Psychological trauma

The movie Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a movie that contains many things that relate to psychological disorders, including: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Mental Trauma, and phobias. I will be discussing the plot of the movie, and then I will explain how the psychological disorders relate to the characters of the movie. The story’s main character is a nine year old boy named Oskar Schell, who is very close to his father. When his father is killed in the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the…

There has not been an exact cause of mental and behavioral disorders but people are finding that they appear because of biological, psychological and environmental factors. (Causes of Mental Illness, 2015). Some of these factors can’t be help but some can. Find the root of a mental disorder/illness can help the treatment of it. Biological factors are the factor that are mainly involved with: Genetics, Infection, brain defects, injury, prenatal damage and/or substance abuse. When it comes to…

positive input. This suggests that the relationship between the size of the hippocampus is directly related to trauma. This makes the connection to post-traumatic stress disorder independent and the focus directly on trauma exposure. (Levi-Gigi, May 2014). Participants in this study were divided into two groups. Group one included 32 active duty firefighters who were repeatedly exposed to trauma as part of their daily work routine. Group two was the control group, which consisted of 31…

A traumatic experience is defined as the initial act that involves a threats or acts of injury, physical and psychological harm that may entice grave fear, helplessness, or horror in an individual. There are a wide variety of psychological issues that a victim may endure which stems from them being trafficked for an extensive period of time. Trafficked victims may suffer from an array of mental health issues stemming from brutal physical and emotional mistreatment by their trafficker or by other…

Judith Lewis quote from the book,Trauma and Recovery, explores the social behaviour of individuals subjected to an atrocity. He suggests that some information is deemed socially unacceptable to share due to its content. Lewis goes on to suggest that the sharing of memories is required in order to help victims overcome their traumatic experiences and to restore the social order. He believes that the root cause of psychological trauma is related to the individual 's conflict to share information…

that has interested me since I saw a movie last year was post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The character in the movie served during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and had symptoms consistent with this 2disorder. According to the American Psychological Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5; APA, 2013), PTSD develops when 1an individual experiences a traumatic event, witnesses a traumatic event, learns that a traumatic event occurred to a close family member or friend, or…

offspring. Also in Maus volume one the author lets the readers know that in the past, he was in a mental institution, this may have been because of his childhood. The psychological effect the Holocaust had on the survivor children such as, mental disorders, traumas, stress, anxiety social anxiety and anti-social. The psychological effect on these children are passed from one generation to the next till one person decides to seek help. Survivor parents most of the time do not know that when they…

every human is vulnerable to experiencing a crisis (Jais, 2016). This essay demonstrates what psychological impact occurs from crisis and trauma that is caused by a violent crime. Violent crime is defined as an aggravated assault that includes some sort of life-threatening nature or bodily harm is caused to one or more individuals (Fazel & Grann, 2006). Violent crime situations that involve crisis and trauma are explored from a counselling perspective. This is achieved by suggesting what…

vast number of psychological and physical reactions. Many factors will contribute to how an individual will respond in the face of a traumatic incident such as their social networks, prior trauma, personality, upbringing, resiliency as well as many other variables. Every person is unique therefore how they respond to a trauma will be different than how another person will respond. (Van der Kolk, McFarland & Weisaeth, 2007). The reactions of the individual immediately after a trauma can be…

impact of physical trauma on the children and family. i. What are the short-term impacts of this trauma? Some short-term impacts of trauma can manifest themselves in behavioral reactions. Some of these reactions include development of new fears separation anxiety (particularly in young children), sleep disturbance, nightmares, sadness, loss of interest in normal activities, reduced concentration, decline in school work, anger, somatic complaints and irritability (Children and Trauma, 2008).…