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
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Assessment and Treatment of Traumatic Brain/Head Injury in Survivors of Torture
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The Complex Care of a Torture Survivor in the United States: The Case of “Joshua.”
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2024 NCTTP’s 16th Annual Symposium Presentations
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The Asylum Process: Interdisciplinary Responses to Multifaceted Challenges
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Asylum Assessment and Evaluation
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Challenges in Service Provision for Asylum Seekers
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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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How Do You Deal With the Trauma? VT and Me