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Trauma Clinic, London, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Bristol, and Department of Psychology, University College London
Trauma Clinic, London and Department of Psychology, University College London, UK
Correspondence: Dr Jane Herlihy, Centre for the Study of Emotion and Law, 7 Devonshire Street, London W1W 5DY, UK. Email: j.herlihy{at}csel.org.uk
Decisions about asylum are extremely difficult because of the absence of a body of objective evidence. Psychiatrists and psychologists have a breadth of knowledge relating to the memory of trauma which could help to inform the asylum process, but we need to investigate how to apply this knowledge and how to make it accessible to decision makers.
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