This assignment is going to critically evaluate the self-help provided in excerpt one based on trauma and stress. It will highlight the positive and negative advice it provides whilst suggesting why this self-help advice is either useful or why these points suggested can be harmful to people suffering from traumatic experiences. It will evaluate these points by using psychological terms which will discuss whether the advice given is effective and how these suggestions can be provided by psychological evidence if...
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Trauma is defined as a psychological reaction to a shocking experience. Trauma causes emotional destruction to one's inner self and makes it hard for a person to overcome the pain they have endured as a result of one or many terrifying ordeals. Trauma ultimately takes a tremendous toll on our well-being as humans. Learning how to identify and then properly treat the inner damage will allow us to be content again and maybe even teach us a couple of new...
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Image is everything? It may. Clothes are everything. They may. What about our hair? These are the questions that were raised while I was watching the romantic comedy on Netflix, 'Nappily ever after. Nappily, not happy because the main character discovers true happiness only after a nap; an eyes-opening sleep that changed her view on life and perfection. The main plot of the movie seems quite commonplace. Violet Jones (Sanaa Lathan) has a perfect life: perfect job, perfect boyfriend, and...
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Abstract Childhood trauma continues to be a problem psychosocially, medically, and as well as in the realm of public policy (De Bellis & Ziskm 2014). The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) was developed by Bernstein and Fink (1998) and has been widely used in research relevant to stress, depression, and substance use. The current paper discusses the development of the CTQ, the psychometric properties of the tool, the use and applicability in research, ethnocultural factors that need to be considered, and...
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Upon reading Sula, by author Toni Morrison, readers are able to watch the discrimination that forms in the town known as The Bottom; however, as the story continues, readers must focus on how this discrimination perpetuates as they watch how the protagonists of the story, Sula and Nel, must learn to adapt to a society where the neglagance of mental health is never ending. Through an analysis of Trace, Trauma, and Home by Evelyn Jaffe Schrieber and Cherall Wall and...
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Trauma is the response to a deeply distressing event that overwhelms an individual’s ability to cope, causing feeling of helplessness, diminishes their sense of self and their ability to feel the full range of emotions and experiences (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013, p271). Childhood trauma is a serious adverse of childhood experiences. There are a lot of factors that cause childhood trauma for example domestic violence, physical substance and sexual abuse, terrorism, grief and neglect. When one is starting to...
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Substance abuse is one of the factors related to female offender’s pathway into the criminal justice system (CJS), it has been correlated with the after-math of childhood abuse and the repeated involvement in crime (Bloom et al, 2003). Vast numbers of women in prison have been arrested for drug offences or have reported to have a drug abuse problem (Henderson, 1998). In the UK the average percentage of women who are in custody that have been reported to have a...
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Have you ever lost someone you cherish? Well so have the protagonists in the novels, “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Sallinger, and “I’m Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter” by Erica L. Sanchez. Holden Caulfield and Julia Reyes both experience family disunity along with loss of innocence, trauma,and loss of a loved one. The novels portray the theme that people who genuinely care about you will help you get through the toughest moments. To begin, in the novel “The...
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One's childhood has a significant impact on that person for the remainder of their life. But to what extent? I will be addressing childhood abuse & trauma and how that relates too criminal activity and mostly focus on serial killers. There is a trend with abuse and childhood trauma and that correlating into serial killers and criminal activity. Not all abused children become serial killers; also, not all serial killers have a past of childhood abuse or childhood trauma. Still,...
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Making a murderer involves many psychological factors that affect everybody differently. The psychological makeup of the human mind controls the thoughts, decisions, and actions. It affects everyone from infants to criminals and Trauma, aggression, and mental illnesses are factors that cause a person to become a serial killer. A serial killer is someone who kills at least three people with each killing being a separate event (Crime Museum). However, if the kills were done at once and were not separate...
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In J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye, the narrator, Holden Caulfield, is a young man who is struggling to mature. He realizes that he is failing to take care of himself as well as others who may need it. Holden’s negative view on life alters the way he sees the world. In addition to Holden’s problems, he is unable to accept societal standards of maturity. Holden Caulfield fails to accept the death of his brother and, in which...
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The debate on what the causes of criminal behaviour has been a long going one. Many have tried to explain and give reason for the actions of offenders. But at the end of every debate, people are left with the question: Is There a Connection Between Childhood Trauma and Criminal behaviour? And if there is there is a connection at all how much does their upbringing contribute to antisocial behaviour. The Natural Institution of mental health defines childhood trauma as...
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Introduction Since the first records of a serial killer, dated back to the early 1890s, countless questions have been raised about what causes a person to act in this manner. “What goes on in the mind of a serial killer?” and “What is the cause of the urge to harm others?” Many questions have been asked in accordance with the mind of a killer, nature vs nurture being a common one. Is a killer created through genetics passed down through...
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The illustration of Trauma Theory and stigmatization has recently been the center of academic discussions as well as theatre productions. Trauma holds a central role in Sydney’s Theatre Company “A Streetcar Named Desire”. One of the reasons why the play has a poignant and affecting stimulus is because, through creative vision, performance and stage directions it illustrates what most productions find extremely difficult to achieve, that being what experiencing trauma must be like. Through the embodiment of the effects of...
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The understanding of Trauma in lower and middle countries is said to be a major burden disease, in South Africa as it falls into the middle-income countries. This essay will start by defining trauma as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Secondly, the essay will describe the criterion used to diagnose this disorder. Thirdly, the essay will provide are understanding of trauma from a western to an African understanding of trauma. Fourthly, it will provide the South African sociocultural understanding of...
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All through life, there are sure occasions that leave people perpetually scarred and searching for and physical and emotional relief, regardless of whether they are the prey or predator. The novel, the Dew Breaker composed by Edwidge Danticat, shows this thought through the characters who share trauma from the frightening occasions made by Duvalier’s (Papa doc) tyranny in Haiti. Danticat intentionally split the novel up into nine stories that at first appear to be disjointed yet are in reality particularly...
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Memory and trauma have an immense power over the human psyche. The effects of a traumatic event can last well into a subject’s life, and may affect them in ways in which they are not aware of. The Orphanage (2007) by J.A. Bayona examines how traumas of the past can haunt the events of the present, and how an individual can come to terms with trauma by interacting with it. The film follows Laura, who was an orphan. As an...
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The article that I have chosen to critique looks at how death anxiety may be impacted by experiencing traumatizing betrayal from someone they had a close relationship with. I came across this topic when searching online and I found it to be intriguing as many people such as myself have or will experience betrayal at some point in their lives. It can have such a large impact that it causes people to keep their guard up when it comes to...
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Trauma caused by child abuse can take many forms. The key is to identify it, interpret it and deal with it. This is often left up the caregivers of the abused child/children. The main question that we are going to focus on is: How can these caregivers interpret and deal with the signs of child abuse trauma? But first we must see what the definition of trauma is and what Child Abuse trauma looks like. According to the Meriam-Webster dictionary...
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Over the years eating disorders have become more common in people of all ages. As more and more people find themselves facing the harsh reality of eating disorders I have decided that for my research project I’m going to look deeper into the causes of eating disorders and whether or not there is a link between traumatic experience and events that lead people to develop such illnesses. There are many different factors that contribute to people developing eating disorders both...
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Nearly everyone experiences the loss of a loved one in their lifetime. And, this traumatizing experience can have adverse effects on adolescents, as seen through the life of Holden Caulfield. The Catcher in the Rye portrays the long-term consequences of such traumatizing events and living a life filled with the lingering effects of grief. Grief is a process with 5 stages; denial, depression, bargaining, anger, and acceptance, and Holden portrays nearly every stage. In The Catcher in the Rye by...
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Mark Twain’s fiction The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn explores various themes. Be it standing as a foreground for moral debates, dealing with slave markets, a marvellous piece of adventure fiction, or a mere children’s book. Whatever it might be, it is surely one thing, it is a foundational piece which dealt with a 14 years old young boy severely affected by parental loss, lacking all possible affection with no serious concern by anyone on a journey of escape for freedom....
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Injures is one of the most common ways an athlete can end his career. Injuries are truly something athletes try to avoid. There are some cases where athletes that get injured don’t come back as the prime player they were. Kobe Bryant, for example is one of the most or was one of the best basketball players that ever stepped on this earth. Around 2012 or 2013 he got injured with a fractured knee cap, after coming back from this...
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Stress affects millions of people around the world on a daily basis. Stress can either be caused by a good or bad experience, this can either negatively or positively affect the individual. Stress can be caused due to many different forms including post-traumatic stress, anxiety disorder, depression, physical, social and emotional stresses. This can occur because of situations such as sport, school, or work. This type of stress occurs due to pressures from coaches, parents, partners, family, or friends to...
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My essay aims to analyze in detail the perspective of childhood trauma transposed into adolescence and adulthood from the perspective of delinquent behavior, the role of the concept of power and how influences this field, rehabilitation, and a close analysis of internal and external factors influencing life course of the group I want to have my attention on. We will also talk about how the concept of power influences the course of our lives, we will analyze how biopsychosocial factors...
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In 2010, the United States Department of Veteran Affairs began an intensive effort to shorten delays associated with access to the National Death Index (NDI) data. The motive is to increase understanding of suicide among all Veterans by developing data-sharing agreements with all 50 U.S. states. In 2012, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) conducted a study stating that an estimated twenty-two veterans commit suicide per day. Nonetheless, twenty-two per day is not a legitimate representation of the number of...
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Introduction Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) has been around for many years and has always been hotly debated. As a Christian-based hospice organization, we have vowed to treat each patient with love, care, and dignity. Our staff all have the same beliefs and feel that “life is a gift from God and is to be regarded as a sacred trust. God is the owner of life. God gives life, and only God can take it” (Tuten, p.61, 2001). Currently, we have a...
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End-of-life care is the treatment of someone with a short amount of time left in their life or somebody with a terminal or incurable illness. When some patients reach the point of making this decision, they want to enjoy the rest of their life without a machine assisting them or worrying about any type of treatment. The big debate with end-of-life care is whether or not the patient should have the right to refuse care when the patient reaches the...
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I will provide some suggestions for the UK government to take into account in respect of legalizing assisted dying law. In the future, this might will help the UK government to change the current law of assisted dying under section 2(1) of the Suicide Act. Perhaps the UK government may follow Switzerland’s current law of assisted dying model and may take into account its application in Swiss society. Therefore, I am going to put some suggestions, suggestions are: Assisted suicide...
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Assisted suicide, unlike euthanasia, consists of actively assisting someone who wishes to terminate his or her own life, and is unable to do so themselves (Sartori, 2018). At present, assisted suicide, in some form, is legal in four European countries, Canada, and some states of America and Australia. However, assisting suicide is prohibited by the 1961 Suicide Act. This essay will consider legal obligations to protect the right to life of vulnerable people but also the need to safeguard against...
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