Psychological nativism

may create an outcome of a psychological wound (trauma). Traumatic events are distressing incidents, that interfere with an individual’s daily life. These may be threatening towards a person’s life, psychological or physical health. Each individual human, has a different reaction to similar situations. The same one event may have polar opposite reactions by different people. The same situation may result in little impact on one individual, but may cause serious psychological harm and distress to…

Victims of bullying are more at-risk than their peers to display high aggressive tendencies as well as low self-efficacy levels for performance/learning (Fullchange & Furlong, 2016). Wonke and Lereya (2015) posit that students who are exposed to bullying are likely to victimize others in revenge when they move to a different environment, for instance, a different school. Studies further showed bullies to run high risks of involvement in crime and delinquent acts later on in life (Wonke & Lereya,…

Children are suffering from this hidden abuse every day and don’t understand how to help themselves. ”Every year more than 3.6 million referrals are made to child protection agencies involving more than 6.6 million children. The United States has one of the worst records among industrialized nations – losing on average between four and seven children every day to child abuse and neglect” (National Children’s Alliance). In the 2013 national abuse statistics, it states “that children in the first…

demonstrating the importance of publicly addressing the issue of post-traumatic stress disorder. Post-traumatic stress disorder or “PTST,” is defined as a “condition of persistent mental an emotion stress occurring as a result of injury or severe psychological shock, typically involving disturbance of sleep and constant…

Choosing the leader was one of the most important processes in this project. The leader we chose for our group was Matt Vack. The first time meeting with the group we all talked about who wanted to be the leader and who should be the leader. We chose Matt because he felt comfortable leading us as a group and was confident about it, Matt also volunteered and said that he has no problem doing this. So then Matt was the chosen leader of this group for our project. Delegating the duties throughout…

While working in the field of social work and dealing with physical abuse cases, which can range from children being physically, sexually or mentally abused will be one of the most difficult parts of the job I think. I can remember as my previous job as a parent counselor I would have to process DCF referrals, which required me to meet with clients. Several times I would meet with children and their mothers. The children had been victims of sexual abuse by their biological fathers. How I learned…

were not accounted for by depression diagnoses at the start of the study or changes in hopelessness over the course of treatment. (p.1046) While it might be difficult to determine if suicide was due to PTSD and its related symptoms or by other psychological mental issues, by reducing suicidal ideation, suicide can greatly be reduced in…

I am not surprised at all about the false accusations that were committed during this case. As a matter of fact these false allegations occur quite often around the country. It is quite concerning when you hear about these troubling trends occurring in the judicial system. What’s more concerning is that innocent victims are having to pay the price by serving time in jail or prison. It seems that lying and deceiving have become more and more prominent in today’s society, more than ever before. I…

PTSD is one of the most common problems with soldiers these days. In this paper I will do my best to describe PTSD and certain symptoms and certain ways that one can help make process in their recovery. One in every three recruits will leave the service with at least some case of PTSD whether it be a light case or a heavy cases. (Mayo clinic staff.1) In several cases the symptoms become worse as the soldiers life progresses and causes families to break apart, divorce, ending friendships, and…

Prior to Domestic Violence awareness month last year we had the Rice case. Which helped fuel the discussion about domestic violence. After years of being in denial about the need to heal from domestic violence. I finally decided to attend a domestic violence support group. I realize now leaving the situation is only the first step. Being able to say you are an overcomer or survivor of domestic violence means moving past it through healing. In the majority of my adult relationships I have…