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The questions at the heart of the text of the article arise in the professional work of evaluatin... more The questions at the heart of the text of the article arise in the professional work of evaluating victims of torture in a centre (NGO). The victims come from various countries, where torture practices exist or have existed, and request international protection. Dilemmas arise from the possibility of professionals finding themselves in front of clients who, during assessment, have doubts about the client's status as victim, and who develop suspicions that they may be a perpetrator. The centre may decide to exclude them from treatment at some point to prevent international protection from contributing to impunity for any crimes they may have committed. However, the decision to exclude them makes it necessary to examine and review the admissibility criteria in trying to control the risks of committing injustices. Resolving the dilemmas identified in the article involves a process of discernment that guarantees the clients’ rights, the safety and certainty of professional procedure...

Peace Psychology Book Series

International Human Rights Law Review, 2016

This article considers the Programme for Reparation and Integral Health Assistance for Victims of... more This article considers the Programme for Reparation and Integral Health Assistance for Victims of Human Rights Violations (prais) in Chile. It includes a summary of the reparations programmes implemented in Chile from 1990 to 2004, to redress the human rights violations suffered by victims of Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973–1990). The Health Programme was created in 1991 and reinforced by law in 2004. It has been the principal reparation measure for victims of human rights violations adopted in Chile, including third-generation relatives. This article puts them in context and assesses achievements and challenges of the reparations programme.

Psicologia Y Derechos Humanos 2004 Isbn 84 7426 691 2 Pags 297 322, 2004

Journal of Social Issues, 1990

This article describes the work of a mental health team confronting the individual and social con... more This article describes the work of a mental health team confronting the individual and social consequences of human rights violations by the military government in Chile from 1973 through 1989. It examines three forms of repression—torture, disappearance, and death—and the consequences these have had for victims and family members. Damage to victims is conceptualized in terms of “extreme traumatization,” and psychotherapeutic work with the victims has required radical rethinking of the nature of the therapeutic bond that is necessary with these patients. Grief processes have special relevance in this work, as does the relationship between the personal experience of repression and the sociopolitical context. An illustrative case study of therapy with a torture victim is presented. Finally, the article emphasizes the importance of societal reparation for the psychological recovery of the victims and the consolidation of a stable democracy in Chile.

... Un agradecimiento especial va para nuestro asistente en la investigación, Yuri Gahona, quien ... more ... Un agradecimiento especial va para nuestro asistente en la investigación, Yuri Gahona, quien ha aprendido sobre ... Miguel Luis Amunátegui Johnson, Ramón Alvarez Goldsack, Jorge Prat Echaurren, Agustín Alvarez Villablanca, José Miguel Prado Valdés, Rafael Pacheco ...

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2015

Prohibida la reproducción de este libro por cualquier medio, total o parcialmente, sin permiso ex... more Prohibida la reproducción de este libro por cualquier medio, total o parcialmente, sin permiso expreso de los editores.

Rev Chil Neuro Psiquiatr, Sep 1, 1987

Santiago: ILAS-CESOC, 1991

Psyke & Logos

This article shows how clinical practices developed during the military dictatorship led to new k... more This article shows how clinical practices developed during the military dictatorship led to new knowledge about trauma, particularly its effect on memory. Psychologists came up with the idea to have patients write down their testimony as a central element of their therapy. Patients embraced this. The shame and rage that was eating away at them could be channeled toward denouncing what had happened and demanding justice. Things changed in the 1980s: the public began to know about what was going on and the detainees’ stories found their way into the press. This »modified the place of denuncia and made the therapeutic process of giving testimony less necessary.« The last part of the work, shows the new social purpose written testimonies took on in the changing political climate of the 1980’s.

Peace Psychology Book Series

... Entretiens. Elisabeth Lira La psicologia de la amenaza politica y el miedo. ... Comisión Inve... more ... Entretiens. Elisabeth Lira La psicologia de la amenaza politica y el miedo. ... Comisión Investigadora 1931 (2006),. Agrandir Image2. Un perfil de psicologia politica latinoamericana. Preguntas / Questions. Puede indicarnos cuales son los temas actuales de sus investigaciones? ...

The questions at the heart of the text of the article arise in the professional work of evaluatin... more The questions at the heart of the text of the article arise in the professional work of evaluating victims of torture in a centre (NGO). The victims come from various countries, where torture practices exist or have existed, and request international protection. Dilemmas arise from the possibility of professionals finding themselves in front of clients who, during assessment, have doubts about the client's status as victim, and who develop suspicions that they may be a perpetrator. The centre may decide to exclude them from treatment at some point to prevent international protection from contributing to impunity for any crimes they may have committed. However, the decision to exclude them makes it necessary to examine and review the admissibility criteria in trying to control the risks of committing injustices. Resolving the dilemmas identified in the article involves a process of discernment that guarantees the clients’ rights, the safety and certainty of professional procedure...

Peace Psychology Book Series

International Human Rights Law Review, 2016

This article considers the Programme for Reparation and Integral Health Assistance for Victims of... more This article considers the Programme for Reparation and Integral Health Assistance for Victims of Human Rights Violations (prais) in Chile. It includes a summary of the reparations programmes implemented in Chile from 1990 to 2004, to redress the human rights violations suffered by victims of Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973–1990). The Health Programme was created in 1991 and reinforced by law in 2004. It has been the principal reparation measure for victims of human rights violations adopted in Chile, including third-generation relatives. This article puts them in context and assesses achievements and challenges of the reparations programme.

Psicologia Y Derechos Humanos 2004 Isbn 84 7426 691 2 Pags 297 322, 2004

Journal of Social Issues, 1990

This article describes the work of a mental health team confronting the individual and social con... more This article describes the work of a mental health team confronting the individual and social consequences of human rights violations by the military government in Chile from 1973 through 1989. It examines three forms of repression—torture, disappearance, and death—and the consequences these have had for victims and family members. Damage to victims is conceptualized in terms of “extreme traumatization,” and psychotherapeutic work with the victims has required radical rethinking of the nature of the therapeutic bond that is necessary with these patients. Grief processes have special relevance in this work, as does the relationship between the personal experience of repression and the sociopolitical context. An illustrative case study of therapy with a torture victim is presented. Finally, the article emphasizes the importance of societal reparation for the psychological recovery of the victims and the consolidation of a stable democracy in Chile.

... Un agradecimiento especial va para nuestro asistente en la investigación, Yuri Gahona, quien ... more ... Un agradecimiento especial va para nuestro asistente en la investigación, Yuri Gahona, quien ha aprendido sobre ... Miguel Luis Amunátegui Johnson, Ramón Alvarez Goldsack, Jorge Prat Echaurren, Agustín Alvarez Villablanca, José Miguel Prado Valdés, Rafael Pacheco ...

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2015

Prohibida la reproducción de este libro por cualquier medio, total o parcialmente, sin permiso ex... more Prohibida la reproducción de este libro por cualquier medio, total o parcialmente, sin permiso expreso de los editores.

Rev Chil Neuro Psiquiatr, Sep 1, 1987

Santiago: ILAS-CESOC, 1991

Psyke & Logos

This article shows how clinical practices developed during the military dictatorship led to new k... more This article shows how clinical practices developed during the military dictatorship led to new knowledge about trauma, particularly its effect on memory. Psychologists came up with the idea to have patients write down their testimony as a central element of their therapy. Patients embraced this. The shame and rage that was eating away at them could be channeled toward denouncing what had happened and demanding justice. Things changed in the 1980s: the public began to know about what was going on and the detainees’ stories found their way into the press. This »modified the place of denuncia and made the therapeutic process of giving testimony less necessary.« The last part of the work, shows the new social purpose written testimonies took on in the changing political climate of the 1980’s.

Peace Psychology Book Series

... Entretiens. Elisabeth Lira La psicologia de la amenaza politica y el miedo. ... Comisión Inve... more ... Entretiens. Elisabeth Lira La psicologia de la amenaza politica y el miedo. ... Comisión Investigadora 1931 (2006),. Agrandir Image2. Un perfil de psicologia politica latinoamericana. Preguntas / Questions. Puede indicarnos cuales son los temas actuales de sus investigaciones? ...