| Description |
xvii, 207 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The Series in clinical and community psychology |
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Series in clinical and community psychology.
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| Contents |
Torture: a brief overview / Peter Suedfeld -- Psychological consequences of torture: a need to formulate new strategies for research / Barbara G. Melamed, Jodi L. Melamed, and Jacqueline C. Bouhoutsos --The effects of torture and other maltreatment: implications for psychology / Brian E. Engdahl and Raina E. Eberly -- The psychology and culture of torture and torturers / Ervin Staub -- Factors contributing to the creation of a torturer / Janice T. Gibson -- Torture and other extreme measures taken for the general good: further reflections on a philosophical problem / Michael Levin -- Psychologists as victims, administrators, and designers of torture / Peter Suedfeld -- "The hooded men": victims of psychological research? / Steven B. Kennedy -- Treating victims of torture: psychology's challenge / Jacqueline C. Bouhoutsos -- Dealing with the unbearable: reactions of therapists and therapeutic institutions to survivors of torture / Enrique Bustos -- Because mercy has a human heart: centers for victims of torture / Barbara Chester -- Psychology's role in the campaign to abolish torture: can individuals and organizations make a difference? / Stephen V. Faraone |
| Summary |
Publisher description: Produced to arouse the interest of the academic community within the social sciences, this volume may also inform others concerned with the problem of torture and treating its after-effects |
| Analysis |
Torture Psychological aspects |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Torture victims -- Counseling of.
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Torture victims -- Mental health.
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Torture -- Psychological aspects.
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Counseling.
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Prisoners.
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Torture.
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| Author |
Suedfeld, Peter, 1935-
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| LC no. |
89039732 |
| ISBN |
0891169768 |
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