Psychological Types

Caregiving and elder abuse have been discussed as an important issue in most of the studies. Forms of elder abuse have been identified based on the prevalence of elder abuse in the United States which include psychological, emotional, and physical abuse. The reasons of these types of mistreatment are distinct and sometimes unknown. Relatives, friends, caregivers as well as professionals can all be responsible for the abuse of vulnerable elders. Most elder people who experience abuse are unable…

violence is a major issue in the workplace of many. Getting to know the descriptions and examples of specific types of harassment and violence, appropriate ways to recognize and respond to harassment and violence, harassment and violence that nurses are subject to during their careers and resources available to the victims are main topics that will be focused on. There are many types of violence and…

Psychological Abuse, is also known as psychological violence, emotional abuse or mental abuse, is a form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another to behavior that may result in psychological trauma, including anxiety, chronic depression, or posttraumatic stress disorder. In a study of 1,000 women 15 years of age or older, 36% had experienced emotional abuse while growing up; 43% had experienced some form of abuse as children or adolescents. In this paper I will be…

the case study, to be positively diagnosed with PSTD, people have to be exposed to a stressor that are from traumatic or extreme events to which the respective person responded to with helplessness, fear or horror and to have three different symptom types comprising of re-experiencing of the event, avoidance of any reminders of the particular event and hyper-arousal for at least a months period. Re-experiencing of the event involves the recollections that are unwanted of the incident that take…

depression later in life. Many individuals may not know that abuse is any type of behavior that is use to have control over another person by that person being in fear, humiliated, and verbally assaulted. According to Court (2007), emotional abuse “psychological abuse” is defined as systematic, patterned and chronic abuse that is used by a person to lower another person’s sense of self, self-worth and power. Emotional abuse is a type of abuse that is similar to brain washing someone because it…

The Hidden Problem of Elder Abuse According to the American Psychological Association (n.d), every year, it is estimated that close to 4 million elderly Americans have been subjected to some type of physical, emotional, psychological and sexual abuse. Many have also been victims of neglect or exploitation by someone they depended on for care. These are just estimates because currently there are no official statistics; the last official report was published in 2005 by the National Center on…

The intensive care unit (ICU) is regarded as an extremely stressful work environment for nurses. Extensive work-related stress has been associated with psychological disturbances that influence the mental health status of ICU nurses. Work-related stress within the intensive care unit has been found to be correlated with anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and burnout out syndrome (BOS) in ICU nurses. Anxiety and depressive symptoms in the workplace may result in…

Define abuse. Abuse willful infliction of physical or mental pain through acts of commission or omission. (Therapeutic Communication for Health Professionals, 2017) List types of abuse. Emotional Abuse, ‎Physical Abuse, ‎Psychological Abuse, ‎Verbal Abuse List the five main recipients of abuse. Which agency should each of the above be reported to? Research the different recipients of abuse and identify those which appear to be the most prominent (you can use your city or state as a…

difficult, and unsafe environments. There are so many different types of stress that it is difficult to put the findings and issues together because there are so many different meanings to all of these types of stress. For example, there is work stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, school stress, family stress, etc. All of these types of stress come with different emotional states and it also depends on who the person is and what type of person they are and how they deal with stress.…

suffered and 42% of physically abused women believe psychological abuse is the worst type of abuse (Partnership Against Domestic Violence). Spreading the word about psychological aggression being another form of domestic violence is important because informing victims and their loved-ones about psychological aggression may save lives. According to a study by Fischbach and Herbert cited in the article Abusive Relationships and Suicide, victims of psychological aggression are more likely to commit…