The centre's main aim is to contribute to a qualitative improvement in the psychosocial and health care for this target group. Our work focuses especially on helping refugees who have suffered torture and other human rights violations. Further explicit aims of the association are to disseminate information on the destructive effects of torture and human rights violations among the public and to improve refugees' access to health and social services.
Treatment includes psychological diagnosis and crisis intervention in emergency situations.
A consultative medical service is provided by specialists in neurology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis. Medical examinations, reports, and initial treatment of physical sequelae of torture is offered. With the aid of trained interpreters working in 10 different languages, treatment can be offered in the clients' own languages. A series of interventions are also employed to stabilize the social context and to create living conditions that foster rehabilitation by helping to bring families together. These include supporting a client's wish to be allocated a residence close to his or her relatives, or to move to a more suitable form of accommodation.