Asylum claims and memory of trauma: sharing our knowledge.

Herlihy, Jane; Turner, Stuart W · Br J Psychiatry · 2007

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

Decisions about asylum are extremely difficult because of the absence of a body of objective evidence. Psychiatrists and psychologists have a breadth of knowledge relating to the memory of trauma which could help to inform the asylum process, but we need to investigate how to apply this knowledge and how to make it accessible to decision makers.

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