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Title The mental health consequences of torture / edited by Ellen Gerrity, Terence M. Keane, and Farris Tuma.

Publication Info. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum , 2001.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  616.8521 M549M    Check Shelf
Description xxiii, 375 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Plenum series on stress and coping
Plenum series on stress and coping.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The survivors' perspective : voices from the center / Sister Dianna Ortiz -- Torture and mental health : a research overview / Metin Basoglu ... [et al.] -- Psychosocial models / John A. Fairbank, Matthew J. Friedman, and Metin Basoglu -- Neurobiological models of posttraumatic stress disorder / Steven Southwick and Matthew J. Friedman -- Economic models / Agnes Rupp and Eliot Sorel -- Refugees and asylum-seekers / J. David Kinzie and James M. Jaranson -- Veterans of armed conflicts / John A. Fairbank, Matthew J. Friedman, and Steven Southwick -- Former prisoners of war : highlights of empirical research / Brian Engdahl and John A. Fairbank -- Holocaust trauma and sequelae / Boaz Kahana and Eva Kahana -- Survivors of war trauma, mass violence, and civilian terror / Derrick Silove and J. David Kinzie -- Rape and sexual assault / Mary P. Koss and Dean G. Kilpatrick -- Homicide and physical assault / Dean G. Kilpatrick and Mary P. Koss -- Children, adolescents, and families exposed to torture and related trauma / Robert S. Pynoos, J. David Kinzie, and Malcolm Gordon -- Domestic violence in families exposed to torture and related violence and trauma / Malcolm Gordon -- Assessment, diagnosis, and intervention / James M. Jaranson ... [et al.] -- Measurement issues / Anthony J. Marsella -- Mental health services research : implications for survivors of torture / Kathryn M. Magruder, Richard Mollica, and Merle Friedman -- Professional caregiver and observer issues / J. David Kinzie and Brian Engdahl -- Torture and human rights violations : public policy and the law / Dean G. Kilpatrick and Margaret E. Ross -- Future directions / Ellen Gerrity ... [et al.].
Subject Torture victims -- Mental health.
Torture victims -- Rehabilitation.
Torture -- Psychological aspects.
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Treatment.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- psychology.
Torture -- psychology.
Crime Victims -- rehabilitation.
Mental Health Services.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- rehabilitation.
Violence -- psychology.
Added Author Gerrity, Ellen T.
Keane, Terence Martin.
Tuma, Farris.
ISBN 0306464225
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