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The Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture provides comprehensive medical and mental health care, as well as social and legal services to survivors of torture and war traumas and their family members. In the past year alone we provided these multidisciplinary services to more than 500 people from 70 countries.

Since its inception in 1995, the Program has developed an international reputation for excellence in our clinical, educational and research activities. Our mission is to assist individuals and families subjected to torture and war trauma to re-build health, self-sufficient lives and to contribute knowledge and testimony to global efforts to end torture.

Program Updates

  • Research Post-Doctoral Fellow Jeannie Annan and Colleagues Publish Report on The State of Female Youth in Northern Uganda

       Youth have been both the primary victims and the primary actors in the twenty-two year war between the Government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army. It was not clear, however, exactly who is suffering, how much, and in what ways. For instance, researchers knew little about the experience of youth: what is the magnitude, incidence, and nature of the violence, trauma, and suffering of youth in northern Uganda? An understanding of the effects of war on women and girls was particularly lacking, whether they were abducted or affected by the violence in other ways. Click here to view the full report.

  • PSOT Clients Explore New York and Celebrate Tibetan New Year
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    • Clients and Volunteers in the NYC Orientation Group at Rockefeller Center
    • Clients in the NYU Orientation Group at Rockefeller Center
    • Clients and Volunteers at the Empire State Building
    • Client Admiring Artwork at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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    • PSOT Staff Members Dr. Sophia Bana, Dr. Asher Aladjem, and Lhamo Dongtotsang at Losar 2008
    • Art Workshop at Losar 2008
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    • Clients and Staff at Losar 2008
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    • Art Workshop at Losar 2008

    Thanks to our Volunteer and Education Coordinator, Meghan Nickerson, our clients have had the chance to expore New York city with our dedicated volunteers. Also check out highlights from Losar 2008 (Tibetan New Year), including an art workshop with volunteer artists Alessandra Exposito and Steed Taylor.