the DSM-5 trauma is defined as “exposure to actual or threatened death‚ serious injury or sexual violation” (APA‚ 2013). The exposure must be as a result of either: direct experience the traumatic event‚ observed the traumatic event personally‚ learnt of a traumatic event that happened to a close family member or close friend‚ or experiences first-hand repeated or extreme exposure of traumatic event (not through pictures‚ media‚ television‚ or movies) (APA‚ 2013). More so‚ in treating trauma and any
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Intervention 1 RUNNING HEAD: LAW ENFORCEMENT CRISIS INTERVENTION Law Enforcement Crisis Intervention Tishonda Williams Kaplan University CJ 440-01 Professor Morley Tuesday‚ August 6‚ 2013 Intervention 2 A crisis can be described as disruption or breakdown in a person’s normal or usual way of functioning in life‚ when individuals are confronted with problems that cannot be solved. (Caplan‚ G.1961) A crisis cannot be resolved by a person’s customary problem-solving
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system are a highly traumatized population‚ with higher rates of trauma higher than the general public (Miller‚ Green‚ Fettes & Aarons 2011; Salazar‚ Thomas‚ Gowen‚ & Mark 2013). “One study found that the overall trauma rate of exposure for youth in foster care was double that of the general public and very similar to that of urban young adults and yet the rate of PTSD was higher in foster care youth‚ 18.8% compared to 8.8% of trauma exposed urban young adults (Salazar et. al. 2013 p. 550).” Traumatic
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politically or financially. Intervention in such nations may prove to be helpful in such cases‚ as it may ensure an increased stability within the country. This is much needed in developing nations‚ as stability is key to economic prosperity. However‚ intervention in the internal affairs of another nation may undermine the country’s sovereignty‚ rendering foreign intervention undesirable‚ as it does more harm than good from the standpoint of the developing nation. Foreign intervention in the form of humanitarian
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the helping professions‚ including police officers‚ firefighters‚ paramedics‚ dispatchers‚ trauma doctors‚ emergency room nurses‚ and psychotherapists (Miller‚ 1995‚ 1997‚ 1998a‚ 1998b‚ 1999‚ in press); however‚ the focus here will be on the stressors most relevant to police officers‚ criminal investigators‚ and other law enforcement personnel. Secondly‚ this article will describe the critical interventions and psychotherapeutic strategies that have been found most practical and useful for helping
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We know what we know about history from the examining of fossils‚ DNA records‚ ‚ and technological advances overtime. Spearheaded by the Germans discovery of the skullcap and limbs‚ archaeologists gather information‚ make inferences‚ and use their imaginations to construct how things use to be. The conditions of the fossils let us know the kinds of conditions people/animals lived in. This can be problematic because for example‚ Neanderthal bones and deer bones were mixed together with some of the
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Crisis Criteria/Trauma 8. Crisis/Trauma Evaluation: Initial focus will be directed to assessing suicidal ideation‚ intent‚ and plan as a result of client’s recent psychiatric hospitalization. When discussing the impact of sexual abuse‚ it is difficult to identify what treatment will work efficiently given that “a number of factors appear to be associated with increased distress for survivors‚ which include molestation at an early age‚ frequency of abuse‚ incest by a biological parent‚ or the presence
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Running head: INTERVENTION PAPER Intervention Paper: Treatment Paradigm of Elderly Trauma Patients N569 Darren J Hunt‚ RN College of Nursing University of New Mexico Abstract As the population of our world grows older on average‚ the question of how to care for them becomes increasingly complex. With the longer life expectancy there exists a kind of Achilles heal regarding elderly trauma patients and the response to treatment for life-threatening injuries. The older trauma patient is
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Masturbation – isn’t it harmful??? Most of the professionals in the field of sexuality medicine claim that masturbation does not cause any harm to physical or mental health. Few even feel that masturbation is healthy‚ because it helps people to relive their sexual urge there by preventing unsafe sexual relationships. Quiet true‚ Masturbation may not cause any physical harm‚ if the standards of hygiene are maintained. But the same cannot be true when we look at it from a psychological perspective.
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Bullying: Effects and Intervention Liz Ann Pittman Capstone Seminar Project Brenda Hargrove Wesleyan College Table of Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 3 - Statement of the Problem 4 -Review of Related Literature 4-12 - Statement of the Hypothesis 12 Method -Participants (N) 12-13 -Instrument(s) 13 -Experimental Design 13-15 Procedure 16- 17 Results 17-24 Discussion
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