Psychological evaluation

progress. Bassuk, Unick, Paquette and Richard (2017) developed a measurement tool called the TICOMETER. The instrument is useful to determine organization development and training needs, monitor the progress and conduct systematic research and evaluation. Understanding the practices within the service organization will help to develop interventions, trainings and understanding of how TIC impacts patient outcomes. In order to use TIC, health care organizations, need to determine which…

There are many different mental disorders that affect people throughout the world. One of the leading causes for the development of mental illnesses is trauma. Trauma plays a significant role in the development of borderline personality disorder. McLean and Gallop (2003) express that the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder was quite higher in patients that suffered from trauma in their childhood, than the patients that experienced trauma in their adult life. This portrays that trauma…

This framework is based on what the research on trauma intervention with children and particularly on trauma-informed care (TIC). However, based on personal understanding of trauma intervention in child population, the original TIC approach introduced by SAMHSA is modified. I. Trauma and Children While positive stressful experience contribute to children’s health since these mild stress events provides children opportunities to deal with obstacles by managing stress, control emotions and…

parent to a sudden or violent death. The incidence of CTG and PTSD did not differ in children who experienced sudden/violent loss of a parent from those who experienced an expected loss. Ravels, V., Siegal, K., & Karus, D. (1999). Children's Psychological Distress Following the Death of a Parent. Journal of Youth and Adolescence , 28 (2),…

It is an attempt used by the ego to keep undesirable or painful thoughts id impulses from reaching consciousness. Repression occurs entirely on an unconscious level which involves preventing unpleasant experiences that are repulsive to the ego from reaching consciousness. Although it is assumed that most of the painful event from the first five years of live are suppressed they tend to have a big influence in behaviour at the later stage. The person is also not in control of the repressed…

There are records of trauma related mental disorders dating back as far as early Ancient Greece. In fact, the very word trauma originates from the Greek traumat, meaning wound. Today, Merriam-Wesbter’s Learner’s Dictionary defines it as a very difficult or unpleasant experience that causes someone to have mental or emotional problems usually for a long period of time. In this paper, I will explain what post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is and how virtual reality exposure therapy (VRE) is…

The impacts of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) on victims has been widely documented in the research literature over the past decades. In particular a large body of research has been published on the long term impacts of CSA and whether there is a direct link between it and the effects that occur later in life. Although much of the earlier research in this area used cross-sectional studies with convenience or clinical samples, recent studies have progressively used large random community samples…

behavior disorder, NOS and speech delay can be explained by his exposure to domestic violence, physical abuse and neglect. Research indicates that family violence not only affects children’s physical health and safety, but also may affect their psychological adjustment, social relations, and academic achievement (Roberts, Campbell, Ferguson, & Crusto, 2013). Correspondingly, the values, attitudes, and interpersonal skills that are established early in a child’s life play a significant role in…

ntroduction The term crisis means an acute emergency, where direct intervention is required. A crisis can emerge when the normal course of daily life is disrupted by one or more major events. According to Caplan (1961), “People are in a state of crisis when they face an obstacle to important life goals, an obstacle that is, for a time, insurmountable by the use of customary methods of problem solving. A period of disorganization ensues, a period of upset, during which many abortive attempts at…

Ms. Rockwell completed the measure, which is intended to be used in the evaluation of children who have been sexually abused or suspected of being sexually abused. Veronica’s Total score of 65 fell in the Clinically Significant range suggesting she is similar to those her age who tended to have been abused more recently and exhibit…