Mental Health
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.
 
                            Topics
- Working with Interpreters
- Self-care for Providers
- Advanced Clinicians
- Training Mental Health Evaluators
- Treatment Model
- Specific Populations
- Asylum Process- US Asylum Law
- One-Year Filing Deadline
- Asylum seekers in detention
- Evaluation Practice Manuals
- Working with Torture Survivors
- Role of the Mental Health Professional
- Psychological Consequences of Torture
- Components of the Evaluation
- Screening Tools and Standardized Measures
- Client meetings & communication
- Supporting client during asylum process
- Writing effective affidavits
- Expert witness testimony
- The Adjudicator’s Perspective
 
- Special Topics
- Survivors from specific groups
- Program Evaluation
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                    Resilience and recovery after war: Refugee children and families in the United States                
            
                    
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                    Assessment and Trauma Focused Treatment for Children                                    
            
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                    Expert Witness in Immigration Proceedings                
            
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                    Sample psychological affidavit                
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                    Risk and resilience for psychological distress amongst unaccompanied asylum seeking adolescents                
            
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                    Children, torture and psychological consequences                
            
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                    Assessment of Malingering With Repeat Forensic Evaluations: Patient Variability and Possible Misclassification on the SIRS and Other Feigning Measures                
            
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                    Clinical and Conceptual Problems in the Attribution of Malingering in Forensic Evaluations                
            
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                    Theories of post-traumatic growth: Cross-cultural perspectives                
            
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                    Neuropsychological Evaluation FAQ