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Mental Health of Refugees and Torture Survivors: A Critical Review of Prevalence, Predictors, and Integrated Care

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019
Civilian war trauma and torture rank among the most traumatic life experiences; exposure to such experiences is pervasive in nations experiencing both internal and external conflict.
Hiba Abu Suhaiban, L. Grasser, A. Javanbakht   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Turkish doctors sentenced to 20-months in prison for an anti-war declaration

Torture, 2019
11 Central Council members of the Turkish Medical Association (TMA) were given a 20-month prison sentence for a statement they made in January 2018, declaring that war is a public health problem.
Torture Journal Editorial Team
doaj   +1 more source

Engaging torture survivors in the global fight against torture [PDF]

, 2021
Lived experience can be emancipating and also paralysing, but foremost, it is immensely valuable to combat what has been suffered in first person (Henry, 2021).
Soley, Berta
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Intensive psychotherapy and case management for Karen refugees with major depression in primary care: a pragmatic randomized control trial

BMC Family Practice, 2020
Background Despite an unparalleled global refugee crisis, there are almost no studies in primary care addressing real-world conditions and longer courses of treatment that are typical when resettled refugees present to their physician with critical ...
Andrea K. Northwood, Maria M. Vukovich, Alison Beckman, Jeffrey P. Walter, Novia Josiah, Leora Hudak, Kathleen O’Donnell Burrows, James P. Letts, Christine C. Danner   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medico-legal evaluation of torture victims in the USA before the Istanbul Protocol

Torture, 2023
The article reviews the historical precedents of the Forensic Assessment of Torture Survivors in the US in the 1970s and 1980s, setting the precedents of the US branch of the construction of the Istanbul Protocol that was developed in the late 1990s.
Jose Quiroga, Ana Deutsch
doaj   +1 more source

Torture and torture practices in Tanzania: Knowledge, attitudes and practice among medical professionals

Torture, 2019
Introduction: Medical professionals have a key role in addressing torture and need an awareness and knowledge of torture in relation to rehabilitation approaches, prevention and international standards.
Brenda Van den Bergh, Marie Brasholt, Praxeda James Swai, Primus Saidia, Moses Kidew, Naomi Lipsius Hincheli, Maha Aon, Jens Modvig   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Torture and Its Definition in International Law—An Interdisciplinary Approach, by Metin Başoğlu

Torture Journal, 2019
Torture and Its Definition in International Law—An Interdisciplinary Approach was edited by Metin Başoğlu, and written by him and another sixteen experts in the medicolegal aspects of torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment (CIDT/
A. Moreno
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Social support attenuates the link between torture exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder among male and female Syrian refugees in Sweden

BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2019
BackgroundThe aim of this study is threefold: (i) to establish the psychometric properties and gender invariance of ENRICHD Social Support Inventory (ESSI), which was used for the first time in the present study in the population of Syrian refugees ...
M. Gottvall, M. Vaez, F. Saboonchi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mechanisms explaining the relationship between maternal torture exposure and youth adjustment in resettled refugees: A pilot examination of generational trauma through moderated mediation

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2020
The intergenerational effects of trauma resulting from torture and war are complex and multi-faceted and have important implications for the family system.
Sarah J. Hoffman, Maria M. Vukovich, Abigail H. Gewirtz, Jayne A. Fulkerson, C. Robertson, Joseph E. Gaugler   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Resulting from Torture and Other Traumatic Events among Syrian Kurdish Refugees in Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
Political violence is known to cause psychological distress. There is a large body of empirical studies drawing correlations between war trauma, torture, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Hawkar Ibrahim, Chiya Q. Hassan
semanticscholar   +1 more source