Physical trauma

The argument about veterans from the Vietnam war using the same PTSD defense trauma from the war and why there was not a homologous defense for young black teens struggling with their lives in violent neighborhoods rose divided opinions among the society. Shellow’s strategies in the ghetto defense give lawyers hope of the future…

thing that will help be towards my psychology major. The most important lesson that I learn in this class is to always do a full and thorough assessment on a patient before starting treatment. Because base on their background, religion, and what trauma they may experience in life there could be a possibility they you can treat a patient for the wrong…

Dating violence is the act of aggressive behavior towards a romantic partner. Aggressive behavior includes physical, verbal, and sexual abuse. Excessively controlling behavior can also be included as an act of dating violence. Victims can face potentially damaging psychological problems from abusive relationships. Victims are also prone to becoming vulnerable to other abusive relationships in the future. Perpetrators could also encounter psychological after-effects and deal with extreme…

David Ackerman an academy graduate detective, who is carrying around a lot stress or emotional baggage, because he is the reason for his brother’s death and his father does not approve of his career choice, so they share a distance relationship. Ackerman is haunted by memories of his brother falling from a roof, and dying after he encouraged him to jump. David is a rookie detective who will be partnered up with a veteran police detective to bring down an infamous German car thief. The reason for…

From the book Inside Out and Back Again refugees like the main character Ha, struggle when war comes knocking on their door and they have to flee in order to live. When refugees come to new homes they have many experiences, some are an inside out feeling while others are a back again feeling. Forced to leave their country, large amounts of refugees are experiencing difficulties like shortages of food and water and settling into new places and meeting new people. Ha and other refugees from…

PTSD and Suicide “Me? I Changed?” Steve Lacy says this in his song “That’s No Fun.” Sometimes people change without noticing it themselves, but the change itself could be because of something drastic. After experiencing a traumatic event, some people may experience post-traumatic stress disorder. People with this mental health issue have a hard time coping with a terrifying event and can lead to personality changes, isolation, and the risk of developing suicidal tendencies. This was illustrated…

Let us imagine how would we feel after launching ourselves to space while holding a nuclear bomb in order to save the world from an extraterrestrial invasion. That instant could represent our last moment being alive and at the same time this could be traumatic experience for some people. Superheroes are not immune to this type of responses, they are still humans. This reminds us that after all, Tony Stark is the man behind the Iron Man suit. Tony is a man haunted by all his experiences. As we…

Thought Field Therapy is beneficial to the social work practice because of its cross-cultural application. TFT can work in conjunction with other therapeutic modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Trauma Therapy, and Narrative Therapy, to name a few. Another benefit is that Thought Field Therapy training is from two-days or up to two-weeks depending on the intensity of the…

be met before a diagnosis can be made. “Criterion A” requires that at least one of the following needs are met to be diagnosed: Direct exposure to serious injury or death, witnessing the trauma, learning that a close friend or family member was exposed to a trauma, and indirect exposure to the details of the trauma…

military service members. Due to the demanding environments of military life and experiences of combat, personnel experience some sort of mental illness at some point throughout or after their military career. Service members are faced with sexual trauma, depression, stress, brain injuries, suicide, substance abuse, homelessness, and/or involvement with the criminal justice systems. Approximately 18.5% of service have post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) or depression and 19.5% experience a…