How to cope with traumatic stress - American Psychological …
2019年10月30日 · How people react and respond to trauma can vary, according to the National Center for PTSD. Following a traumatic event, people frequently feel stunned, disoriented, or unable to integrate distressing information. Once these initial reactions subside, people can experience a variety of thoughts and behaviors. Common responses can be:
Trauma - American Psychological Association (APA)
Trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, crime, or natural disaster. Reactions such as shock and denial are typical. Longer term reactions include unpredictable emotions, flashbacks, strained relationships, and physical symptoms.
Recovering emotionally from disaster
2013年8月15日 · Nationwide longitudinal study of psychological responses to September 11. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association , 288 (10), 1235-1244. doi: 10.1001/jama.288.10.1235 Thanks to psychologists Kevin Rowell, PhD, and Rebecca Thomley, PsyD, for their assistance with this article.
Women who experience trauma are twice as likely as men to …
2024年7月8日 · Women, for example, are typically exposed to more interpersonal and high-impact trauma, such as sexual assault, than men, and at a younger age. Sexual assault carries one of the highest risks for PTSD, according to research. In addition, trauma early in life often has a greater impact, particularly when it involves multiple traumatic events.
How to support patients who have experienced sexual assault
2022年9月1日 · Survivors of sexual trauma are also likely to encounter mixed responses when they tell others about their experiences, said Sarah Ullman, PhD, a social psychologist and professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, and author of Talking About Sexual Assault: Society’s Response to Survivors (APA, 2010), which she is updating for a likely ...
Resources on trauma and healing, including a guide inspired by …
Resources on trauma and healing, including a guide inspired by ‘The Color Purple’ APA offers comprehensive guidance on coping with traumatic events, depression, anger, anxiety, PTSD, and addiction as well as meaningful pathways to healing, forgiveness, and building resilience.
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy ® is an interdisciplinary forum on the causes and effects of psychological trauma. While we recognize that trauma potentially affects all people, we also recognize that socio-historical and cultural factors mediate expressions of trauma response.
Students Exposed to Trauma - American Psychological Association …
Building resilience to trauma: Creating a safe and supportive early childhood classroom. Childhood Education, 85(6), 375-379. Blitz, L. V., Anderson, E. M., & Saastamoinen, M. (2016). Assessing perceptions of culture and trauma in an elementary school: Informing a model for culturally responsive trauma-informed schools.
The legacy of trauma - American Psychological Association (APA)
2019年2月1日 · While trauma researchers have made great strides in understanding and treating single-episode present-life trauma, they are just beginning to explore the impact of intergenerational trauma and its expression, says APA Div. 56 (Trauma Psychology) President Diane Castillo, PhD, a former Texas A&M University associate professor of psychology who ...
Managing your distress in the aftermath of racial trauma and stress
2021年6月11日 · Feeling like you can’t cope, can’t focus, or want to cry—these are all normal and valid responses to racial trauma. Holding in anger or painful feelings negatively affects our emotional well-being. Sharing difficult feelings with others—friends, family members, clergy, or mental health professionals—can help.