The Mental Health Consequences of Torture

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. The Impact of Torture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

      • Ellen Gerrity, Terence M. Keane, Farris Tuma

      Pages 3-12

   3. The Survivors’ Perspective

      • Sister Dianna Ortiz

      Pages 13-34

   4. Torture and Mental Health

      • Metin Basoglu, James M. Jaranson, Richard Mollica, Marianne Kastrup

      Pages 35-62

3. Conceptual Models for Understanding Torture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63

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   2. Psychosocial Models

      • John A. Fairbank, Matthew J. Friedman, Metin Basoglu

      Pages 65-72

   3. Neurobiological Models of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

      • Steven Southwick, Matthew J. Friedman

      Pages 73-87

   4. Economic Models

      • Agnes Rupp, Eliot Sorel

      Pages 89-107

4. Torture and the Trauma of War

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109

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   2. Refugees and Asylum-Seekers

      • J. David Kinzie, James M. Jaranson

      Pages 111-120

   3. Veterans of Armed Conflicts

      • John A. Fairbank, Matthew J. Friedman, Steven Southwick

      Pages 121-131

   4. Former Prisoners of War

      • Brian Engdahl, John A. Fairbank

      Pages 133-142

   5. Holocaust Trauma and Sequelae

      • Boaz Kahana, Eva Kahana

      Pages 143-157

   6. Survivors of War Trauma, Mass Violence, and Civilian Terror

      • Derrick Silove, J. David Kinzie

      Pages 159-174

5. Torture and the Impact of Social Violence

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175

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   2. Rape and Sexual Assault

      • Mary P. Koss, Dean G. Kilpatrick

      Pages 177-193

   3. Homicide and Physical Assault

      • Dean G. Kilpatrick, Mary P. Koss

      Pages 195-209

   4. Children, Adolescents, and Families Exposed to Torture and Related Trauma

      • Robert S. Pynoos, J. David Kinzie, Malcolm Gordon

      Pages 211-225

   5. Domestic Violence in Families Exposed to Torture and Related Violence and Trauma

      • Malcolm Gordon

      Pages 227-245

In 1997 the National Institute of Mental Health assembled a working group of international experts to address the mental health consequences of torture and related violence and trauma; report on the status of scientific knowledge; and include research recommendations with implications for treatment, services, and policy development. This book, dedicated to those who experience the horrors of torture and those who work to end it, is based on that report.

• assessment
• diagnosis
• human rights
• intervention
• stress
• trauma

"The monograph is a rich resource for clinicians and researchers working with torture and trauma survivors. More skilled clinicians are needed in Australia to enhance our response to these marginalized and abused groups of people. This book is an important weapon in mobilizing and underpinning such a response."
(Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 36:2 (2002)
"This book is a must for anyone who is involved with the treatment of violence and its consequences. Clinicians, researchers, policy makers both home and abroad, those in the legal profession, and the victims themselves, if they feel so inclined, will find this book well worth reading."
(Psychiatric Services, 54:7)

• Neuroscience Center Building, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA

  Ellen Gerrity, Farris Tuma

• Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

  Terence M. Keane

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