Development of interdisciplinary protocols on medico-legal documentation of torture: Sleep deprivation [PDF]
Torture, 2019 Background: The use of psychological torture or torture methods that leave no visible marks (stealth torture) is on the increase in various contexts.
Elna Søndergaard +2 more
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Incommunicado detention and torture in Spain, Part IV: Psychological and psychiatric consequences of ill-treatment and torture: trauma and human worldviewsi [PDF]
Torture, 2018 Background: Most literature on psychological consequences of torture is related to prolonged detention. Psychological consequences of intensive physical and psychological torture in brief detention have not been investigated. The aim of this study is to
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The impact of torture on mental health in the narratives of two torture survivors [PDF]
Torture, 2018 Introduction: Torture survivors risk developing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as well as other mental health problems. This clinical case study describes the impact of torture on two survivors who were treated for their PTSD with Narrative ...
Simone M. de la Rie +3 more
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Creating community life among immigrant survivors of torture and their allies [PDF]
Torture, 2018 This qualitative study describes how immigrant survivors of torture in the United States built relationships among each other to form a psychological sense of community.
Nancy Bothne, Christopher B. Keys
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Rehabilitation for torture survivors: Six evidence myths and their implications for future research [PDF]
Torture, 2022 Whilst it is established that torture survivors suffer from complex, multiple and often severe and enduring physical, psychological, social, welfare and many other difficulties; and that rehabilitation as reparation should be holistic, interdisciplinary
Nimisha Patel, Amanda Williams
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The DSM 5 and the Istanbul Protocol: Diagnosis of psychological sequels of torture [PDF]
Torture, 2018 The Manual on Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, commonly known as the Istanbul Protocol, is an interdisciplinary standard supported by, among others, the United Nations ...
Thomas Wenzel +2 more
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Torture, Livelihoods and Rehabilitation [PDF]
TortureThe understanding of torture has evolved to encompass a complex interplay of factors including poverty, politics, health and psychosocial factors which increase vulnerability to torture.
Tania Louise Hebert
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Perception, practice and proximity. Qualifying threats as psychological torture in international law. [PDF]
Torture, 2021 Background: Fear is a central dimension of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment (hereafter ‘other ill-treatment’), particularly as a part of verbal or non-verbal threats.
Ergün Cakal
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Incommunicado detention and torture in Spain, Part III: 'Five days is enough’: the concept of torturing environments [PDF]
Torture, 2018 Background: Torture is changing in western societies, evolving from pain-producing torture to more subtle mixed psychological methods that are harder to detect.
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TortureIntroduction Following the events of 7 October 2023, the number of Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities surged dramatically. By December 2024, nearly 10,000 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons, most without formal charges.
Mahmud Sehwail +4 more
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