@article{ref1,
title="Survey of  National Consortium of Torture Treatment Program therapists about the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of the psychological sequelae of torture",
journal="Traumatology",
year="2013",
author="Vrana, Scott R. and Campbell, Thomas A. and Clay, Russ",
volume="19",
number="2",
pages="144-153",
abstract="This study used qualitative methods to examine present practices in psychologically assessing and treating torture survivors in National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs (NCTTP) across the United States. Twenty-five NCTTP Center Directors were contacted and 21 agreed to participate. Seventeen therapists from 10 different centers ultimately completed a survey and eight participated in a follow-up phone interview. Unstructured interviews, the Hopkins Symptom Checklist, and the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire were employed by the majority of therapists to assess functioning. Psychoeducation, supportive counseling, cognitive-behavior therapy, and family counseling/therapy were the most common treatment approaches employed. Therapists identified treatment outcome research and population-specific outcome research as significant needs. Therapists identified barriers to treatment including clinic funding, lack of interpreters, and client transportation, legal, financial, and cultural/linguistic barriers.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1534-7656",
doi="10.1177/1534765612455226",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534765612455226"
}