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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Building a Culturally Informed Refugee Mental Healthcare Provider Network
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Therapy for Refugees and Torture Survivors: New H.E.A.R.T. Model Part 1
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Therapy for Refugees and Torture Survivors: New H.E.A.R.T. Model
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Defining Effective Care Coordination for Mental Health Referrals of Refugee Populations in the United States
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How Do You Deal With the Trauma? VT and Me
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New NCTSN Webinar Series – Trauma-Informed Care: Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Unaccompanied Children
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Boundaries in the Electronic Age
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Working with Survivors of Torture – the Mind Body Connection: eConsultation
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Working With Survivors of Torture – The Mind-Body Connection
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Psychological Issues and Techniques in Navigating the Asylum Process e-Consultation