"Psychological trauma (mental trauma, psychotrauma, or psychiatric trauma) is an emotional response caused by severe distressing events such as accidents, violence, sexual assault, terror, or sensory overload."
Understanding the impact of trauma on individuals and communities, and the role of social work in promoting mental health and resilience, addressing mental health issues, and providing support and treatment to those affected by trauma.
Introduction to Mental Health and Trauma: This is an overview of the different aspects of mental health and trauma and their impact on individuals and communities.
Assessment and Diagnosis: This covers tools and techniques used to identify and diagnose mental health conditions and traumatic events.
Psychosocial Interventions: This focuses on various therapeutic approaches used in treating mental health issues and post-traumatic stress disorders.
Cultural Competence: This topic teaches how to work with people from different cultures and backgrounds and how culture affects mental health.
Ethics and Professional Practice: This is an overview of ethical principles and standards that guide mental health practice.
Advocacy and Policy: This covers the role of social workers in advocating and creating policy changes to address issues related to mental health and trauma.
Trauma-Informed Care: This highlights the importance of understanding the effects of trauma and using trauma-informed approaches in mental health practice.
Interpersonal Violence: This covers the different forms of interpersonal violence and their impact on mental health, such as domestic violence, child abuse, and sexual assault.
Substance Use Disorders: This looks at the link between mental health issues and substance use disorders, as well as their impact on individuals and communities.
Recovery and Resilience: This covers the process and various factors that contribute to recovery and resilience after experiencing mental health issues and traumatic events.
Children and Adolescents: This focuses on mental health issues and trauma experienced by children and adolescents, as well as interventions and approaches for working with this population.
Older Adults: This examines mental health issues affecting older adults, including depression, dementia, and loneliness.
Homelessness and Mental Health: This looks at the intersection of homelessness and mental health, including the impact on individuals and communities and approaches to provide effective support.
Stigma and Discrimination: This teaches how stigma and discrimination can impact an individual's mental health and increase their vulnerability to trauma.
Disaster and Emergency Response: This looks at the psychological impact of disasters and emergencies on individuals and communities and how social workers can provide support.
Refugee Mental Health: This covers the mental health concerns experienced by refugees, as well as the unique challenges they face in accessing support.
Human Rights and Mental Health: This focuses on human rights violations related to mental health, such as institutionalization and forced treatment, and their impact on individuals and communities.
Anxiety disorders: Anxiety disorders refer to a range of mental health conditions characterized by excessive fear or worry that can significantly impact one's daily functioning and overall well-being.
Mood disorders: Mood disorders refer to a group of mental health conditions characterized by persistent changes in emotional states, such as depression or bipolar disorder.
Psychotic disorders: Psychotic disorders refer to a range of severe mental illnesses characterized by a loss of touch with reality, including symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking.
Eating disorders: Eating disorders refer to a range of mental health conditions characterized by disturbed eating behaviors and a preoccupation with weight, shape, or body image.
Personality disorders: Personality disorders refer to enduring patterns of thoughts, behaviors, and emotions that significantly affect a person's interactions and functioning in various areas of life.
Obsessive-compulsive disorders: Obsessive-compulsive disorders are mental health conditions characterized by persistent and intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors (compulsions) that significantly impact daily functioning and often cause distress or anxiety.
Trauma-related disorders (post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, adjustment disorder): Trauma-related disorders refer to a range of psychological conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), acute stress disorder, and adjustment disorder that can develop following exposure to a traumatic event.
Physical trauma (injury or harm to the body caused by an external force): Physical trauma refers to bodily injury resulting from an external force, often leading to physical damage, pain, and impairment with potential mental health consequences.
Psychological trauma (historical or personal trauma such as sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, or severe accidents): Psychological trauma refers to the lasting emotional and psychological effects experienced by individuals who have been exposed to distressing events such as abuse, neglect, or accidents, leading to significant distress and disruption in their lives.
Environmental trauma (natural disasters, war, terrorism, or environmental disasters): Environmental trauma refers to the psychological impact experienced by individuals and communities as a result of natural disasters, war, terrorism, or environmental catastrophes.
Medical trauma (invasive medical procedures or chronic illnesses): Medical trauma refers to the psychological and emotional distress experienced by individuals due to invasive medical procedures or chronic illnesses.
"Short-term reactions such as psychological shock and psychological denial are typically followed."
"Long-term reactions and effects include bipolar disorder, uncontrollable flashbacks, panic attacks, insomnia, nightmare disorder, difficulties with interpersonal relationships, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)."
"Physical symptoms including migraines, hyperventilation, hyperhidrosis, and nausea are often developed."
"As subjective experiences differ between individuals, people react to similar events differently."
"Not everyone who experiences a potentially traumatic event becomes psychologically traumatized, though they may be distressed and experience suffering."
"Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the long-term reactions and effects of psychological trauma."
"This discrepancy in risk rate can be attributed to protective factors some individuals have, that enable them to cope with difficult events, including temperamental and environmental factors, such as resilience and willingness to seek help."
"Psychotraumatology is the study of psychological trauma."
"Severe distressing events such as accidents, violence, sexual assault, terror, or sensory overload" can cause psychological trauma.
"Some will develop PTSD after exposure to a traumatic event, or series of events."
"Migraines, hyperventilation, hyperhidrosis, and nausea are often developed."
"Yes, difficulties with interpersonal relationships can be one of the long-term reactions and effects of psychological trauma."
"Some individuals have protective factors that enable them to cope with difficult events, including temperamental and environmental factors, such as resilience and willingness to seek help."
"Long-term reactions and effects include bipolar disorder, uncontrollable flashbacks, panic attacks, insomnia, nightmare disorder, difficulties with interpersonal relationships, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)."
"Short-term reactions such as psychological shock and psychological denial are typically followed."
"Not everyone who experiences a potentially traumatic event becomes psychologically traumatized, though they may be distressed and experience suffering."
"Resilience is one of the protective factors that enable individuals to cope with difficult events."
"Yes, psychological denial is one of the short-term reactions typically followed by severe distressing events."
"As subjective experiences differ between individuals, people react to similar events differently."