American Psychological Association

separation and is most seen in American society. It is remarkably visible in many nursing homes and care facilities and happens frequently in Oregon. The vast majority of people in Oregon over sixty-five have been or know someone who has been abused or neglected.…

only across the United States but globally. The American Nurses Association is taking action on prevention and promoting education to nurses and patients regarding violence against women. They are advocates for teaching nurses the assessment pieces in recognizing women who are and could be potential victims of any type of violence including sexual, psychological or physical abuse. In order to reduce immediate and long term physiological and psychological effects from abuse, the ANA believes that…

are unable to recognize the trauma within themselves and often time mistake reliving the trauma for a nightmare. Psychological First Aid (PFA),…

rendered to the patients. Emergency Department (ED) nurses use conflict management style to resolve conflict, and to determine whether their style of managing conflict and a supportive work environment affects their experience of work stress. The association between war traumatic experiences, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and post-traumatic growth among nurses during a period…

cycle of domestic violence due to their influence over the members of the family. Domestic violence is “an ongoing, debilitating experience of physical, psychological and/or sexual abuse in the home, associated with increased isolation from the outside world and limited personal freedom and accessibility to resources” (American Medical Association). This act of intentional harm of another person does not happen out of the blue, there are many stages, which have no particular starting point,…

develop into Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) if they had a strong reaction to the event: although, not everyone who witnesses or experiences a traumatic event will be diagnosed with PTSD. According to the DSM-V and the American Psychiatric Association, PTSD is a “psychological disorder that develops…

000 military personnel are dealing with posttraumatic stress disorder, and unfortunately, more women will be exposed than men”, (woundedwarriorproject.org). Many of today’s veterans and current soldiers experience the disorder. “ About 52% of American soldiers from the war in Vietnam, Desert Storm, and the war in Afghanistan”, (National Institutes of Health Plus magazine), combined, suffer from PTSD. Symptoms of PTSD include, flash…

emotional numbness; avoidance of people, places, and thoughts connected to the event as well as hyper arousal, which may involve sleeping difficulties, exaggerated startled response and hypervigilance” (NIDA, 2006). There are researches showing strong association between PTSD and substance abuse where in certain instances substance use begins after the exposure to trauma. Among individuals with substance use disorders, 30 to 60 % meet the criteria for PTSD (NIDA, 2006). Identification of…

equation model. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, And Policy, 7(4), 348-355. doi:10.1037/tra0000016 Article Review People with severe mental illness (SMI) generally have experience with an extreme trauma over their lifetime (Muesser et al., 1998). There is a high percentage of people in the sample of this experiment, 29% to 43%, that have post traumatic stress disorder than the general public which is a smaller percentage of 8% (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). In…

resources and essentials to enjoy a minimum standard of life and well-being that’s considered acceptable in society” state in which over 26 million Americans live (Matthews). Poverty can be caused by overpopulation,…