A Psychiatrist’s View of Trauma Q1: What is this article about and why do you think he wants us to read it? This article is about an 88 years old woman‚ who lost her second husband after four and half years. She must also heal from the traumatic memory of her first husband’s death‚ 60 years before‚ which was surfacing again in the context of Dr. Epstein’s father’s death. This is a great article about feeling the loss of a loved one and trying to get over it. Dr. Epstein wants to put a
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The results of these studies reinforce the evidence that nurses contribute to the effective functioning and communication of the trauma team. A study that introduced a nurse team leader improved the perceptions of a nurse led trauma team within the ED (Clements et al.‚ 2015). The leadership role for a nurse leading a trauma team requires the nurse to oversee the trauma team resuscitation in conjunction with the medical team leader. It is important that they work together to ensure the smooth running
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Trauma Nurse Overview: Trauma nurses are registered nurses who provide emergency care to the patients in urgent situations. They are found to work in various facilities like emergency rooms of the hospitals‚ ambulances and urgent care centers‚ often find coordinating with physicians‚ patient family members and other medical team members. Trauma nurses have to quickly get accustomed with the severe medical injuries encountered in an emergency room. This profession offers a fast-paced career to the
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Developmental Delays and Trauma Mukia Myrick Coun 502 4/5/2014 Developmental delays and trauma Developmental delays is when your child does not reach their developmental milestones at the projected times. It is an ongoing major or minor delay in the course of development. Developmental delays can have many different causes. There are many types of Developmental delays in children; they include problems with language or speech‚ vision‚ movement (motor skills)‚ social
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In “Trauma affects brains of boys and girls in opposite ways” by Stanford University‚ the University of Stanford states that brain scans of teenagers with post-traumatic stress disorder show a structural differences between boy and girls. The part of the brain that shows the structural difference is called insula‚ the insula is the part of the brain that “detects cues from the body and processes emotions and empathy and helps to integrate feeling‚ actions‚ and several other brain functions” (Stanford
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Trauma and Recovery when a Loved One is Killed in War Introduction There are may forms of crisis‚ trauma‚ and greif. Each of these terms are often misused‚ misunderstood‚ and used interchangably. Crisis‚ trauma‚ and grief process are different from each other‚ as are the recovery processes. The trauma‚ supsiquent crisis‚ and grief that occurs when a loved one is killed in war is unique from other forms of crisis‚ trauma‚ and grief due to the unique features of the loss and circumstances involved
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The Thousand and One Nights‚ generally known to the English‚ speaking world as the Arabian Nights‚ is a compendium of Arabic tales compiled between the twelfth and the fourteenth centuries. The collection starts with the story of King Shahrayar. Betrayed by his adulterous wife‚ he swears never to trust a woman again‚ deciding instead to marry a different virgin every night and have her executed the next day. He carries out his plan for three years‚ until his Vizier can no longer find a virgin to
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TRAUMA AND ABUSE COUNSELLING Case Study 1‚750 words Topic: Childhood Abuse A lady‚ Hannah‚ now in her fifties‚ has come to see you. The perpetrator was her father‚ who was highly influential in the church. She (as well as several sisters) was sexually and emotionally abused between the ages of 9 and 16. As a child Hannah made several attempts to disclose the abuse but was unable to feel heard or believed. Hannah has attempted to tell a school nurse‚ a school friend. She has also
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Had the belief that psychological or physical trauma assisted in soldiers’ vulnerability to this disorder‚ even those without a history of psychological problems‚ been widely accepted‚ the understanding of what became PTSD could have been created at a substantially earlier date. However‚ in the years
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Dr. Burke discussed some very interesting information about the effects of childhood trauma on not only the child’s brain‚ but also on their immune system‚ hormonal system and even the functioning of their DNA. Early exposure to childhood adversity affects many parts of the brain‚ including the nucleus accumbens that triggers pleasure‚ the frontal cortex that triggers your impulse control‚ and the amygdala which triggers fear responses. After reading about a study conducted by another doctor that
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