Visible wounds of invisible repression: A perspective on the importance of investigating the biological and psychological impact of political repression.

Ruth MarheineckeBernhard StraussVeronika Engert

Published in: Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy (2023)

Certain severe chronic stressors, such as "Zersetzung," do not appear to differ in their negative health consequences from Criterion A traumatic events. Identifying the biological and psychological impact of political repression techniques is essential, not only for public acknowledgment, and proper health care of victims of GDR repression, but also for those individuals suffering from similar repression methods today. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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