TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Survey of  National Consortium of Torture Treatment Program therapists about the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of the psychological sequelae of torture
JO  - Traumatology
A1  - Vrana, Scott R.
A1  - Campbell, Thomas A.
A1  - Clay, Russ
SP  - 144
EP  - 153
VL  - 19
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1534-7656
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534765612455226
ID  - ref1
ER  -