The Mental Health Consequences of Torture (Springer Series on Stress and Coping)

"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"--Font no determinada Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction....Pages 3-12 The Survivors’ Perspective....Pages 13-34 Torture and Mental Health....Pages 35-62 Front Matter....Pages 63-63 Psychosocial Models....Pages 65-72 Neurobiological Models of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder....Pages 73-87 Economic Models....Pages 89-107 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 Refugees and Asylum-Seekers....Pages 111-120 Veterans of Armed Conflicts....Pages 121-131 Former Prisoners of War....Pages 133-142 Holocaust Trauma and Sequelae....Pages 143-157 Survivors of War Trauma, Mass Violence, and Civilian Terror....Pages 159-174 Front Matter....Pages 175-175 Rape and Sexual Assault....Pages 177-193 Homicide and Physical Assault....Pages 195-209 Children, Adolescents, and Families Exposed to Torture and Related Trauma....Pages 211-225 Domestic Violence in Families Exposed to Torture and Related Violence and Trauma....Pages 227-245 Front Matter....Pages 247-247 Assessment, Diagnosis, and Intervention....Pages 249-275 Measurement Issues....Pages 277-290 Mental Health Services Research....Pages 291-307 Professional Caregiver and Observer Issues....Pages 309-315 Torture and Human Rights Violations....Pages 317-331 Front Matter....Pages 333-333 Future Directions....Pages 335-342 Back Matter....Pages 343-375