Rehabilitating torture survivors

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 689-696

  Sjölund, Bengt H ^a,b   Kastrup, Marianne ^a   Montgomery, Edith ^a   Persson, Ann L ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Functioning; Interdisciplinary; PTSD; Rehabilitation; Social environment; Torture

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FAMILY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; TORTURE SURVIVOR; VIOLENCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TORTURE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TORTURE;

EID: 70349576926     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0426     Document Type: Review

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