Impact of sexual violence on disclosure during Home Office interviews
The British Journal of Psychiatry (2007) 191: 75-81
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/191/1/75?etoc
Diana Bögner, Jane Herlihy, Chris R. Brewin
"Aims: To determine whether and how sexual violence affects asylum seekers' disclosure of personal information during Home Office interviews.
Conclusions: The results indicate the importance of shame, dissociation and psychopathology in disclosure and support the need for immigration procedures sensitive to these issues. Judgments that late disclosure is indicative of a fabricated asylum claim must take into account the possibility of factors related to sexual violence and the circumstances of the interview process itself."
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