Torture, trauma and posttraumatic symptoms in Syrian women asylum seekers in the Greek border camp of Idomeni

Despite the low correlation found between traumatic and torture events and the posttraumatic symptoms due to the ceiling effects of the results, women reported traumatic and torture events associated with war and the migratory process. The high scores could be explained by the stress associated with torture events, the eviction of the refugee camp, and the frustration of their expectations regarding their reception in Europe as refugees. The notion of torturing environments emerges as a plausible framework to study the link between mental health and European forced migration routes.