List of torture methods
A list of torture methods and devices includes: == Psychological torture methods == Chinese water torture Humiliation Subjection to periods of interrogation Music torture Mock execution Forced nudity Seclusion Pharmacological torture Exploitation of phobias; e.g., mock execution, leaving arachnophobes in a room full of spiders Sensory deprivation Sensory overload Sleep deprivation Solitary confinement / isolation Threat of severe disfigurement Tickle torture Waterboarding White room torture == Physical torture methods == == Instruments of torture == Note that the line between "torture method" and "torture device" is often blurred, particularly when a specifically named implement is but one component of a method. Also, many devices that can be used for torture have mainstream uses, completely unrelated to torture.