Studies assessing the effectiveness of such therapies are limited. In this study, we aim to assess the effectiveness of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in patients with PTSD associated with torture and severe human rights violations. 70 patients who were diagnosed with PTSD due to being tortured and severe human rights violations in accordance with DSM-IV-TR and who applied to the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey were given psychoanalytic psychotherapy. As the number of sessions increased, the final CGI-I scores of the patients improved significantly (p < .001) towards recovery. 75.4% of the patients benefited from the treatment in general according to their final CGI-I score. Considering the limited literature in the field, this study has provided significant data on the effectiveness of the use of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in individuals diagnosed with PTSD related to torture and severe human rights violations, despite its limitations such as not involving a control group, not having been conducted blindly and randomized and being based on a single scale.
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