Government-Sanctioned Torture: Status of the Rehabilitation Movement

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Government-sanctioned torture remains widespread despite expansion of the rehabilitation movement and efforts towards prevention. This paper describes how the cultural and socio political contexts in which the survivor was tortured and receives help significantly affect perceptions of torture's con sequences and selection of the most appropriate interventions. The paper defines and describes torture, reviews the histori cal and philosophical antecedents in the evolution of the rehabilitation movement and discusses how these antecedents have affected perceptions of diagnosis, models of treatment and prognosis for torture survivors. Opportunities for future research and training are proposed.

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