Asylum claims and memory of trauma: sharing our knowledge

An editorial in the British Journal of Psychiatry calling for more memory research applied to the asylum system.

Herlihy, J. and Turner, S. (2007). Editorial : Asylum Claims : Are we sharing our knowledge? British Journal of Psychiatry 191 pp.3-4

Abstract: 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.