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CRISIS AND TRAUMA 1 Crisis and Trauma Danielle Dalton College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Grand Canyon University BHS-440: Understanding Trauma Prof. J. Champlin March 5, 2024

CRISIS AND TRAUMA 2 Introduction – Crisis and Trauma According to Homeland Security (2023), border crossings into the US are at an all-time high. Millions of ‘gotaways’ – which is an unlawful border crosser who is directly or indirectly witnessed making an unlawful entry into the United States” but is not apprehended – are in this country, and those numbers have been rising more in the last two years than ever (Homeland Security, 2023). Only 14 percent of those seeking asylum are legitimate asylum seekers – that was under the Trump Administration and the Obama Administration (Oversight House Committee, 2023). Trauma and crisis are embedded in the intricate yet complicated path of this human experience, with effects that are significant, yet also devastating. Today’s border crisis in the United States makes evident the connection between psychological trauma and a crisis; it can influence the mental and physical health of the hundreds of legal and illegal migrants that are trying to cross into the country. In scrutinizing differences between psychological trauma and a crisis, the goal of this paper is to emphasize the difficulties and challenges that the migrants and/or refugees will and do encounter; to define trauma and crisis, and why migrant crossing can be a crisis and the trauma that arise from such, whether it be emotional, mental, physical, or even psychological challenges that are experienced. Crisis … The term crisis can be defined as a sudden and/or unexpected situation that overwhelms one's ability to cope effectively and/or lead to an unstable and dangerous situation that affects not only the individual, but loved ones, groups, or even all of society. Regarding the psychology of crisis, the concern then concentrates on attitudes, reactions, and behaviors that are related to events and conditions (Enander, 2021). Typically, when a crisis occurs, there is a sense of urgency that necessitates rapid decision-making abilities to maintain safety and stability. When thousands of migrants illegally cross the border, it tends to qualify as a crisis simply because when this occurs, it rather quickly overwhelms any

CRISIS AND TRAUMA 3 existing resources, systems, and infrastructures of the country they are crossing into, which in turn results in an immense strain on necessary and important services including housing, healthcare, and employment prospects. Resources spent on border apprehension and deportation constantly increase, allowing for many Central Americans into detention centers that do not have the needed and necessary resources to deal with them (Massey, 2020); the economic and socio-political consequences, along with potential human rights and human suffering breaches, can also classify this scenario as a crisis. … and Trauma Described as the psychological or emotional response to an experience or event that is extremely distressing or disturbing, trauma often results from losing a family member or loved one or even from mental, emotional, or physical abuse of one form or another. Individuals can have occurrences of emotional and psychological insecurity and instability if the traumas faced are not addressed. Holistically, a person’s behaviors, actions, and relationships are more likely to be affected when that person considers an event or experience as traumatic. The individual’s prior exposure and encounters with either crisis or traumatic events must be considered and may be adding to the severity of their symptoms, more specifically, their nature, duration, degree, and idiosyncratic or personal impacts. Emotional and psychological symptoms There is a myriad of ways that migrants can be left with trauma by crossing, or attempting to cross, the U.S. border; they will encounter a few psychological and/or emotional symptoms as well, including depression, general anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD (SAMHSA, 2023) that are often influenced by the chance of sexual, physical, or psychological abuse, human and drug trafficking, exploitation, and confinement. Many times, trauma events or experiences were left unspoken, as countless women did not talk about the traumas they experienced (Ramage et al., 2023). Lasting conditions that have been manipulated by border control along with the stress of the crossing

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