Mrs. McIntyre job activities include with the clients are crisis inventions, resources, resolve challenges, and develop strategies. She explained to me that she’s required to find resources for her clients. E.g. a client needs assistances with providing food for his/her family. It’s her job to provide the family with the resource needed that will be beneficial to the family. For this client Mrs. McIntyre informed that she utilized the resource from Department Human Services (DHS). Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). According to Arkansas Department of Human Services, “the purpose of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is to help end hunger and improve nutrition and health. Low income households who receive SNAP…
In general, the TSI measures the response an individual had to a traumatic event not the stimulus (Fernandez, nd). However, the TSI has ten subscales including, anxious arousal, depression, anger/irritability, intrusive experiences, defensive avoidance, dissociation, sexual concerns, dysfunctional…
The client is a female who is sixteen years old, a black American. The client is a victim of various psychological traumas where she faced constant child abuse, rape, domestic violence, incest, physical and mental abuse by her father and mother. With multiple traumas the client would be appropriate for Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) intervention. Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is an evidence-based treatment model designed to assist children and adolescents in overcoming the negative effects of traumatic experience (Ramirez de Arellano, Ph.D. et al., 2014). This intervention has been proven effective for treatment after multiple traumas or a single trauma. The treatment is designed to be implemented in twelve…
Depression, sexually abused, started at age 12. Has used self-harm in an attempt to regulate her emotions.…
For the larger part of her life she has been fighting depression, suicide thoughts, 2 attempts of suicide, self mutilation period…
The machines were beeping and there were pools of blood beside the woman. She was laying in the middle of the floor but nothing could be done. The victim was on the television. The incident wasn’t real, but the experience was undeniable. Medical dramas have become so realistic, that we often blur the line between what is real and what is fictional. On television, hospitals experience abundant traumas, rarely experience death, and doctors are glorified as heroes, whereas in reality it is not as dramatic.…
Many people experience trauma as they age. Certain individuals will experience a range of physically distressing events, from typical household injuries to brutal domestic violence. For some people, however, the effects are more severe. If the occurring events are particularly distressing, an individual can suffer lifelong symptoms of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Some commonly overlooked symptoms of this disorder include extreme guilt, vivid nightmares, and extreme irritability—for example, hundreds of soldiers after World War II experienced nightmares, hallucinations, crying fits, and hypersensitivity. Unfortunately for these combatants, the ruthless effects war had on them lasted for years. However, in spite of the occurring events,…
In this article response paper, I decided to review the article “7 Ways To Calm a Young Brain in Trauma.” This article focuses on how to relax a child’s mind who have experience trauma. The author thesis is to provide guidance to a teacher who has a student that has trauma and make them feel a part of the class. The author then discusses the seven ways that teachers can calm the students to get them through a day of learning.…
Psychological trauma can have an everlasting effect on a person’s life. According to Armsworth and Holaday (1993), Psychological trauma occurs when an individual is exposed to an overwhelming event that renders him or her helpless in the face of intolerable danger, anxiety, and instinctual arousal (p. 49). Anyone no matter what age, can experience a traumatic event. However, children are the ones mostly affected by a traumatic event. Trauma regardless if it is sexual abuse, physical abuse, or psychological abuse, affects a person’s life. The abuse will alter the way a person thinks, feels, and their ability to cope with the abuse. The human body responds to trauma in different ways. The traumatic experience or experiences can…
In my own definition a trauma can be described as an event that upsets the individual’s normal causing psychological, physical, and emotional harm. A trauma has different meanings to each individual however, anyone can experience a trauma. Bessel A. van der Kolk an expert in the field of traumatic stress states that, “experiencing trauma is an essential part of being human; history is written in blood” (Van der Kolk, McFlarlane, &Weisaeth, 2007). Some examples of a trauma include rape, physical abuse, violence, war, and injury. A trauma does not always require the victim to be to be the one experiencing the initial threat in fact; the victim may simply be a witness or a person offering help during the traumatic event. A DSM-IV criterion…
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a serious mental health condition that affects millions of people worldwide, and has devastating effects on a person both physically and mentally. Not only does PTSD affect the person who is diagnosed, but it also has negative implications on family members, as well as the entire U.S. population. There are many risk factors associated with PTSD; however, there are certain contributory factors that place a person at higher risk than others. The purpose of this paper is to explain what PTSD is, and discuss the risk factors associated with it. Distal factors will be introduced, along with data trends and the cost of treatment. Treatment modalities will also be determined, which play a vital role in…
Complex trauma, or Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), is a form of repetitive, interpersonal trauma that often occurs during childhood, such as sexual abuse or domestic violence (Courtois, 2008). In 2015, 9.2 out of every 1000 children were reported as victims of neglect (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2017). As these children develop into adulthood, evidence of complex trauma may appear in the form of cognitive and behavioral impairments, as well as various mood and personality disorders (Olson-Morrison, 2017). Treatment is often focused on the disorders rather than the actual trauma itself. Courtois (2008) outlines seven areas of impairment which serve as diagnostic criteria for complex trauma. She argues that cultivating…
In 1980, the APA which is the American Psychiatric Association added Post Traumatic Disorder to DSM-III. PTSD is very unique disorder because of the great important placed on the traumatic stressor, an etiological agent. PTSD was a psychological condition of Veterans who were unable to face their experiences on the battlefield. PTSD is an anxiety disorder where some people develop after living or seeing event that caused or threatened serious death of a person or serious harm. PTSD is related to changes in brain structure/function in which these changes provide clues to the origin of PTSD, treatment and prevention of PTSD.…
Living a weird life according to everyone around her community and remembering her Dad in such a weird way that anyone couldn't understand, wearing old clothes, and acting different to everyone. “after her Father’s death she went out very little” she wasted two years to find a husband the one we believed that was going married her but at some point he was gone too. They didn't see him at all, she was just spending the entire time at home. The only sign that was in the community was a guy that used to go in and out with a market basket bag for her that was the only guy that have contact with her, he pretty much did everything for…
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a very important topic because it can affect many people now, and with todays’ society, can be a very touchy but interesting topic. One out of every three troops has been diagnosed with PTSD and less than 40% have found or looked for help. 1 out of 5 active duty soldiers try to commit suicide every day (PTSD Foundation of America). In the mid 1970’s the term was added to the DSM III (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). It was not until 1980 that the term PTSD was formally recognized. In 1987, a revised edition (DSM III-R) was released with a new diagnostic criteria which made a huge impact for our veterans and their diagnosis (Unknown). In 2007, PTSD was at its highest for…