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Psychological Sequelae of Torture

British Journal of Psychiatry, 1990
Torture is one of the most important preventable causes of psychological morbidity. Amnesty International (1987) has reported the use of “brutal torture and ill-treatment” in over 90 countries in the 1980s. In some countries torture has been applied on such a widespread scale and in such an arbitrary manner that whole populations are affected.
S, Turner, C, Gorst-Unsworth
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Psychological effects of torture: a comparison of tortured with nontortured political activists in Turkey

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1994
The aim of the study was to investigate the long-term effects of torture in a group of former political prisoners.The study was carried out in Istanbul, Turkey, where 55 Turkish political activists who had been tortured were compared with a closely matched group of 55 activists who had not been tortured. The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R,
M, Başoğlu   +7 more
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Psychological Sequelae of Torture

1993
Although much has been written about the history and methods of torture, and moving testimonies have been produced by individuals and groups of survivors, there have been few attempts to produce an explanatory model which systematically deals with the common physical and psychosocial sequelae.
Stuart W. Turner   +1 more
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