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The impact of torture on mental health in the narratives of two torture survivors

open access: yesTorture, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Remote medico-legal assessment by telephone during COVID-19: Monitoring safety and quality when documenting evidence of torture for UK asylum applicants

open access: yesTorture, 2021
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we developed remote assessment to provide interim medicolegal reports, ensuring people could obtain medical evidence to support their asylum claim.
Juliet Cohen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efectos tardíos de la tortura. Reparación y aportes desde la psicología

open access: yesILCEA, 2016
During the State terrorism, the method of discipline used by the repressors to impose their ideas was the systematic use of terror and its main instruments: torture and long-term political imprisonment.
María Celia Robaina
doaj   +1 more source

Torture and its sequelae among prostituted women in the United States

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology
Background: 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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The necropolitics of Gaza: Architectures of controlled space, surveillance, and the logic of psychological torture.

open access: yesTorture: quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture
INTRODUCTION This article examines Israel's surveillance architecture in Gaza as a modality of coercive governance, assessing when and how digitally mediated practices may meet elements of torture under the UN Convention against Torture (UNCAT).
John Hawkins
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sexual torture among Arabic-speaking Shi’a Muslim men and women in Iraq: Barriers to healing and finding meaning

open access: yesTorture, 2018
Introduction: Rape and sexual torture are frequent experiences among torture survivors, but relatively little is known about how victims respond to and find meaning in these experiences.
Christopher Einolf
doaj   +1 more source

Operational psychology, professional ethics, and democracy: A challenge for our time

open access: yesTorture, 2022
The post-9/11 US torture program brought attention to the critical roles of health professionals generally and of psychologists more particularly in the modern administration of torture.
Stephen Soldz
doaj   +1 more source

The profile and psychological effects of torture of Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons after 7th October 2023

open access: yesTorture Journal
IntroductionFollowing 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 M. Sehwail   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Psychological Torture: Definition, evaluation and measurement, By Pau Pérez-Sales

open access: yes, 2017
Psychiatrist Pau Perez-Sales has compiled a masterful and thorough analysis of an ambiguous but extremely important topic using a multidisciplinary approach.
J. Jaranson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Punitive Measures Followed After Iolation Against the Isolated in Imprisonment and Torture as a Model Andalusia [PDF]

open access: yesمجلة جامعة الأنبار للعلوم الإنسانية, 2020
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, and peace and blessings be upon our master Muhammad and his family and companions,After the completion of this research, which God helped me to accomplish, which touched upon some of the punitive measures followed ...
Badi M. Ibrahim, Maher K. Shrimit
doaj   +1 more source

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