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Torture and Its Consequences

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Despite numerous international declarations and conventions prohibiting human rights violations, torture remains a major problem in many countries of the world. This book reveals in some detail the medical, psychiatric and psychological problems confronting the survivors of torture, and reviews the various and sometimes conflicting treatment approaches available to those involved in their care. Contributions are drawn both from host countries treating refugees who have experienced torture and from countries where treatment and rehabilitation of torture survivors has taken place in a setting of continuing repression and victimization. This handbook has become a classic resource, providing theoretical and practical information which addresses the needs of all health workers helping survivors of torture. Its reviews of issues in the sociology and psychobiology of organized violence also serve to command the interest of a much wider readership.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780521659543
  • ISBN-10: 052165954X
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publish Date: February 1999
  • Dimensions: 9.06 x 5.97 x 1.19 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.59 pounds
  • Page Count: 552

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