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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Multicultural Awareness Multicultural Awareness The purpose of this paper is to analyze oneself by taking the Multicultural-Self Assessment and learn about the “Other” of one self. This will help one to associate with clients from different cultures. Multicultural Self-Assessment Summary The results of the Multicultural Self-Assessment were not surprising to me. Thirteen of the answers were five (5)‚ which is not surprising to me because I was taught by my family and I to accept
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Trauma is the experience that begins with an exposure to a non-normative or extremely distressing event or chain of events that potentially disrupts the self. McCann‚ & Pearlman‚ (1990) This essay will explore the intra-psychic psychodynamic approach and the socio-ecological theory of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory of development. It will examine how individuals recover from trauma when a loved one becomes chronically ill or deceases. Pierre Janet‚ 1889‚ suggested that intense emotional
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out of nowhere‚ and he is telling you that if you don’t bring the items to him by the next day or you would die. Especially at the age that Pip was at. That scene would be traumatic event for anyone especially just going to see your parents and family’s graves like‚ Pip had to go through. Pip shows PTSD again when his sister hits him and her husband maybe causing trauma for Pip. Piofrowski states in her book‚ “Characterized by persistent difficulties that negatively affect on individual’s social interactions”
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All children develop but this is at different levels. In this section I am going to look at and discuss how four to five year olds develop physically and the language and communication development of four to five year olds. And then in the next section look at the same developments but for older children 8-16 years old. Physical development relates to physical movements. Becoming independent is closely linked to physical development. Communication and language development relates to the ability to
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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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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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Trauma in Law Enforcement ABSTRACT All police officers experience a critical incident at one point in their careers. Each person handles the stress from these situations differently. For some officers‚ the traumatic incident causes minimal disruption in their daily routine and is considered nothing short of an unfortunate situation they have gained valuable knowledge from. For many others‚ however‚ the stress of these events becomes debilitating and intervention is necessary. This paper researched
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against the Seattle Seahawks (Emert). Randle El is the only wide receiver to throw a touchdown in Super Bowl history (Emert). But he says if he could go back in time‚ he’d give all of that back and choose a different sport (Emert). Only 36 years old‚ Randle El says that he struggles with memory loss and going up and down the stairs in his house (Emert). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ participants in sports and recreational activities sustain approximately 1.6 million-3
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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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