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A sense of ownership is a so important if you want to achieve behaviour change. Always empower the people you work with. MHB Research Group College of Medicine Rwanda Biomedical Centre

Reflecting on ways of expanding the ambition of coordinated support for #refugees & #asylumseekers to focus more on the possibilities that they wish to realise. #mhpss #capabilities Epidemiology & Psychiatric Sciences Cambridge University Press - Academic Carine van der Boor cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Check-out our latest newsletter to learn about recent developments with the COSTAR Project evaluating the effectiveness of Community-based Sociotherapy for supporting forcibly displaced people. #Refugees #mhpss #Rwanda #Uganda

Our latest research on improving access to evidence based services for autism and developmental disorders in low resource settings has just been published. Read here: rdcu.be/clGPV Special thanks to autism speaks Grand Challenges Canada HDRFoundation Dr. Zill-e-Huma Atif Rahman

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#MvuraNkuvureQuotes A sociotherapy graduate states in her testimony, "Before #MvuraNkuvure I used to fight over anything and I am this kind of person who can’t keep silent. But Mvura Nkuvure taught me how to live with my family without fights" #family

We are very pleased to have completed the primary outcome assessments in our RCT study evaluating the effectiveness of adapted Community-based Sociotherapy for #refugees in Uganda & Rwanda. #mhpss #psychosicial Sociotherapy Rwanda University of Rwanda Makerere University Institute of Population Health

Bringing the critical into #doctoral supervision - Developing #supervision attentive to both the micro-level (e.g. interpersonal dynamics) and macro-level (e.g. epistemic injustice, & linguistic hegemonies) & the shaping influences between these levels. journals.hb.se/jphe/article/v…

Key factors for a ‘good life’ for Congolese #refugees in Uganda & Rwanda ▪️Harmonious personal & family relationships ▪️Appearing in public without shame ▪️Peace, security & community relationships New paper from the COSTAR Project authors.elsevier.com/c/1eFeK-CmUs2L6 Soc Sci & Medicine #capability

Many congratulations to Carine van der Boor for successfully defending her PhD thesis: “My happiness, I can build it myself” The Mental Health and Well-being of #AsylumSeeking and #Refugee Populations in High-Income Countries: A Capabilities Approach An absolute pleasure to supervise.

#MvuraNkuvureQuotes 'There is a hope that #MvuraNkuvure will have a continuous influence. Participants have improved their social relations regardless of their differences. They indicated that they started becoming like a family' Emmanuel Sarabwe COSTAR Project rb.gy/294soy

Our new paper reporting on the translation, contextual adaptation & pilot testing of psychosocial & mental health assessment instruments for Congolese #Refugees in Rwanda & Uganda conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Communication about distress & well-being: Epistemic & ethical considerations journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Wise words Dixon Chibanda " Listen to others, allow yourself to be wrong and be flexible to change". Its hard to be kind to yourself when you get it wrong - self-compassion and compassion to others needs practice Friendship Bench

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Ruminate, anticipate, or appreciate? The past, the future, or the present? • Let yesterday & tomorrow be. • Connect with where you are now. • Noice the thoughts & feelings that are showing up. • Recognise that you are much more than what you think & feel. #FlexibleMind

I’m looking forward to delivering the Annual Peter Dempsey Lecture at UCC Ireland on ‘Supporting the mental health needs of forcibly displaced people’ in conjunction with CorkMigrantCentre #Refugee #mhpss - Thursday 5th May at 4.30pm

Preventing the mental health consequences of #war in #refugee populations bit.ly/3MxQmR8 #mentalhealth @pimcuijpers Epidemiology and Psychiatry Verona Ceren Acarturk Ross G. White Marit Sijbrandij Rachel Churchill

Happy to present on linguistic & cultural adaptation of digital interventions & tools in low resource settings. 2nd presentation from the @ActionLabMonash Monash Information Technology. I discussed my experiences from the #Chobi7 COSTAR Project 1st Monash Interdisciplinary Workshop on Language

Investigating the use of community based sociotherapy for Congolese #refugees in Rwanda & Uganda - our protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial COSTAR Project Sociotherapy Rwanda Psychotraumatology #mentalhealth #wellbeing tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…