Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

Many families in Canada and around the world live with a person who has one or more chronic condition. Chronic conditions can include illnesses such as Cancer or Diabetes; conditions such as Rheumatoid Arthritis and Crohn’s disease; and mental health issues like depression or schizophrenia. No matter what the variation is, any kind of chronic condition can have detrimental effects on families. This paper will explore the concept of chronicity within a family, focusing on the negative effects…

Adult Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Intimate partner violence, also known as domestic violence overwhelmingly is perpetrated by men in a relationship with their significant other. This is not to say that women cannot be perpetrators, but more often than not, men are the abusers in majority of the cases investigated. Intimate partner violence does not favor socioeconomic status, race, education or age; it is a prevalent problem across the nation no matter our status in society.…

Childhood sexual abuse has proven to be a consistent and prevalent issue throughout the history of society. In Judith Herman’s book “Trauma and Recovery” speaks on Freud’s findings of Sexual abuse as early as the late 1800’s (1-1997). Freud found in his case study titled the Aetiology of Hysteria that at the source of all of his cases of hysteria was evidence of one or more experiences of early sexual activity. In more recent cases we have seen childhood sexual abuse brought to the fore front…

Treatment of co-morbid alcoholism and PTSD in veterans ? comparison with other drug dependencies 11-15-16 Loggins, K., Gutierrez, C.A., PharmD, Wilcox, R.E., PhD.* Target: Journal of Addiction and Preventive Medicine ABSTRACT Combat instigated PTSD is one of the more complicated psychological conditions that occur in the modern world. To add to the complications of treatment, PTSD is often accompanied by other psychological comorbidities and substance use disorders; of which the most…

The United States of America has been at war since 2001. The two campaigns are known as Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraq Freedom. Since the beginning, there has been over 1.5 million troops deployed to the region (Savitsky, Illingsworth, & Dulaney, 2009). It does not matter what the job is, the chances that a soldier will experience a form of trauma is almost guaranteed. It was no different for Lieutenant Commander Heidi Kraft. In her book, Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in…

One of the biggest fears of people all over the world is the fear of being alone. We have all evolved into social beings, and our very existence depends on our numbers. These fears usually stem from childhood, where they experienced a traumatizing effect such as the loss of a parent or friend through divorce, death, or lack of physical or emotional care. The person grows up and has huge trust issues that usually affect the person they have a relationship with. The person feels like the person…