Alongside, the Rehabilitation Centre has created a mobile group consisting of three doctors, namely
a physician, a psychologist and a psychotherapist, that travels to the regions to respond to torture
reports in the regions on a timely basis and to prescribe necessary treatment. In 2012, four visits of
the mobile group were organized to Osh and Issyk-Kul provinces.
The main mental disorders related to torture are post-injury stress disorders and severe depression.
In 2012, the Rehabilitation Programme extended the list of its services by including psychological
assistance provided to victims of torture that went through rehabilitation activities previously. This
new service is indeed important, as the negative impact of torture on a person’s mental health can
manifest itself at a later stage, sometimes a few months or even years later.
Fifteen victims who had previously undergone in-patient and out-patient treatment were covered by
the “second rehabilitation stage” in 2012 which included group psychotherapy.
Real-life example from the work of the Rehabilitation Centre:
A 41-year-old man, Mr. J., was beaten by a police officer as punishment for a traffic accident and received a
gunshot wound as a result of a shooting from a service gun. Later J. was hospitalized to a vascular surgery
unit of the National Hospital under the Kyrgyz Ministry of Health. Diagnosis made by hospital surgeons and
doctors: gunshot wound to the chest on the left side, post-gunshot injury of a clavicular artery on the left side
at the level of the middle third of the collarbone, nodular goiter, post-injury plexitis of the left upper
extremity. The man was diagnosed by a psychotherapist from the Rehabilitation Centre with post-injury
stress disorder, moderate anxiety and depression. Within the rehabilitation programme, Mr. J. earlier
underwent a comprehensive in-patient examination and treatment with medications. The doctor is still
observing Mr. J’s depression, since due to the injuries he received, he cannot work by his primary
occupation and is limited in his work-related activities. At the present time, Mr. J. is undergoing the second
stage of rehabilitation.
Throughout the entire implementation of the Rehabilitation Programme, no cases of medical
institutions refusing to provide timely assistance to victims of torture have been observed.
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