Petersen H D, Abildgaard U, Daugaard G, Jess P, Marcussen H, Wallach M
Scand J Soc Med. 1985;13(3):89-93. doi: 10.1177/140349488501300303.
After an observation period of about 10 years a follow-up examination was made of 22 Greeks earlier exposed to torture. All had physical symptoms and about 90% of the examinees had chronic psychological symptoms which had appeared after the torture experience, the most notable of which were emotional instability, depression, passivity, fatigue and disturbed sleep. Eight of the victims had a chronic organic psychosyndrome as defined by us. The clinical picture of the torture victims is very similar to other stress-conditioned syndromes, which underlines the significance of the psychological trauma for the pathogenesis. Certain physical symptoms can be related to specific forms of torture; in this series particularly, symptoms of the feet and lower extremities can be related to 'falanga' (repeated blows to the soles of the feet). The most noticeable objective finding was unilateral atrophy of testis in 2 of the examinees caused in all probability by genital torture. Treatment of the sequelae to torture should be initiated as early as possible in the course of the illness, and studies on the effect of this treatment should be carried out.
在大约10年的观察期后，对22名曾遭受酷刑的希腊人进行了随访检查。所有人都有身体症状，约90%的受检者有在酷刑经历后出现的慢性心理症状，其中最显著的是情绪不稳定、抑郁、消极、疲劳和睡眠障碍。8名受害者患有我们所定义的慢性器质性精神综合征。酷刑受害者的临床症状与其他应激性综合征非常相似，这突出了心理创伤在发病机制中的重要性。某些身体症状可能与特定的酷刑形式有关；在这个系列中，尤其足部和下肢的症状可能与“falanga”（反复击打脚底）有关。最明显的客观发现是2名受检者出现单侧睾丸萎缩，很可能是由性器官酷刑导致的。应在疾病过程中尽早开始对酷刑后遗症进行治疗，并开展关于这种治疗效果的研究。
