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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Administration

ORR Survivor of Torture Recipient Orientation (FY23-27)
by
Mitchell Katayama
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Webinar, Organizational development, ORR trainings and reporting, Administration
82 Minutes
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Description: The November 14, 2022, Virtual Town Meeting provided an introduction to the ORR team,...
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Reimaginings: Storytelling and Poetry for Navigating Loss and Hope
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Mitchell Katayama
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Mental Health, Social Services, Staff Training, Organizational development, Children, Children, Children and Torture, Webinar, Administration
74 Minutes
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Description: This presentation, by Merna Hecht, MA is an excerpt from ORR’s 2022 Survivor of...
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Exemplary Leadership: Lessons Learned from History and Contemporary Times
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Mitchell Katayama
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Administration, Webinar, Organizational development
1 Hour
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Description: This presentation, by Dr. Sanjiv Chopra, is an excerpt from ORR’s 2022 Survivor of...
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2022 ORR SOT RADS Training and Updates
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Mitchell Katayama
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Administration, Webinar, Data collection, Organizational development, Program Evaluation, ORR trainings and reporting, Data Collection
1 Hour
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Description: A special topic for the September 13, 2022 Virtual Town Meeting was the SOT...
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The Great Resignation and its Impact on SOT Programs: A Way Forward
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Mitchell Katayama
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Medical, Administration, Webinar, COVID-19, Organizational development, Self-care for staff
85 Minutes
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Description: Survivor of torture treatment programs have been profoundly impacted by the effects of COVID-19...
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2021 ORR SOT Program Monitoring and Evaluation
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Mitchell Katayama
in
Administration, Webinar, Data collection, Organizational development, Program Evaluation, ORR trainings and reporting
31 Minutes
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Description: Diane Baird with Refugee Monitoring Initiative at ORR presents on the ORR Monitoring Initiative....
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2021 ORR SOT Program Monitoring and Evaluation
by
Sara Bracewell
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Organizational development, Administration, Webinar, Program Evaluation, ORR trainings and reporting
31 Minutes
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Diane Baird with Refugee Monitoring Initiative at ORR presents on the ORR Monitoring Initiative. Included...
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2021 ORR Survivors of Torture Program Data Points Database: Review and Updates
by
Mitchell Katayama
in
Webinar, Organizational development, Program Evaluation, Data Collection, ORR trainings and reporting, Administration
97 Minutes
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Description: A special topic for the May, 2021 Virtual Town Meeting is the SOT Program...
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