The Centre for Torture Survivors operating at the Deaconess Institute in Helsinki, which was established in 1993, is the only national unit of specialized psychiatric treatment providing medical examinations, psychotherapy and counselling services for refugees, asylum-seekers and their families, who have been tortured in their countries of origin.
Le Centre pour les victimes de la torture, créé en septembre 1993, fonctionne au sein de l'Institut des diaconesses à Helsinki.