KMID : 0368820120510030127
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Journal of the Korean Neuropsychiatr Association 2012 Volume.51 No. 3 p.127 ~ p.133
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Psychiatric Diagnoses of Torture Survivors
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Choiu Hyun-Jung
Lee Hwa-Young Lee Hoon-Jin
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was to investigate the psychiatric diagnoses of survivors of traumatic stress, i.e. torture, as a part of a large research project of a human rights survey of torture survivors.
Methods: Participants were 24 torture survivors who consented to participate, who had experienced torture during the period of 1970 through the 2000¡¯s. Participants were recruited from human rights support groups and government agencies using the snowballing technique. Data was collected by a psychiatrist and two psychologists using the MINI-International Neuropsychiatric Interview PLUS.
Results: The prevalence of past psychiatric diagnoses which occurred during a post-victimization period included post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD, 37.5%), depressive disorders (45.8%), panic disorder (16.6%), substance related disorders (24.9%), psychotic disorder (4.1%), and adjustment disorder (16.6%). The prevalence of current diagnoses at interview period included PTSD (33.3%), depressive disorders (41.6%), panic disorder (8.2%), generalized anxiety disorder (4.1%), substance related disorders (20.8%), psychotic disorder (4.1%), adjustment disorder (12.5%), and suicidal tendency of above mid-level (16.6%). The co-morbidity rate was 37.5% in the past, and 33.3% at present.
Conclusion: It was revealed that torture survivors were suffering from high rates of chronic psychiatric disorders. Appropriate psychiatric treatment may be in need to support the sufferings of the survivors
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KEYWORD
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Torture, Mental disorders, Post-traumatic stress disorders
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