Citation

Patel N, Williams A. Torture 2022; 32(1/2): 227-250.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims)

DOI

10.7146/torture.v32i1-2.131776

PMID

35950436

Abstract

Whilst it is established that torture survivors suffer from complex, multiple and often severe and enduring physical, psychological, social, welfare and many other difficulties; and that rehabilitation as reparation should be holistic, interdisciplinary and specialist, majority of the research on rehabilitation focuses increasingly and almost exclusively on psychological interventions. Further, as-sumptions that this research provides evidence of which are effective psychological interventions may underpin and skew ser-vices funded and provided to torture survivors. In this paper we challenge some of those assumptions, and discuss the concep-tual, theoretical, epistemological and methodological limitations of this research and implications for future research.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Anxiety; *Torture/psychology; *Refugees/psychology; *Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/psychology; Social Welfare; Survivors/psychology