Main description:

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.

Contents:

Foreword; Senator P. Wellstone. Prologue; S. Hyman.
Part I: The Impact of Torture. 1. Introduction; E. Gerrity, et al. 2. The Survivors' Perspective: Voices from the Center; Sister D. Ortiz. 3. Torture and Mental Health: A Research Overview; M. Basoglu, et al.
Part II: Conceptual Models for Understanding Torture. 4. Psychosocial Models; J.A. Fairbank, et al. 5. Neurobiological Models of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; S. Southwick, M.J. Friedman. 6. Economic Models; A. Rupp, E. Sorel.
Part III: Torture and the Trauma of War. 7. Refugees and Asylum-Seekers; J.D. Kinzie, J.M. Jaranson. 8. Veterans of Armed Conflicts; J.A. Fairbank, et al. 9. Former Prisoners of War: Highlights of Empirical Research; B. Engdahl, J.A. Fairbank. 10. Holocaust Trauma and Sequelae; B. Kahana, E. Kahana. 11. Survivors of War Trauma, Mass Violence, and Civilian Terror; D. Silove, J.D. Kinzie.
Part IV: Torture and the Impact of Social Violence. 12. Rape and Sexual Assault; M.P. Koss, D.G. Kilpatrick. 13. Homicide and Physical Assault; D.G. Kilpatrick, M.P. Koss. 14. Children, Adolescents, and Families Exposed to Torture and Related Trauma; R.S. Pynoos, et al. 15. Domestic Violence in Families Exposed to Torture and Related Violence and Trauma; M. Gordon.
Part V: Clinical Issues for Survivors of Torture. 16. Assessment, Diagnosis, and Intervention; J.M. Jaranson, et al. 17. Measurement Issues; A.J. Marsella. 18. Mental Health Services Research: Implications for Survivors of Torture; K.M. Magruder, et al. 19. Provider and Caregiver issues; J.D. Kinzie, B. Engdahl. 20. Torture and Human Rights Violations: Public Policy and the Law; D.G. Kilpatrick, M.E. Ross.
Part VI: Discussion. 21. Future Directions; E. Gerrity, et al.
Index.