Child Abuse and Neglect
Volume 5, Issue 2, 1981, Pages 201-203

Torture of children: An investigation of Chilean immigrant children in Denmark. Preliminary report (Article)

Cohn J.* , Holzer K.I.M. , Koch L. , Severin B.
  • a Amnesty International, Danish Section Medical Groups, Frederiksborggade 1 1360 Copenhagen K, Denmark, Denmark
  • b Amnesty International, Danish Section Medical Groups, Frederiksborggade 1 1360 Copenhagen K, Denmark, Denmark
  • c Amnesty International, Danish Section Medical Groups, Frederiksborggade 1 1360 Copenhagen K, Denmark, Denmark
  • d Amnesty International, Danish Section Medical Groups, Frederiksborggade 1 1360 Copenhagen K, Denmark, Denmark

Abstract

Torture of children occurs in many different ways: children may be forcibly adopted by strangers; children may be arrested and imprisoned; they may witness torture of their parents or may be tortured in the presence of their parents; and, similarly several reports of mass executions of children are available. The Danish Medical Group under Amnesty International has investigated 88 Chilean children now living in Denmark, whose parents had been tortured. Approximately 1 3 of the children were abnormally anxious and approximately 1 3 had disturbances of sleep in the form of difficulty falling asleep accompanied by broken sleep with nightmares. Approximately 1 4 of the children developed secondary nocturnal enuresis. Seventeen percent of the children showed behaviour difficulties in the form of aggression while 16% became introverted and depressed and had difficulties in establishing contact with children of the same age-group. © 1981.

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DOI: 10.1016/0145-2134(81)90042-9
ISSN: 01452134
Cited by: 13
Original Language: English