Background and Objectives: Uncertainty about the clinical efficacy of transcutaneous electric
nerve stimulation (TENS) to alleviate pain spans half a century. There has been no attempt …

Pain is essential for avoidance of tissue damage and for promotion of healing.
Notwithstanding the survival value, pain brings about emotional suffering reflected in fear …

Rationale The number of torture survivors is on the rise, posing issues for their care in
healthcare settings. Even healthcare experts with training in refugee care are unaware of the …

As the international refugee crisis has reached new proportions (BMJ, 355, 2016 and i5412),
survivors of torture increasingly present in treating physicians with an array of acute or …

Methods: A narrative review of assessment and treatment studies, informed by clinical
experience, was undertaken. Results: The clinical presentation in survivors of torture shares …

Chronic pain is common among refugees, and often related to mental health problems. Its
management, however, is often challenging. A randomized waitlist-controlled trial was …

More than 68 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced and one-third of these
are refugees. This article offers an overview of the current literature and reviews the …

Torture survivors experience chronic, somatic pain that may be exacerbated by
environmental, social, and structural factors that extend beyond immediate traumatic events …

Predictors of treatment outcomes have received limited attention in the field of trauma‐
affected refugees. Symptom chronicity is potentially a particularly relevant predictor, as it …

Objective. to identify and synthesize the different consequences of AC on MH in the adult
population in an overview of the literature. Methods. Systematic search for reviews until May …