Table 1.
Details of included reviews
| Review authors and year | Review design | Years of inclusion | Number of studies included | Total number of participants | Age of participants | Countries and regions included | Type of conflict included | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ager et al. [17] | Systematic review of quantitative studies | 1997–2012 | 10 | NR | Age 4 to late teens | Darfur, Indonesia, Myanmar, Palestine, Serbia, Sudan (north), Uganda, Yemen | Humanitarian and emergency contexts including conflict and natural disasters | |
| Apfel & Simon [1] | Unsystematic narrative review | NR | NR | NR | Children | Argentina, Basque, Bosnia, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Israel, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Mozambique, Palestine, Vietnam, worldwide holocaust survivors | War and armed conflict | |
| Betancourt et al. [14] | Systematic review of quantitative studies | 1990–2011 | 53 | 32,046 | Children, Adolescents & Youth | Angola, Bosnia, Burundi, Croatia, El Salvador, Indonesia, Israel, Kosovan & Roma refugees in Germany, Kosovo, Lebanon, Nepal, Palestine Rwandan & Somali refugees in Uganda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sudanese & Sierra Leonean refugees in USA | Post-conflict settings or a setting with protracted political violence | |
| Brown et al. [37] | Systematic review of quantitative studies (RCTs or CTs) | 1840–2015 | 28 | 5457 | ≤ 24 | Bosnia, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Iran, Kosovo, Lebanon, Nepal, Palestine, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Uganda | Areas affected by recent or ongoing conflict (post-World War II), including former child soldiers, and in a LMIC | |
| Gillies et al. [48] | Systematic review of quantitative studies (RCTs or quasi-RCTs) | 1974–2015 | 13 | 2936 | ≤ 18 | Bosnia, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Israel, Palestine, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka | Sub-group analysis based on type of trauma: Community violence or war | |
| Jordans, Pigott & Tol [36] | Systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies | 2009–2015 | 24 | 4848 | Children & Adolescents | Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Palestine, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Uganda | War, armed conflict or community violence, and a LMIC | |
| Jordans et al. [13] | Systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies | 1991–2008 | 66 | 1824 | Child & Adolescents | Afghanistan, Angola, Azarbaijan, Chechnya, Croatia, Bosnia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Iraq, Kosovo, Mexico, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Uganda, West-Bank & Gaza, Zimbabwe | War, armed conflict or community violence, and a LMIC | |
| Kalskma-Van Lith [49] | Unsystematic narrative review | NR | NR | NR | Children & Adolescents | NR | War-affected areas | |
| O’Sullivan, Bosqui & Shannon [15] | Systematic review of quantitative studies (RCTs or CTs) | 1806–2014 | 17 | 4956 | Youths 5–25 | Bosnia, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Israel, Lebanon, Nepal, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Uganda | Protracted armed conflict or political violence | |
| Peltonen & Punamäki [6] | Systematic literature review of quantitative studies (RCTs, quasi-experimental or experimental) | 1980–2008 | 19 | 1349 | < 18 | Bosnia, Croatia, Gaza, Kosovan refugees in Germany, New York, Refugees from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina in Slovenia Refugees in London, Somali refugees in Boston, Somali refugees in Uganda, Sri Lanka | Armed conflict, war, military violence, terrorism or living as refugees | |
| Tol, Song & Jordans [11] | Systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies | Up until 2012 | 53 | 730 | < 18 | Croatia, Afghanistan, Gaza, Sierra Leone | Armed conflict, war or political violence, and in a LMIC | |
| Tol et al. [20] | Systematic review of quantitative studies (RCTs) | Treatment, prevention and promotion | Up until Sept 2010 | 19 | 4239 | Sub-group analysis: Children & adolescents | Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burundi, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lebanon, Nepal, occupied Palestinian territories, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Uganda | Humanitarian disaster, war, armed conflict or political violence, in a LMIC |
| War Child [21] | Unsystematic narrative review | Treatment, prevention and promotion | NR | NR | NR | Children & adolescents | NR | War-affected areas |
CTs Controlled Trials, LMIC Low or Middle Income Country, NR Not reported, RCTs Randomised Controlled Trials