http://www.nextavenue.org/how-to-help-your-teen-deal-with-trauma/ Fortunately, the majority of kids who experience traumatic events bounce back from them in a period of weeks or months, according to the American Psychological Association. That’s particularly true for children whose trauma consists of a single incident. What is key is that kids to get the support theyContinue Reading

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-08-trauma-brain-ptsd.html The team separated studies by type of control group: trauma-exposed (those who had experienced trauma but did not have a diagnosis of PTSD) and trauma-naïve (those who had not experienced trauma), and compared the individuals with PTSD to both groups. This yielded an insight into how the abnormalities inContinue Reading

http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/Surviving-sexual-abuse-why-sweeping-it-under-the-rug-causes-problems-318293291.html Dr. Leonard explains that traumatic memories stay fragmented because of the psychological state in a moment of panic. Those memories cannot be stored in long-term memory until there’s a cohesive “narrative” of what happened. Leonard says talking to a therapist or addressing the situation calmly and emphatically can helpContinue Reading

http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/69777481/man-charged-after-death-of-south-taranaki-toddler Police have arrested a man following the death of a toddler in South Taranaki at the weekend. Emergency services were called to a Hawera address about 11pm on Friday. Ambulance and police attended but were not able to revive the two-year-old girl. Detective Senior Sergeant Brent Matuku said theContinue Reading

Denial is a psychological way of coping – find out how denial is a part of trauma and dissociative disorders… http://t.co/4ozQWooIaj — TraumaDissociation (@TraumaDID) September 27, 2014 Denial is common in Dissociative Identity Disorder, and exists in any disorder caused by trauma. Denial is a psychological defense mechanism,[1]:24 it playsContinue Reading

http://www.dissociative-identity-disorder.net/wiki/Trauma-dissociation Psychological trauma is the key making up what is known as the dissociative disorders and the trauma-stressor disorders in the DSM-5. Nowhere has information been selected and presented as it is here. The project has pride in offering only the most recent information and facts and theory as presentedContinue Reading