Clinical Psychodynamic Or Forensic Psychology: Secondary Traumas

The term “Psychological trauma” refers to damage wrought from a traumatic event, which that damages one’s ability to cope with stressors. “Trauma” is commonly defined as an exposure to a situation in which a person is confronted with an event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to self or others’ physical well-being (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Specific types of client trauma frequently encountered by which therapists and other mental health workers frequently encounter in a clinical setting include sexual abuse, physical , or sexual assault, natural disasters such as earthquakes or tsunamis, domestic violence, and school or/and work related violence (James & Gilliland, 2001). Traumatic

(Oltmanns,Emery, 2015) A trauma may include rape, which in Melinda Sordino’s case is what she experienced. Melinda Sordino can be diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder, as opposed to acute stress disorder, because her disturbance after the trauma had lasted longer than a month. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder include intrusive re-experiencing, avoidance of reminders of the trauma, increased arousal or reactivity, negative moods or thoughts, and often dissociation. (Oltmanns,Emery, 2015) Weeks after the terrifying experience, Melinda Sordino experienced all of

Receiving blunt trauma to the head is a very a dangerous situation and can often lead to critical conditions and death. This essay will be taking an in depth look at a patient who has received trauma and their possible outcome. Utilizing knowledge of mechanisms and patterns of injury, vital signs and patient presentation, a diagnosis of the patient’s condition will be made. Once diagnosed, the pathophysiology of the condition will be explained and also possible injuries from this condition will be explored.

Trauma is an experience copious amounts of people have encountered or will encounter within their lifetime. As many think about various traumatic experiences, one may think solely of victims of the trauma. As we think of the victims of traumatic experience, it is easy for the general public population to overlook the professionals who respond to traumatic incidents such as natural disasters, accidents, and intentional acts of harm or terror are not always brought to mind. According to the Wisconsin EMS Association statistics provided on their website, during the year 2011, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) reported to 598,416 emergency calls. Just in the state of Wisconsin, EMS workers as a whole were exposed to thousands of potentially traumatizing incidences. Exploring the impacts of trauma and different treatments for workers who are impacted through their job of saving lives and responding to often devastating situations is essential to maintain a healthy mental health state.

A personal factor that may cause myself to be at risk of vicarious trauma and burnout is that I easily sympathise with people. This is a risk as it can be seen that emotional attachment is one factor within both burnout and vicarious trauma.Altohugh this is a risk I believe if I can learn to control my sympthetic emotions then this is one strategy to stop this from occuring. Also if I am able to find someone to confide in and let emotion out this may be another strategy to reduce the risk. Another risk I have is that I bottle things up and I don't like to talk to people about any  situations im going through. This is a risk as this may cause me to become stressed out and therefore, be at risk of burnout and vicarious trauma. A strategy to reduce

Officer went to contact a subject on a bicycle who fled on the bike. Officer followed the suspect in his police unit and collided with the fleeing bicyclist. Suspect was complaining of pain to his left leg, left wrist and had visible scrapes to his left leg. Suspect was transported to PVCH for treatment and will be booked for 148 PC. MAIT was notified and is

What constitutes someone’s identity as a person? Some may argue that role models or one’s environment can influence a person’s values. Others may differ and remark how one’s experiences in life can determine how one may perceive the world. However, the memories from these experiences may not always positively affect an individual. Instead, a memory or event may be of a severe traumatic event that can unknowingly haunt an individual for the rest of his or her life. These memories will then possess a strong control over one’s life that can alter the way that a person may live their life. For a trauma victim, their life may be plagued by moments of time that may appear to trigger his or her trauma, resulting in an individual losing touch with reality. This experience portrays an altered reality that can make the trauma victim tremble with fear concerning that moment in time where they were at their most vulnerable. The mental state of trauma victims is explored by Martha Stout in her essay, “When I Woke Up Tuesday Morning, It Was Friday.” Stout, a psychologist, depicts how a number of her clients, trauma victims, from varying degrees of dissociation. Dissociation can affect a trauma victim in many forms, and is often used a method to protect the mental state of a victim from further pain. By allowing the subconscious to take over, the victim does not have to be mentally present for situations that may trigger one’s memory of trauma. This will protect the victim but this level

"Secondary traumatic stress is the emotional duress that results when an individual hears about the firsthand trauma experiences of another” (NCTSN). Secondary traumatic stress disorder STSD consists of identical symptoms as posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD, the difference is that while PTSD is derived from direct exposure to trauma, STSD originates from indirect exposure (Rzeszutek, Partyka & Golab). Trauma exposure can lead to different reactions and responses and can have different effects on mental health workers. These symptoms could include but are not limited to, feeling helpless

Forensic psychologists usually assess the specific emotional elements, which may result from traumatic injuries such as depression, post-traumatic stress, anxiety or chronic pain (Weiner & Otto, 2013). In case a there is a head injury, a forensic psychologist can involve neuropsychological assessments in evaluating memory dysfunction, or other cognitive impairment that may tend to coincide with the physical injury (Davies & Beech, 2012). On the other hand, forensic psychologists may be involved in evaluating the long run emotional effects of events like the impact of a kid losing her/his mother, or the effect of victimization associated with a criminal

The results of this study show that a relationship does exist between the duration of service of the individual and their experience of vicarious trauma. A positive correlation between the two was found, as indicated in Table 4 (x2 = 18.61, df = 8, p < .05). The findings could mean that though vicarious trauma symptoms are usually accumulative; therefore the longer duration of service, the more trauma symptoms are accumulated, eventually resulting in vicarious trauma. The researcher found scanty reports on how the duration of service may impact the experience of vicarious trauma of police officers. Such scanty reporting could mean that the present study could be considered one of the few studies in

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines trauma as a very difficult or unpleasant experience that causes someone to have mental or emotional problems usually for a long time (Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 2015). From a medical perspective, trauma is described as severe damage to a person 's body. Trauma can be caused by multiple factors in a person life. Trauma could stem from a distressing experience of a physical or psychological nature. In recent years’ major natural disasters and acts of terrorism have become more prominent and devastating, creating long-lasting traumatic effects in individuals ' lives. Traumatic experiences can occur to anyone regardless of their culture, gender, age, social background or socio-economical status.

Trauma not only refers to the damages caused by physical external forces, but also can refer to the psychological damage caused by some kinds of strong emotions, such as the suffering of loss, family violence or others. Judith Butler, writing about trauma, says “As far as loss, he holds that if we have lost, then it follows that we have had, that we have desired and loved, that we have struggled

I believe my own experiences have helped me with an American Indian or Native expertise. I am a Chief’s daughter and have experienced first-hand the effects of intergenerational or cross-generational trauma. Those effects spiraled down and led me into some bad behaviors which only intensified my complex trauma responses. I have had to heal and overcome from many types of trauma. In my first years in college, I learned about vicarious, historical, and intergenerational trauma and came to the realization of what I was going through. As an adult, I have had vicarious trauma as well.

This theory is based on the belief that it is not the trauma itself that is damaging but

According to Perry's discussion (2003, pg 7) "Persisting physiological  and emotional distress is physically exhausting and emotionally painful.   Because of the pain,  energy and  discomfort associated with  the recurring  intrusive thoughts and the physiological  and  emotional  'memories' associated with  these  thoughts,  a variety of  protective  avoidance  mechanisms are used to escape reminders of  the original trauma.  These include active avoidance of  any reminders of the trauma and  the mental mechanisms of numbing and dissociation." Trauma can effect a person's potential to learn and lead them to a longtime of learning impediment. There are many cognitive symptoms of psychological trauma, which are being distracted, lack of ability