Crosby, Sondra - short clip - RetraumatizingDetainees
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- | It's certainly unique in my 20 years of experience. | 0:03 |
And in talking to colleagues, I think there's just a, | 0:06 | |
there's been so much trauma done to these men. | 0:12 | |
Many of which is public with the executive summary | 0:15 | |
of the Senate torture report that was released in 2014 | 0:17 | |
and perhaps the high level of trauma, the culture | 0:23 | |
the religion, just so many things mixed together. | 0:28 | |
I think make it, make it very unique. | 0:31 | |
And you know, a lot of these men | 0:35 | |
I mean, they really believe | 0:44 | |
in their causes and just quite frankly, they're likable | 0:45 | |
they're likable people. | 0:48 | |
But their level of trauma is so high | 0:53 | |
and it's really hard to know how to treat it. | 0:56 | |
Especially in the context of ongoing trauma. | 0:58 | |
Guantanamo, just being in Guantanamo is a trigger | 1:05 | |
for mental health symptoms. | 1:08 | |
And so it's, it's hard to, you know, the first tenet | 1:10 | |
of treating trauma is to provide a safe environment. | 1:15 | |
And none of these men are in a safe environment. | 1:18 | |
They can be triggered by a sound, you know, | 1:21 | |
a rattle of a chain, somebody's clothing, a wristwatch | 1:24 | |
a noise, a smell, and it's just, it's ongoing. | 1:29 | |
And it brings them back to the torture | 1:33 | |
that was occurring early on. | 1:36 |
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