Victims of 'enforced disappearances' face unique mental health challenges, says researcher

Victims of 'enforced disappearances' face unique mental health challenges, says researcher

Dr. Anis Ahmed, clinical lead in psychiatry at Aston Medical School, has co-written an article looking at the mental health challenges for the victims of "enforced disappearances."

Victims of ‘enforced disappearances’ face unique mental health challenges, says Aston University's Dr Anis Ahmed

Dr Anis Ahmed, clinical lead in psychiatry at Aston Medical School, has co-written an article looking at the mental health challenges for the victims of ‘enforced disappearances’. This is defined by the UN as “the arrest, detention, abduction, or any other form of deprivation of liberty by state agents, or those acting with state approval.” Together with his co-author, Professor Andrew Forrester, professor of forensic psychiatry at Cardiff Unive…