major connection) is trauma. People in abusive relationships often life on the razor edge of regular trauma‚ a problem that can cause post-traumatic stress disorder. People experiencing these problems often feel anxious‚ depressed‚ nervous‚ or constantly personally threatened. In an abusive relationship‚ the latter feeling is likely true. Dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder requires serious psychological counseling and a removal from any situation that causes trauma and stress. Unfortunately
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condition’ such as coercion or a large age gap between the participants‚ indicating lack of consensuality” (Finkelhor‚1994‚ p. 32). Although child sexual abuse is tricky to define‚ there is no debate against its destructive effects on the victim. The trauma of repeated child sexual abuse can have long lasting adverse psychological and emotional effects that may manifest themselves into damaging after-effects like delinquency‚ substance abuse and suicide. Child sexual abuse (CSA) can result in both
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effects of: 1.2.1) Child abuse 1.2.2) Sexual abuse 1.3) Possible effects of Masclow’s hierarchy of needs on Tina’s behavior Page 1 2 3 3 Section 2: Guidance for Tina: 2.1) Counseling and support for learning problems 2.2) Child trauma and the effects of trauma on Tina’s life 2.3) Parental involvement and parental counseling 2.4) Individual intervention learning program for Tina 4 4 5 6 Section 1: Background 1.1) I would like to report a case of sexual abuse against one of my students. One
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In terms of attachment‚ an insecure attachment could be specifically related to adolescent egocentrism because of an overlap between them. For example‚ insecure attachment and egocentrism are both components of adolescent social development during the separation- individuation from parents. Rice et al. (1995) underlines that separation and individuation from primary care giver represents the part of attachment progress and when they separate from their primary care attachment to establish new relationships
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exhaustion after experiencing the stress and trauma of war. These studies helped to establish PTSD as a legitimate diagnostic entity with a complex set of causes; BIOCHEMICAL/PHYSIOLOGICAL CAUSES researchers have found changes in the amygdala and the hippocampus—the parts of the brain that form links between fear and memory. Experiments with ketamine‚ a drug that inactivates one of the neurotransmitters in the central nervous system‚ suggest that trauma works in a similar way to damage associative
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going through trauma & selfhood or in fact being the one under going these traits. For instance Xavier was the lead narrator for the story‚ he was also a cree soldier who fought for Canada during world war 1. Just like most soldiers after war‚ they need something to help them cope after witnessing all the gruesome experiences of war. Xavier used morphine to help him manage with killing elijah and life after war. The narration from the point of view from Xavier influences the themes of trauma and selfhood
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effect and ways to care for and heal the trauma of a natural disaster is an important goal for environmental psychologists (Veitch & Arkkelin‚ 1995). In August 2005‚ hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana (NOAA‚ 2007). The overwhelming aftermath left Louisiana in complete destruction‚ leaving thousands displaced and almost 2‚000 lives lost (NOAA‚ 2007). In addition‚ children were lost as well as numerous children left without families. The psychological trauma brought on by this event is a subject that
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intervention methods for PTSD‚ whether they are effective tends to rely on the individual‚ environmental context and possibly the counsellor or therapist. PTSD is usually treated on an individual basis. This means only the individual is treated for the trauma. An effective method for PTSD and an individual suffering from a traumatic event after the fact is cognitive behavioural therapy. This treatment is devised to be individualized‚ with varying degrees of emphasis placed on certain interventions which
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In the book titled “The Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD from the inside out‚” (2012) author Susan Pease Banitt describes Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as‚ “a whole-body tragedy‚ an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.” (Bannit) The symptoms of this disorder may vary person to person‚ making the process of diagnosing this condition difficult for healthcare experts. One of the main concerns of those affected by PTSD is that the side effects of the medications they
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What is PTSD It has been several decades since mental illness was associated to war conditions was clinically recognized. Recent research has shown a strong connection between wartime events such as witnessing the death of comrades‚ friendly fire or improvised explosive device (IED) explosions and posttraumatic stress disorder. With a conflict as devastating as the American Civil War‚ it would be logical to think that Civil War soldiers experienced events that put them at risk similar to today’s soldiers
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