Gender differences in victims of war torture: Types of torture and psychological consequences [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2010 Background/Aim. Torture for political reasons is an extreme violence in interpersonal relations resulting in not only acute psychiatric disorders but also very often in very severe and far reaching negative consequences for the overall psychosocial ...
Špirić Željko +6 more
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Torture and its sequelae among prostituted women in the United States [PDF]
European Journal of PsychotraumatologyBackground: Extreme violence and psychological abuse have been extensively documented and are pervasive in prostitution. Survivors of prostitution report high levels of posttraumatic stress disorder, dissociation, depression, and self-loathing. These are
Melissa Farley, M. Alexis Kennedy
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“After torture, everything changed”: the unpacking of trauma from torture with interpretative phenomenological analysis and Merleau-Ponty’s theory of the lived body [PDF]
BMC PsychologyBackground Trauma from torture is expressed primarily through bodily sensations and emotions, reflecting its deep imprint on the body’s memory. Merleau-Ponty’s existential phenomenology, which emphasizes the lived body, provides a valuable framework for ...
Ana Carla S. P. Schippert +2 more
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Enhancing surgical care for torture survivors: healing trauma, promoting recovery, and advancing best practices [PDF]
BMC SurgeryBackground A significant proportion of refugees and asylum seekers have experienced torture, leading to complex, long-term physical and psychological health needs.
Ana Carla S. P. Schippert +3 more
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The psychological impact of torture and state repression in Türkiye between 2015 and 2018: Reports from Turkish refugees seeking asylum in Germany. [PDF]
PLOS Global Public HealthTorture seeks to undermine not only the physical and emotional well-being of an individual, but to damage the coherence of entire communities. Thus, torture and state repression are used to weaken entire subpopulations.
Estella Alejandra Tambini Stollwerck +4 more
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Editorial: Sexual violence in times of conflict [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthThomas Wenzel +7 more
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The psychological impact of torture [PDF]
British Journal of Pain, 2013 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
de C Williams, Amanda C +1 more
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Identifying resilience-promoting factors for refugee survivors of torture
Torture, 2022 Introduction: There are 1.3 million refugee survivors of torture currently living in the United States today. While a substantial body of research has been growing on refugee mental health, few studies have focused on refugee resilience. Objective: The
Phyu Pannu, Keith Burt, Karen Fondacaro
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Patterns of torture among forcibly displaced Eritreans in California: A cross-sectional study
Torture, 2021 Introduction: Unprecedented global increases in involuntary migration have created large populations of forcibly displaced people, who are disproportionately likely to have experienced abuse and torture.
P. Suzanne Portnoy +6 more
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