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    Psychological Trauma can alter, destroy and create a lot of bad impacts in a person’s life. The main definition of psychological trauma is the results of unique individual experience of an unusually event that invaded a person’s sense of security and safety, making he or she feels helpless and at risk of dangerous situation, and the ability to assimilate his or her emotional experience is overwhelmed at certain situation. (Lawrence Robinson, 2011) A much more serious psychological trauma can

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    The psychological and social effects of the medical condition, PTSD on a person, their family, and the lack of knowledge about PTSD in the 1970’s for treatment options is imperative to the readers understanding of the short story “The Red Convertible”. These effects stem from the inability of a person to properly reintegrate themselves in times of post-deployment, due to their experiences during times of war. The inability of a person to properly reintegrate themselves in times of post-deployment

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    words and even their actions that can have a psychological effect on a slave. One method that is used is that a child is taken away from its mother at a very young age, which can leave a lot of psychological problems for such a young child. A positive attachment at a young age plays a vital role in who a child becomes. A child who does not have a positive attachment will likely struggle trusting others. With slaves, I am sure this was a traumatic effect as slaves would also have a lot of concerns

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    respect, that is the minimum we can do for serving this country but it is not what they receive. Veterans do not receive all the help they need, financially and health wise. Yes, they receive some help but it is not enough. In the article "The Psychological Effects of the Vietnam War" by Josh Hochesang, Tracye Lawyer, Toby Stevenson it talks about how veterans have been affected physically, mentally and emotionally and have received the help needed but not everyone, yet there are out there struggling

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    The Bystander Effect is a psychological phenomenon that occurs when people are less likely to offer assistance in emergency situations if bystanders, or other individuals, are also present. The murder of a woman, Kitty Genovese, was the catalyst for the discovery of such an effect. Approximately 40 individuals observed or overheard Genovese’s murder, yet no one reported it to authorities or attempted to intervene in any way. This phenomenon was studied and demonstrated by John M. Darley and Bibb

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    Psychological Effect of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Ever wondered how it feels to suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD)? PTSD has a psychological effect on anyone who has been through a traumatic event. The psychological effects include, anxiety, depression, and sleeping disorder. First of all, anxiety is one of the psychological effect of PTSD. “Anxiety is a feeling of worry because of something that has happened or could happen” (Anxiety). Those who suffer from PTSD struggle with

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    ways men control the behavior of women. More than 4 million women experience physical assault and rape by their partners. The abuser may also do other acts of violence such as psychological and/or emotional abuse that includes intimidation, threats, isolations and etc., as a way to gain control over the victim. Psychological and emotional abuse allows the abuser to avoid legal actions from the court in contrast to physical abuse since they are not doing any physical harm to the body. Even though there

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    Psychological Effects of Sexual Assault      Sexual assault is a term that is used interchangeably with the word rape. The decision on whether or not to use the term rape or sexual assault is made by a state’s jurisdiction. Sexual assault is more readily used in an attempt to be more gender neutral (National Victim Center). Sexual assault can be most easily described as forced or unconsentual sexual intercourse. The individual that is performing these acts on the victim may either be a stranger

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    has been several psychological and chronic health effects associated with the exposure to the World Trade Center disaster and its repercussion. People who were exposed to fumes, smoke and dust produced during the tragedy and subsequent recovery, clean-up and rescue activities have shown increased risk of respiratory diseases such as asthma (Jordan et al., 2011). Furthermore, psychological trauma as a result of the tragedy is connected with an increased risk of severe psychological distress and post-traumatic

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    without any parent providing help, many children often go hungry and become malnourished. Not all children are as fortunate as the girl in Round Rock; many abandoned children are found by adults who wish to mistreat them. In addition to these physical effects, child abandonment also results in physiological problems. Lack of attention from parents cause increased levels of stress hormones in the bodies of children. When a young child attempts to interact with and adult and is ignored the brain interprets

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