Somatic and psychosomatic effects of torture


Nature

Victims of torture have a loss of hearing due to the telephone torture, simultaneous blows on both ears. Bones are broken, muscles are torn or bruised. They walk in pain due to falanga, the systematic beating of the soles of the feet. Rectums are injured in the form of scars and abscesses after the insertion of bottles, police batons or other instruments in the anus. Teeth are lost from electrical torture to the gums and teeth or being broken. Women have had periods of menstrual disturbances and miscarriages.

Incidence

In a study of 135 victims of torture, examined two to seven years after the events showed the following symptoms: headache 36%, reduced hearing 15%, vision disturbances 14%, intolerance to alcohol 11%, vertigo 4%, gastro-intestinal symptoms 32%, pains in the joints 19%, cardio-pulmonary symptoms 22%, difficulty walking 17%, pains related to trauma 13% and other symptoms 18%.

Web page

  1. Freedom from Torture
  2. Psychological Trauma and Functional Somatic Syndromes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  3. NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors
  4. The Center for Victims of Torture,
  5. The Relationship Between Somatic and PTSD Symptoms Among Bhutanese Refugee Torture Survivors: Examination of Comorbidity with Anxiety and Depression
  6. The psychological impact of torture
  7. Torture can affect the brain, leaving long-term psychological scars
  8. Psychological and Physical Long-term Effects of Torture: A Follow-up Examination of 22 Greek Persons Exposed to Torture 1967–1974
  9. Torture
  10. The physical and psychological effects of torture in Kurds seeking asylum in the United Kingdom
  11. Psychological and physical torture have similar mental effects
  12. Psychological effects of torture: An empirical study of tortured and non-tortured non-political prisoners
  13. The worst scars are in the mind: psychological torture

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