Trauma Theory and Process Paul Gendreau New England College Abstract This paper will review trauma-related events‚ theory and process and the impact this has upon stabilization‚ treatment and planning for care. This form of counseling must be developmentally and culturally appropriate as well as individualized. Effective intervention can prevent post-traumatic stress syndrome and assist normal mourning processes associated with any losses experienced. These prevention activities
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According to the Oxford dictionary‚ trauma is a mental condition caused by severe shock‚ especially when the harmful effects last for a long period of time. Trauma brings with it negative feelings like anxiety and worry. There are two types of trauma‚ simple or acute trauma and complex or chronic trauma. Acute traumatic events offer at a particular place and time and are usually short-lived. Examples include a road carnage‚ terrorist attack‚ loss of a loved one‚ or a gang-related violence in the
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Rape Trauma Syndrome Forensic Psychology 44.343.201 By: Hannah Elliott October 14th 2012 There are plenty of television shows and cases on the news that show or talk about rape victims‚ but it doesn’t impact us as much as it should. Do you know the mental or emotional trauma that these victims go through after they have become a rape victim? Rape is one of the harshest forms of criminal violence against another human being. The victim is rendered powerless by physical force‚ threats‚
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big deal‚ it is. Concussions are invisible head injuries that can lead to severe consequences such as permanent brain damage or long term head injuries that requires an athlete to sit out our take a break from the sport that they are playing. Head traumas could lead to behavioral mood changes‚ such as personality and mood changes. With mood changes‚ it could be a result of long-term concussions. Long term head injuries could leave a negative impact on athletes. Since concussions are injuries that could
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children to experience this kind of trauma? Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a stress experienced after exposure to traumatic stressors such as assault‚ abuse‚ accidents‚ and warfare. PTSD develops when a child experiences a significant traumatic event such as car accidents or ongoing trauma over time such as war. PTSD affects children of all ages. Estimates from nationally representative samples show that many children experience repeated exposure to trauma or multiple types of traumatic events
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Vicarious trauma is when a person‚ who has not experienced a traumatic event himself or herself‚ begins to display symptoms of trauma and crisis because of hearing about or witnessing the traumatic events victims of crisis. Vicarious trauma usually unfolds over time or dependent upon the intensity of the crisis experience. Because vicarious trauma can happen to individuals who are trying to care for victims of crisis‚ it is important that those who have experience crisis is given a safe‚ yet “initial”
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Orofacial trauma can be defined as pain resulting from forces inflicted on the mouth‚ jaw‚ face‚ and surrounding oral soft tissues. This trauma is considered a serious public health problem among children and adolescents due to significant prevalence rates‚ psychosocial effects on quality of life‚ and high treatment costs (7). Numerous biological factors predispose one for orofacial trauma‚ including: the male gender‚ an increase in overjet‚ inadequate lip protection‚ violence‚ and socio-economic
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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. Trauma is inescapable and intriguing in real life‚ but not to the dramatic extent depicted in the media. Television inaccurately portrays the life of a physician in the trauma center. Television portrays trauma as excitement and not as an issue. We watch heaps of physicians scurrying around an overcrowded
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PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF TRAUMA Introduction A traumatic event is any situation whereby a person is affected psychologically due to the severity of the event. In such cases‚ a person may find it difficult to move on to normal life which they had no problem with before the traumatic event. A recent event that affected hundreds of people in Kenya was the Westgate terror attack. Terror attacks cause people to lose trust in humanity. This attack left many people traumatised Fortunately‚ these consequences
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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
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