Psychological sequelae of torture

Psychological Sequelae of Torture

Head and neck sequelae of torture.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To increase awareness of torture among otolaryngologists, and to describe methods and complications of head and neck torture. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review. METHODS Five cases of survivors of torture were evaluated in an otolaryngology practice in an urban hospital setting. RESULTS The subjects presented with widely variable symptoms and physical manifestations r...

The psychological impact of torture

UNLABELLED Many refugees in the developed world are survivors of torture and present with health needs without their traumatic experience being disclosed or identified. Chronic pain is a common problem, as are symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, and other distress. Current circumstances, particularly poverty, uncertainty about asylum, separation from or loss ...

Social and Psychological Sequelae

Hitherto a standard conservative approach has been to deny operation to all applicants with mild or minimal deformities, since it is claimed that they must necessarily have severe underlying psychiatric problems and therefore operation must inevitably prove disastrous. Another symptom might be substituted, the patient is likely to become dissatisfied and possibly litigious, and a florid psychos...

Methods and sequelae of torture: a study in Sri Lanka.

A retrospective study was performed to document the physical and psychological methods of torture and their sequelae on 90 victims of torture who attended the Family Rehabilitation Centres in Vavuniya, Trincomalee and Anuradhapura, using a standard assessment format. The study showed that the methods of torture practised in Sri Lanka are similar to that of other countries. The methods are physi...