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Torture Journal with a special section on Sleep Deprivation.

IRCT, 2019

The latest issue of the Torture Journal examines sleep deprivation as a method of torture and presents the text of a Protocol on Medico-Legal Documentation of Sleep Deprivation. Finally, this issue also comprises an epidemiological study on knowledge of torture among medical professionals in Tanzania, a case report exemplifying narratives of Tamil survivors of sexual torture in Australia, and a debate on the standing of the Istanbul Protocol in Israel.

https://tidsskrift.dk/torture-journal/issue/view/8380

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Nightmares in Jalazone: Families deal with trauma following Israeli torture

Lauren Jappee, 2015

To understand psychiatric home visits in Palestine necessitates forgoing Western assumptions about patient confidentiality, privacy, and timeliness. Though individual patients often refer themselves to treatment centers after a release from prison, the difficulty of traveling to and from major cities requires therapists to make home visits. Families then participate in the session as a group, thereby coming to better understand their family members situation and relieving some of their own symptoms as well.

http://mondoweiss.net/2015/12/nightmares-families-following/

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Mental health consequences of war: a brief review of research findings

Srinivasa Murthy and Lakshminarayana

In humanitarian emergencies and conflict situations psychological damage has traditionally not been addressed, its extent and impact have not been well studied. It is only through a greater focus of mental health problems as a result of war and conflict, can coherent and effective strategies for dealing with such problems be developed.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1472271/

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Publications – The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI)

The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI)

In pursuit of their goal, PCATI operates primarily in two spheres: the legal, by filing petitions in the name of torture victims and training legal, medical and mental health professionals to work with torture victims; and the public, through education projects, conferences, continuing education sessions, documentation, and the release of publications.Her are a collection of their studies.

http://stoptorture.org.il/publications/studies/?lang=en

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