Physicians for Human Rights
Using science and medicine to stop human rights violationsBreak Them Down
Systematic Use of Psychological Torture by US Forces
May 2005
Read the report (pdf)As evidence of US national security interrogation practices emerged, it became clear that psychologically abusive methods of interrogation were at the core of US intelligence gathering. Break Them Down, published by PHR in May 2005, was the first comprehensive review of the use of psychological torture by US forces, examining the devastating health consequences of psychological coercion and explaining how a regime of psychological torture was put into place in the US "war on terror".
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