PART D – Psychological consequences of torture on individuals are PTSD, Acute Stress Disorder and major depression. Furthermore, enduring personality change should also be considered, especially because it takes into account the potential long terms effects of prolonged extreme stress (Istanbul Protocol, § 256). The association between torture and PTSD has become very strong in the minds of health providers, immigration courts and the informed lay public. This has created the mistaken and simplistic impression that PTSD is the main psychological consequence of torture (Istanbul Protocol, § 252). Torture-related mental disorders are not limited to depression and PTSD and evaluators should have comprehensive understanding of all the possible diagnostic categories among trauma and torture survivors. In this sense, a detailed evaluation is always very important. Overemphasizing the PTSD and depression criteria might result in missing the other possible diagnoses. Below you can find a selection of the diagnostic categories which can be considered during the psychological evaluation of torture allegations. 29