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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Trauma victims"”.
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Factors affecting the relationship between trauma and illness behavior
Associations between the experience of traumatic events and illness behaviors such as health complaints and healthcare use are reported in recent studies. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms and diagnosis have been found to mediate this trauma-illness relationship. Differences in health …
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Distinct Diagnosis: Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is exhibited in patients who have distressing and/or impairing thoughts and behaviors after a traumatic event. The DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th edition, text revision) currently lists several associated features of PTSD that researchers have …
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Practitioners Views on Effective Interventions for Victims of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
… methods of effective treatment interventions for victims of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST) from the viewpoint of practitioners. Although risk factors are present the secretive nature of the DMST population make victims difficult to identify. The sensitivity of the trauma victims experience …
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The Experiences of Counseling Victims of Trauma as Perceived by Master's Level Post-Practicum Students
… post-practicum students as they encountered trauma-related cases during their practicum experience. This qualitative, phenomenologically oriented study used Van Manen's (1990) four lived existentials, Bronfenbrenner's (1979) bio-ecological model of human development, and existing traumatology …
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Effect of Feedback on Levels of Secondary Traumatization of Workers at Battered Women's Shelters across the United States
… the impact of working with domestic violence victims on domestic violence shelter workers. Recent research has shown that working with trauma victims may have a profound impact on the worker, including levels of intrusive and avoidant PTSD symptoms as well as distorted beliefs about the self …
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Emotional consequences following early miscarriage and the influence of psychological follow-up intervention.
… a common feature following miscarriage, but the traumatic nature of the miscarriage experience has largely been ignored. Despite the recognised psychological impact, there is no routine follow-up care for women following early miscarriage. Anecdotal evidence suggests beneficial effects, but no …
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Cognitions and Anger in Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from Military Sexual Trauma
Military sexual trauma affects both males and females in the military. Treatment for PTSD from MST follows from clinical trials of therapies among sexual trauma victims. However, research suggests that MST may be different from other traumatic events in the severity and manifestation of PTSD …
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Emergency Department Nursing Psychological Care (Early Crisis Intervention) for Adult Victims of Violent Crime: A Quantitative Study
… and the importance of addressing psychological trauma for the victim of violence is of utmost importance for quality of life and the victim’s future. The serious impact of psychological trauma on victims of violent crime supports further study to determine whether Emergency Department (ED) …
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An Internet-Based Self-Change Program for Trauma Sequelae
… Intervention Program for the Consequences of Trauma (SHICT), was effective to treat trauma consequences. The SHICT consisted of education, anxiety management skills, cognitive restructuring, and exposure modules that included writing exposure and in vivo exposure. It also provided a mastery …
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Interventions That Help the Helpers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Interventions Targeting Compassion Fatigue, Secondary Traumatic Stress and Vicarious Traumatization in Mental Health Workers
<p>Compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress and vicarious traumatization have received widespread attention in the literature due to an increased awareness of negative effects mental health workers experience when working with people who have been traumatized. Mental health workers become …
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The burden of trauma in a regional trauma centre in the Western Province of Saudi Arabia – a descriptive study
Background and Objectives: While trauma is currently the second leading cause of death in Saudi Arabia, little statistical information is available about injury rates and related patient outcomes. There is a need to understand trauma epidemiology to determine strategies that can be put in place to …
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EXTREMELY VISUAL & INCREDIBLY COMMUNAL: TRAUMA, MULTIMODALITY, AND 9/11 LITERATURE
… be accounted for: the aspect of visuality, the victims’ confusion and grief, and the aspect of a rehabilitative community. Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a unique and stylistically-distinctive representation of the 9/11 event. Foer’s use of verbal avoidance …
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EXTREMELY VISUAL & INCREDIBLY COMMUNAL: TRAUMA, MULTIMODALITY, AND 9/11 LITERATURE
… be accounted for: the aspect of visuality, the victims’ confusion and grief, and the aspect of a rehabilitative community. Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a unique and stylistically-distinctive representation of the 9/11 event. Foer’s use of verbal avoidance …
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Are Vicarious Traumatization Symptoms Present in Physicians?
… has shown that professionals who serve trauma victims often suffer PTSD symptoms transferred to them through vicarious exposure. This study focused on determining if physicians, a previously unexamined population, experience vicarious traumatization also. Twenty-two male and 15 female …
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Chronic psychological and psychophysiological sequelae among adolescents following a traumatic bus crash
… psychological and psychophysiological post-traumatic sequelae among eleven adolescent survivors of a fatal bus crash by means of a multimethod strategy. Measures included a structured DSM-m-R post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) interview using the Diagnostic Interview for Children and …
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Well-being and secondary traumatic stress of social workers in Namibia
… growth and finding meaning through working with trauma victims. General mental well-being refers not only to a state of absence of pathology; it refers to optimal well-being in tenns of self-perceived level of positive and negative affect, as well as satisfaction with life at a particular time in …
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Penetrating injuries of the thoracic aorta and its branches
… patients in Memphis over a 13 year period. All victims were rapidly transported to hospital and were resuscitated en route. As a consequence, a large number critically ill patients reached hospital who may have died in earlier years. However some of these patients inevitably died in hospital …
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A study to determine the prevalence of Trauma cases and adoption of the Kampala Trauma Score at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
Background: Trauma is a global problem and the leading cause of death in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The trauma registry is considered to be a vital component of a trauma system; there is good evidence that organised trauma care systems decrease deaths. No trauma registry exists in …
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A study to determine the prevalence of Trauma cases and adoption of the Kampala Trauma Score at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
Background: Trauma is a global problem and the leading cause of death in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The trauma registry is considered to be a vital component of a trauma system; there is good evidence that organised trauma care systems decrease deaths. No trauma registry exists in …
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Journalism and Everyday Trauma: A Grounded Theory of the Impact From Death-Knocks and Court Reporting
… focuses on two sites of secondary or indirect trauma: death-knocks and court reporting, as opposed to direct trauma whereby journalists actually witness the event. Previous research has shown that the denial of emotions and psychological damage from ongoing trauma coverage can have a cumulative …
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