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At the Side of Torture Survivors
"An outstanding collection that brings an extraordinary international perspective to the growing literature on the treatment of the survivors of torture." -- New England Journal of Medicine
Victims of Torture
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Caring for Victims of Torture
Since its beginnings in the 1970s, the field of torture rehabilitation has grown rapidly. A growing awareness about the practice of torture (more than 100 countries today practice government-sanctioned torture) and its effects on victims is leading to an increasing number of dedicated treatment centers. The health care professionals on the staffs of these centers need the best, most up-to-date information and advice they can get. This book delivers it. Caring for Victims of Torture contains all the collective wisdom of some of the most respected international experts in the treatment of victims of government torture--all distinguished physicians--including pioneers in the field of traumatic ...
Healing the Hurt
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Psychotherapy with a Torture Survivor
The author attempts to educate the reader about refugees who have survived torture and about the newly evolving treatment methods specific to helping them. The dissertation begins with an examination of torture: its definitions, goals, physical and psychological methods, as well as codes and laws that prohibit torture. Nevertheless, torture is proliferating, with the compliance of some members of the medical and psychiatric professions. The author documents this prevalence and compliance and outlines the recent history of methods to rehabilitate torture survivors. In the United States, torture survivors are primarily refugees. The author provides background to understanding refugee experienc...
