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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Reimaginings: Storytelling and Poetry for Navigating Loss and Hope
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Family Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services
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Applying Ambiguous Loss Theory to Torture Survivors: A Conversation with Pauline Boss
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Narrative Exposure Therapy for Torture Survivors in Exile: Overview and Adaptations
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The Complex Care of a Torture Survivor in the United States: The Case of “Joshua.”
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Improving Well-Being for Refugees in Primary Care: A Toolkit for Providers
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Ambiguous loss of home: Syrian refugees and the process of losing and remaking home
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CVT Literature Selection Q1 2023
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Trauma-Informed Care: Movement Towards Practice
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Promoting safety with our clients – e-consultation