Historical Trauma BSHS/345 Diversity and Special Populations Professor Joseph Andrade Historical Trauma Historical trauma can be described as the emotional and psychological issues throughout generations of a certain group of people. It can be identified in different categories depending on the type of distress occurring. Historical trauma can often be overlooked‚ and is mostly described as multigenerational undergone by a specific cultural group. Historical trauma is cumulative and collective
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Diagnosis: Physical symptoms of liver trauma include blood loss‚ tenderness of the region‚ peritoneal irritation and its guarding. Haemodynamically stable patients with suspected live injury should be investigated for imaging studies. Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) is usually useful for both blunt and penetrating trauma. FAST has sensitivity from 75-94 % and specificity from 97-100 % for intra-abdominal fluid in trauma patients. FAST cannot distinguish between laceration and
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Assessments Jennifer was administered assessments to understand the areas in which her reported trauma and previous diagnoses may be affecting her life. The assessments have aided in the clinician’s background knowledge to assist in the client’s therapeutic growth. Jennifer has completed a genogram‚ a timeline activity‚ and the PTSD Check List for the DSM-5. All of the instructions for these assessments‚ formal and informal‚ were explained to the client as well as the reasons for administering them
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in Trauma.” This article focuses on how to relax a child’s mind who have experience trauma. The author thesis is to provide guidance to a teacher who has a student that has trauma and make them feel a part of the class. The author then discusses the seven ways that teachers can calm the students to get them through a day of learning. Dr. Desautels starts the article with a story of a young boy about how he developed his trauma. Each child experiences different events to develop their trauma‚ but
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to be trauma surgeon‚ you have to be a fast-paced worker. Someone who can take on a lot of stress. A trauma surgeon is important because they help save millions of lives every day. Myself‚ as a 10th grade student‚ works and focuses best in chaotic environments. I’ve always been interested in the medical field and wanted to help people in some way. I watch the show "Greys Anatomy" and it has really inspired me to follow my plans to become a trauma surgeon. The history for being a trauma surgeon
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evidence-based modalities in order to trigger the various distresses that clients are coming into treatment with. These modules are trauma-specific approaches which will help therapists and clients get to the core of ongoing pre or post traumatic occurrences in order to generate cognitive and emotional equilibrium in clients’ lives. For example‚ Addictions and Trauma Recovery‚ Integrated Model (ATRIUM) aimed is to assist therapists with explaining to clients the important of providing adequate information
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Shakespeare explores the mental states of both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as they commit multiple heinous crimes and emphasizes how each action affects them differently. As the play progresses‚ both characters begin to show signs of extreme mental trauma‚ but one character suffers much more than the other. Lady Macbeth makes major personal sacrifices‚ yet gets nothing in return‚ she must take responsibility for not only her own actions‚ but for those of Macbeth as well‚ and she is riddled with a strong
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When I want to make sense of my past‚ present‚ and future‚ I consider my life in terms of Erickson’s eight psychosocial stages (as cited in Kail & Cavanaugh‚ 2014‚ p. 10). These stages bring a sense of clarity and order to my journey‚ making it more understandable to my psychology-oriented mind. My white‚ middle-class‚ relatively carefree childhood provided the framework for me to work out my first few life tasks unobstructed. My caregivers met my basic needs for food and affection‚ and I learned
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Trauma is an experience that someone has that threatens that has threatened their well-being; these types of threatening experiences can create an immeasurable amount of stress and fear (Carrion & Wong‚ 2012). When a traumatic event or circumstance occur there are several areas within development that can be impacted (Carrion & Wong‚ 2012). Neural development is affect by trauma because as a result of continuous recurrent stress (Carrion & Wong‚ 2012). Researchers suggest that traumatic events can
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“Trauma is a fact of life. It does not‚ however‚ have to be a life sentence” (“Peter A. Levine”). This quote shows trauma nurses are here to help patients in need. The jobs of a trauma nurse is to assess patients’ conditions‚ record medical history‚ operate and monitor medical equipment‚ and so much more. ER nurses also provide advice and emotional support to patients and their family member. Pursuing a career as an Emergency Room nurse is a solid career choice for one who wants a daily tasks filled
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