Torture survivors often report chronic debilitating physical and psychological distress. Prior
research on the relationship between physical and psychological trauma suggests that the 2 …

To clarify the effects of torture trauma and its components on PTSD and other mental health
conditions, we investigated the relationship between measures for PTSD, Cumulative …

Abstract hypothesized that a history of torture would predict higher levels of
psychopathology among prisoners/subjects were also screened for post-traumatic stress …

Abstract review the few empirical studies that have attempted to document the psychological
effects of political or religious torture on victims and their families/a discussion of …

The authors examined how different types of torture methods are associated with
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and somatic symptoms among political ex‐prisoners …

Over the last two decades, much work has been done on various forms of extreme trauma,
particularly after the recognition in the early 1980s of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) …

The present study examines the effect of torture in generating post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) symptoms by comparing its impact with that of other traumas suffered by a war …

Abstract provide an extensive and up-to-date review of the social and psychological
consequences of torture/covers 46 reports on torture/briefly discuss the shortcomings of the …

Background. Although much research has focused on mechanisms of traumatization and
factors related to post-trauma psychological functioning in survivors of trauma, there have …

The present study investigated potential predictors of the psychological sequelae of torture
among 143 former political activists who had been detained during the apartheid era in …