system are a highly traumatized population‚ with higher rates of trauma higher than the general public (Miller‚ Green‚ Fettes & Aarons 2011; Salazar‚ Thomas‚ Gowen‚ & Mark 2013). “One study found that the overall trauma rate of exposure for youth in foster care was double that of the general public and very similar to that of urban young adults and yet the rate of PTSD was higher in foster care youth‚ 18.8% compared to 8.8% of trauma exposed urban young adults (Salazar et. al. 2013 p. 550).” Traumatic
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the helping professions‚ including police officers‚ firefighters‚ paramedics‚ dispatchers‚ trauma doctors‚ emergency room nurses‚ and psychotherapists (Miller‚ 1995‚ 1997‚ 1998a‚ 1998b‚ 1999‚ in press); however‚ the focus here will be on the stressors most relevant to police officers‚ criminal investigators‚ and other law enforcement personnel. Secondly‚ this article will describe the critical interventions and psychotherapeutic strategies that have been found most practical and useful for helping
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We know what we know about history from the examining of fossils‚ DNA records‚ ‚ and technological advances overtime. Spearheaded by the Germans discovery of the skullcap and limbs‚ archaeologists gather information‚ make inferences‚ and use their imaginations to construct how things use to be. The conditions of the fossils let us know the kinds of conditions people/animals lived in. This can be problematic because for example‚ Neanderthal bones and deer bones were mixed together with some of the
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Masturbation – isn’t it harmful??? Most of the professionals in the field of sexuality medicine claim that masturbation does not cause any harm to physical or mental health. Few even feel that masturbation is healthy‚ because it helps people to relive their sexual urge there by preventing unsafe sexual relationships. Quiet true‚ Masturbation may not cause any physical harm‚ if the standards of hygiene are maintained. But the same cannot be true when we look at it from a psychological perspective.
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Bullying: Effects and Intervention Liz Ann Pittman Capstone Seminar Project Brenda Hargrove Wesleyan College Table of Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 3 - Statement of the Problem 4 -Review of Related Literature 4-12 - Statement of the Hypothesis 12 Method -Participants (N) 12-13 -Instrument(s) 13 -Experimental Design 13-15 Procedure 16- 17 Results 17-24 Discussion
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Running head: INTERVENTION PAPER Intervention Paper: Treatment Paradigm of Elderly Trauma Patients N569 Darren J Hunt‚ RN College of Nursing University of New Mexico Abstract As the population of our world grows older on average‚ the question of how to care for them becomes increasingly complex. With the longer life expectancy there exists a kind of Achilles heal regarding elderly trauma patients and the response to treatment for life-threatening injuries. The older trauma patient is
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Crisis Criteria/Trauma 8. Crisis/Trauma Evaluation: Initial focus will be directed to assessing suicidal ideation‚ intent‚ and plan as a result of client’s recent psychiatric hospitalization. When discussing the impact of sexual abuse‚ it is difficult to identify what treatment will work efficiently given that “a number of factors appear to be associated with increased distress for survivors‚ which include molestation at an early age‚ frequency of abuse‚ incest by a biological parent‚ or the presence
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A Psychiatrist’s View of Trauma Q1: What is this article about and why do you think he wants us to read it? This article is about an 88 years old woman‚ who lost her second husband after four and half years. She must also heal from the traumatic memory of her first husband’s death‚ 60 years before‚ which was surfacing again in the context of Dr. Epstein’s father’s death. This is a great article about feeling the loss of a loved one and trying to get over it. Dr. Epstein wants to put a
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theories‚ which all support the idea‚ that stress affects the biological and or psychological aspects of a person’s health. Selye ’s theory of systemic stress‚ is based on physiology and psychobiology and in later years he furthered his philosophic approach to his theory by stating that the use of altruistic egoism and earning thy neighbor’s love was helpful to well being. Lazarus theory details psychological stress which is an approach based on an evaluation of the event which affects coping
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1. Alcoholism Addiction Family Treatment/Intervention The best way to help an alcoholic is to set up an intervention in which part of the family members and or loved ones will sit down together with the alcoholic addict to confront him with the reality of his situations. Since everyone in the family is involved and suffered to the situation of the alcoholic addiction; everyone should step up and make a move to get help through treatment and intervention. “Alcohol addiction affects individuals
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