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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Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture Orientation Group 4-Week Group Therapy Manual for Clinicians
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Group Treatment with Survivors of Torture 1 – The Orientation Group: PSOT’s Approach to Welcoming and Further Resourcing
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Social Work Podcast: An Overview of Trauma-Informed Care
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Information Guide: Sexual Violence as a Tool of Torture and Weapon during Conflict
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National Partnership for Community Training
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The Critical Link: Interpreters in the Community
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Refugee Survivors of Torture: Trauma and Treatment
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Controlled Trial of Psychotherapy for Congolese Survivors of Sexual Violence
Webinar
Restorative Retelling: Accommodating Bereavement After the Violent Death of a Loved One
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Like a Refugee Camp on First Avenue