Psychological trauma

The Impact of Trauma on the Brain: The Physiological Effects of PTSD Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that can develop after an individual has been exposed to, or has witnessed a traumatic event. The most common symptoms of PTSD are flashbacks, nightmares, insomnia, lack of concentration, emotional numbing, difficulty remembering events related to the trauma, avoidance of reminders of the event, and hyperarousal. In addition to the psychological manifestations of PTSD, there…

this point, the young man screams as Viking steps outside and watches guard. Viewers can reasonably assume that Tweety molests the young boy. What viewers do not realize, is that one day this young boy will reenter society with the physical and psychological scars of this…

are several risk factors that make women suffer from PTSD and substance use disorder (Alexander, 1996). 1. Ability to cope with the trauma (Orcutt, Erickson, & Wolfe, 2002). 2. Previous mental health diagnoses (Mueser, Noorsky, Drake, & Fox,…

and love. Trauma causes horror, terror, or helplessness at the time of the event. Family traumas that a child may experience include: Emotional abuse Physical abuse Sexual abuse Emotional neglect Physical neglect Domestic violence Household substance abuse Household mental illness Parental separation or divorce Incarcerated household member Children are more often than not exposed to more than one traumatic event. They are especially vulnerable to the impact of subsequent trauma when they…

avoid taking about their repressed thoughts because of the pain these memories bring with. In an article published by Psychology Today, we learn that recovering from a traumatic experience requires that the painful emotions be thoroughly processed. Trauma feelings cannot be repressed or forgotten. If they are not dealt with directly, the distressing feelings and troubling events replay…

The 12 Core Concepts developed by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, (NCTSN). The concepts are used to assist various professionals who work with traumatized children. The core concepts provide valuable tools to assist with evaluating trauma-informed victims and helps with making assessments and intervention plans for patients. Such as a victim of Child Traumatic Stress, when children and adolescents are exposed to a violent act or traumatic situations and not having the ability to…

Epigenetic Inheritance Of Traumatic Events In the excerpt “Hiroshima and The Inheritance of Trauma” the author, Sarah Stillman, discusses the psychological effects of traumatizing events and how it can spread like a contagious disease. Stillman references the traumatic bombing of Hiroshima and how the detrimental trauma has affected the mother, Shoji, and the next generation, her daughter Minori. The relationship between Shoji’s experience of the bombing being translating to Minori is a valid…

O’Hare, T., Shen, C., & Sherrer, M. V. (2015). Lifetime abuse and self-harm in people with severe mental illness: A structural equation model. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, And Policy, 7(4), 348-355. doi:10.1037/tra0000016 Article Review People with severe mental illness (SMI) generally have experience with an extreme trauma over their lifetime (Muesser et al., 1998). There is a high percentage of people in the sample of this experiment, 29% to 43%, that have post…

of their past encounters, this makes them emotionally numb to their close relatives or friends. PTSD knows no age limit or barrier, it can happen at any age. This disorder interrupts people’s daily activities, there’s constant recollection of the trauma during the day or at night. People suffering from PTSD may lose interest in activities they used to like; they get more irritable and aggressive. In addition, they try to avoid places that could remind them of their traumatic past.…

trafficking are psychological damage, health issues, and social rejection. Countless sex trafficking victims suffer from psychological damage such as post-traumatic stress disorder. According to the Department of Health, “nearly 80 percent of the women were still suffering from post-traumatic stress … an average of 16 months after they were freed” (Johnston). Many sex trafficking victims have been beaten, sexually and mentally abused daily by their pimps or traffickers. The trauma and abuse…