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
Webinar
Healing and the Pursuit of Justice: Challenging Sexual Assault as an Instrument of War: Part Two
Webinar
Healing and the Pursuit of Justice: Challenging Sexual Assault as an Instrument of War: Introduction
Series
Healing and the Pursuit of Justice: Challenging Sexual Assault as an Instrument of War
E-Learning
Studies of Adversity, Resilience, and Child Mental Health
E-Learning
Introduction to Training for Mental Health Professionals Evaluating Torture Survivors for Asylum Claims
resource
Evaluation Publications
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The Women’s Circle: Education and Support Group for Bhutanese Women
resource
Expert Witness in Immigration Proceedings
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Vicarious Resilience: A New Concept in Work With Those Who Survive Trauma
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Sample psychological affidavit
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