This informational document gives examples of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) test messages designed to exercise and "torture" a SIP implementation.

"If you torture your data long enough, they will tell you whatever you want to hear" has become a popular observation in our office. In plain English, this means that study data, if manipulated in enough different ways, can be made to prove whatever the investigator wants to prove. Unfortunately, this is generally true. Because every investigator wants to present results in the most exciting wa...

A wall of silence surrounds torture. This silence, shame and humiliation is just what the torturer depends on. It is important to remember this when a survivor (refugee or asylum seeker) whose life has been damaged and destroyed in many ways is being assessed in the A&E department. Over 5,000 people per month seek refuge in the UK, many of whom will have suffered torture, leaving them physicall...

Although knowledge of torture and physical and psychological abuse was widespread at both the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, and known to medical personnel, there was no official report before the January 2004 Army investigation of military health personnel reporting abuse, degradation or signs of torture. Military medical personnel are placed in a position of ...

Dear Editor: We welcome the Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA) Position Statement on The Involvement of Psychiatrists in Coercive Interrogation and Torture. The statement is short and to the point. Dr Chaimowitz states it came about as “geopolitical events suggest a need for a position statement on this matter.” Unfortunately, the statement diplomatically eschews describing the events that ...

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...