Documentation of Torture and Mental (Psychiatric) Findings
COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERS, VOLS 1 AND 2, ss.869-886, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
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- Basım Tarihi: 2016
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/978-3-319-08359-9_105
- Dergi Adı: COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERS, VOLS 1 AND 2
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.869-886
- Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
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.