Assessment, diagnosis, and intervention
The consequences of torture and other extreme interpersonal trauma show many similarities across groups of survivors. Thus, data about assessment and intervention approaches with other traumatized populations are potentially valuable for survivors of torture. However, determining with accuracy the generalizability of findings from one group to another is challenging.
Author: Jaranson, James M. | Kinzie, J. David | Friedman, Merle | Ortiz, Sister Dianna | Friedman, Matthew J. | Southwick, Steven | Kastrup, Marianne | Mollica, Richard
RCT Author (No longer employed at RCT): Marianne Kastrup
Source: The mental health consequences of
torture / Ellen Gerrity, Terence M. Keane, Farris Tuma (eds.)
The differences in the physical, psychological, sociocultural
and economic variables, both within and between disparate groups,
have significant implications for assessment approaches, diagnostic
validity, and treatment interventions