Volume 28

Editorial

Migration and torture: Building a map of knowledge
Pau Pérez-Sales, Editor in Chief

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Review

Debility, dependency and dread: On the conceptual and evidentiary dimensions of psychological torture
Ergun Cakal

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Scientific articles

Special section: Forced migration and torture: challenges and solutions in rehabilitation and prevention
Associated Guest Editor: Joost Jan den Otter, PhD, MD, MSc

“It never happened to me, so I don’t know if there are procedures”: identification and case management of torture survivors in the reception and public health system of Rome, Italy
Caterina Spissu, Gianfranco De Maio, Rafael Van den Bergh, Engy Ali, Emilie Venables, Doris Burtscher, Aurelie Ponthieu, Mario Ronchetti, Narciso Mostarda, Federica Zamatto

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Validation of the Protect Questionnaire: A tool to detect mental health problems in asylum seekers by non-health professionals
Ricarda Mewes, Boris Friele, Evert Bloemen

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“My mind is not like before”: Psychosocial rehabilitation of victims of torture in Athens
Gail Womersley, Laure Kloetzer, Rafael Van den Bergh, Emilie Venables, Nathalie Severy, Nikos Gkionakis, Christina Popontopoulou, Manolis Kokkiniotis, Federica Zamatto

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Non-professional interpreters in counselling for asylum seeking and refugee women
Filiz Celik, Tom Cheesman

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Acute short-term multimodal treatment for newly arrived traumatized refugees: Reflections on the practical experience
and evaluation
Mechthild Wenk-Ansohn, Carina Heeke, Maria Böttche, Nadine Stammel

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Satisfaction of trauma-affected refugees treated with antidepressants and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cæcilie Buhmann, Jessica Carlsson, Erik Lykke Mortensen

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Case report

Case report: The impact of torture on mental health in the narratives of two torture survivors
Simone M. de la Rie, Jannetta Bos, Jeroen Knipscheer, Paul A. Boelen

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Perspectives

Perspectives: Building Survivor Activism: An organisational view
Shameem Sadiq-Tang

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Book review

Forensic Psychological Assessment in Immigration Court:
A Guidebook for Evidence-Based and Ethical Practice by
Barton F. Evans III, Giselle A. Hass
Mari Amos

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After deportation: ethnographic perspectives by Shahram Khosravi
Louise Victoria Johansen

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Tainted by Torture: Examining the use of torture evidence.
A report by Fair Trials and REDRESS
Sara Lopez

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Volume 28 - Issue No. 2

Editorial

Review

Scientific articles

Case report

Perspectives

Book review

Privacy Policy

Disclaimer