Treatment of torture victims--a longitudinal clinical study.

Forensic odontological examinations of alleged torture victims at the University of Copenhagen 1997-2011.

BACKGROUND Clinical forensic examinations of alleged torture victims have been performed by forensic pathologists at the University of Copenhagen since 1995. In 13.2%/33 of these cases the examinations were supplemented by a forensic odontological clinical examination. In this study the forensic odontological cases from the years 1997-2011 are presented and discussed. METHODS This study inclu...

P166: Torture as a Complex PTSD: An Overlook to the Treatment

Torture entails the deliberate infliction of severe physical and mental pain and suffering through cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment and punishment to silence individuals and oppositions to the ruling authorities. Such victims experience mental death, difficulties in coping, memory and concentration impairment, loss of core beliefs, feelings of shame and guilt, mental defeat, and alienatio...

Long-Term Consequences of Political Detention and Torture in Aged Victims: A Clinical and Psychophysiological Assessment and Treatment Study on a Romanian Sample

Chronic pain in torture victims.

Torture is widely practiced throughout the world. Recent studies indicate that 50% of all countries, including 79% of the G-20 countries, continue to practice systematic torture despite a universal ban. It is well known that torture has numerous physical, psychological, and pain-related sequelae that can inflict a devastating and enduring burden on its victims. Health care professionals, partic...

New treatment approaches: integrating new media in the treatment of war and torture victims.

The diagnostic process and treatment of victims of war and torture is associated with a number of difficulties. This article will provide an overview of three different approaches on how the new media may be integrated into the treatment of survivors of torture and war to face some of the challenges. Illiteracy is a common problem and makes it difficult to apply standardized psychological asses...