21 He would like them all to be together as before. c) EXPERT EVIDENCE 66. At the public hearing of August 11 and 12, 2001, the Court received the reports of the experts proposed by the Inter-American Commission. These reports are summarized below: a) Expert report of Graciela Marisa Guilis, Psychologist, specialist in mental health and human rights violations, official of the Center for Legal and Social Studies in Buenos Aires A person who has been abducted and secretly detained, who has been exposed to an extremely stressful, traumatic experience and involved in events that represent a real danger to his life or physical integrity, or who witnesses unexpected or violent deaths, serious harm, threats against his life or grave injuries, suffers what is known as the “post-trauma stress” syndrome. A member of the family or a person who is close to the victim “who is told about such treatment by someone who has experienced it”, may also suffer this syndrome, because the purpose of torture is not only “the physical and psychological breakdown of the victim, but also of his group.” The whole family group is affected when one of its members is affected by a severe traumatic situation. Those who are subjected to such circumstances suffer the effects of being in an unbearable situation of absolute abandonment, called “encerrona trágica” (tragic seclusion), in which the life of a person is exposed to the arbitrary decision of another person on whether they live or die. This occurs, above all, in cases when the victims are assassinated, since the family is invaded by a feeling of terror, because the events are usually caused by institutions that, in principle, are supposed to guarantee safety and protection. Thus, “post-trauma stress” can be defined as “a severe reaction to situations of crisis such as wars, catastrophes, [and] crime [...], which has consequences that are not always apparent, capable of provoking severe problems of adaptability in the social, family, work and creative spheres, as well as disorders with different characteristics that, if they become chronic, can lead to total disability and even death.” Traumas endure over time and it is rare that they heal until there is some possibility that the mourning for the lost member of the family can be closed. In normal circumstances, mourning is a distressing and arduous psychological process; however, it can be closed with the acceptance of death as something that is “irreducible to every human being.” Pathological bereavements are those that become chronic and do not end, because there is no information on the cause of death and, consequently, the member of the family feels that he is responsible for the death of the loved one. Pathological bereavement also causes the subject to isolate himself, to withdraw from reality and to build his own world. Furthermore, pre-existing loving relationships can be destroyed, as in the case of the witness, María Ildefonsa Paniagua, who blames the victim’s father for not having protected him enough. When there is no guilty person or perpetrator, every effort must be made to find one. The human psyche is characterized by the need to have an explanation and a