Rehabilitating torture survivors

Healing in survivors of torture.

Refugee Survivors of Torture: Trauma and Treatment

It is increasingly likely that psychologists may be faced with clients who have been tortured, although the significance of this background can be easily unrecognized or mishandled. With the growing incidence of refugees to the United States escaping from organized violence and human rights violations in many parts of the world, the need for psychological assistance in the recovery from torture...

Chronic pain in refugee torture survivors

The number of refugee torture survivors worldwide is accelerating given violent global conflict, and healthcare providers are more likely to encounter refugees in their practices. The World Health Organization has declared the existing refugee migration an international humanitarian disaster, considering it the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War. The United Nations High Commis...

Zimbabwe Torture Victims/Survivors Project Women on the run: Women survivors of torture amongst refugees in South Africa

Gender Inequality and Its Effects in Females Torture Survivors

The study explores the effects of gender discrimination GD as type III trauma in 359, (160 females and 199 males) torture survivors. Data includes measures of GD and other traumas, PTSD and cumulative trauma disorders CTD. GD found to decrease PTSD symptoms in males favoring mental health status of males, and increase CTD symptoms in females. GD mediated the effects of personal identity traumas...