Psychiatric morbidity in survivors of organised state violence including torture. A retrospective series.
The case notes documenting the psychological well-being of 100 survivors of torture and other forms of organised state violence were analysed retrospectively. The most common diagnoses were post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depression, and somatoform disorders. Of these, PTSD showed the strongest association with experience of torture. It is possible that PTSD has a dimensional nature, and that reactions to different stressors are heterogeneous.
Ramsay
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Out-patient Department of Psychological Medicine, University College Hospital, London.
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Turner
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011057:Politics; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D014104:Torture / Q000523:psychology*