Copyright; Endorsements; Contents; Contributors; 1: Overview of the Volume; Section 1: Social-Ecological Approaches to Promoting Resilience in Children of War; Section 2: Child Soldiers; Section 3: Institutional Support for Children Affected by War; Section 4: Resilience Among Refugees; Section 5: Extending Our Understanding of the Effects of War on Children; Theory and Practice; Conclusion; References; Part I: Social-Ecological Approaches to Promoting Resilience in Children of War 2: Promoting Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-Being in Children Affected by Political Violence: Part I-Current Evidence ...An Ecological Resilience Theoretical Framework; Ecological Resilience Findings; Person (or Ontogenic System); Coping; Ideological Commitment; Religious Beliefs; Intelligence and Creativity; The Microsystem; Family; Family Cohesion; Parenting Practices and Parental Support; Peers, School; The Meso- and Exosystems; The Macrosystem; Cultural Practices; Challenges to Cultural Practices; Closing Thoughts; References 3: Promoting Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-Being in Children Affected by Political Violence: Part II-Expanding the Ev...Limitations in Current Knowledge; A Longitudinal Study of War-Affected Youth in Sierra Leone; Child-Led Indicators in Nepal: A Participatory Approach with Former Child Soldiers; Theory Formation of a Psychosocial Intervention in Burundi; Case Vignette 1; Case Vignette 2; Moderators and Mediators in a Cluster Randomized Trial in Indonesia; Concluding Remark; References; 4: Promoting Resilience in Children of War; War Zones; Psychological and Developmental Outcomes IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial SupportFour Layers of Support; Basic Services and Security; Community and Family Supports; Focused, Nonspecialized Supports; Specialized Services; Moving Forward; References; 5: Child Mental Health, Psychosocial Well-Being and Resilience in Afghanistan: A Review and Future Directions; Introduction; Afghan Childhood in Social Context; A History of War, Poverty and Sharp Inequalities; Childhood in Afghanistan; Education; Health Care; Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Distress and Resilience; Psychosocial Distress; Coping and Resilience Mental Health Disorders in ChildrenSelf-Inflicted Injury and Suicide; Drug Use; Vulnerable Subpopulations; Gender-Specific Risk Factors; Girls in Early or Forced Marriages; Child Labour; Child Soldiers; Children with Disabilities; Violence Against Children; Children in Detention; Services to Assist Afghan Children and Youth; Layer 1: Basic Services and Security; Layer 2: Community and Family-Level Support; Layer 3: Focused Nonspecialised Supports; Layer 4: Specialised Services; Conclusions; Summary Points; References; Part II: Child Soldiers 6: When Children Become Killers: Child Soldiers in the Civil War in Sierra Leone | 
