Psychological trauma

are intrusive and upsetting memories, thoughts, or nightmare of the trauma. It also addresses the avoidance of things, people, and/or situation that may be reminders of the traumatic event. Many studies have demonstrated that TF-CBT helps not only children recover from negative effects of traumatic experiences, but also help families recovers as well. TF-CBT works for children who have experienced one trauma or multiple traumas. It is also proven to work within 12-16 treatment session, however…

Emma’s culture, history of abuse, and her role in her parent’s separation can be thoroughly understood with this theory because it takes all parts of Emma’s systems and shows how they are effected by themselves and together. It helps to show how the trauma and negative life experiences effect Emma in all areas of her life. A limitation of this theory in Emma’s case is that its fails in the capacity to give a conclusive understanding of what Emma’s reality actually is and it involves additional…

Of those categories listed, Trauma and stressor related disorders, also referred to as PTSD can be found along with, acute disorders, adjustment disorders, and attachment disorders. Of these PTSD related disorders I will focus on CPTSD, PTSD in children and research on the causes, treatment, prognosis and evaluation of this disorder along with a perspective from a biblical worldview. For starters…

With war there comes trauma, and not all the casualties of war experience only physical symptoms. It was during World War I that soldiers’ mental trauma became more popularly examined. We now know that traumatic events can leave someone experiencing PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Back in 1914, soldiers fighting in the war had their own version called “shell shock”. In the beginning of World War I, British soldiers began to report medical symptoms after combat such as amnesia,…

Burn victims live with permanent scars that range in severity and can result in some sort of disfigurement to their bodies. Along with the trauma of the injury itself, the extensive amount of treatment can be traumatic as well. There is a long list of psychological implications that can arise from burn injuries. The implications include the general feeling of being upset, sad or irritable, feeling helpless, hopeless, and upset about depending on others for help. Along with these, burns can also…

Trauma can affect every areas of a person’s life (body, soul, and spirit). Trauma can affect a person’s faith; their will to live; their view of themselves, others, and their worldview; their sense of safety, every aspect of their emotions, physical & psychological health & well being, their relationships, etc. The list can go on and on. Trauma knows no boundaries in it affect on an individual. Several key factors can contribute to a person being more or less likely to experience PTSD.…

This dramatic increase in veterans suffering from PTSD is extremely alarming because of how dangerous PTSD can be. Often times, physical and mental health are seen as separate and mutually exclusive domains, when quite convincingly, studies show that the two have a more complex and involved relationship than that. Often times, poor mental health can lead to poor physical health. In relation to PTSD, numerous studies show that suffering veterans often experience not only mental issues such as…

directly lead to the deaths of Sophie Mol and Velutha, but also the historical and societal systems at play which informed the environment in which these tragedies took place. While the Terror was undeniably traumatic for every character involved, trauma is something that builds and experience is what builds it. Estha’s earlier traumatic experience with the the Orangedrink Lemondrink Man laid the foundation for a series of traumatic events which later irreversibly changed the lives of the Ipe…

Deprivation of humane conditions included confinement in a box, prolonged nudity, prolonged shackling, and deprivation of solid food. Detainees were also exposed to repetitive use of loud music or music. The use of phobias in torture maximizes psychological torture by conforming to the individual's fears. At Abu Ghraib, the United States Army took advantage of Muslims’ belief of the impurity of dogs to induce fear among the detainees. Another interrogation method used at Abu Ghraib was the…

why individuals answer the question of how they describe themselves the way they do. One individual could say that the environment and key factors from his environment are reasons how he describes himself. Others could say that their past and psychological experiences are key in defining who they are; on the other hand, some would say people’s self-esteem impact them either in a positive or narcissistic…