Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters

Article by the National Institute of Health (2001) (US). A booklet that describes the impact of violence and disasters on children and adolescents, with suggestions for minimizing long-term emotional harm.

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Responding to the needs of women who survive torture: from silent torment to speaking out

Article by Sabina Acosta, (1995) Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, Toronto, Ontario. Includes, effects of sexual torture.

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The continuing ordeal: long term needs of surviving torture.

Article by Dr. Raul Berdichevsky, (1995) published by the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, Toronto, Ontario. Includes exerts re: community support for survivors of torture.

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Politics of torture: dispelling myths and understanding the survivors

Article by Joan Simalchik, (1995) Exerts from 'Community Support for Survivors of Torture' published by the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, Toronto, Ontario. Includes information on the psychological effects of torture.

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Torture mental health: questions, exhortations, works.

Article by Stevan Weine M.D (1999) University of Illinois at Chicago. Project on genocide, psychiatry and witnessing.

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Torture and war trauma survivors in primary care practice

Article by Harvey M. Weinstein, Laura Dansky, Vincent Iacopino (1996). The Western Journal of Medicine. Includes chapter on Health Care Professionals and Torture Survivors.

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Rape and other torture in the Chechnya Conflict: documented evidence from asylum seekers arriving in the UK.

Published April 2004. A report on torture and organised violence published by the Medical Foundation.

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