Mental Health Consequences of Torture

"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)

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Survivors’ Perspective: Voices from the Center.- 3. Torture and Mental Health: A Research Overview.- 4. Psychosocial Models.- 5. Neurobiological Models of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.- 6. Economic Models.- 7. Refugees and Asylum-Seekers.- 8. Veterans of Armed Conflicts.- 9. Former Prisoners of War: Highlights of Empirical Research.- 10. Holocaust Trauma and Sequelae.- 11. Survivors of War Trauma, Mass Violence, and Civilian Terror.- 12. Rape and Sexual Assault.- 13. Homicide and Physical Assault.- 14. Children, Adolescents, and Families Exposed to Torture and Related Trauma.- 15. Domestic Violence in Families Exposed to Torture and Related Violence and Trauma.- 16. Assessment, Diagnosis, and Intervention.- 17. Measurement Issues.- 18. Mental Health Services Research: Implications for Survivors of Torture.- 19. Professional Caregiver and Observer Issues.- 20. Torture and Human Rights Violations: Public Policy and the Law.- 21. Future Directions.- Contributors: Biographical Information.