March 22, 2017 The Italian Ministry of Health approves and publishes “guidelines for planning interventions of assistance and rehabilitation, as well as mental health treatment for persons with refugee status and subsidiary protection status who have been subject to torture, rape and other forms of psychological, physical and/or sexual violence”, written with the collaboration of Doctors Against Torture. The guidelines become the subject of a sprawling debate among the various organizations working in these areas, and on November 7, 2017 Doctors Without Borders and Doctors Against Torture host a workshop Rome on “The applicability and criticality of the Italian Ministry of Health’s guidelines for planning interventions of assistance and rehabilitation for survivors of torture and other forms of violence”.
Focus on the group dimension is consolidated, with in-house sessions and field trips aimed at reconnecting participants with their past/roots, while at the same time learning, within the group context, to deal with issues regarding culture shock and problems of assimilation.
Doctors Against Torture takes part in a wide range of meetings and workshops throughout Italy and internationally, including ACAT Europe and IRCT Belgrade.
