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dc.rights.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisorKnipscheer, W.
dc.contributor.authorKogel, N.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-16T18:00:14Z
dc.date.available2021-08-16T18:00:14Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.urihttps://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/40875
dc.description.abstractBackground: Torture has a high traumatizing potential and is a strong predictor of PTSD. Thus far, interventions have only had little effect on treatment-seeking individuals who experienced torture, and a torture-related symptomology has yet to be recognized. Aim: This study aims to identify a torture-specific symptomatology among torture survivors from a treatment-seeking, refugee and asylum-seeking background, in order to optimize future interventions for this patient population. Methods: CAPS-5 and the depression dimension of BSI were used in order to separately analyze symptoms of PTSD and depression for torture survivors and non-tortured refugees. Results: A specific torture related symptomatology was not found. Most symptoms were found to vary between moderate to severe for both groups. Conclusion: The results indicate that both groups are likely to experience severe PTSD symptomatology. Possible explanations for the similarity in symptoms include post and pre-migration stressors that increased symptom severity for both groups. Further research is needed in order to determine whether there is in fact a specific torture related symptomatology.
dc.description.sponsorshipUtrecht University
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dc.language.isoen
dc.titleTorture syndrome: A search for a unique traumatic symptomatology for tortured- treatment-seeking-refugees
dc.type.contentMaster Thesis
dc.rights.accessrightsOpen Access
dc.subject.keywordsKey words: refugees; torture; post-traumatic stress disorder; depression; migration stress.
dc.subject.courseuuClinical Child and Adolescent Psychology


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