Publications


The publications below list articles written by MF staff. We have tried to gather a comprehensive resource covering the issue of torture, however our views are not necessarily represented by the documents available here.

Disclaimer

To inform debate about the physical and psychological sequelae of torture, methods of treating its victims, and difficulties such people may face in claiming asylum, the Medical Foundation publishes here papers from external sources. Copyright rests with the authors unless otherwise stated, and the Medical Foundation accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the information and views expressed, and the accuracy or otherwise of the material.

Title Author Keywords

A Critique of Seven Assumptions Behind Psychological Trauma Programmes in War-Affected Areas

Derek Summerfield humanitarian operations, medicalisation, posttraumatic stress, war

A Dozen Differences to Consider when Working with Refugee Families

Jeremy Woodcock family therapy, refugee families

A Question of Translation: Transporting Art Therapy to KwaZulu-Natal- South Africa

Debra Kalmanowitz apartheid, art therapy, kwazulu-natal, paolo freire, political conflict, ubuntu

A Spanish-Speaking Psychotherapy Group for Exiled Male Victims of Torture and Political Violence

M Venables, Perico Rodriguez group therapy, torture survivors

A Systemic Approach to Trauma

Jeremy Woodcock attachment, systemic therapy, trauma

Adaptation After Torture: Some Thoughts on the Long-Term Effects of Surviving a Repressive Regime

Caroline Gorst-Unsworth exile, social adaptation, torture

Addressing Human Response to War and Atrocity

Derek Summerfield social world, trauma, war & atrocity, western psychiatry

An Interpreter's Perspective

Annemarie Fox boundaries, culture, interpreting, torture survivors, trust

Assisting Survivors of War and Atrocity: Notes on 'Psycho-Social' Issues for NGO Workers

Derek Summerfield psychosocial, social fabric, training, war & conflict

Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Britain. Health Needs of Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Angela Burnett, Michael Peel asylum seekers, health, physical needs, psychological needs, refugee community organisations, refugees

Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Britain. The Health of Survivors of Torture and Organised Violence

Angela Burnett, Michael Peel health needs, immigration detainees, physical impact of torture, psychological impact of torture, sexual violence, torture survivors

Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Britain. What Brings Asylum Seekers to the United Kingdom?

Angela Burnett, Michael Peel refugees, seekers

Being, Noticing, Knowing: The Emergence of Resilience in Group Work

Jeremy Woodcock group therapy, refugees, resilience

Caught in the Middle: A Study of Tamil Torture Survivors Coming to the UK

Mary Salinsky, Michael Peel sri lanka, tamils, torture

Child Refugees who are Survivors of Repression and it Concomitants Including Torture

Jeremy Woodcock, Sheila Melzak

Childhood, War, Refugeedom and "Trauma": Three Core Questions for Mental Health Professionals

Derek Summerfield child refugees, medicalisation, mental health, trauma

Chronic Pain in Survivors of Torture

pain, torture, torture survivors

Clinical Psychology: Reinforcing Inequalities or Facilitating Empowerment?

Nimisha Patel clinical psychology, refugees, social inequalities, torture survivors

Colonial History and Post- Colonial Context: The Matrix of War and Terrorism

Dick Blackwell colonialism, historical context, terrorism, war

Colonialism and Globlization: A Group-Analytical Perspective

Dick Blackwell colonialism, globalization, group therapy, history, racism

Cultural Differences in Therapeutic Process

Zack Eleftheriadou cross-cultural therapy, culture

Cultural Dynamics in Counselling Refugees

Diana Birkett counselling, culture, refugees, torture

Detaining Asylum Seekers: Automatic Independent Judical Review Would Reduce Unnecessary Suffering

Mary Salinsky

Developing Your Skill in Transcultural Training

Jane Shackman, Jill Reynolds refugees, social workers, support and supervision, training, transcultural

Difference and Power in Supervision - The Case of Culture and Racism

Nimisha Patel minority ethnic groups, power, psychological supervision, racism

Doctors and Interpreters Working Together

Annemarie Fox briefing, interpreting, interpreting techniques, torture victims, triadic dynamic

Doctors and Torture

Duncan Forrest health professionals involvement, impact of torture, torture

Drawing Back the Curtain: Maintaining a Critical Approach to Clinical Psychology Training

A Byrne, D Harper, Nimisha Patel, S Davidson critical clinical psychology, training

Enhancing the Psychosocial Well-Being of Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Angela Burnett exile, psychological well-being, refugees, torture survivors

Errors of recall and credibility:

Juliet Cohen asylum seekers, credibility, discrepancies, memory, testimony

Every Morning Just Like Coffee

Olivia Ball cameroon, persecution, torture

Evidence of Torture and Human Rights Abuses in Sierra Leone

Evidence of Torture: A Study of Pakistani Torture Survivors Coming to the UK

L Tigerstedt, Mary Salinsky pakistan, torture, torture methods

Examination of a Teacher from El Salvador

Arthur Keith, E Gordon abuse of human rights, el salvador, torture

Excessive Force During Removal of Immigration Detainees

C Granville-Chapman, Ellie Smith excessive force, handcuff, ill treatment, immigration detainees, restraint

Family Therapy and Human Rights: Working with Refugees

Jeremy Woodcock family therapy, human rights, refugees

Family Therapy with Refugees and Political Exiles

Jeremy Woodcock family therapy, refugees

Far from the Battle but Still at War:Troubled Refugee Children in School

Dick Blackwell parents, politics, refugee children, school, teachers, war

Flashbacks

Paul Burns flashbacks, ptsd

Fragments of Art at Work: Art Therapy in the Former Yugoslavia

Debra Kalmanowitz art therapy, former yugoslavia, portable studio, trauma

Good Counsel

family therapy, interpreting, medical foundation

Group Methods in Adult Psychiatry

J Schlapobersky, M Pines

Groupwork with Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Jeremy Woodcock group therapy, refugees

Guidelines for the Examination of Survivors of Torture, 2nd edition

Duncan Forrest documentation of torture, medico-legal report writing

Harm on Removal: Excessive Force Against Failed Asylum Seekers

C Granville-Chapman, Ellie Smith, N Moloney excessive force, handcuff, ill treatment, immigration detainees, medical foundation, restraint

Healing in Survivors of Torture

Athar Yawar culture, ethics, human rights, medico-legal report, torture

Healing Rituals with Families in Exile

Jeremy Woodcock family therapy, refugee families, rituals

Helping Victims of Violence in Uganda

J Giller, P Bracken, S Kabaganda uganda, victims, working overseas

Holding, Containing and Bearing Witness: The Problem of Helpfulness in Encounters with Torture Survivors

Dick Blackwell alienation, bearing witness, containing, holding, matrix

Human Rights and Medical Ethics

Michael Peel human rights, medical ethics