Amarika's Trauma Case Study

Additionally, mothers are able to return to work when ready. These benefits are especially helpful to those who have received cesarean sections or had any birth complications. Having both parents present also aids the child, since they are able to make crucial bonds with parents at a young age. Bonding with children is also beneficial to the parents since they are able to have a strong relationship with the infant for years to come. With a paid and job-secure leave, parents are also not forced to place their child in daycare and go back to work early.

The novel Tracks provides a unique source to learn and understand some of the Native American culture. A track can have multiple definitions. One of them is, a path made by or as if by repeated steps. In this case Fleur, one of the main characters in the book is someone who has trauma from many negative events that she has experienced. Throughout the book, we can see that these repeated traumatic events are some that have shaped Fleur into the character that she is now.

Family Rescue is an organization with the mission to break the cycle of domestic violence; it is specifically dedicated to providing advocacy and resources for abused women and their children. It has established several programs to stop domestic violence: emergency shelter, legal advocacy, subsidized housing, and community outreach. These different programs share the same purpose of breaking the cycle of domestic violence. Domestic violence refers to recurring patterns of behavior – physical, psychological, emotional, economical, or sexual – that one uses to control another person.

Frida Kahlo was also an example of how one can get through even the hardest circumstances. Her trauma began when she was only six years old. The young Frida Kahlo contracted polio, which would lead her into an almost nine month period where she was locked away in her room struggling to recover. Even when the illness subsided, she was left with damage to her right leg that caused her to limp. This was not the end of her ordeals.

Introduction Widowhood is a phase or situation of a woman who lost her spouse that leads to a big change in identity, roles, responsibilities, social supports and funds. It can result to several negative effects commonly health and mortality, psychological well-being, and social relations. Based on some psychological studies, widowhood may cause manifestation such as depression, anxiety, and feelings resulting from guilt. A study by Rebecca L. Utz from 2002 states that elderly person that is under widowhood spend more time with family and friends but spend lesser time in church visits.

Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death has been a huge loss for her family and there has been a continued call for justice. Speaking out after the celebrity’s death, Bobby Brown, Pat Houston, Cissy Houston and Bobbi’s aunt Leolah Brown have been demanding answers. Some have even alleged that Nick Gordon had a hand in the final moments before Whitney Houston’s daughter was found at home and authorities were called. According to People Magazine on Tuesday, the clues surrounding Bobbi Kristina’s death are being reviewed by a secret grand jury.

In addition to this, Kris had a strong emotional support from her family and friend. I believe her emotional support helped decreased her stress level. As people, we all need support from our friends and family, which is one way to control our stress. In addition to this, yoga and dance therapy were included in her daily routine which I think helped calm her stress

They learnt how to appreciate others and how to keep positive mind in daily life. That was what Walsh say, resilience able the participants to grow stronger when they lived under the pain (Walsh, 1998).Concluding the result of the study, some protective factors of resilience can be found based on the participants’ experience such as past experience, religions or believes, goals and social support (including family and peer relationship).These factors help us to adapt and deal with different life events more quickly and

Towards the end of the book we are able to notice less and less conflict between Lizzie and her mother. Their encounters seem to be more intimate therefore strengthening their relationship and becoming closer; we are able to notice this shift happen after her mother becomes a councilor in Lizzie’s favorite camp. Instead of wanting to not be seen with her mother, the opposite is demonstrated with Lizzie seeking for people to see that she there was some sort of association with each other. Lizzie would be happy to see her and even initiate sitting with her, reactions that her mother would not have expected from her. Although there were some arguments here and there, their relationship drastically improved.

A nurse watched me talk to her and later explained she has autism and had been hospitalized in the rehab unit for over two months from a motor vehicle accident where her best friend died, and she was severely injured. The client clearly expressed her main concern was being discharged from the hospital. She had become acquainted with the hospital setting and formed relationships with her health care team, especially the nurses and aids. The client verbally and physically expressed she was unhappy about terminating the relationships she had formed at the hospital.

The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of trauma on an 11-year old male. Initially mental health and healthcare professionals believed that children did not experience long-term negative responses to traumatic events. It was thought that children would undergo initial reactive responses to the trauma, but only for a short time and then they would have complete recovery (Bodvarsdottir, Elklit, & Gudmundsdottir, 2006). The case presented in this paper looks at the lasting impact of a tornado on a child’s mental and physical well being. Case

Ms. V. M is a 33 y/o female presented at Howard University Hospital psychiatric unit with symptoms of depression, mania, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, eating disorders, denies destructibility, irresponsibility, grandiosity, flight of ideas, and non-compliance with medication. She was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder of hearing voices “bizarre behavior at a group home”. However, Ms. V.M has eleventh grade education, no kids, watches tmz for fun and she is unemployed. She endorses that she doesn’t need any special education. Moreover, she can respond to a command; but her verbal expression is characterized by 1-2 word responses and in a very limited initiation.

Introduction: Trauma is defined as exposure to past physical, sexual or emotional victimization. Trauma informed care is an emerging value that is seen as fundamental to effective and contemporary mental health nursing practice Muskett, 2013. It aims to recognize the trauma and how it has impacted on an individual’s life. This will try and help reduce practices that might re traumatize the patient such as strip search, pat down, seclusion, restraint, and help creative a comfortable yet therapeutic environment for clients in a clinical setting. This paper attempts to recognize the importance of trauma informed care, the principles of trauma informed care and effective evaluation tools to help assess past trauma and how can re traumatisation

Most youth detained in juvenile justice facilities have extensive histories of exposure to psychological trauma. Traumatic stress plays a key role in their mental health and behavioral problems and needs, and in their safety and rehabilitation and in the security and effectiveness of detention facilities. In a study conducted by _______, 92.5% of the sample of detained youth had experienced at least one type of psychological trauma at some point in their lives and over 50% of the sample had been exposed to six or more potentially traumatic adversities (Abram et al., 2014). Exposure to multiple adversities in childhood increase the risk for negative physical health, mental health, and social outcomes later in life. These problems are related

Evidently, there are many things wrong with someone if they are able to commit murder. A killer can range from a seemingly normal person, to an obviously deranged looking psychopath. Although, it does not matter what is on the outside, but more what is happening internally. Killers usually have a childhood trauma in their lives, are depressed, and are also psychotic. There has always been an argument about why killers decide to kill.