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Joop T. V. M. de Jong

Joop T. V. M. de Jong

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
63
Citations
16360
World Ranking
1176
National Ranking
51

Overview

Joop T. V. M. de Jong is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily falls within the field of psychology, with a significant focus on clinical psychology and social psychology. Additional areas of study include general health professions, sociology and political science, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their work covers a variety of main topics including migration, health and trauma, mental health treatment and access, resilience and mental health, posttraumatic stress disorder research, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, child abuse and trauma, and health and conflict studies.

De Jong has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • The Effect of Psychological First Aid Training on Knowledge and Understanding about Psychosocial Support Principles: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial (2020), published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Effectiveness of a peer-refugee delivered psychological intervention to reduce psychological distress among adult Syrian refugees in the Netherlands: study protocol (2020), published in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology
  • Hallucinations and other psychotic experiences across diagnoses: A comparison of phenomenological features (2020), published in Psychiatry Research
  • Five Essential Elements of Immediate and Mid-Term Mass Trauma Intervention: Empirical Evidence (2021), published in Psychiatry
  • Protocol for a randomized controlled trial: peer-to-peer Group Problem Management Plus (PM+) for adult Syrian refugees in Turkey (2020), published in Trials

Frequent co-authors in their work include Ria Reis, Marit Sijbrandij, Wietse A. Tol, Stevan E. Hobfoll, and Tom Hendriks, indicating collaboration across various studies and projects.

In terms of publication venues, De Jong has contributed notably to the following journals and platforms:

  • International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Transcultural Psychiatry
  • Sleep and Vigilance
  • Research Square

Their research outputs reflect a concentration on psychological and psychosocial issues, particularly within populations affected by migration and trauma. The frequent recurring themes in their studies show engagement with both theoretical and applied aspects of mental health, including interventions for posttraumatic stress and psychosocial support strategies. The cross-disciplinary nature of their work encompasses psychological, social, and health-related dimensions.

Best Publications

  • Five Essential Elements of Immediate and Mid–Term Mass Trauma Intervention: Empirical Evidence

    Stevan E. Hobfoll;Patricia Watson;Carl C. Bell;Richard A. Bryant

  • Lifetime events and posttraumatic stress disorder in 4 postconflict settings.

    Joop T. V. M. de Jong;Ivan H. Komproe;Mark Van Ommeren;Mustafa El Masri

  • Common mental disorders in postconflict settings.

    Joop T V M de Jong;Ivan H Komproe;Mark Van Ommeren

  • Impact of a long asylum procedure on the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in Iraqi asylum seekers in The Netherlands.

    Cornelis J. Laban;Hajo B. P. E. Gernaat;Ivan H. Komproe;Bettine A. Schreuders

  • A meta-analytic review on treatment dropout in child and adolescent outpatient mental health care.

    Anna M. de Haan;Albert E. Boon;Joop T.V.M. de Jong;Joop T.V.M. de Jong;Joop T.V.M. de Jong;Machteld Hoeve

  • Pharmacotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Mathew Hoskins;Jennifer Pearce;Andrew Bethell;Liliya Dankova

  • Postmigration living problems and common psychiatric disorders in Iraqi asylum seekers in the Netherlands.

    Cornelis J. Laban;Hajo B.P.E. Gernaat;Ivan H. Komproe;Ingeborg Van Der Tweel

  • Preparing Instruments for Transcultural Research: Use of the Translation Monitoring Form with Nepali-Speaking Bhutanese Refugees:

    Mark van Ommeren;Bhogendra Sharma;Suraj Thapa;Ramesh Makaju

  • Trauma, War, and Violence: Public Mental Health in Socio-Cultural Context

    Joop de Jong

  • Evaluation of a classroom‐based psychosocial intervention in conflict‐affected Nepal: a cluster randomized controlled trial

    Mark J.D. Jordans;Ivan H. Komproe;Wietse A. Tol;Brandon A. Kohrt;Brandon A. Kohrt

  • Cultural concepts of distress and psychiatric disorders: literature review and research recommendations for global mental health epidemiology

    Brandon A Kohrt;Andrew Rasmussen;Bonnie N Kaiser;Emily E Haroz

  • School-based mental health intervention for children affected by political violence in Indonesia: a cluster randomized trial.

    Wietse A. Tol;Ivan H. Komproe;Dessy Susanty;Mark J. D. Jordans

  • The Efficacy of Multi-component Positive Psychology Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Tom Hendriks;Marijke Schotanus-Dijkstra;Aabidien Hassankhan;Joop de Jong

  • The impact of a long asylum procedure on quality of life, disability and physical health in Iraqi asylum seekers in the Netherlands

    Cornelis J. Laban;Ivan H. Komproe;Hajo B. P. E. Gernaat;Joop T. V. M. de Jong;Joop T. V. M. de Jong

  • Psychiatric disorders among tortured Bhutanese refugees in Nepal.

    Mark Van Ommeren;Joop T. V. M. de Jong;Bhogendra Sharma;Ivan Komproe

  • Strengthening mental health care systems for Syrian refugees in Europe and the Middle East: integrating scalable psychological interventions in eight countries.

    Marit Sijbrandij;Ceren Acarturk;Martha Bird;Richard A Bryant

  • How WEIRD are positive psychology interventions?: A bibliometric analysis of randomized controlled trials on the science of well-being

    Tom Hendriks;Meg A. Warren;Marijke Schotanus-Dijkstra;Aabidien Hassankhan

  • Mental health interventions for traumatized asylum seekers and refugees: What do we know about their efficacy?

    Ortal Slobodin;Joop T V M de Jong

  • DESNOS in three postconflict settings: assessing cross-cultural construct equivalence.

    Joop T.V.M. de Jong;Ivan H. Komproe;Joseph Spinazzola;Bessel A. van der Kolk

  • Medicinal plants used by traditional healers for the treatment of malaria in the Chipinge district in Zimbabwe

    Talkmore Ngarivhume;Charlotte I.E.A. van’t Klooster;Joop T.V.M. de Jong;Jan H. Van der Westhuizen

Frequent Co-Authors

Wietse A. Tol
Wietse A. Tol Johns Hopkins University
Cheryl Koopman
Cheryl Koopman Stanford University
Brandon A. Kohrt
Brandon A. Kohrt George Washington University
Ernst Thomas Bohlmeijer
Ernst Thomas Bohlmeijer University of Twente
Robert Vermeiren
Robert Vermeiren Leiden University Medical Center
Devon E. Hinton
Devon E. Hinton Harvard University
Richard A. Bryant
Richard A. Bryant University of New South Wales
Marit Sijbrandij
Marit Sijbrandij Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Etzel Cardeña
Etzel Cardeña Lund University
Raija-Leena Punamäki
Raija-Leena Punamäki Tampere University

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