Taking a History of Torture
This is a series of 7 videos that have been created by EthnoMed to help guide providers who need to take a history of torture from their patients.
June 20, 2020 · Video
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Northwest Health and Human Rights (NWHHR) Coalition
Information about a collaborative coalition that provides medical consultation, mental health and legal social services to survivors of torture in Washington State.
December 31, 2019 · Article, PDF
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Torture: Spine Injury
In this vignette the patient describes how he was tortured, his symptoms and the related back injuries he sustained.
June 29, 2016 · Video
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Caring for Torture Survivors: Warning about PTSD and Flashbacks
Short vignette that demonstrates how to warn survivors of torture about PTSD and flashbacks.
June 29, 2016 · Video
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Hearing a Political History: Death of a Child
Vignette about a refugee’s terrible loss and suffering that comes with the death of his child – a form of torture itself.
June 29, 2016 · Video
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Arrest, Dention & Escape: Arrest and Confinement
This vignette captures the details and brutality of the process of torture.
June 29, 2016 · Video
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Getting a Torture History: PTSD Reactivation
Discussion about the experience of reactivation of torture PTSD because of catastrophic illness.
February 10, 2015 · Video
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Hearing the Political History: Witnessing the Torture of Others
This video discusses an example of mass torture in Cambodia under Pol Pot.
February 10, 2015 · Video
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Torture Symptoms: Catastrophic Illness
This gentleman is identifying the end stage renal disease and his need for dialysis as a trigger that reactivated his PTSD and specifically his experiences of torture 40 years earlier under the Khmer Rouge.
February 10, 2015 · Video
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Sequelae of Torture: Traumatic Brain Injury
A 40 minute video presentation by Dr. Carey Jackson about working with torture survivors. Topics include mechanisms of traumatic brain injury, symptoms of TBI, and how to assess and treat.
October 4, 2014 · Video
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Impact of Torture on Medical Care
A 27 minute video presentation by Dr. Nicole Ahrenholz about issues involved in the medical screening and treatment of victims of torture.
October 4, 2014 · Video
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Secondary Torture: Psychological Sequela and Sleep Disturbances
Oromo patient describes the psychological fallout of having experienced secondary torture – including nightmares.
March 12, 2014 · Video
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Torture Symptoms: Linking Symptoms to Mechanism of Injury
Oromo patient describes mechanisms of torture and resulting injuries.
March 12, 2014 · Video
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Secondary Torture
This Oromo patient describes her experiences witnessing torture of others in her life, which is an example of secondary torture.
March 12, 2014 · Video
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Physical and Psychological Sequelae in Refugees Who Have Survived Torture: Literature Review
A review of the literature about ramifications of physical and psychological torture in adult refugees or asylum seekers.
January 1, 2014 · Article
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Torture Symptoms: Distorted Timelines & Memory Loss
This clip illustrates how torture can impact a clear narrative of events and make it difficult for clinicians to reconstruct linear timelines.
December 5, 2013 · Video
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Arrest, Detention & Escape: Confinement
This clip illustrates a common form of torture: confinement and isolation in restricted spaces.
December 5, 2013 · Video
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Arrest, Detention & Escape: Starvation
This clip illustrates the significance of hunger on patients and their memories of torture.
December 5, 2013 · Video
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Torture Symptoms: Chronic Nightmares and Sleeplessness
This gentleman has been out of prison for 30+ years. He has never mentioned sleep difficulties as an issue nor his near nightly nightmares.
December 3, 2013 · Video
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Evaluation and Treatment of Survivors of Torture
A slideshow to help clinicians who treat victims of torture recognize the significance of a torture history, know how to record and document it, and understand how to integrate that history into medical decision making.
June 4, 2013 · PDF
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Torture: Electrical Torture
Slideshow providing information about electrical torture, prevalence among refugees, and long-term effects.
March 10, 2013 · PDF
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Refugee Health Screener-15 (RHS 15) Packet
The RHS-15 is a tool for screening refugees for emotional distress and mental health. Packet includes the RHS-15 tool, background on the tool’s development, and guidelines on using the RHS-15 with recently resettled refugees.
December 19, 2012 · PDF
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Screening for Depression Among Newly Arrived Vietnamese Refugees in Primary Care Settings
Article reprinted with permission from Western Journal of Medicine. By Dedra Buchwald, MD et al. West J Med, October 1995; 163:341-345.
October 2, 1995 · Article, PDF
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Mental Health and Illness in Vietnamese Refugees
Article reprinted with permission from Western Journal of Medicine by Steven J. Gold, PhD, Whittier, CA. West J Med, Sept. 1992; 157:290-294.
September 6, 1992 · Article
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Working with Refugee Survivors of Torture
Article reprinted with permission from Western Journal of Medicine. By Barbara Chester, PhD and Neal Holton, MPH. West J Med, September 1992; 157:301-304.
September 1, 1992 · Article, PDF
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