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Intergenerational trauma
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the process is called epigenetics-it doesnt change the DNA sequence-but effects how a protein may get expressed
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I am interested in finding scholarly, or peer-reviewed articles that discuss therapy dogs and schools.
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In developing countries violence is one of the most important determinants of trauma. Some patients recurring this situation are usually implicated in delinquency (or poses history of criminality). Is there any way to measure the degree of criminality in a clinical setting?
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Clinical tools and assessments can measure patients' criminality or risk of criminal behaviour. Forensic psychology and psychiatry use these tools to address legal issues and mental health-law issues. The Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) is used to diagnose psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder. This tool evaluates impulsivity, deceitfulness, and criminal history to determine a person's future criminal risk. The Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG) is another clinical tool that assesses violent behaviour risk. This tool evaluates age, substance abuse history, and criminal history to predict future violent behaviour. These assessment tools are not foolproof and should be used with other clinical assessments and observations. These tools should be used with ethical and legal safeguards to avoid unfairly stigmatising or discriminating against patients based on assessment scores.
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What are the models in Trauma theory? How Caruth's model differs from that of others?
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I have developed my own trauma theory called The Steel Jacket: Antecedents of Trauma. Where my theory and her theory dovetail is the notion that one cannot totally subsume the trauma because there was no a priori knowledge that something so overwhelming was about to happen. Though bones may be broken, Caruth suggests the trauma is an affront to the mind. What my theory tries to resolve is the question of intuition. Can people somehow become so highly aware and attuned that they develop a critical insight that allows them to avert the unspeakable. For example, "just knowing" that they should delay going to the grocery store to avoid a horrific crash. My theory also explores time and timeline as an artificial construct.
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I am researching mindfulness approaches in relation to healing from trauma. More specifically, I am interested in these approaches with children. Thanks!
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Mindfulness & meditation play an very important action for every human being .However this depends on every individual way of their thinking passage of their mind & also covering the way of the development in their individual passage of the action .
At the outset a feeling of trauma healing remains a nature of the personal environment of the family joining with the upbringing & development of individual sufferers .
It is in this light a power of prayer silent mediation without disturbance of mind ,firm faith of individual within & development of individual with their power & meditation receiving the grace of divine master play an very important part for the living passage of the sufferers .
This is my personal opinion
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I'm working on a theory and would like to know if it's possible to change the brain in targeted areas without removing the essence of the person
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Hello Noah,
1. I authored an article in 2016 (attached) on the Rewind Technique to help veterans who suffered war trauma integrate trauma into their lives. There is likely more information since 2016.
2. Another technique for addressing trauma is visualization including mental exercises that snip at the amygdala.
3. There has also been results with hypnosis, although this would need to be done in a therapeutic setting with a skilled practitioner in this area.
4. In my nursing care of trauma patients, I have found that patients find some level of "peace" after integrating their experience into their present reality. There are also expressions of gratitude as the trauma provided some type of lesson, for which they have carried forward into "wisdom."
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I am Mi'kmaw of the Mi'kmaq, one of five tribes belonging to the Wabanaki of Maine. I am earning a Certification for Alcohol and Drug Counseling (CADC). I want to gain knowledge of tailoring treatment to the cultural perspectives of indigenous peoples and others not of the white-based, middle-class American culture. In all of the literature I have read, there is a lot of mention of the need for such knowledge in the field of psychology, but I need evidence that the research for this is taking place.
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research in trauma recovery treatments that address factoring in the need for cultural considerations. Include citations and bibliography
Introduction:
Trauma is a pervasive and global phenomenon that affects individuals across cultures. Trauma recovery treatments have been developed to address the effects of trauma, but often overlook the importance of cultural considerations. Cultural considerations include cultural values, beliefs, and practices that are unique to individuals and groups. This paper aims to provide an overview of research in trauma recovery treatments that address the need for cultural considerations.
Trauma Recovery Treatments:
Culturally Adapted Cognitive Processing Therapy (CA-CPT):
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is an evidence-based treatment for trauma-related symptoms. Culturally Adapted Cognitive Processing Therapy (CA-CPT) is a modified version of CPT that incorporates cultural considerations. Studies have shown that CA-CPT is effective in reducing PTSD symptoms in individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds (e.g., Hispanic, Native American) (Resick et al., 2017).
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT):
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is another evidence-based treatment for trauma-related symptoms. The treatment is designed for children and adolescents who have experienced trauma. Cultural adaptations have been made to TF-CBT to ensure that it is culturally sensitive. Studies have shown that culturally adapted TF-CBT is effective in reducing PTSD symptoms in children from diverse cultural backgrounds (e.g., African American, Hispanic) (Cohen et al., 2015).
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET):
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) is a treatment that is designed to address the effects of trauma in refugees and other populations who have experienced prolonged and repeated trauma. The treatment involves the use of narratives to help individuals process their trauma. Cultural adaptations have been made to NET to ensure that it is culturally sensitive. Studies have shown that culturally adapted NET is effective in reducing PTSD symptoms in refugees from diverse cultural backgrounds (e.g., Kurdish, Bosnian) (Schnyder et al., 2015).
Conclusion:
Cultural considerations are important in the development and implementation of trauma recovery treatments. The above treatments are examples of evidence-based treatments that have been modified to incorporate cultural considerations. It is important for mental health professionals to be aware of cultural considerations when working with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Bibliography:
Cohen, J. A., Mannarino, A. P., & Deblinger, E. (2015). Trauma-focused CBT for children and adolescents: An empirical update. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 30(12), 1837-1855.
Resick, P. A., Nishith, P., Weaver, T. L., Astin, M. C., & Feuer, C. A. (2017). A comparison of cognitive-processing therapy with prolonged exposure and a waiting condition for the treatment of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder in female rape victims. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75(4), 634-645.
Schnyder, U., Müller, J., Morina, N., Schick, M., & Bryant, R. A. (2015). A randomized controlled trial of narrative exposure therapy for refugees with PTSD in Germany. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83(5), 952-965.
Here is what I can find I hope it helps.
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or is it only used in elective cases. Would be grateful if any supporting references are attached
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Yes this is correct
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Le percosse sui minori producono una ferita che sanguinerà tutta la vita
Discutiamo gli aspetti epigenetici del trauma
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En la pedagogía negra se incluyen, todas las injusticias y acciones negativas que en toda escuela tiene hacia los niños. Haciendo uso de la dureza y exigencia para educar, sin saber que la educación es el más sublime trabajo de los docentes o maestros y maestras. En la mayoría de las situaciones, se produce un trauma en el niño, que le bloquea el cerebro e impide dar continuidad a su escolaridad o tiene deficiencias por que tiene presente los traumas y tratos que se les da en el lugar que consideran un refugio de distracción, convivencia y aprendizaje. Sin lograrlo por los problemas que llevan de casa o que encuentran en la escuela.
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Need a clear description and studies to show the relationship, if any between loss, grief and trauma
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1. Raphael and Wooding (2004) discuss traumatic bereavement.
Raphael, B. & Wooding, S. (2004). Early mental health interventions for traumatic loss in adults. In Early Intervention for Trauma and Traumatic Loss, ed. B.T. Litz, pp.147-178. New York: Guilford Press.
2. Prigerson and Jacobs (2001) have suggested a concept of traumatic grief
Prigerson, H. O., & Jacobs, S. C. (2001). Traumatic grief as a distinct disorder: A rationale, consensus criteria, and a preliminary empirical test. In M. S. Stroebe, R. O. Hansson, W. Stroebe, & H. Schut (Eds.), Handbook of bereavement research: Consequences, coping, and care (pp. 613–645). American Psychological Association.
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Looking for a survey that combines racial/ethnic trauma with Adverse Childhood Experiences
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I have seen variations on the ACEs scale that include race, for the purpose of measuring the adversity of growing up black in the United States. When I get a chance later I'll look for them.
However, and this might be of interest to you, I'm working on a set of results where a school district in Chicago used the traditional ACEs measure along with demographics for all freshman high school students at 3 urban high schools (a highly diverse sample). Just last weekend I ran a moderated mediation using black ethnicity and ACEs as moderators, while the mediators were internalization, inattention, and personal adjustment as mediators (all are subscales of the BASC-3 SRP), and school problems as the outcome (or Y) variable. Black ethnicity had no interaction effect with ACEs. This isn't to say that there's no contributory factor, but the lack of an interaction effect suggests there is no extra impact other than an additive effect from the "main effects" (main effects are not the correct phrase in moderation models, but I'm not sure how else tp briefly express the idea). I'll be presenting this at a conference in April and then putting out a paper on it.
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Hello, all! I am new here and would love help for this question.
I am running a waitlist control study in which the Independent Variable is receiving a treatment manual for trauma. Group 1 receives 8 weeks of the treatment first, followed by 8 weeks where Group 2 receives the treatment. My advisor suggests that we run a multiple regression on the data at the end (quantitative measures of spiritual wellness and spiritual trauma). I am using G*Power to calculate my needed sample size and I am unsure of how to go about finding out my sample size. Here are my requirements for power:
Effect size f=0.25,
alpha err prob=0.05,
Power (1-Beta err prob)=0.8,
Number of groups=2(I believe, based on my design listed above)
Thank you very much!
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For this, you can try this free software called- G power.
Link to a video on how to use it- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZZxFD5JaCY
All the best!
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I am working on the methodology section for my dissertation and would like to use the Early Trauma Inventory to collect data on retrospective child trauma and the developmental timing of first trauma occurrence. Ideally, I would like to collect all of my dissertation data virtually (online) but am aware of the potential challenges that can arise when collecting trauma data. I am looking for advice/tips/protocols for collecting retrospective trauma data virtually in the safest and most ethical manner.
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If you are thinking of CSA, , may be useful for the reliability of memories. Kamala London
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I am completing a dissertation on attachment, betrayal trauma and gender and how these predict borderline personality disorder. I want to complete a hierarchical regression to measure the interactions between the variables but have come out with two attachment scores, one for anxious and one for avoidant. How can I transform these into levels for one variable, as I want my IV to be 'attachment', rather than having two separate IVs, one for anxious and one for avoidant attachment.
I am thinking I may have to just have two regression models, one with anxious attachment and one with avoidant. I'm a bit concerned that if I run it all as one, the anxious and avoidant attachment scores will be included in the interaction and cause some confusion when interpreting the analysis.
I hope this makes sense! Please ask me to clarify if not
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I don't think it makes sense to combine anxious and avoidant attachment scores into a single variable. These are separate dimensions so it would be best to keep them as separate variables. It doesn't really complicate the analysis of interactions too much. Combining two separate dimensions into one would likely cause you a lot more trouble with the interpretation of the results.
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Dear all,
I am currently working on an oral corpus containing witnesses from ex-deported women. I would be interested in exploring the corpus looking for verbal and para-verbal features related to trauma experience and recalling. What kinds of patterns should I look at? Could you advise me on some relevant literature on this matter?
Thank you in advance!
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Very useful! Thank you!
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For various reasons it can sometimes become necessary to change the mindset, to change our attitude to something, eg following trauma or illness. We can re-examine our beliefs with reasonable logic and be successful in turning a negative mindset into a positive one. However, how do we do that without our emotions and misinterpretations of the world getting in the way?
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Mindset means improve my skills with effort and practice. So, I have to think positively, that is to say, you have to say to yourself "I can do it".
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I am starting my dissertation topic. I have rewritten a few times over the last year while I was studying. I want to study the effects of trauma that help to develop leaders. However, I want to show a path that led to the leaders, and I do not want to assume which leadership style has been most developed back a trauma effects on the person.
My thought process is looking at parental style first having leaders do a survey to provide me with which parental style the leader had in their life. Then to look at their religious/spiritual influence. Then to their education through learning theories. Their personal resiliency. Then if trauma was a part of their life. Then which leadership style they consider themselves.
*What main factors influence people to become leaders? Does parental style, religion/spirituality, education through learning theories, resiliency, and trauma play a role in becoming leaders? What type of leader does the person become if these factors play a role in their development?
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Thank you so very much. I am sharing everything with my dissertation chair as I go along. I wanted to get some valuable thoughts too. I absolutely agree that trauma comes in so many forms and each reacts differently. Thank you, Stephen and Beatrice, for sharing.
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Dear all, I'm looking for a measure instrument for C-PTSD to use in research..
I've found the ICD-11 Trauma Questionnaire, and I've seen that has a good validity and reliability, but I don't see that it has been used much in research.
Does anyone have another recommendation to measure C-PTSD symptoms in research? Or ICD-11 Trauma Questionnaire it's ok?
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Hi Sara,
The International Trauma Questionnaire is a measure of PTSD and Complex PTSD as per the ICD-11 description of the disorders. It was developed recently and the main validation study was published in 2018 and it has been cited over 350 times since then. I'm not aware of any other measure that is aligned to the ICD-11 diagnostic criteria. There has been a recently published systematic review on psychometric studies that have used the ITQ by Redican and colleagues.
It's my understanding that if you want a measure of PTSD and CPTSD then the ITQ is the only game in town.
Disclaimer - I was involved in the development of the ITQ.
Best wishes
Mark
Redican, E., Nolan, E., Hyland, P., Cloitre, M., McBride, O., Karatzias, T., ... & Shevlin, M. (2021). A systematic literature review of factor analytic and mixture models of ICD-11 PTSD and CPTSD using the International Trauma Questionnaire. Journal of anxiety disorders, 79, 102381.
Cloitre, M., Shevlin M., Brewin, C.R., Bisson, J.I., Roberts, N.P., Maercker, A., Karatzias, T., Hyland, P. (2018). The International Trauma Questionnaire: Development of a self-report measure of ICD-11 PTSD and Complex PTSD. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. DOI: 10.1111/acps.12956
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In this preprint (Schwarz, 2021) they indicate that the use of masks has a number of negative effects on children and adolescents, although they were unable to distinguish between the use of masks and the psychological and traumatic disruption caused directly by living through a pandemic with all its consequences.
"53% of children suffer from headaches.
49% of children are less cheerful.
44% of children no longer want to go to school.
38% of children suffer from learning problems.
25% of children develop new fears.
15% of children play less".
Source: Schwarz, S., Jenetzky, E., Krafft, H., Maurer, T., & Martin, D. (2020). Corona children studies" Co-Ki": First results of a Germany-wide registry on mouth and nose covering (mask) in children. Researchsquare.com (preprint) https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-124394/v2
In any case, although I do not like to use preprints, it is useful for me to reflect on the impact that the pandemic may have on children. I have two daughters and I am beginning to observe symptoms of stress, anguish and sadness, with occasional moments of crying for no apparent reason. It is not the scope of my research, but I am concerned about this.
How do you think this will end?
NOTES FOR CONSPIRANOIDS:
As I mentioned in my discussion, talking about this preprint "...they were unable to distinguish between the use of masks and the psychological and traumatic disruption caused directly by living through a pandemic with all its consequences.". Face masks are very important to fight against flu and SARS-CoV2. The incidence of flu this year is very low due to the use of face masks, and it's important to wear masks to avoid COVID disease and the collapse of the hospitals.
Cherry-picking, suppressing evidence, or the fallacy of incomplete evidence is the act of pointing to individual cases or data that seem to confirm a particular position while ignoring a significant portion of related and similar cases or data that may contradict that position. In this case, many COVID negationists are using papers like this one to attribute that masks are bad, and this is absolutely CHERRY-PICKING, especially when in the paper's conclusions it states the following:
"It is very important to us that our results do not lead to parents developing a fundamentally negative opinion of mask-wearing among children. Many children and adolescents are grateful that they can continue to attend school thanks to the AHA+L rules and would like adults to have a positive opinion about the masks, especially since the type of mask worn can usually be chosen. Furthermore, there are children for whom the mask may be a necessary aid, for example, if they are immunosuppressed after chemotherapy. Unreflective negative statements about the mask can cause a nocebo effect and unnecessarily stress children: it is better to listen and take it seriously when problems arise. "
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I don't think it affects children because they have stronger immunity than adults
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Hi there!
In his 2014 masterpiece The Body Keeps the Score, van der Kolk claims that traumatized people may "try to cultivate an illusory sense of control in highly dangerous situations" in an attempt to master the physiological and psychological consequences of their trauma. Is there any research which shows that emergency workers (police officers in particular) have a higher incidence of trauma prior to joining the job? That is, is there any research which proves that trauma may be a motivator that pushes people to become emergency workers? I'm acquainted with the idea of the "wounded healer", but I'm interested in the scientific literature on the topic as it relates not to therapists but to emergency workers.
Thanks a lot.
Best,
Marc
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The Maunder et al one is the one I am aware of.
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I would like to use the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire in my dissertation, but I was hoping to collect my data online to minimize contact due to the pandemic. Is it possible to use this assessment online? Are there any copyright restrictions?
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CTQ-SF was derived from the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, a 70-item, Likert scale questionnaire that measures five subsets: emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional neglect, and physical neglect.
An interesting paper to read
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My name is Natalie, and I am a graduate student at the University of Tulsa. I am using the Trauma History Questionnaire for my dissertation to assess trauma exposure. My advisor is new to trauma research, and we are starting the data entry process for this measure. We plan on looking at the number of trauma exposures if traumas occurred during childhood or adulthood (or both), and if possible, looking at revictimization rates.
We are finding this measure complex to enter and build our SPSS dataset for. Our participants had put age ranges for when events occurred and used vague developmental stages to answer the age at which trauma occurred (putting "adolescence" or "high school," for example), to name a few of the issues we have run into. We have started to enter the data by creating multiple rows for each participant, with a row for each age that a trauma type has occurred.
We are wondering what the best way to build a dataset is for this measure. We welcome any insight! We tried to input this measure into an online survey platform such as RedCAP or Qualtrics. However, we were not able to input this measure as flexibly as needed. If you have any insight on that process, I would appreciate that as well!
We would appreciate any guidance on this issue. Thank you!
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HEIIO. MY DEAR. IAM NOT SPSS
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What do you think about this statement:
EMDR is the least invasive treatment for patient and therapist. Therefore, EMDR should be first choice.
Any reference to scientific literature is highly appreciated.
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Although there is robust evidence for the effectiveness of EMDR as a treatment for PTSD, to dogmatically state that (1) it is the least invasive treatment for patient and therapist, and (2) should be first choice, seems (intensionally?) provocative, even insensitive and unscientific, reminiscent of the days when ECT was the first choice of psychiatric treatment. Would it not be better to argue for the prior establishment of a beneficial therapeutic relationship, as well as careful, insightful, clinical evaluation in terms of inclusion and exclusion criteria for EMDR, such as the availability of a therapeutic milieu, to minimize the likelihood of intense emotional reprocessing and seizures, before starting EMDR with persons with PTSD?
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I'm looking for a questionnaire or survey the focuses on "reason for migration". I know there are questionnaires that include "reason for migration" items, but they tend to be focused on acculturation or some form of trauma.
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Dear Patrick, how will you handle the problem of honesty? - Some refugees do not tell the truth about their motives to migrate. Sometimes they even hide their nationality and pretend a certain kind of persecution.
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Trauma is a well established cause of bruising and hematoma formation in patient's taking oral anticoagulants and there are some case reports of this occurring spontaneously but is this, as one would imagine a rare event ?
I would be most interested to learn of colleagues' observations.
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Bruising in common in the elderly even in those without significant trauma due to skin thinning and fragility secondary to decreased elasticity and resilience as we age. Patients on anticoagulants are even more susceptible. Other causes include low platelet counts, abnormally high PT and/or PTT due to other causes. Bruising should be investigated if the elderly patient has bleeding gums, blood in stool/urine, or bruising in uncommon locations. Hope this helped.
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I am writing a paper and I just need to look at a copy of the manual to see how to communicate the findings and some of the information that is included in the manual. It will be used strictly for the purposes of this paper and not for clinical use with clients.
I know this doesn't allow for a lot of back and forth commentary if you can help me with this please reach out on here or I can be reached by email ba926@msstate.edu
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Childhood trauma questionnaire : a retrospective self-report : manual
Author:David P Bernstein; Laura Fink Publisher:Orlando : Psychological Corporation, 1998.
Ask this from your library
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I am specifically looking on how early trauma is related with eating disorders, as part of Abnormal Psychology
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I am having questionnaire for Emotional Intelligence, Emotional creativity. and The Impact of event scale to be used to measure trauma symptoms.What do you think of putting them together in my research?
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-and IV-
In any case, it is highly advisable to enter and see it carefully on this web page, which collects the main points of the WHO in this regard:
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I suspect this may encourage relatively limited research into the importance of trauma- and stressor-related disorders.
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OF COURSE YES !!: In fact, the DSM -and the current DSM-5- catalog it as such; but the WHO International Classification of Diseases (ICD), currently the "11", TOO.
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My evidence-based nursing of this past 40 years demonstrates we ALL bleed red.... and EACH of us has ONLY the next three minutes if anyone or anything has us by the neck and we cannot breathe.
Together we can "address" the need to bring timely care "In Case of Emergency" (Carolyn Jones Documentary)
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In looking at trauma can one define trauma as a human right issue? Is it okay to ascribe trauma as a situation which is been experienced by only the poor/low-income earners?
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It could, however, Human rights violations and traumatic events often comingle in victims’ experiences; however, the human rights framework and trauma theory are rarely deployed together to illuminate such experiences.
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In a published article I outline 6 subtypes of aggression, resulting at times into violence. It is based in part on my experience as an AF ER medic during the Vietnam Conflict, and on my research on combat trauma.
So I am interested in your thoughts and examples of when it is necessary. After collecting a # of responses, I will attach one or two of my published articles.
Rich
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In self-defense or of innocent and defenseless third parties or in similar circumstances; In this regard, he suggests that the Nobel Prize winner K. Lorenz be read "Aggression that so-called evil."
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I have been trying to find studies of adults who experienced adverse childhood events/childhood trauma that assess the link between ACEs and outcomes (bipolar disorder, PTSD/cPTSD, etc) using multiple measures to determine cause and effect.
A hypothetical example would be a study that assesses whether childhood emotional abuse/neglect (ACE) is associated with any 5-HTTLPR polymorphism (genetics), SLC6A4 hypermethylation (epigenetics), AND amygdala activity (fxn) in people with bipolar disorder (negative outcome) but not healthy controls who experienced similar severity of childhood emotional abuse/neglect
I know this is a huge lift and would require a somewhat large study but right now the story is missing a comprehensive view of the molecular and functional changes due to ACEs causes leads to negative outcomes.
Thank you in advance for any help you can give
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I find it quite interesting how experiences with rejection at such a young age can be associated with personality disorder development. Enjoy your research!
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Is there any score to predict massive transfusion i.e; >/=5 units RCC in case of GI bleed just like for trauma patients?
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Hi! Don't forget to evaluate their Shock Index (HR/SBP). If greater than approx. 0.7, that is one indication for the need for massive transfusion. We can also look at whether or not the shock is Pressor-dependent. If it requires pressors, that is another worrying sign. When looking at the labs, if the Hgb is *normal* with the heavy bleeding, that is a sign of a very active bleed where the H&H has not yet caught up to display the downward spiral. Activate your Massive Transfusion protocol and also consider Cyroprecipitate, IV Calcium, and warming blankets. Often forgotten. IV TXA is also a good plan.
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Interestingly we have seen a surprisingly high number of acute appendicitis patients following the end of the cover lockdown. Most of the patients are older than the typical age group ,elderly above 65 and a significant number with perforated appendix with or without abscess. Like trauma which is expected, there was a significant dip in emergency surgery cases during the active Covid lockdown period. Like to know if others had similar experiences?
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We did not see an increase in patients with complicated appendicitis and COVID-19 infection, but the topic is interesting... and it probably depends on the approaches in the treatment of acute appendicitis and the situation with COVID-19 infection. I would like to know the situation in countries with acute appendicitis in the conditions of COVID-19 infection
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Can anyone recommend a self-report instrument to map traumatic experiences? I am on the outlook for a reliable and valid questionnaire that is easy and relatively quick to answer, for persons that visit e.g. primary and/or secondary psychiatric care. Preferably available in Swedish too. It is to be used within the frame of a research project, where participants will answer multiple questionnaires.
Another question is whether you see a risk with using such an instrument, e.g. in terms of triggering past traumatic experiences.
Thank you!
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Thanks to you and equally
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How are these literary formulations themselves being reshaped along a sectarian/secular divide? In what capacity can nonviolent resistance through art combat sectarian violence on the ground?
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The analysis of the poems (al-Fusha and others) sung by Fayrouz will reveal many of these formulations, because they are collected between groups in the Arab country that suffers from sectarian differences the most. Thus art reveals this through songs, revolution poems, cinema, and sometimes novel
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Alright folks, I've been pondering this for weeks with no success so I need some guidance.
I want to measure whether prior trauma exposure has an effect on addiction treatment outcomes. Outcomes are measured using totals obtained at admission and discharge. I already ran a repeated measures t-test and know there are significant reductions in addiction symptoms between admission and discharge.
I am stumped as to how to factor trauma into this repeated measures design. Participants have a total trauma score (string variable), and I also have them grouped into trauma severity (mild, moderate, severe). But I can't figure out how to factor trauma into the above equation using it as a continuous variable OR as a categorial variable. I am open to both/either at this point.
So my question is, what kind(s) of tests can I run in SPSS to best determine if trauma impacts symptom changes between admission and discharge? Or if I split the file by group (trauma severity), is there a test to compare the repeated measure t statistics to know which group showed greater change?
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As Stephen suggested a mixed ANOVA may be a good way to proceed. I'm not sure if SPSS is indeed a tool of the devil, it has certainly caused a great deal of distress and tears to many students over the years so it has 'form', but if you want to avoid any interference from the Prince of Darkness you could always try JASP. JASP is free, looks and feels a bit like SPSS but produces APA ready tables and plots. I also hear that it is the statistical programme of choice in Hades, so it's safe.
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I would welcome a general understanding of researchers arguments/opinions for and against the approval of "assisted dying" - I hold the belief that non factual 'conscience biased' arguments and assertions have no place in the end of life trauma often suffered by terminal patients am I right or am I wrong?
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A good coverage of PALLIATIVE CARE is enough (including in it "Sedation", even irreversible -or "passive euthanasia") as it alleviates and eliminates psychological and physical suffering ("total suffering"), since the serious thing is not that the patient dies (we all have to die and doing so is an atavistic and universal custom of the human being: everything that lives, sooner or later dies), if not that he dies suffering and, I reiterate, for this are the aforementioned PALLIATIVE CARE - with biomedical, psychosocial and spiritual intervention, as mandated by the WHO -... but, of course, ACTIVE EUTHANASIA is MORE COMFORTABLE AND CHEAPER, WITHOUT ANY MORE.
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I am searching this measure:
Ford, J., Spinazzola, J., Putnam, F., Stolbach, B. C., Saxe, G., Pynoos, R., et al. (2007). Child Complex Trauma Symptom Checklist. Unpublished measure.
I saw it in Cloitre et al. (2009).
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Hi Marie-Ève Grisé Bolduc. The following may be helpful:
  1. Cloitre, M., Cohen, L. R., Edelman, R. E., & Han, H. (2001). Posttraumatic stress disorder and extent of trauma exposure as correlates of medical problems and perceived health among women with childhood abuse. Women & Health, 34(3), 1-17.
  2. Van der Kolk, B. A., Roth, S., Pelcovitz, D., Sunday, S., & Spinazzola, J. (2005). Disorders of extreme stress: The empirical foundation of a complex adaptation to trauma. Journal of Traumatic Stress: Official Publication of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, 18(5), 389-399.
  3. Briere, J., Kaltman, S., & Green, B. L. (2008). Accumulated childhood trauma and symptom complexity. Journal of Traumatic Stress: Official Publication of The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, 21(2), 223-226.
  4. Maercker, A., Brewin, C. R., Bryant, R. A., Cloitre, M., Reed, G. M., van Ommeren, M., ... & Rousseau, C. (2013). Proposals for mental disorders specifically associated with stress in the International Classification of Diseases-11. The Lancet, 381(9878), 1683-1685.
  5. Cook, A., Spinazzola, J., Ford, J., Lanktree, C., Blaustein, M., Cloitre, M., ... & Mallah, K. (2017). Complex trauma in children and adolescents. Psychiatric annals, 35(5), 390-398.
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I am currently working with BIPOC population in urban centers. I would like to review research that is most relevant to my current needs. Thank You.
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Here are some articles to get you started:
Comas-Díaz, L., Hall, G. N., & Neville, H. A. (2019). Racial trauma: Theory, research, and healing: Introduction to the special issue. American Psychologist, 74(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000442
Anderson, R. E., & Stevenson, H. C. (2019). RECASTing racial stress and trauma: Theorizing the healing potential of racial socialization in families. American Psychologist, 74(1), 63–75. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000392
Gone, J. P., Hartmann, W. E., Pomerville, A., Wendt, D. C., Klem, S. H., & Burrage, R. L. (2019). The impact of historical trauma on health outcomes for indigenous populations in the USA and Canada: A systematic review. American Psychologist, 74(1), 20–35. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000338
Mitchell, T., Arseneau, C., & Thomas, D. (2019). Colonial Trauma: Complex, continuous, collective, cumulative and compounding effects on the health of Indigenous peoples in Canada and beyond. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 14(2), 74 - 94. https://doi.org/10.32799/ijih.v14i2.32251
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I am considering running a multiple regression on three independent variables: sex (Male=0, Female=1), experience level (0=novice teacher, 1=experienced teacher), and whether there is a history of trauma (0=no trauma, 1=trauma) to predict the secondary traumatic stress of teachers (continuous-level, scale score).
1. Can you run a multiple regression with multiple, unrelated categorical variables?
2. How would those results be interpreted?
3. Would a three-way ANOVA (2x2x2) be a better design?
Thank you in advance for your help!
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Hi Silas
1. Can you run a multiple regression with multiple, unrelated categorical variables?
Yes, I can't see a problem with this.
2. How would those results be interpreted?
The regression coefficients tells you the difference between the means of each binary variable while controlling for the other variables in the model.
3. Would a three-way ANOVA (2x2x2) be a better design?
It depends - if all you are interested in is main effects then the regression approach is fine. If you are interested in potential interactions among your IV's then the ANOVA approach would take out some of the leg work involved in creating and testing the interactions in a regression model. It'll also produce nice plots.
If you do the regression models in mplus or other SEM software you get the benefit of using ML estimation - robust estimation and efficient handling of missing data (and other fancy things such as testing constraints if you want to).
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The commencement of this pandemic made us nervous about an uncertain future. Is that trauma continuing and we are going to produce a nervous generation.
Scientists and researchers from around the world are requested to share their opinion.
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Yes, the whole and total politization of the virus produces paranoia. It kills the economy, not the virus and comes with a high psychological cost, concerning the cohesion of human societies. We can only communicate with biological complexity (e.g. by altering our life-style), but never control it. The global synchronization of (many inefficient) 'medical' measures adds to the mass paranoia, and one asks rightly: Who is 'creating' all this irrationality??? Is ist really possible to catch a mosquito with a fishing net?
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How trauma and fear of infection can affect brain functions and structures?
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The neurotransmitters maybe negatively affected.
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I am particularly interested in physical reactions to rape trauma, child sexual abuse trauma and such.
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Hi Ann,
This is something I'm just starting to research in my PhD studies. Here are a couple of articles to get you started.
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I am looking of a theory that supports my study on classification of trauma is needed
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I'm sure if I understand your question, but perhaps my book will help you: Traumatic Experiences of Normal Development.
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Good afternoon,
Does anyone know of any articles that show correlation or study of the connection between childhood trauma and disability diagnosis in the educational setting? Trauma can be defined through experience (abuse), ACE scores, or PTSD diagnosis. It is my goal to create a meta-analysis synthesizing the information!
Thank you,
Dave
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Hi David - not sure if this is along the sort of lines you are looking for?In my research the keywords of childhood trauma and functional impact/disability throws up quite few results of longitudonal studies. The American Psych Assoc. and Pearson mention a few online, too.
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Maxillofacial tumours, trauma, mandibulectomy, surgery for odontogenic tumours
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In the oral surgery clinic, Naval hospital dr Ramelan Surabaya Indonesia , we manage some cases of maxillofacial tumour such as ameloblastoma,hemangioma, odontoma and the most are epulis
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Hi, I am working on a project about interventions to combat racial trauma. I am looking for literature reviews on this topic, has anybody worked on this type of research? is there a specific age group that seems to be more affected by racial trauma? any information you can provide will be very helpful.
Thank you,
Catherin
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This is vitally important for us!
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Hi All,
I am looking for recommended valid measures/questionnaires to measure a change in psychological flexibility. To be delivered pre and post intervention. Can either measure psychological flexibility as a whole, or measure the subcategories of the ACT hexaflex (or both). It is intended to be delivered to a population diagnosed with non-epileptic attacks.
All recommendations are warmly welcomed,
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Charlotte
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This one popped up in my feed lately. Kashdan has been focusing on psych flex for a while now. https://www.toddkashdan.com/measures/
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Organizational trauma may result from a catastrophic event, from repeated wounding, or the deleterious effects of an organization's work. The impacts result in patterns that cause the organization's people and culture to suffer. www.organizationaltraumaandhealing.com
What are your experiences of organizational trauma?
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Interesting topics.
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I am looking for literature regarding the above posed question?
Can you help?
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Thank you, Wilma, will have a look at it! Best, Christof
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I am trying to discern whether, in the brain (structure & function) of people with bipolar disorder/MDD/schizophrenia who experienced childhood trauma, there are:
1. already differences in children's brain structure & function that trauma further modifies and the person develops a mental illness OR (genetics first then trauma)
2. trauma changes the structure and function of the brain that the child's genetics further modifies and the person develops a mental illness (trauma first then genetics)
Has anyone researched this & if so, can you please share your findings or references you know of?
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Thank you for your insightful comment. I have read Cassiers et al (2018) as well as 3 other insightful articles: 1) Nemeroff CB.(2016). Paradise Lost: The Neurobiological and Clinical Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect. In Neuron; 2) Aas M et al. (2019) Childhood maltreatment and polygenic risk in bipolar disorders. In Bipolar Disorders; and 3) Stevelink et al. (2019) Childhood abuse and white matter integrity in bipolar disorder patients and healthy controls. In European Neuropsychopharmacology.
  1. In Cassiers et al (2018), their review of the literature supports the hypothesis that the brain changes are a protective adaptation in response to abuse, they did not discuss the genetic components that may be predisposing to or responsive to abuse so it doesn't directly answer the question.
  2. In Nemeroff (2016), he suggests (based on my assessment) some brain changes are due to the moderating effects of genetics (so genetics first) (eg, carriers of 1 or 2 copies of the "short" allele of the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism have greater rates of depression vs those with the "long" allele homozygotes with equal childhood trauma) and other changes are in response to the trauma and predispose the person to the mental illness (eg, reduced hippocampal volume in depressed women with a history of childhood maltreatment but not in equally depressed women without maltreatment).
  3. Aas M et al (2019) reported that polygenic risk score (PRS) and CTQ were inversely correlated so those with lower PRS reported more severe abuse and vice versa, so the based on this (my interpretation) is that in a brain/body with more "imbalances" due to genetics (brain structure/function and physiology that is predisposed to BD), abuse does not need to be severe to make the changes sufficient to cause BD wherein people with low PRS have brain structures and physiology is more "balanced", greater severity of abuse is needed to sufficiently change the brain structures and physiology to cause BD. They did not also look at brain or physiology so we can only infer based on genetics.
  4. In Stevelink et al (2019), their study findings suggest "that childhood abuse results in poor white matter integrity in a subset of people who are then possibly more vulnerable to development of psychiatric disorders, including bipolar disorder" and "that childhood abuse, in particular, is associated with FA, possibly due to its effects on HPA-axis activity." But as pointed out in the limitations, their cross-sectional study design does not allow for establishing causation "Based on our results, we cannot differentiate whether decreased integrity of white matter in patients is caused by childhood abuse, or whether this decreased integrity was already present prior to experiencing childhood abuse."
I am interested in causation and the interplay of genetics and childhood trauma as I am trying to write a book on childhood trauma and how the different types of trauma at different times explains the behaviors of survivors, the mental health challenges caused by childhood trauma and toxic stress, and how people can "overcome" (I hate this word but can't think of another) trauma. My story of childhood trauma, developing several mental illnesses including bipolar disorder, and how I was able to get a PhD and have a successful career while growing and healing is being used as the backdrop to tell the scientific story to a lay audience.
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I am investigating the influence of PTSD on the road traffic behaviour: as well as micro-reactions of drivers as well as instabilities of the traffic flow. I am working on the question: How to integrate a new driving function (L2 or L3) into a specific driving culture, which also has its traumatizations. So I need to be sure, that this new driving function isn´t triggering any trauma reactions, that could cause disturbances into the traffic flow.
I am inspired by your idea of a truck co-driver, as it could help to coregulate a trauma reaction.
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This is an interesting question. I think, if driver's facial micro expressions while driving is tracked using facial recognition software, parallel video monitoring of traffic, along with driver's background (in regards to PTSD, like previous encounters, accidents, etc), vehicle condition, health, weather, could be incorporated into an model. Then it can give you the revelation you are looking for. I am just placing it in a simple manner, however, this entire process involves lot of experiments, tweaking and patience.
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Is 3000 ml the maximum volume of IVF to be given to the trauma patient ?
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Approx 20 ml per kg crystalloid bolus followed by blood/blood products....
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I am looking for information to help youth with trauma after school shootings. Primarily, I am seeking information on how to help youth at different schools who were not directly involved but, nevertheless, experienced trauma.
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Natascha, this is an important topic worth investigating as it seems to be happening more often than anticipated and desired. You may find the following works of interest to pursue further:
Lindgren, S. (2012). Collective coping through networked narratives: YouTube responses to the Virginia Tech shooting. In School shootings: Mediatized violence in a global age. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Jordan, K. (2003). A trauma and recovery model for victims and their families after a catastrophic school shooting: Focusing on behavioral, cognitive, and psychological effects and needs. Brief Treatment & Crisis Intervention, 3(4).
Turunen, T., & Punamäki, R. L. (2014). Psychosocial support for trauma-affected students after school shootings in Finland. Violence and victims, 29(3), 476-491.
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Hello,
does anyone know whether specific cut-off scores for the German CTQ have been defined? As far as I am informed in Bernstein & Fink (1998) cutoff scores for "none to low", "low to moderate", "moderate to severe", and "severe to extreme" exposure are provided for each scale of the Englisch version (Van de Eede et al. 2012).
I have already checked these publications, but no cutoff scores were included for the German CTQ
Klinitzke, G., Romppel, M., Häuser, W., Brähler, E., & Glaesmer, H. (2012). Die deutsche Version des Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) - psychometrische Eigenschaften in einer bevölkerungsrepräsentativen Stichprobe. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, Medizinische Psychologie, 62(2), 47-51. doi:10.1055/s-0031-1295495
Wingenfeld, K., Spitzer, C., Mensebach, C., Grabe, H. J., Hill, A., Gast, U., & ... Driessen, M. (2010). Die deutsche Version des Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ): Erste Befunde zu den psychometrischen Kennwerten. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, Medizinische Psychologie, 60(11), 442-450. doi:10.1055/s-0030-1247564
Bader K, Hänny C, Schäfer V, Neuckel A, Kuhl C. Childhood Trauma Questionnaire - Psychometrische Eigenschaften einer deutschsprachigen Version. Zeitschrift Für Klinische Psychologie Und Psychotherapie [serial online]. 2009;38(4):223-230. Available from: PSYNDEX: Literature and Audiovisual Media with PSYNDEX Tests, Ipswich, MA. Accessed March 25, 2015.
Thank you very much for your help!
Bernstein D, Fink L. Childhood Trauma Questionnaire: A Retrospective Self-
Report Questionnaire and Manual. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corp; 1998.
Van Den Eede, F., Haccuria, T., De Venter, M., & Moorkens, G. (2012). Childhood sexual abuse and chronic fatigue syndrome. The British Journal Of Psychiatry, 200(2), 164-165. doi:10.1192/bjp.200.2.164a
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Hi! Could you also send me the cut-offs for the English version? Thanks!
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Hi all,
I urgently need a copy of the official transltion of the Childhood trauma questionnaire in German. (Wright 2001)
This is for an initial ethics submission and my review pannel have requsted that I urgently supply them with the translation in electronic form.
Could somebody point me in the correct direction?
Thanks
Jon
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The questionnaire can be translated paragraph by paragraph on the https://www.bing.com/translator
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I have always been concerned about the high prevalence of young children who are sexually abused every year. This increasing number of trauma and unnecessary assault has led me to think about why it exists in the first place. What would be the reasoning or purpose of an adult being sexually attracted to a young individual, especially if these children are not capable of sexually reproducing?
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Dear Josefina Orozco , individuals who have committed child sexual abuse and individuals with pedophilia are not the same. There is a difference. Therefore, the answer to your question depends on who you refer it to specifically.
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I am wanting to research and read up to date literature around CSA/trauma and soul loss in relation to Arts Therapy and Sandtray
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There may be something in this book:
Jones, A., Jemmott, E. T., Da Breo, H., & Maharaj, P. E. (2016). Treating Child Sexual Abuse in Family, Group and Clinical Settings. Palgrave Macmillan.
You can search for meaningful words; I searched for sand and art and found relevancies although the search for dreams indicated pages that were not free to view:
I saw this dissertation, although dreams are not really discussed:
Maharjan, C. L. (2019). Sandplay Therapy for Children with Trauma Living in a Residential Facility in Nepal: A Multiple Case Study (Doctoral dissertation, California Institute of Integral Studies).
This link mentions sandplay and dreams:
Kowen, M. (2017). A 10-Year-Old Girl’s Overcoming the Negative Mother Complex and Its Relationship to Ego Development. Journal of Symbols & Sandplay Therapy, 8(1), 1-34.
but references a very old document:
Jung, C. G. (1984).
Archetyp und Unbewustes. Princeton: Bollingen/Princeton University Press.
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In traumatic patients an initial approximation of the patient’s cardiovascular systolic blood pressure status can be obtained by palpating peripheral pulses. For example SBP must be more than 60 mm Hg for the carotid pulse to be palpable and more than 70 mm Hg for the femoral pulse. But in fact, SBP of our extremity major vessels are more than the aorta and its first branches. How can this be interpreted...?
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Detained info seen above. I would add simply that peripheral vasoconstriction occurs during trauma when blood is shunted towards the key organs. Also of note when measuring blood pressure keep in mind that in order to externally compress an artery all the surrounding soft tissue needs to be compressed too and hence readings from the thigh can be difficult to interpret.
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Is anyone currently undertaking serious research into the psychological and group dynamic changes / damage which FGM may cause?
I know of one research finding
> Behrendt A, Moritz S. Posttraumatic stress disorder and memory problems after female genital mutilation. American Journal of Psychiatry 2005; 162:1000-1002
but there must surely be more recent work?
I'd like to learn about any / all such studies, anywhere, and am particularly interested in e.g. the ways FGM may itself alter responses to what might otherwise be effective interventions to bring this 'practice' to an end.
Many thanks,
Hilary
[hilary@hilaryburrage.com]
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Dear Hilary, you might also find these articles interesting:
Best regards,
Anke
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I want to study child trauma, with the end goal of not only working with traumatized kids but also teaching others how to respond to, recognize and 'handle' traumatized kids (e.g. cops, teachers, staffers at psych hospitals etc...). If that's the end goal, where should I start? What sort of literature is considered to be a staple in this field?
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Hi Frances,
The journals Child Maltreatment and Child Abuse & Neglect would be good to look at. You can go to their websites and just start to look at abstracts of their recent issues to get an idea of what is currently being published. The journal Trauma, Violence, & Abuse would also be great to look at. It is a review journal that has a high impact factor (very influential in the field) so everything published reviews the literature in the field and you can get ideas of specific articles to read from there. Though, it isn't specific to child trauma, you can get a sense from the titles if they are focused on children.
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network website would also be great. They have compiled a ton of resources and materials that are easy to digest, have fact sheets, and also host free webinars.
Finally, though you did not ask about it, since you are at Hamline, the University of Minnesota Institute of Child Development (where I received my PhD) has some very key faculty in the field who study child trauma, including my graduate advisor, Dante Cicchetti, and his colleague, Ann Masten. Abi Gewirtz and Canan Karatekin (my secondary advisor) would also be good to look at and you could even reach out to them to try to volunteer in their research labs during the summer/semester. Just go to the icd.umn.edu website and click on "People" to view their faculty profiles to learn more about what they do.
Hope this helps! Good luck.
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Hi Dr. Fallot,
Will you or Dr. Harris be updating your book "Using trauma theory to design service systems"? Our library carries it, but it's been almost 20 years since it was published and we wondered if there's anything more recent. Is "Trauma-informed Care" on the same topic? Sort of a replacement of the old book?
Thank you,
Yvonne Lam
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I have published a more recent book, Through a Trauma Lens: Transforming Health & Behavioral Health Systems, that might be helpful for you. Routledge published it in 2018. Vivian Barnett Brown, Ph.D.
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PA involves a child being influenced by a parent to reject or resist contact with the other parent for no good reason.
If fact what connection, correlation and contribution does it make to negative social issues such as historical trauma, family/whanau violence. What is the relevance of (PA) to social work?
Private troubles – Public issues, do they intersect in relation to PA?
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Through my views and from what I,have witnessed it is a fact. This occurs when partners are fighting or going through a breakup,separation or divorce.
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Kashmir Valley has been in total communication blockade since 5th August 2019. Non Resident Kashmiris ( NRK) living around the world are not able to speak to their families, older parents, or unwell relatives due to total and complete communication blackout, curfew and lack of news from local media.
I would appreciate if anyone know of any studies published in such circumstances looks at the psychological distress in those ( like NRKs here) who are not able to reach families and are constantly worrying because of not knowing and war like situation.
Any papers, articles or manuscripts will be appreciated .
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I am conducting research on a family of children who have past trauma issues with the father of the unborn child.
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Do not know if this is of help to you. Check it out:
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I am interested in looking into the neuroethics of people who have suffered from severe and sustained trauma and/or neglect and getting them to consent to invasive neurological procedures. With a population where people have frequently adopted instant submission to authority as a survival mechanism, is consent possible? How do we make sure that any sort of procedure isn't somehow retraumatizing? How do we make sure that these people feel comfortable declining to do certain things or voicing their needs, if they have learned that it is dangerous to do so? Do we need to take a different approach or special considerations with trauma subjects than we do with other sorts of subjects? what would those considerations be? Do you personally feel that IRB boards, in general, have enough trauma literacy to understand the risks?
*This question is in reference to people who have NOT yet undergone trauma therapy. *
I'm happy to get anything from opinions, to references, to videos, and literature, any and everything... pertaining to this subject!
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There is recent interest in detecting psychological emotions like trauma, stress in Social media.
There are two levels of detection, one at tweet level other at user-level.
Now a days using deep learning , many are solving user-level detection of stress. In this scenario , is there any chance of further improving tweet level stress detection or its usability? Can we say that the detection a t tweet level is obsolete?
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I don't think it's obsolete. The main problem is to build the corpus. I would say rather scanning individul tweets one can follow a set of subject dependent tweeter handles and collect tweets from there.
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I am working on subject called "Father wound" in psychology. I would like to hear from people who work(ed) on the same subject.
Thanks a lot
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Healing the Father Wound by Kathy Rodriguez may help you with your topic.
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I need this questionnaire for my research project which I am doing on retrospective reports about childhood trauma and adult mental health as in post traumatic stress symptoms.
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Thank you
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I am working on epidemiological data using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire to look at adult outcomes after childhood trauma.
There is so much inconsistency in the use of terminology in the literature, which is making life a bit difficult! My general standpoint is that since the ACEs studies (Felitti and Anda, etc) ACEs refers to a broader set of experiences, while childhood trauma refers specifically to abusive and neglectful experiences, especially in the home.
I would like to be able to discuss how childhood trauma might have different/stronger/specific effects on outcomes (esp psychiatric) compared to the broader ACEs. I cannot, however, find any obvious literature comparing the two.
I wondered whether anyone knew of references which might help me put together a brief discussion on the advantages/disadvantages of using CTQ versus ACEs. This is aside from the obvious that ACEs capture a broader range of negative experiences. I suspect that CTQ captures experiences that are more damaging, especially in terms of interruption of attachment etc. I'd like to be able to back that up with published research though.
Any help or comments would be much appreciated! :)
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Rebecca,
You nailed it! And w/o clinical attention attachment conflicts will endure, just as our personality does. Also refer to the works of Abraham Maslow and hierarchy of needs as well as Erik Erickson re" critical psychosocial developmental tasks.
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Platelet transfusion? Desmopressin? rFVIIa? TXA?
Always more frequently in our hospital we have to treat traumatic brain injury in patients receiving antiplatelet medication.
I know there are no unanimously recommended guidelines.
A recent update of european research group on bleeding care in trauma (Spahn et al. Critical Care 2013; 17: R76 -http://ccforum.com/content/17/2/R76 ) recommended:
- to administer platelets in patient with substantial bleeding or intracranial hemorrhage who have been treated with antiplatelet agents (GRADE 2C).
- to administer desmopressin (0,3 mcg/kg) in patients treated with platelet-inhibiting drugs (GRADE 2C).
- to treat with platelet concentrations patient with continued microvascolar bleeding, if platelet dysfunction is documented (GRADE 2C).
Waiting for PATCH study (de Gans et al. BMC Neurology 2010, 10:19 -
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/10/19 ), what is your experience about this clinical context? Have you ever used rFVIIa?
Do you measure platelet function in patients treated or suspected of being treated with antiplatelet agents?
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Desmopressin has no significant hemostatic effect in connection with
trauma and massive bleeding but can be useful if there is a simultaneous
platelet function defect or in certain forms of VWD. Desmopressin is often
combined with tranexamic acid.
For dosage and special considerations for treatment
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Microtrauma is a general term given to small injuries to the body. The injuries mechanism may affect the management plans.
Is the mechanism of injuries in microtrauma similar to that of other traumas (i e macro or usual trauma)?
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Definitions are sort of critical. If the issue is a traumatic injury (falling and breaking a leg) vs a non-traumatic injury (a so-called 'overuse' injury), then clearly mechanisms are different. Or are you referring to the size/scope/degree of the injury (sprain/strain vs rupture)? Tendons vs muscle vs bone?
Stress fractures seem to be a combination of exercise Hx, bone status, smoking Hx, exercise progression/volume/rest cycles, and nutrition. Kleges et al found BB players lost 1 gram of calcium/day in sweat while not consuming dairy, so their bone status was poor. The 2006 IOM report highlighted the RDA/DRI are not normed on athletes. Lappe et al gave Navy recruits extra calcium & D and reduced stress fractures by 20% (sadly they didn't dose to serum level). Lappe et al found 20% of women arriving in Army had osteopenia/osteoporosis. Rivero (Navy) found 60-80% of stress fracture cases had osteopenia/osteoporosis. Cropper et al found roughly 25% of women and 8.9% of men arrived at AF with iron anemia (treating it reduced injuries by 50%). Hewitt et al did brilliant work on muscle imbalances and ACL injury.
Realizing the general population has a 60% processed food diet while food nutrient content has significantly declined (USDA).
So, obviously data is very lumpy. It does highlight that a mechanistic model doesn't completely address all causes.... which might explain the very high re-injury rates. Many folks simply treat injuries mechanically.
But I'm not sure I'm answering your question. Cheers.