Mental Health Resources

Torture survivors engage in psychological services to pursue a wide range of goals, from single symptom reduction to addressing the complex effects of torture on their families and communities. Psychological effects of torture vary considerably. Likewise, there is wide variation in the types of assistance sought to address such effects, depending on a host of factors ranging from service accessibility to beliefs about health and healing.

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Social Services Resources

Torture occurs within a cultural and social context. It breaks the connections between individuals and their social environment. It separates the bonds of communities. Social work interventions, therefore, are directed at individuals, their families and immediate environments, community, social, and functional groups, and policies and systems. These are accomplished through direct service, resource development, community interventions, education and training, research, and public policy work.

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Legal Resources

Attorneys encounter torture survivors with a variety of legal needs. Frequently, however, the survivor’s initial and most pressing legal problem involves immigration matters, such as asylum, family reunification, or defense from removal (deportation). Because safety is crucial to the survivor’s ability to engage fully in torture treatment services, the asylum process is integral to rehabilitation.

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Medical Resources

Survivors of torture often present for care in medical settings, and sometimes in torture treatment programs. The medical portion of HealTorture.org is primarily, but not exclusively, geared to primary care providers (PCPs), including family doctors, internists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Other staff members in medical settings such as nurses and medical assistants can also facilitate survivors’ healing. Survivors frequently present to gynecologists (due to genital trauma, pelvic pain, etc.), cardiologists (persistent chest pain), gastroenterologists (persistent abdominal pain), and neurologists (intractable headaches and history of traumatic brain injury). Many survivors have gotten great relief of symptoms from physical therapists and practitioners of yoga and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

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Integrative Care Resources

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Providing Trauma-informed Services to Older Survivors of Torture

Available to Full Member and Other ORR Grant Recipients

Administration Resources

Resources for practitioners in operations and administration who are serving survivors of torture are as follows: development, integrated care, evaluation, technology, training, working with interpreters, and self-care.

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Mental Health Resources

Torture survivors engage in psychological services to pursue a wide range of goals, from single symptom reduction to addressing the complex effects of torture on their families and communities. Psychological effects of torture vary considerably. Likewise, there is wide variation in the types of assistance sought to address such effects, depending on a host of factors ranging from service accessibility to beliefs about health and healing.

544 Resources Available

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Social Services Resources

Torture occurs within a cultural and social context. It breaks the connections between individuals and their social environment. It separates the bonds of communities. Social work interventions, therefore, are directed at individuals, their families and immediate environments, community, social, and functional groups, and policies and systems. These are accomplished through direct service, resource development, community interventions, education and training, research, and public policy work.

339 Resources Available

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Legal Resources

Attorneys encounter torture survivors with a variety of legal needs. Frequently, however, the survivor’s initial and most pressing legal problem involves immigration matters, such as asylum, family reunification, or defense from removal (deportation). Because safety is crucial to the survivor’s ability to engage fully in torture treatment services, the asylum process is integral to rehabilitation.

334 Resources Available

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Medical Resources

Survivors of torture often present for care in medical settings, and sometimes in torture treatment programs. The medical portion of HealTorture.org is primarily, but not exclusively, geared to primary care providers (PCPs), including family doctors, internists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Other staff members in medical settings such as nurses and medical assistants can also facilitate survivors’ healing. Survivors frequently present to gynecologists (due to genital trauma, pelvic pain, etc.), cardiologists (persistent chest pain), gastroenterologists (persistent abdominal pain), and neurologists (intractable headaches and history of traumatic brain injury). Many survivors have gotten great relief of symptoms from physical therapists and practitioners of yoga and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

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Integrative Care Resources

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Providing Trauma-informed Services to Older Survivors of Torture

Available to Full Member and Other ORR Grant Recipients

Administration Resources

Resources for practitioners in operations and administration who are serving survivors of torture are as follows: development, integrated care, evaluation, technology, training, working with interpreters, and self-care.

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Organizational development

ORR Survivors of Torture Program Data Collection Update
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Mitchell Katayama
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Administration, Webinar, Data collection, Organizational development, Program Evaluation, ORR trainings and reporting, Data Collection
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This webinar is presented by the National Capacity Building Project of the Center for Victims...
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Healthy Organizations: Beyond Individual Self-Care
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Mitchell Katayama
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Self-care for Providers, Mental Health, Self-care for staff, Organizational development, Self-care for Providers, Self-care for Providers, Self-care for Providers, Webinar, Administration
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Description: This Measured Impact Webinar is part of the National Capacity Building project series of...
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Who Is a Torture Survivor: Understanding the Legal Definitions of Torture
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Mitchell Katayama
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Legal, Administration, Webinar, Organizational development, Torture Survivors in the US Asylum Law Labyrinth, ORR trainings and reporting
80 Minutes
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This webinar, from March 16,2016 features Annie Sovcik and Marie Soueid from the Center for...
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Social Media in Service of Torture Survivors
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Mitchell Katayama
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Administration, Webinar, Organizational development, Development, Program development & fundraising
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This webinar, from June 17, 2015, features C.C. Strom and Beth Scudder, MA, of the...
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Pointing in the Right Direction: Stronger Boards, Healthier Organizations, and Fewer Headaches
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Mitchell Katayama
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Administration, Organizational development, Webinar
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This webinar, from April 16th, 2014, features Marianne Philbin of Pierce Family Foundation. This webinar...
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Multicultural Issues in Service Provision
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Mitchell Katayama
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Administration, Webinar, Organizational development
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Description: This webinar, from 7/15/2010, features Hawthorne Smith of the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of...
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Determining Eligibility for Services as a Torture Survivor
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Mitchell Katayama
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Administration, Webinar, Organizational development, ORR trainings and reporting
70 Minutes
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This webinar, from August 1, 2006, features representatives of several torture treatment programs discussing how...
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