Project Associate at the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT).
University of Michigan. Undergraduate Fellow.Correspondence to:
Torture. 2024;34(2):34-40. doi: 10.7146/torture.v34i2.141456.
Half of all survivors of torture (SOT) worldwide live in poverty. When treating SOT, rehabilitation and mental health treatment cannot be expected to work independent from supplemental support (specifically livelihoods) ensuring that individuals' most basic needs are met (Mukwege and Berg, 2016; Patel, 2019). It is said that rehabilitating SOT without livelihoods support is comparable to "a car without wheels." For instance, a doctor may inform a patient that they must eat prior to taking their medications, unknowing of the patient's lack of reliable access to food. Or, a SOT may attend weekly sessions for counselling to no avail as they return to a home without sufficient food for the family- another stressor deterring focus from rehabilitation.
全球有一半的酷刑幸存者（SOT）生活在贫困中。在治疗 SOT 时，不能期望康复和心理健康治疗独立于补充支持（特别是生计）之外，以确保个人的基本需求得到满足（Mukwege 和 Berg，2016；Patel，2019）。有人说，没有生计支持的康复 SOT 是“没有轮子的汽车”。例如，医生可能会告诉患者，在服药前必须先吃饭，但不知道患者是否能够可靠地获得食物。或者，SOT 可能每周都参加咨询会议，但由于他们回到一个家里，家里没有足够的食物供家人食用，这又是一个压力源，使他们无法专注于康复。
