The Mental Health Consequences of Torture

In 1997 the National Institute of Mental Health assembled a working group of international experts to address the mental health consequences of torture and related violence and trauma; report on the status of scientific knowledge; and include research recommendations with implications for treatment,...

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Other Authors: Gerrity, Ellen (Editor), Keane, Terence M. (Editor), Tuma, Farris (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2001, 2001
Edition:1st ed. 2001
Series:Springer Series on Stress and Coping
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. The Survivors’ Perspective: Voices from the Center -- 3. Torture and Mental Health: A Research Overview -- 4. Psychosocial Models -- 5. Neurobiological Models of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- 6. Economic Models -- 7. Refugees and Asylum-Seekers -- 8. Veterans of Armed Conflicts -- 9. Former Prisoners of War: Highlights of Empirical Research -- 10. Holocaust Trauma and Sequelae -- 11. Survivors of War Trauma, Mass Violence, and Civilian Terror -- 12. Rape and Sexual Assault -- 13. Homicide and Physical Assault -- 14. Children, Adolescents, and Families Exposed to Torture and Related Trauma -- 15. Domestic Violence in Families Exposed to Torture and Related Violence and Trauma -- 16. Assessment, Diagnosis, and Intervention -- 17. Measurement Issues -- 18. Mental Health Services Research: Implications for Survivors of Torture -- 19. Professional Caregiver and Observer Issues -- 20. Torture and Human Rights Violations: Public Policy and the Law -- 21. Future Directions -- Contributors: Biographical Information 
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520 |a In 1997 the National Institute of Mental Health assembled a working group of international experts to address the mental health consequences of torture and related violence and trauma; report on the status of scientific knowledge; and include research recommendations with implications for treatment, services, and policy development. This book, dedicated to those who experience the horrors of torture and those who work to end it, is based on that report