In regard to the mental health needs among refugee torture victims from war-torn countries, evidence from the nursing literature indicates which of the following?
a. Torture victims almost never include women as well as men.
b. Post-traumatic stress and depression are less problematic when the occupying force was of a different language or culture than the victim.
c. Torture in itself may not increase the risk for subsequent mental illness.
d. Being held in detention while waiting for asylum-request hearings serves as a beneficial transition between torture imprisonment by an occupying force and freedom in the asylum setting.
C
Evidence has shown that torture, in and of itself, may not increase the risk of mental illness. However, there are certainly cases of individuals who have been victims of torture experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, suicidal ideation, and other conditions related to stress. Yet torture does not guarantee that a person will experience any or all of these ailments.
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