At the Side of Torture Survivors
Subtitle: Treating a Terrible Assault on Human Dignity
Contributors: Desmond Tutu (Foreword); Bahman Nirumand (Foreword); Dori Laub (Foreword); Sepp Graessner (Editor); Norbert Gurris (Editor); Christian Pross (Editor)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: March 22, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780801866272
Subjects: Political oppression & persecution; Psychiatry; Violence in society; Rehabilitation Counseling; Psychological aspects; Medical; Torture; Mental Health And Hygiene; Psychotherapy - Counseling; Psychiatry - General; Psychology; Torture victims; Mental health; Abuse - General; Mental Illness; Psychotherapy - General; Psychology & Psychiatry / General; Rehabilitation
First sentence: Enduring torture requires not just a physical but, above all, a kind of mental peak performance.