and protests often acting as physical spaces of cultural Black trauma and collective memory. Cultural Black trauma relies on the historical violence that has affected Black people in the United States‚ and how it impacts Black people when this violence is continuously acted upon. Cultural Black trauma acts as a site of mourning and healing for Black individuals. Though there are not many anthropological
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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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Trauma-Informed Practice in Addiction Treatment Xueqi Gao Suffolk University Trauma-Informed Practice in Addiction Treatment Currently I am working with clients with substance use disorders at an all men residential treatment program. I had developed my theoretical orientation from Albert Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)‚ Aaron Beck’s Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)‚ and Carl Roger’s Client-Centered Therapy (CCT). Combining examining faulty thinking‚ distinguishing thoughts
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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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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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Introduction Childhood trauma effects children worldwide in different ways in regards of their mental status‚ attention‚ and memory. There have been astounding amount of evidence in regards of the effects of childhood trauma in regards to impairment in cognition. Children who experience sexual‚ physical‚ or psychological abuse research have indicated the child will demonstrate psychiatric symptoms‚ neurodevelopment deficiencies and physical health consequences (Szanto et al‚ ). According to Hovens
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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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attacks the spinal cord and progresses in damage over a five year period until the average person loses their life. ALS is caused by repeated head trauma that catches up to the body later on causing it to lose it’s voluntary movements such as movement in the legs‚ arms‚ and face. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE) is also caused by repeated head trauma usually from sports like football‚ soccer‚ and boxing. Athletes make up the majority of the ALS and CTE’s population because of the dangerous sports
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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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