[Torture as a cause of onset of psychopathologic disorders and treatment results].
This research has been performed over the torture victims during the aggression against Bosnia and Herzegovina, who because of being under psychotic and somatic symptoms asked for aid in the Center for Torture Victims in Sarajevo. Psychotic and somatic symptoms have been registered in the beginning and at the end of treatment by valid scales and questionnaires. These symptoms clearly indicated psychopathological profile of each subject. The combined treatment with psycho and pharmaco therapy lasted for the three month period and after that the evaluation of the results was done.
D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D014104:Torture / Q000523:psychology*; D014857:Warfare