Dear fiends of Intervention,

The editorial staff of Intervention has made a few plans for the future, for which we ask your support.

Ex-combatants

In November 2006 we hope to publish a special issue on the theme: "ex-combatants: reintegration into society". Theoretical contributions, research articles, field reports and reviews of inspiring books are all welcome. If you would like to contribute, or if you know somebody else who could, please contact us.

How can we prove that our projects are effective?

Our second plan is to publish a series of articles on the qualitative, as well as quantitative, measurement of the effectiveness of psychosocial projects and psychosocial interventions. What kind of instruments and procedures can we use to prove that our projects are effective? If you know people who are developing ways of systematically evaluating the impact of psychosocial interventions, please bring them into contact with us.

Feedback from the local staff

In many psychosocial projects in areas of armed conflict, local staff is cooperating with ex-pat staff from western countries. We would like to offer opportunity for local staff members to express their critical thoughts on the role, the activities or the ideas of ex-pats. A contribution can be published anonymously or under pseudonym, as long as the name of the author is known to the editorial staff. If you are acquainted with local staff members who are willing to share their experiences, please let us know. If you write in French or Spanish we are able to translate.

International distribution

Our Journal is increasingly read in non western countries. But we still want to reach a much larger auditorium in these regions. If you know of people or organizations in your region that might be interested, show them our journal or give us their postal address and we send them a free copy.

Dr Guus van der Veer, mental health consultant

Secretary General of the Scientific Advisory Board of War Trauma Foundation

Editor in Chief of Intervention, the International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work and Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict

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