Webinars
Webinars are seminars held on the web on serving survivors of torture. To see lists of webinars by topic please review the left-hand side of the page.
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All Webinars in Chronological Order
Religion, Spirituality, and Faith in the Care of Torture Survivors: Spirituality Series Part 1 (click to play)04-29-2009
From the Presentation
Note: Resources referenced in this PowerPoint are available below.
Websites
The following websites were referenced in this presentation:
http://www.beliefnet.com
Beliefnet is an independent spiritual website that contains information on many faith traditions, discussion groups, and other aspects of spirituality. It is not affiliated with any spiritual organization or movement.
http://www.spiritualityandhealth.duke.edu/
Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health at Duke University
http://www.rsmh.org/
Program for Religion/ Spirituality and Mental Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Other items of interest
PTSD Treatment Designed Specifically For Monks
30 min 13 sec
Fresh Air from WHYY, March 26, 2009 • Dr. Michael Grodin discusses his experiences treating Tibetan monks who suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. Many of the monks were imprisoned or tortured because of their resistance to the Chinese presence in Tibet, and now some of them experience "flashbacks" while meditating.
Grodin hypothesizes that meditation may reduce the brain's ability to inhibit unpleasant thoughts and memories. His treatment combines elements of Western and Tibetan medicine and therapy. Grodin wrote about his findings in the March issue of Mental Health, Religion, and Culture.
A professor of health law, bioethics and human rights at Boston University School of Public Health, Grodin is the medical ethicist at Boston Medical Center and the co-director of the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights.
Notice from the UNHCR - The Policy Development and Evaluation Service:
The Policy Development and Evaluation Service has created a "Witchcraft
and Human Rights Network". It is an informal network where information
about new developments, research and news related to witchcraft can be
shared.
The first article we would like to share with the network is an Article written in New Issues in Refugee Research by Jill Schnoebelen called "Witchcraft Allegations and Displacement".
If you are interested in participating in the network kindly inform Maria Riiskjaer at riiskjae@unhcr.org. Thank you.
