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Hell's Itch: A Self‐Case Report

open access: yesJEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hell's itch is a severely distressing dermatological condition characterized by the onset of incessant itching and intolerable pain 2–3 days post‐sunburn. It is underdiagnosed and underreported, and no definitive management framework has yet been developed.
Kai Peter Moors, Willem I. Visser
wiley   +1 more source

Irreversible Electroporation for Tonsillar Ablation in Adults

open access: yesOtolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of irreversible electroporation for non‐thermal ablation of tonsils in adults. Study Design Prospective interventional case series of 24 adult patients referred for tonsillectomy that were followed for 3 months. Setting Academic medical center.
Codrut Sarafoleanu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feasibility of an interpreter-mediated neuropsychological test battery for trauma-affected refugees

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology
Background: Cognitive impairment in trauma-affected refugees is often unassessed due to the absence of suitable cross-cultural neuropsychological measures, the high prevalence of psychiatric symptoms, and the need for interpreter mediation.
Søren Kit Bothe   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Rights of Refugee Children and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

open access: yesLaws, 2019
Refugee children are identified as rights-bearers by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), but their rights are not uniformly honored in the policies and practices of contemporary states.
Jeanette A. Lawrence   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Normalizing the Shamed Self: Stigma, Neutralization and “Narrative Credibility” in Interviews on White‐Collar Transgression

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In this article, I analyze my interviews with Mark (pseudonym), a social scientist who committed major academic fraud in over 50 top‐tier journal articles in the first decade of this century. I explain how stigma played a central role in how Mark and I shaped our interaction. I focus on how Mark, a former Professor and Dean with a distinguished career,
Thaddeus Müller
wiley   +1 more source

“Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia”: Managing Stigma and Threats in the Wake of False Criminal Accusations

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. election, the boundary between activism and extremism blurred, with election officials reporting violent threats and false accusations of election fraud. From a symbolic interactionist perspective, these attacks provide a unique lens for examining the consequences of being falsely labeled a criminal.
Steven Windisch
wiley   +1 more source

State Torture: Interviewing Perpetrators, Discovering Facilitators, Theorizing Cross-Nationally — Proposing "Torture 101"

open access: yesState Crime, 2012
This article's first theoretical proposition, that modern state torture systems contain four types of actors - perpetrators, facilitators, bureaucratic organizations, and bystanders - is followed by four additional propositions that link torture ...
Martha K. Huggins
doaj   +1 more source

Personality Disruption as Mental Torture: The CIA, Interrogational Abuse, and the U.S. Torture Act [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This Article is a contribution to the torture debate. It argues that the abusive interrogation tactics used by the United States in what was then called the “global war on terrorism” are, unequivocally, torture under U.S. law. To some readers, this might
Luban, David, Newell, Katherine S.
core   +1 more source

Post‐Traumatic Growth in the Global South: Possibilities in Relational Ethics from Communities to Classrooms

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article reports on a qualitative study of the way instructors and students understand and respond to traumatizing events in a Sri Lankan university. It shows how the attitudes and practices in the society at large are carried over to classrooms even though local institutions do not have a programmatic trauma‐informed pedagogy.
Suresh Canagarajah   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

An epigenome‐wide study of a needs‐based family intervention for offspring of trauma‐exposed mothers in Kosovo

open access: yesBrain and Behavior
Introduction Maternal stress and trauma during pregnancy have been shown to influence cortisol levels and epigenetic patterns, including DNA methylation, in the offspring. This study aimed to determine whether a tailor‐made family intervention could help
Joanne Ryan   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

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