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Special Programs to Address the Needs of Survivors

Improving Effectiveness of Treatment for Torture Survivors ()

Sponsor:

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Principal Investigator:

  • Judy Bass, PhD (DRC) & Paul Bolton (Iraq)

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Project Period:

10/01/2008 — 01/31/2013

The program goals were to (1) improve specific programs funded by the Victims of Torture Program; (2) transfer capacity to VTF partners to use the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation (DIME) process; (3) enhance the field of torture and trauma treatment by expanding knowledge on the needs of torture and trauma-affected populations. As part of this project we adapted Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD for torture survivors in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in South, Central, and Northern Iraq.

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