Research and intervention with internally displaced and refugee children.

This article examines the recent Graca Machel Study, The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children, with a focus on the mental health of internally displaced and refugee children. Observations of the Machel Study are located within the context of the current psychological literature on refugee and displaced children and families. Gaps in our current knowledge that might be the focus of future research efforts are considered, and several issues are identified that are not discussed in the Machel Study, but that are particularly salient for psychologists working in this area.