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Gender differences in victims of war torture: Types of torture and psychological consequences

Author(s) -

Željko Špirić,

Goran Opačić,

Vladimir Jović,

R Samardžić,

Goran Knežević,

Gordana Mandić-Gajić,

Milorad Todorović

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

vojnosanitetski pregled

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2406-0720

pISSN - 0042-8450

DOI - 10.2298/vsp1005411s

Subject(s) - torture , somatization , poison control , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychology , anxiety , medical emergency , human rights , political science , law

Torture for political reasons is an extreme violence in interpersonal relations resulting in not only acute psychiatric disorders but also very often in very severe and far reaching negative consequences for the overall psychosocial functioning of a victim. The aim of this study was to investigate gender differences in types of torture and psychological consequences in subjects who experienced war torture.

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