Definition of trauma •Trauma is an individual’s response to an emotionally distressing and unexpected event which overwhelms their capacity to manage. It can be a single event or enduring activity‚ which completely overwhelms the individual’s ability to manage the emotions associated with the experience. Traumatic events shatter an individual’s assumptions of trust‚ and shake the basis of their beliefs about safety. •Research has clearly demonstrated the link between severe abuse and traumatic
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Erik Erikson is best known for his stages of psychosocial development and identity crisis. Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development is one of the best known theories of personality. Similar to Freud‚ Erikson believed that personality develops in a series of stages. Unlike Freud’s theory of psychosocial stages‚ Erikson’s theory describes the impact of social experiences across the whole lifespan. Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development covered eight stages across the life
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The author intends to study trauma in childhood and how it influences internal and external behaviors. Internal factors are behaviors that result from negative emotions that are focused inward‚ such as social withdrawal‚ low- self- esteem‚ or self-harm on coping with the emotions. Conversely‚ external factors are behaviors that are displayed on the outside of oneself‚ such as physical aggression‚ refusing to follow the rules or impulsive behaviors. They direct their emotions outward onto others
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Cognitive theories that focus on information processing have been the most influential theories of trauma in terms of generating testable hypotheses and directing current treatments (Salmon & Bryant‚ 2002). For this reason‚ we will attempt to critically evaluate this area of trauma theory with reference to other popular theories‚ the research evidence‚ clinical practice and developmental factors. Information Processing Theories of Trauma Response Information-processing models relating to trauma are based
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There has been an enormous amount of research‚ going back almost thirty years‚ about the relationship between childhood trauma‚ and juvenile delinquency. Many researchers cannot say that there is a direct link between the two‚ but after much research‚ researchers have found that childhood trauma can perhaps be a predictor for juveniles who later in life commit crimes. Trauma is defined as‚ “a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury
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PSYCHO-SOCIAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH INTRODUCTION The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of both psychological and sociological factors that may impact on the patient/client and also relate to psychological and sociological theories and National Policies. The real name of the client has been changed to protect the patients confidentiality (Nursing and Midwifery Council 2008) NMC. The patient I will be discussing is Mark‚ a 42 year old man who has worked for a construction company
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The psychosocial theory of development was formulised by the German psychoanalyst Erik Erikson. His theory considers the impact of external factors‚ parents‚ and the society‚ on personality development from childhood to adulthood (Candida‚ 2010‚ p. 51). According to Erikson’s theory‚ every person must pass through a series of eight interconnected stages (split into general age ranges) over their entire life cycle. In this assignment‚ I will discuss these eight stages of development and how Erikson’s
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Psychosocial Stage of Development One of the best known personality theories is Erik Erickson’s theory of psychosocial development. Like Sigmund Freud‚ Erikson believed that personality developed in a series of stages. Erikson described who social experience impacted across the whole life span of a person. Ego identity development is one of the main elements to his theory because it is constantly changing as because of life experiences and information a person obtains in his or her daily interactions
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Childhood Trauma‚ Development and Treatment When considering family systems‚ one needs to look at the broad frame of a family’s dynamics while simultaneously analyzing how each member of the family plays integral part in the family dynamic. Family’s‚ especially in the progressed world we live in‚ can be comprised of a variety of make up. When one thinks of family‚ one could typically define one’s family by the people the person was surrounded with as a child that influenced the child in their
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and differences between Freud’s Psycho-sexual theory‚ and Erikson’s psychosocial theory. Also‚ how Freud was one of the very first influential psychologists who changed the way we study humans today. Influenced by him‚ Erikson recognized Freud’s contributions‚ and although he felt Freud might have misjudged some of the important dimensions of human development‚ we can still find similarities between their theories. Erikson has eight stages in his theory compared to Freud’s five; you can see that Erikson’s
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