Category Archives: Articles

Mapping migration detention: Mixed methods, grounded theory, transdisciplinary encounters

Manek, J., Nethery, A., Esposito, F., Pérez-Sales, P. & Horz, H. (2023). Mapping migration detention: Mixed methods, grounded theory, transdisciplinary encounters. Methods in Psychology, 9, 100-129.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metip.2023.100129

Perceived Resistance to Experiences of Trauma and Crisis: A StudyComparing Multiple Life Events

Pérez-Sales, P., Vergara-Campos, M., Eiroa-Orosa, F. J., Olivos-Jara, P., Fernández-Liria, A., Barbero-Val, E., & Galán-Santamarina, A. (2022). Perceived resistance to experiences of trauma and crisis: A study comparing multiple life events. Traumatology, 28(1), 109–119. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000339

Survivor-organisation in the search for justice and reparation: A vision from grassroots organising

Pérez-Sales, P. (2023). Survivor-organisation in the search for justice and reparation: A vision from grassroots organising. Torture Journal33(2), 4–16. https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v33i2.139558

Detección y evaluación de las víctimas de malos tratos y torturas en la atención primaria. Guía rápida incluyendo la versión del Protocolo de Estambul actualizada en 2022.

Pérez-Sales, P. & De la Fuente, P. (2023). Detección y evaluación de las víctimas de malos tratos y torturas en la atención primaria. Guía rápida incluyendo la versión del Protocolo de Estambul actualizada en 2022. Torture Journal, 33 (1).

https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v33i1.135899

Protocole relatif à la documentation médico-légale de l’isolement cellulaire

Brasholt, M., Søndergaard, E., Sveaass, N., Cakal, E. & Pérez-Sales, P. (2023). Protocole relatif à la documentation médico-légale de l’isolement cellulaire. Torture Journal, 33 (1).

https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v33i1.130739

Détection et évaluation des victimes de mauvais traitement et de torture dans la santé primaire. Guide rapide basé sur la version 2022 actualisée du Protocole d’Istanbul.

Pérez-Sales, P. & De la Fuente, P. (2023). Détection et évaluation des victimes de
mauvais traitement et de torture dans la santé primaire. Guide rapide basé sur la version 2022 actualisée du Protocole d’Istanbul. Torture Journal, 33 (1).

https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v33i1.135899

Detection and assessment of victims of ill-treatment and torture in Primary Health Care. Quick guide including developments in the 2022 updated version of the Istanbul Protocol

Pérez-Sales, P. & De la Fuente, P. (2023). Detection and assessment of victims of ill-treatment and torture in Primary Health Care. Quick guide including developments in the 2022 updated version of the Istanbul Protocol. Torture Journal, 33 (1).

https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v33i1.135899

Exploratory study on the quality of forensic assessments using the Istanbul Protocol in a virtual versus face-to-face environment

Galán Santamarina, A., González Sanguino, C., López Neyra, G. & Pérez-Sales, P. (2023). Exploratory study on the quality of forensic assessments using the Istanbul Protocol in a virtual versus face-to-face environment. Torture Journal, 33 (1),32-40.

https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v33i1.131491

La versión actualizada de 2022 del Protocolo de Estambul: kit de orientación para personas con prisa.

Pérez Sales, P. (2022). La versión actualizada de 2022 del Protocolo de Estambul: kit de orientación para personas con prisa. Torture Journal, 32 (3), 4-17.

https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v32i3.133931

Uso inadecuado del Protocolo de Estambul en la evaluación de víctimas de tortura por profesionales forenses en México

Pérez-Sale, P., Galán-Santamarina, A., Aguirre-Luna, D., Moscoso-Urzúa, V., Luna-Muñoz, D., Castilla-Calderas, M. & Escareño-Granados, E. (2021). Uso inadecuado del Protocolo de Estambul en la evaluación de víctimas de tortura por profesionales forenses en México, Gaceta Sanitaria. 36 (3), 240-245. [Inadequate use of the Istanbul Protocol in the assessment of torture victims by forensic professionals in México – Text in Spanish]

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2021.01.007

Concealing Torture: Analysis of 54 cases

Pérez-Sales, P., Escareño, E., Moscoso, V., Castilla, M., Luna, D., Aguirre, D., & Galán, A. (2020). Concealing torture. Analysis of 54 cases. Complicity of forensic experts at the attorney general’s office. Irredentos Libros. English summary. https://www.psicosocial.net/irredentos/2021/05/09/encubriendo-la-tortura/

Protocolo para la documentación médico forense de amenazas

Pérez-Sales, P., Brasholt, M., Podolian, O., Honchar, Y., Cakal, E. & Søndergaard, E. (2021). Protocolo para la documentación médico forense de amenazas. Torture Journal, 33(1), 54–81. https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v33i1.134689

Current debates, developments and challenges regarding torture, enforced disappearances and human rights

Duhaime, B., Méndez, J., & Perez-Sales, P. (2021). Current debates, developments and challenges regarding torture, enforced disappearances and human rights. Torture Journal, 31(2), 3–13.
https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v31i2.128890

Beyond torture checklists: an exploratory study of the reliability and construct validity of the Torturing Environment Scale (TES)

Pérez-Sales, P., González-Rubio, R., Mellor-Marsá, B., & Martínez-Alés, G. (2021). Beyond torture checklists: an exploratory study of the reliability and construct validity of the Torturing Environment Scale (TES). BMC Public Health, 21(1), 372. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10384-w

Torturing environments and multiple injuries in Mexican migration detention. Humanities and Social Sciences Communication

Manek, J., Galán-Santamarina, A., & Pérez-Sales, P. (2022). Torturing environments and multiple injuries in Mexican migration detention. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 9(1).
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01252-y

Hunger : Deprivation and manipulation of food as a torture method . State of the art in research and ways forward

Pérez-Sales, P. (2020). Hunger : Deprivation and manipulation of food as a torture method . State of the art in research and ways forward. Torture Journal, 30(3), 3–19. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v30i3.123318

A review and proposal for an international standard of a minimum of six hours of continuous sleep in detention settings

Pérez-Sales, P. (2020). The 6/24 rule: A review and proposal for an international standard of a minimum of six hours of continuous sleep in detention settings. Torture Journal, 29(2), 1–10.
https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v29i3.118024

Refugee Camps as Torturing Environments—An Analysis of the Conditions in the Moria Reception Center (Greece) Based on the Torturing Environment Scale.

Pérez-Sales, P., Galán-Santamarina, A., Zunzunegui, M. V., & López-Martin, S. (2022). Refugee Camps as Torturing Environments—An Analysis of the Conditions in the Moria Reception Center (Greece) Based on the Torturing Environment Scale. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16).

https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610233

From sexualized torture and gender-based torture to genderized torture: The urgent need for a conceptual evolution

Pérez-Sales, P., & Zraly, M. (2018). From sexualized torture and gender-based torture to genderized torture: The urgent need for a conceptual evolution.
Torture Journal, 28(3), 1–13.
https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v28i3.111179

Internet and communications as elements for CIDT and Torture. Initial reflections in an unexplored field

Pérez-Sales, P., & Serra, L. (2020). Internet and communications as elements for CIDT and Torture. Initial reflections in an unexplored field. Torture Journal, 30(1), 5–22. https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v30i1.120593

Psychosocial and community assessment of relatives of victims of extra-judicial killings in Peru: Informing international courts

Rivera-Holguín, M., Pérez-Sales, P., Hildenbrand, A., Custodio, E., Vargas, G., Baca, N., Corveleyn, J., & De Haene, L. (2019). Psychosocial and community assessment of relatives of victims of extra-judicial killings in Peru: Informing international courts. Torture Journal, 28(1), 16–35.
https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v29i1.114046

Sleep deprivation does not work: Epidemiology, impacts and outcomes of incidental and systematic sleep deprivation in a sample of Palestinian detainees

Sehwail, M., Pérez-Sales, P., Rasras, K. M. ., Sehwail, W., Guasch, A., & Galan, A. (2019). Sleep deprivation does not work: Epidemiology, impacts and outcomes of incidental and systematic sleep deprivation in a sample of Palestinian detainees. Torture Journal, 28(2), 56–69.
https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v29i2.115381

Incommunicado detention and torture in Spain: Part IV: Psychological and psychiatric consequences of ill-treatment and torture: trauma and human worldviews

Miguel Angel Navarro-Lashayas, Pau Pérez-Sales, Gabriela Lopez-Neyra, Maitane Arnoso Martínez, Benito Morentin. Incommunicado detention and torture in Spain: Part IV: Psychological and psychiatric consequences of ill-treatment and torture: trauma and human worldviews. Torture Journal. Volume 26, No. 3, 2016. Pg 34-35

Necesidades de salud mental en victimas de violencia política – Bases para la planificación de servicios en la Región de Huancavelica


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Carmen Sánchez Romero, Irina Kohan Revsin, Edith del Pino, Teresa Cárdenas, José Luis Huapaya, Sabina Rojas, Blanca Cid, Pau Pérez-Sales (2012). Necesidades de salud mental en victimas de violencia política – Bases para la planificación de servicios en la Región de Huancavelica.
Revista de psiquiatría y salud mental “Herminio Valdizán”. Vol XIII(2) 23-36

Representaciones sociales del pasado: la dictadura militar argentina en la memoria colectiva


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Maitane Arnoso-Martinez, Ainara Arnoso-Martinez, Pau Perez-Sales (2012). Representaciones sociales del pasado:la dictadura militar argentina en la memoria colectiva [Social representations of the past: the Argentine military dictatorship in collective memory]. Revista de Psicología Social 27 (3), 259-272

VIVO Questionnaire: A Measure of Human Worldviews and Identity in Trauma, Crisis, and Loss


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Pau Pérez-Sales, Francisco Jose Eiroa-Orosa, Pablo Olivos, Elena Barbero-Val, Alberto Fernández-Liria & María Vergara (2012): Vivo Questionnaire: A Measure of Human Worldviews and Identity in Trauma, Crisis, and Loss—Validation and Preliminary Findings, Journal of Loss and Trauma: International Perspectives on Stress and Coping, 17:3, 236-259

Integrating mental health care into existing systems of health care: during and after complex humanitarian emergencies: rethinking the experience.


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Pau Perez-Sales, Alberto Fernandez-Liria, Florence Baingana & Peter Ventevogel. Integrating mental health care into existing systems of health care: during and after complex humanitarian emergencies: rethinking the experience. en Intervention, International Journal of Mental Health (Special Issue) 2011. 345-357.

Emergencies and disasters as opportunities to improve mental health systems: Peruvian experience in Huancavelica


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Irina Kohan, Pau Perez-Sales, María Huamaní Cisneros, Rolando Chirinos, Ruben Perez-Langa, Miryam Rivera Holguín, Blanca Cid & Arturo Silva. Emergencies and disasters as opportunities to improve mental health systems: Peruvian experience in Huancavelica, in Intervention, International Journal of Mental Health (Special Issue) 2011. 195-210.

Las emergencias humanitarias y catástrofes como oportunidades estratégicas de cambio en los sistemas de salud mental.


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Kohan I, Pérez-Sales P.Humani M, Chirinos R. Pérez-Langa R. Rivera M. Cid B, Silva A. (2010) Las emergencias humanitarias y catástrofes como oportunidades estratégicas de cambio en los sistemas de salud mental. El caso del Plan Regional de Salud Mental de Huancavelica (Perú) [Humanitarian emergencies and catastrophes as strategic opportunities for change in mental health systems. The case of the Mental Health Regional Plan of Huancavelica (Peru).]. Cuad. Psiquiatr. Comunitaria, Vol. 10, N.º 1, pp. 49 – 57, 2010

Migración de zona andina en España: elementos para trabajadores de salud mental


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Pérez Sales, P (2009). Migración de zona andina en España: elementos para trabajadores de salud mental. En Ruiz P, Casas M (2009). Salud Mental en el paciente de América Andina. Ed Glosa / Fundacion Española de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental [Andean Migration in Spain: elements for mental health workers. In Ruiz P, Casas M (2009). Mental health in patients from Andean America / Salud mental en pacientes de la América andina. Ed gloss. Spanish Foundation for Psychiatry and Mental Health.].

Peritacion psicologica y psiquiatrica de maltrato y tortura en solicitantes de asilo


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Pau Perez Sales (2009). Peritacion Psicologica y psiquiatrica de Maltrato y Tortura en Solicitantes de Asilo. En Iñaki Marquez, Alberto Fernandez Liria, Pau Perez-Sales. Violencia y Salud Mental [Psychological and Psychiatric Expertise on Abuse and Torture in Asylum Seekers. In Iñaki Marquez, Alberto Fernandez Liria, Pau Pérez-Sales. Violence and Mental Health.]. Publicaciones Asociacion Española de Neuropsiquiatria. Madrid

Community mobilization after an earthquake


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Rivera, M., Perez-Sales, P., Jose Luis Aparcana, M. B., Gianella, C., & Lozano, A. (2008). Community mobilization after an earthquake: Case study of the use of the IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings on mental health and psychosocial support in Peru. Intervention, 6 (3/4), 275–283.

Judicialización de masacres en Guatemala: Estrategias psico-jurídicas en el contexto de exhumaciones


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Navarro S, Pérez-Sales P. (2007). Judicialización de masacres en Guatemala: Estrategias psico-jurídicas en el contexto de exhumaciones. En Instituto Inter Americano de Derechos Humanos Por una Vida Sin Tortura. IIDH. Costa Rica.
[Inter-American Institute on Human Rights. (2007) Judicialization of massacres in Guatemala: psycho-legal strategies in the context of exhumations. In “For a life without torture”/ “Por una Vida Sin Tortura”. Costa Rica.]

¿Por qué las exhumaciones no conducen a procesos de justicia en Guatemala?


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Navarro-García S, Pérez-Sales, P. (2007). ¿Por qué las exhumaciones no conducen a procesos de justicia en Guatemala? Datos y reflexiones desde una perspectiva psicosocial. Revista CEJIL 203, 90-99.
[Why do not exhumations lead to justice processes in Guatemala? Data and reflexiones from a psychosocial perspective.]