Prince, M., Thornicroft, G., Tomlinson, M., Lund, C. & Patel, V. (2015) Evaluation of district mental healthcare plans: the PRIME consortium methodology. British Journal of Psychiatry, DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153858
  29. Hanlon, C., Fekadu, A., Jordans, M.J.D., Kigozi, F., Petersen, I., Shidhaye, R., Honikman, S., Lund, C., Prince, M., Raja, S., Thornicroft, G., Tomlinson, M. & Patel, V. (2015). District mental healthcare plans for five low- and middle-income countries: commonalities, variations and evidence gaps. British Journal of Psychiatry, DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153767
  30. Breuer, E., De Silva, M.J., Shidaye, R., Petersen, I., Nakku, J., Jordans, M.J.D., Fekadu, A. & Lund, C. (2015). Planning and evaluating mental health services in low- and middle-income countries using theory of change. British Journal of Psychiatry, DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153841
  31. Jordans, M.J.D., Luitel, N.P., Pokhrel, P. & Patel, V. (2015). Development and pilot-testing of a mental health care plan in Nepal. British Journal of Psychiatry, s1–s8. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153718
  32. Adhikari, R.P., Upadhaya, N., Gurung, D., Luitel, N.P., Burkey, M.D., Kohrt, B.A., &Jordans, M.J.D. (2015). Perceived behavioral problems of school aged children in rural Nepal: A qualitative study. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 9, 25, 1-9.
  33. Semrau, M., Evans-Lacko, S., Alem, A., Ayuso-Mateos, J.L., Chisholm, D., Gureje,O., Hanlon, C., Jordans, M.J.D., Kigozi, F., Lempp, H., Lund, C., Petersen, I., Shidhaye, R. & Thornicroft, G. (2015). Strengthening mental health systems in low- and middle-income countries: the Emerald Programme. BMC Medicine, 13, 79, DOI 10.1186/s12916-015-0309-4
  34. Kohrt, B.A., Jordans, M.J.D., Rai, S., Shrestha, P., Luitel, N.P., Ramaiya, M., Singla, D.R. & Patel, V. (2015). Therapist Competence in Global Mental Health: Development of the Enhancing Assessment of Common Therapeutic Factors (ENACT) Rating Scale. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 69, 11-21.
  35. Luitel, N.P., Jordans, M.J.D., Adhikari, A., Upadhaya, N.P, Hanlon, C. Lund, C. & Komproe, I.H. (2015). Mental Health Care in Nepal: Current Situation and Challenges for Development of a District Mental Health Care Plan. BMC Conflict and Health, 9, 3, DOI 10.1186/s13031-014-0030-5.
  36. Jordans, M.J.D., Kohrt, B.A., Luitel, N.P., Komproe, I. & Lund, C. (2015). Accuracy of pro-active case finding for mental disorders by community informants in Nepal. British Journal of Psychiatry, 207, 1–6. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.141077.
  37. Jordans, M.J.D. & Tol, W.A. (2015). Mental health and psychosocial support for children in areas of armed conflict: call for a systems approach. BJPsych International, 12, 3, 72-75.
  38. Luitel, N.P., Jordans, M.J.D., Adhikari, A., Upadhaya, N.P, Hanlon, C. Lund, C. & Komproe, I.H. (In press). Mental Health Care in Nepal: Current Situation and Challenges for Development of a District Mental Health Care Plan. BMC Conflict and Health.
  39. Jordans, M.J.D., Kohrt, B.A., Luitel, N.P., Komproe, I. & Lund, C. (In press). Accuracy of pro-active case finding for mental disorders by community informants in Nepal. British Journal of Psychiatry.
  40. Kohrt, B.A., Jordans, M.J.D., Koirala, S., Worthman, C.M. (2015). Designing mental health interventions informed by child development and human biology theory: A social ecology intervention for child soldiers in Nepal. American Journal of Human Biology, 27, 27-40.
  41. Jordans, M.J.D., Kaufman, A., Brenman, N.F.. Luitel, N.P., Tol, W.A. Adhikari.R. & Komproe, I. (2014). Suicide in South Asia: a scoping review. BMC Psychiatry, 14, 358
  42. Jordans, M.J.D., Tol, W.A. & Ventevogel, P. (2014). Editorial: New Frontiers for Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing in Low Income and Conflict Affected Settings. Intervention, 12(s), 5-14.
  43. Upadhaya, N., Luitel, N.P., Koirala, S., Adhikari, R.P., Gurung, D., Shrestha, P., Tol, W.A., Kohrt, B.A. &Jordans, M.J.D. (2014). The role of mental health and psychosocial support NGOs: Reflections from post-conflict Nepal. Intervention, 12(s), 113-128.
  44. Murray, L.K., Tol, W.A., Jordans, M.J.D., Zangana, G.S., Amin, A.M., Bolton, P., Bass, J., Bonilla-Escobar, F.J. & Thornicroft, G. (2014). Dissemination and Implementation of Evidence-Based Mental Health Interventions in Post-Conflict, Low-Resource Settings. Intervention, 12(s), 94-112.
  45. Adhikari, R.P., Kohrt, B.A., Luitel, N.P., Upadhaya, N., Gurung, D. &Jordans, M.J.D. (2014). Supportive and risk factors of psychosocial wellbeing related to the reintegration of former child soldiers in Nepal. Intervention, 12, 3, 367 – 378.
  46. Brenman, F.N., Luitel, N.P., Mall, S. &Jordans, M.J.D. (2014). Demand and access to mental health services: A qualitative formative study in Nepal. International Health and Human Right, 14: 22.
  47. Mendenhall, E., De Silva, M.J., Hanlon, C., Petersen, I., Shidhaye, R., Jordans, M.J.D., Luitel, N., Ssebunnya, J., Fekadu, A., Patel, V., Tomlinson, M. & Lund, C. (2014). Acceptability and feasibility of using non-specialist health workers to deliver mental health care: Stakeholder perceptions from the PRIME district sites in Ethiopia, India, Nepal, South Africa, and Uganda. Social Science & Medicine, 118, 33-42
  48. Hall, B.J., Tol, W.A., Jordans, M.J.D., Bass, J., de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2014). Understanding resilience in armed conflict: Social resources and mental health of children in Burundi. Social Science & Medicine, 114, 121-128.
  49. Hanlon, C., Luitel, N. P., Kathree, T., Murhar, V., Shrivasta, S., Medhin, G., Ssebunnya, J., Fekadu, A., Shidhaye, R., Petersen, I., Jordans, M.J.D., Kigozi, F. Thornicroft, G., Patel, V., Tomlinson, M., Lund, C., Breuer, E., De Silva, M. & Prince, M. (2014). Challenges and Opportunities for Implementing Integrated Mental Health Care: A District Level Situation Analysis from Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries. PLoS One, 9, 2.
  50. Purgato, M., Gross, A.L., Jordans, M.J.D., de Jong, J.T.V.M., Barbui, C. & Tol, W.A. (2014). Psychosocial interventions for children exposed to traumatic events in low and middle income countries:study protocol of an individual patient data meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews, 3, 34.
  51. Aggarwal, N.K., Balaji, M., Kumar, S., Mohanraj, R., Rahman, A., Verdeli, H., Araya, R., Jordans, M.J.D., Chowdhary, N. & Patel, V. (2014). Using consumer perspectives to inform the cultural adaptation of psychological treatments for depression: a mixed methods study from South Asia. Journal of Affective Disorders, 163, 88-101.
  52. Ventevogel, P., Komproe, I. H., Jordans, M. J.D., Feo, P., & De Jong, J. T. (2014). Validation of the Kirundi versions of brief self-rating scales for common mental disorders among children in Burundi. BMC psychiatry, 14(1), 36.
  53. Tol, W.A., Komproe, I.H., Jordans, M.J.D., Ndayisaba, A., Ntamutumba, P., Sipsma, H., Smallegange, E.S., Macy, R.D. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2014) School-based mental health intervention for children in war-affected Burundi: a cluster randomized trial. BMC Medicine.
  54. Jordans, M.J.D., Luitel, N.P., Tomlinson, M. & Komproe, I.H. (2013). Setting priorities for mental health care in Nepal: a formative study. BMC Psychiatry, 13(1), 332-
  55. Jordans, M.J.D. & Tol, W.A. (2013). Mental health in humanitarian settings: Shifting focus to care systems. International Health, 5, 9-10.
  56. Chowdhary, N., Jotheeswaran, A.T., Nadkarni, A., Hollon, S.D., King, M., Jordans, M.J.D., Rahman, A., Verdeli, H., Araya, R. & Patel, V. (2013). The methods and outcomes of cultural adaptations of psychological treatments for depressive disorders: a systematic review. Psychological Medicine.
  57. Ventevogel, P., Jordans, M.J.D., Reis, R. & de Jong J.T.V.M. (2013).Madness or sadness? Local concepts of mental illness in four conflict-affected African communities.BMC Conflict & Health, 7, 1-16.
  58. Tol, W.A., Song, S. &Jordans, M.J.D. (2013) Resilience in children and adolescents living in areas of armed conflict: A systematic review of findings in low- and middle-income countries. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54, 445-460.
  59. Reiffers, R., Dahal, R.P., Koirala, S., Gerritzen, R., Upadhaya, N., Luitel, N. Bhattarai, S. &Jordans, M.J.D. (2013). Psychosocial support system for Bhutanese refugees in Nepal.
  60. Luitel, N., Jordans, M.J.D., Murphy, A., Roberts, B. & McCambridge, J. (2013) Prevalence and patterns of hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption assessed using the AUDIT among Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. Alcohol & Alcoholism.
  61. Luitel, N., Jordans, M.J.D., Sapkota, R.P., Tol, W.A., Kohrt, B.A., Thapa, S., Komproe, I. & Sharma, B. (2013). Conflict and Mental Health: Cross sectional epidemiological study in Nepal. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 48, 183-193.
  62. Jordans, M.J.D., Komproe, I.H., Tol, W.A., Nsereko, J. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2013). Treatment processes of counselling for children in Southern Sudan: a replicated n=1 design. Community Mental Health Journal, 43, 1-14.
  63. Jordans, M.J.D., Tol, W.A., Komproe, I.H. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2013). Development of a psychosocial care package for children in areas of armed conflict: A case study on the interplay between practice and research. PLoS Medicine, 10, 1-6.
  64. Jordans, M.J.D., Tol, W.A., Ndayisaba, A. & Komproe, I. (2012). A controlled evaluation of a brief parenting psycho-education intervention in Burundi.Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. DOI 10.1007/s00127-012-0630-6
  65. Lund, C., Tomlinson, M., De Silva, M., Fekadu, A., Shidhaye, R.,Jordans, M.J.D., Petersen, I., Bhana, A., Kigozi, F., Prince, M., Thornicroft G., Hanlon, C., Kakuma, R., McDaid, D., Saxena, S., Chisholm, S., Raja, S., Kippen-Wood, S., Honikman, S., Fairall, L. & Vikram Patel. (2012). PRIME: A programme to reduce the treatment gap for mental disorders in five low and middle-income countries. PLoS Medicine. e1001359/doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001359
  66. Jordans, M.J.D., Komproe, I.H., Tol, W.A., Ndayisaba, A., Nisabwe, T. & Kohrt, B. (2012). Reintegration of former children soldiers in Burundi: A retrospective tracer study. BMC Public Health.12:905 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-905.
  67. Semrau, M., van Ommeren, M., Blagescu, M., Griekspoor, A., Howard, L.M., Jordans, M.J.D., Lempp, H., Marini, A., Pedersen, J., Pilotte, I., Slade, M. & Thornicroft, G. (2012).The Development and Psychometric Properties of the Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs (HESPER) Scale. American Journal of Public Health, 102, 10, 55-63.
  68. Kohrt, B., Hruschka, D., Worthman, C., Kunz, R., Baldwin, J. Upadhaya, N., Acharya, N, Koirala, S., Thapa, S., Tol, W., Jordans, M.J.D., Rodkin, N., Sharma, V. & Nepal, M. (In press). A prospective study of political violence and mental health in Nepal. British Journal of Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.096222
  69. Jordans, M.J.D., Semrau, M., Thornicroft, G. & van Ommeren, M. (2012). The role of perceived needs in explaining the association between trauma exposure and distress in humanitarian settings in Haiti, Jordan and Nepal. British Journal of Psychiatry. DOI:10.1192/ bjp.bp.111.102137
  70. Luitel, N., Jordans, M.J.D., Sapkota, R.P., Tol, W.A., Kohrt, B.A., Thapa, S., Komproe, I. & Sharma, B. (2013). Conflict and Mental Health: Cross sectional epidemiological study in Nepal. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 48, 183-193.
  71. Jordans, M.J.D., Komproe, I.H., Tol, W.A., Smallegange, E., Ntamatumba, P. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2012). Potential treatment mechanisms of counselling for children in Burundi: A series of n=1 studies. American Journal of American Orthopsychiatry, 82, 3, 338-348.
  72. Morris, J., Berrino, A., Crow, C., Jordans, M.J.D., Okema, L. & Jones, L. (2012). Does combining infant stimulation with emergency feeding improve psychosocial outcomes for displaced mothers and babies? A controlled evaluation from Northern Uganda. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 82, 3, 349-357.
  73. Tol, W.A., Komproe, I.H., Jordans, M.J.D., Vallipuram, A., Sipsma, H., Sivayokan, S. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2012) Outcomes and moderators of a preventive school based mental health intervention for children affected by war in Sri Lanka: A cluster randomized trial. World Psychiatry, 11, 114-122.
  74. Jordans, M.J.D., Luitel, N.P., Poudyal, B., Tol, W.A. & Komproe, I.H. (2012).Evaluation of a brief training on mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies: a pre and post assessment in Nepal. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 27, 3, 235-238.
  75. Claessens, L.C., de Graaff, D., Jordans, M.J.D., Boer, F., & Van Yperen, T. (2012). Participatory evaluation of psychosocial interventions for children: a pilot study in Northern Uganda. Intervention, 10,43-58.
  76. Jordans, M.J.D., Luitel, N.P., Poudyal, B., Tol, W.A. & Komproe, I.H. (2012).Evaluation of a brief training on mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies: a pre and post assessment in Nepal. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 27, 3, 1-4.
  77. Claessens, L.C., de Graaff, D., Jordans, M.J.D., Boer, F., & Van Yperen, T. (2012). Participatory evaluation of psychosocial interventions for children: a pilot study in Northern Uganda. Intervention, 10,43-58.
  78. Murray, L.K., Dorsey, S., Bolton, P., Jordans, M.J.D., Rahman, A., Bass, J. & Verdeli, H. (2011). Building capacity in mental health interventions in low resource countries: An apprenticeship model for training local providers. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 5, 30, doi:10.1186/1752-4458-5-30
  79. Kohrt, B.A., Jordans, M.J.D., Tol, W.A., Luitel, N.P., Maharjan, S.M. & Upadhaya, N. (2011). Validation of cross-cultural child mental health and psychosocial research instruments: adapting the Depression Self-Rating Scale and Child PTSD Symptom Scale in Nepal. BMC Psychiatry, 11,127 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-11-127.
  80. Jordans, M.J.D., Komproe, I.H., & Tol, W.A. (2011). Mental health interventions for children in adversity: pilot-testing a research strategy for treatment selection in low-income settings. Social Science and Medicine, 73, 456-466.
  81. Tol, W.A., Komproe, I.H., Jordans, M.J.D., Susanty, D. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2011). Developing a function impairment measure for children affected by political violence: A mixed methods approach in Indonesia. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 1–9.
  82. Jordans, M.J.D., Komproe, I.H., Tol, W.A., Susanty, D., Vallipuram, A., Ntamutumba, P., Lasuba, A.C. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2011). Practice-driven evaluation of a multi-layered psychosocial care package for children in areas of armed conflict. Community Mental Health Journal, 47, 267-277.
  83. Tol, W.A., Komproe, I.K., Jordans, M.J.D., Gross, A., Susanty, D., de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2010). Mediators and Moderators of a Psychosocial Intervention for Children Affected by Political Violence. Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 78, 6, 818-828.
  84. Kohrt, B.A., Jordans, M.J.D., Tol, W.A., Perrera, E., Karki, R., Koirala, S. & Upadhaya, N. (2010). Social ecology of child soldiers: Child, family, and community determinants of mental health, psychosocial wellbeing, and reintegration in Nepal. Transcultural Psychiatry, 47, 727-753.
  85. Jordans, M.J.D., Tol, W.A., Komproe, I.H., Lasuba, A.C., Ntamutumba, P., Susanty, D., Vallipuram, A. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2010). Comprehensive psychosocial support for children in areas of armed conflict. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 4, 15, 1-12.
  86. Kohrt, B.A., Jordans, M.J.D.& Morley, C.A. (2010). Four principles of mental health research and psychosocial intervention for child soldiers: lessons learned in Nepal. International Psychiatry, 7, 3, 58-60.
  87. Jordans, M.J.D., Upadhaya, N., Tol, W., Shrestha, P., Doucet, J., Gurung, R., Aguettant, J., Mahat, P., Shah, S., Adhikari, D., Sharma, K. P., Sherchan, S., Maharjan, R., Kunwar, A., Regmi, I. R., Shyangwa, P., Melville, A. & van Ommeren, M. (2010). Introducing the IASC Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Guidelines in Emergencies in Nepal: A process Intervention, 8, 52-63.
  88. Jordans, M.J.D., Komproe, I.H., Tol, W.A., Kohrt, B., Luitel, N., Macy, R.D.M. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2010). Evaluation of a classroom-based psychosocial intervention in conflict-affected Nepal: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51, 818-826.
  89. Tol, W.A., Kohrt, B., Jordans, M.J.D., Thapa, S., Pettigrew, J., Upadhaya, N., & De Jong, J.T.V.M. (2010). Political violence and psychosocial wellbeing in Nepal: A systematic multi-disciplinary review. Social Science & Medicine, 70, 35-44.
  90. Jordans, M.J.D., Tol, W.A., Komproe, I.H., & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2009). Systematic review of evidence and treatment approaches: Psychosocial and mental health care for children in war. Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 14, 2-14.
  91. Karki, R., Kohrt, B. &Jordans, M.J.D. (2009). Child Led Indicators: Pilot testing a child participation tool for psychosocial support programs for former child soldiers in Nepal. Intervention, 7, 92-109.
  92. Tol, W.A., Komproe, I.H., Jordans, M.J.D., Sharma, B. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2009). Brief multi-disciplinary treatment for torture survivors in Nepal: A naturalistic effectiveness study. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 55, 39-56.
  93. Jordans, M.J.D., Komproe, I.H., Tol, W.A. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2009). Screening for psychosocial distress amongst war affected children: Cross-cultural construct validity of the CPDS.Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50, 514-523.
  94. Jordans, M.J.D., Komproe, I.H., Ventevogel, P., Tol, W.A. & de Jong, J.T.V.M. (2008). Development and validation of the Child Psychosocial Distress Screener in Burundi. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 78, 290-299.
  95. Tol, W.A., Komproe, I.H., Susanty, D., Jordans, M.J.D.& De Jong, J.T.V.M. (2008). School-based mental health intervention for political violence-affected children in Indonesia: A cluster randomized trial. JAMA, 300, 655-662.
  96. Kohrt, B.A., Jordans, M.J.D., Tol, W.A., Speckman, R.A., Maharjan, S.M., Worthman, C.M. & Komproe, I.H. (2008). Comparison of mental health between former child soldiers and children never conscripted by armed groups in Nepal. JAMA, 300, 691-702.
  97. Kohrt,A., Jordans, M.J.D.& Worthman, C.M. (2008). Measuring mental health in child soldiers: Reply. JAMA, 300, 2729-2730.
  98. Kieft, B., Jordans, M.J.D., de Jong, J.T.V.M. & Kamperman, A.M. (2008). Paraprofessional Counselling within Dutch Asylum Seekers communities: Transferring an approach for a non-Western context to a European setting. Transcultural Psychiatry, 45,105-120.
  99. Tol, W.A. &Jordans, M.J.D. (2008). Evidence-based psychosocial practice in political violence affected setting. Intervention, 6, 66-69.
  100. Tol, W.A., Komproe, I.H., Thapa, S.B., Jordans, M.J.D., Sharma, B. & de Jong, J.T. M. (2007). Disability associated with psychiatric symptoms among torture survivors in rural Nepal. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 195, 463-469.
  101. Jordans, M.J.D., Keen, A.S., Joshi, H. & Tol, W.A. (2007). Psychosocial counselling in Nepal: Perspectives of counsellors and beneficiaries. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 29, 57-68.
  102. Jordans, M.J.D.& Tol W.A. (2006). PTSD, trauma and culture from an intervention perspective. [Original Title: PTSS, trauma and cultuur vanuit een interventie perspectief.] Cultuur, Migratie en Gezondheid, 3, 101-103.
  103. Tol, W.A., Jordans, M.J.D., Regmi, S. & Sharma, B. (2005). Cultural adaptations to the practice of psychosocial counselling in Nepal: A conceptual analysis.Transcultural Psychiatry, 42, 317-333.
  104. Jordans, M.J.D.& Sharma, B. (2004). Integration of psychosocial counselling in care systems in Nepal.Intervention, 2, 171-180.
  105. Jordans, M.J.D., Tol, W., Sharma, B. & van Ommeren, M. (2003). Training psychosocial counselling in Nepal: Content review of a specialised training program. Intervention, 1, 18-35.

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