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
- Survivors of torture in detention
- Working with Torture Survivors
- Role of the Mental Health Professional
- Psychological Consequences of Torture
- Components of the Evaluation
- Screening Tools and Standardized Measures
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Assessment
- Client meetings & communication
- Supporting client during asylum process
- Writing effective affidavits
- Expert witness testimony
- The Adjudicator’s Perspective
- Special Topics
- Survivors from specific groups
Webinar
Assessment and Treatment of Traumatic Brain/Head Injury in Survivors of Torture
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CVT Literature Selection Q2 2023
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CVT Literature Selection Q1 2023
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RHS-15
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Fundamentals: Mental Health Services Resources
E-Learning
Fundamentals: Mental Health Services
Webinar
Enhancing Empathy by Measuring Torture Symptoms with Survivors
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Screening for War Trauma, Torture, and Mental Health Symptoms Among Newly Arrived Refugees: A National Survey of U.S. Refugee Health Coordinators
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Assessment and Trauma Focused Treatment for Children
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Harvard Trauma Questionnaire: Measuring Trauma, Measuring Torture (HTQ)
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