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Wietse A. Tol is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychological and mental health issues, often within low- and middle-income countries and humanitarian settings. Tol has contributed extensively to the fields of psychology and health professions, with a particular emphasis on clinical psychology and social psychology subfields.

Their scholarly output includes a range of publications exploring mental health treatment, trauma, resilience, and psychosocial development. Tol's work often addresses the intersection of migration, health, and trauma, along with child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development. Other notable topics in their research portfolio include intimate partner and family violence, child abuse and trauma, and health in conflict-affected regions.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Wietse A. Tol include:

  • Efficacy of psychosocial interventions for mental health outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries: an umbrella review, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Guided self-help to reduce psychological distress in South Sudanese female refugees in Uganda: a cluster randomised trial, 2020, The Lancet Global Health
  • Psychological and social interventions for the prevention of mental disorders in people living in low- and middle-income countries affected by humanitarian crises, 2020, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Reporting Cultural Adaptation in Psychological Trials - The RECAPT criteria, 2021, Clinical Psychology in Europe
  • Improving mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in humanitarian settings: reflections on research funded through R2HC, 2020, Conflict and Health

Tol frequently publishes in several academic venues, including:

  • Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
  • Research Square
  • The Lancet Global Health

Collaboration is significant in Tol's research, with frequent co-authors being:

  • M. Claire Greene
  • Corrado Barbui
  • Marianna Purgato
  • Mark J. D. Jordans
  • Marx R. Leku

Their research touches on multiple interconnected topics that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. Key areas of investigation include:

  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Health and Conflict Studies

Wietse A. Tol's work contributes to a broader understanding of psychological interventions and mental health challenges in vulnerable populations, especially those affected by crises and displacement. Their interdisciplinary approach integrates clinical psychology with broader health and social science frameworks to investigate and address complex mental health issues globally.

Best Publications

  • Social determinants of mental disorders and the Sustainable Development Goals: a systematic review of reviews

    Crick Lund;Crick Lund;Carrie Brooke-Sumner;Carrie Brooke-Sumner;Florence Baingana;Emily Claire Baron

  • Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: Linking practice and research

    Wietse A Tol;Corrado Barbui;Ananda Galappatti;Derrick Silove

  • Annual Research Review: Resilience and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents Living in Areas of Armed Conflict--A Systematic Review of Findings in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

    Wietse A. Tol;Suzan Song;Mark J. D. Jordans

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

    Mathew Hoskins;Jennifer Pearce;Andrew Bethell;Liliya Dankova

  • Mental health interventions in schools in low-income and middle-income countries

    Mina Fazel;Vikram Patel;Vikram Patel;Saji Thomas;Wietse Tol

  • 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

  • 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

  • Efficacy of psychosocial interventions for mental health outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries: an umbrella review.

    Corrado Barbui;Marianna Purgato;Jibril Abdulmalik;Ceren Acarturk

  • Interventions for children affected by war: An ecological perspective on psychosocial support and mental health care

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Sarah E. Meyers-Ohki;Alexandra Phillippa Charrow;Wietse A. Tol

  • Comparison of mental health between former child soldiers and children never conscripted by armed groups in Nepal

    Brandon A. Kohrt;Mark J.D. Jordans;Wietse A. Tol;Rebecca A. Speckman

  • Psychosocial interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder in refugees and asylum seekers resettled in high-income countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Michela Nosè;Francesca Ballette;Irene Bighelli;Giulia Turrini

  • Systematic Review of Evidence and Treatment Approaches: Psychosocial and Mental Health Care for Children in War

    Mark J.D. Jordans;Wietse A. Tol;Ivan H. Komproe;Joop V.T.M. De Jong;Joop V.T.M. De Jong

  • Mental health and childhood adversities: a longitudinal study in Kabul, Afghanistan.

    Catherine Panter-Brick;Anna Goodman;Wietse Tol;Mark Eggerman

  • Guided self-help to reduce psychological distress in South Sudanese female refugees in Uganda: a cluster randomised trial.

    Wietse A Tol;Marx R Leku;Daniel P Lakin;Kenneth Carswell

  • Psychological therapies for the treatment of mental disorders in low‐ and middle‐income countries affected by humanitarian crises

    Marianna Purgato;Chiara Gastaldon;Davide Papola;Mark van Ommeren

  • Validation of cross-cultural child mental health and psychosocial research instruments: adapting the Depression Self-Rating Scale and Child PTSD Symptom Scale in Nepal

    Brandon A Kohrt;Mark J D Jordans;Wietse A Tol;Nagendra P Luitel

  • Interventions for Children Affected by Armed Conflict: a Systematic Review of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Mark J. D. Jordans;Hugo Pigott;Hugo Pigott;Wietse A. Tol

  • Focused psychosocial interventions for children in low-resource humanitarian settings: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.

    Marianna Purgato;Marianna Purgato;Marianna Purgato;Alden L. Gross;Theresa Betancourt;Paul Bolton

  • Outcomes and moderators of a preventive school-based mental health intervention for children affected by war in Sri Lanka: a cluster randomized trial

    Wietse A Tol;Ivan H Komproe;Ivan H Komproe;Mark J D Jordans;Anavarathan Vallipuram

  • School-based mental health intervention for children in war-affected Burundi: a cluster randomized trial

    Wietse A Tol;Ivan H Komproe;Mark J D Jordans;Aline Ndayisaba

Frequent Co-Authors

Joop T. V. M. de Jong
Joop T. V. M. de Jong University of Amsterdam
Brandon A. Kohrt
Brandon A. Kohrt George Washington University
Derrick Silove
Derrick Silove University of New South Wales
Judith K. Bass
Judith K. Bass Johns Hopkins University
Pamela J. Surkan
Pamela J. Surkan Johns Hopkins University
Paul Bolton
Paul Bolton Johns Hopkins University
Crick Lund
Crick Lund University of Cape Town
Claudia Garcia-Moreno
Claudia Garcia-Moreno World Health Organization
Seggane Musisi
Seggane Musisi Makerere University

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