The British Journal of Psychiatry (2007) 191: 3-4. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.034439
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Asylum claims and memory of trauma: sharing our knowledge

Jane Herlihy, MPhil, DClinPsych, CPsychol

Trauma Clinic, London, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Bristol, and Department of Psychology, University College London

Stuart W. Turner, MD, BChir, MA, FRCP, FRCPsych

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

Declaration of interest None.

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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