Rehabilitation of torture survivors in five countries: Common themes and challenges

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  McColl, Helen ^a   Higson Smith, Craig ^b   Gjerding, Sarah ^a   Omar, Mostafa H ^c   Rahman, Basma A ^c   Hamed, Mona ^c   El Dawla, Aida S ^c   Fredericks, Miriam ^d   Paulsen, Nicole ^d   Shabalala, Gugu ^d   Low Shang, Carmen ^d   Perez, Fernando V ^e   Colin, Liliana S ^e   Hernandez, Aurora D ^e   Lavaire, Eliomara ^f   Zuñiga, Arely P A ^f   Calidonio, Lucia ^f   Martinez, Carmen L ^f   Jamei, Yasser A ^g   Awad, Zeyad ^g  

^a International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims   (Denmark)

^b South African Institute for Traumatic Stress   (South Africa)

^c El Nadim Centre for the Management and Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence   (Egypt)

^d Trauma Centre of Survivors of Violence and Torture   (South Africa)

^e Collective Against Torture and Impunity ^*  (Mexico)

^f Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture and their Relatives   (Honduras)

^g Gaza Community Mental Health Program   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; BURN; CHRISTIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; CONVERSION DISORDER; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HONDURAS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MEXICO; NERVE INJURY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTPATIENT; PALESTINE; PANIC; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFUGEE; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RELIGION; SCAR FORMATION; SOCIAL WORK; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SOUTH AFRICA; STAB WOUND; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM; TORTURE; TORTURE SURVIVOR;

EID: 77953632427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-4-16     Document Type: Article

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