Treating victims of torture and violence
Subtitle: theoretical, cross-cultural, and clinical implications
By: Peter Elsass ; translated by John Andersen and Harald Fuglsang.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Torture victims -- Rehabilitation; Torture victims -- Mental health
Description: Treating Victims of Torture and Violence is the definitive manual for therapists treating victims of torture, prisoners of war, and casualties of forced migration. Divided into five sections dealing with basic concepts of torture - violence and aggression, the torture syndrome, psychotherapeutic treatment, the cultural psychology of torture syndrome, and cultural psychological treatment - Treating Victims of Torture and Violence employs both classic psychoanalytic and cognitive-behavioral methods.

Realizing that torture victims are frequently from different cultures than those of their therapists, Elsass provides in-depth analysis to aid therapists dealing with a multicultural clientele.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-195) and index.