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    Essay On Cultural Trauma

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    What is trauma, who does it affect and how does one's cultural background influence how trauma is perceived? According to the DSM-5 (defined in Briere) and SAMHSA’s trauma is a “state of being” resulting from actual or threatened exposure to psychologically and/or physically damaging events wherein they may become overwhelmed by fear, helplessness and hopelessness. Individuals groups and/or community may experience trauma directly, either firsthand or by witnessing an event, or they may learn…

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    More than half of the American population have experience some kind of trauma. There is many different types of trauma: war trauma, rape, molestation, child abuse, being mugged or hit, witnessing someone being hurt, et cetera. In addition, a traumatic event can happen to anyone, at any time, anywhere, just like the effect of it. During a traumatic event, the brain gets shifted, after the event, trauma effects them differently, and when the patient seeks treatment, they treat it in different…

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    Stress In Children

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    feel in control, is described as trauma. A child’s response to trauma is linked to their stress level following the experience. Harvard University has identified three types of stress: positive, tolerable, and toxic stress (Harvard, 2012). Positive stress refers to the everyday stressors one may experience and are mild in magnitude. It is imperative for children to develop skills to adapt to mild stressors. Children experience tolerable stress during times of trauma such as the death of a family…

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    Creative Arts Therapy, specifically psychodrama or drama therapy has the potential to revolutionize care of patients suffering from emotional trauma including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Drama therapy is a group activity developed by the psychiatrist Jacob Moreno who used “enactments of real-life situations to reveal the attitudes, beliefs, feelings, and values that underlie social interactions, thus deepening our understanding of them” (Leveton). Given the universality, and ease of…

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    Reviewing key assumptions of trauma-informed approaches One must review the key assumptions of trauma-informed approaches to achieve the goal of this literature review, which is to explore the extent to which trauma-informed approaches have improved children’s experiences within learning contexts. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services suggested four key assumptions in a trauma-informed approach (Substance Abuse…

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    Chapter 12 titled “Trauma–and Stressor–Related Disorders” discussed in detail the defining features of trauma and stress along with the diagnostic criteria for the disorders. Chapter 12 further reviews the history and family context of the disorders with their prevalence and development. The chapter concludes by providing the reader with various prevention and treatment option to best support the child in need. Trauma refers to intense and overwhelming experiences that involve serious loss,…

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    symptoms consisting of actual PTSD symptoms in Beloved. Seth constantly relives her trauma like PTSD Treatment Designed Specifically for Monks stated “Most people who suffer the extent of the extent to reliving it.” Sethe often times avoids remembering or recalling any events due to her experience with slavery for the trauma that Sethe has to constantly relive. Sethe also suffers from lack of body control due to the trauma she has suffered in…

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    details the effects of war through two major forces: physical trauma, and subtle attitude changes. While the first of the two examples is shown via obvious physical deformities, such as Tari’s missing leg, the shift of certain character’s mindsets shows the effects of the Afghan conflicts permanently scarring the protagonists. This change of mentality is a sign of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, otherwise…

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    types of childhood trauma. Childhood trauma, according to the National Institute of Mental health is, “The experiences of an event by a child that is emotionally painful or distressful, which often results in lasting mental and physical effects”[1]. Abuse and loss can lead to childhood trauma depending on how influential they are as well as how well the individual copes with either. Throughout this paper, we will be researching the effects of loss and abuse as childhood trauma, on the body,…

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    is a cause of trauma and how it affects adulthood. Trauma is when a person is deeply distressed or have a disturbed experience. Environmental trauma is emotional shock outside experiences. Trauma must be acted upon a threatened death, serious injury, and self-esteem or fear. While some argue that trauma mostly affects a child’s behavior, it has more impact on a child’s emotions; therefore, environmental trauma has a greater impact on a child’s emotions. Children who experience trauma is most…

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