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  • Title: Short-term treatment of a Central American torture survivor.
    Author: Munczek DS.
    Journal: Psychiatry; 1998; 61(4):318-29. PubMed ID: 9919626.
    Abstract:
    The short-term treatment of a Honduran torture survivor is recounted. Torture--the "counter-therapy of the State" (Ritterman 1987, p. 43)--involves intentional physical and psychological destruction of human beings. The socio-political context in which the traumatic events occurred is described, as are the theoretical and ethical assumptions underlying the work. Treatment of victims of organized violence is a formidable challenge. Obstacles and advantages of short-term psychotherapy and use of the therapist's emotional reactions to understand survivors' experiences are emphasized.
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