title: [Torture as a part of war strategy in Bosnia and Herzegovina].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To make an identification methods of torture in Bosnia and Herzegovina and their frequency during aggression of war period employed on survivors of torture victims.
  
  
  METHODS
  The research study included 108 patients with experiences of war torture. Of 108 patients, 74 or 68.5% were males and 34 or 31.5% females. Most of them were Bosniacs--102 patients, three Croats and three belonging to other nationality. In registration of employed methods of torture, we used Scale for exposition to torture.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Majority of patients--75% was frequently tortured during a long period of time, 18% were not tortured that frequently, and 7% were rarely tortured. The most frequently present methods of torture employed were psychological torture, physical torture, and the last sexual methods of torture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The psychological methods of torture were very hard overcoming by torture survivors who developed chronic psychological consequences of torture.
authors.affiliation: Psihijatrijska klinika KCU Sarajevo.
authors.forename: Abdulah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kućukalić
authors.forename: Alma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bravo-Mehmedbasić
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014104:Torture / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014857:Warfare
vernacular_title: Tortura kao dio ratne strategije u Bosni i Hercegovini.