{"id":2566,"date":"2009-12-23T15:04:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T20:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-news\/?p=497"},"modified":"2009-12-23T15:04:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T20:04:47","slug":"head-and-neck-sequelae-of-torture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2009\/12\/23\/head-and-neck-sequelae-of-torture\/","title":{"rendered":"Head and Neck Sequelae of Torture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from BUSM report that there is very little literature that specifically addresses the topic of torture involving the head and neck. In order to increase awareness of torture among otolaryngologists, the researchers, led by Sondra Crosby, MD, an associate professor at BUSM, performed a retrospective review of five cases of survivors of torture and describe their findings in the December 8 online issue of <em>Laryngoscope<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the researchers, paper reviewed the prevalence and methods of torture involving the head and neck. \u201cIn addition, we hoped it would emphasize the importance of establishing rapport, obtaining a social history, and determining the method of torture to appropriately diagnose and adequately treat survivors of head and neck torture,\u201d said senior author Jeffrey Spiegel, MD, FACS, associate professor  in the department of Otolaryngology.<\/p>\n<p>Speigel believes that physicians may lack awareness of, or feel discomfort asking about torture. \u201cIt is important that otolaryngologists who see immigrant and refugee populations are trained to recognize the signs and symptoms of torture, and make appropriate referrals to mental health specialists or specialized torture treatment programs,\u201d added Spiegel. In addition, otolaryngologists play an important role in documenting injuries as part of the patient\u2019s application for asylum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from BUSM report that there is very little literature that specifically addresses the topic of torture involving the head and neck. In order to increase awareness of torture among otolaryngologists, the researchers, led by Sondra Crosby, MD, an associate professor at BUSM, performed a retrospective review of five cases of survivors of torture and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":903,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/903"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}