Documentation of Torture and Mental (Psychiatric) Findings
COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERS, VOLS 1 AND 2, pp.869-886, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume:
- Publication Date: 2016
- Doi Number: 10.1007/978-3-319-08359-9_105
- Journal Name: COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERS, VOLS 1 AND 2
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
- Page Numbers: pp.869-886
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Torture is a crime against humanity and still exists despite absolute prohibition by human rights and humanitarian law. Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment provides international standards for mental evaluations for medical documentation of torture. In medicolegal evaluation of trauma patients, the biopsychological effects of the trauma and the severity of the injuries are required to be evaluated. Documentation is essential for torture victims.