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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Children

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
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Description: This presentation, by Merna Hecht, MA is an excerpt from ORR’s 2022 Survivor of...
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Family Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services
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Mitchell Katayama
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Mental Health, Social Services, Integrative Care, Webinar, Children, Children, ORR trainings and reporting, Family strengthening interventions
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Description: In this presentation, Mary Bunn takes a broader look at some of the family-based...
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Narrative Exposure Therapy for Torture Survivors in Exile: Overview and Adaptations
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Mitchell Katayama
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Mental Health, Webinar, Children and Torture, Children, Treatment Model, Working with Interpreters, Advanced Clinicians
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Description: This webinar, from August 22, 2019, features Dr. Andrea Northwood. This webinar is part...
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Increasing Awareness and Responding to Domestic Violence in the Care of Torture Survivors and Their Families
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Mitchell Katayama
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Mental Health, Social Services, Integrative Care, Webinar, Children and Torture, Children, Domestic Violence, Family strengthening interventions
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This webinar, from May 14, 2014, features Dr. Mary Fabri, formerly of the Kovler Center....
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Assessment and Trauma Focused Treatment for Children
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Sara Bracewell
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Description: Dr. Ernestine Briggs-King presents on assessment and trauma-focused treatment for children, particularly for children...
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Disrupted Attachments: How Torture Threatens the Fabric of Family Life
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Sara Bracewell
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Mental Health, Webinar, Children and Torture, Children
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Description: Dr. Laura Bennett-Murphy speaks about working with children who are primary or secondary torture...
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Studies of Adversity, Resilience, and Child Mental Health
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Sara Bracewell
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Description: Dr. Theresa Betancourt speaks about mental health in children who are survivors of torture...
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Evidence-based Treatment Models in Trauma Work with Children, Adolescents and Families
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Mitchell Katayama
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Mental Health, Webinar, Children and Torture, Children, Advanced Clinicians
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Description: This webinar, from 7/29/2010, features Laura Murray. It was presented as part of the...
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