Week 8 Flashcards
What are some common forms of traumatic events?
Bullying
Harassment
Physical & sexual assault
War & genocide
Neglect
Witnessing an attack
Traffic accidents
Being attacked or kidnapped
Natural disasters
Domestic abuse
True or False - Everyone who has a mental illness has experienced trauma
False
True or False - Everyone who has experienced trauma will develop a mental Illness
False
True or False - Only bad things come out of traumatic experiences
False
True or False - Your life must be threatened for an event to be traumatic
False
What are immediate emotional reactions of trauma?
Numbness and detachment
Anxiety or severe fear
Guilt (including survivor guilt)
Exhilaration as a result of surviving
Anger
Sadness
Helplessness
Feeling ‘unreal’
Disorientation
Denial
Feeling out of control
Feeling overwhelmed
What are the delayed emotional reactions of trauma?
Emotional detachment from anything that requires emotional reaction (e.g. significant and/or family, relationships, conversation about self, discussion of traumatic events or reaction to them)
What are the immediate Physical reactions of trauma?
Nausea/gastrointestinal distress
Sweating or shivering
Faintness
Muscle tremors or uncontrollable shaking
Elevated heartbeat, respiration and blood pressure
Extreme fatigue and exhaustion
Greater startle response
depersonalization
Is there any treatment helpful for those who have experienced PTSD?
Yes… these often include a combination of:
Psychological therapies (or psychotherpay)
Medical therapies
Complementary therapies
Can healthcare be a traumatising experience for those with past experience of trauma?
Yes! This is often because there are stressors in a health environment/setting that is similar to the circumstance of the original trauma which the person has experienced.
What is Trauma-Informed Care?
A practice that recognises and accepts the experiences of people and their reactions and responses to trauma.
What are the eight foundational principles that represent the core values of trauma-informed care and practice?
*Understanding trauma and its impact
*Promoting safety
*Ensuring cultural competence
*Supporting consumer control, choice and autonomy
*Sharing power and governance
*Integrating care
*Healing happens in relationships
*Recovery is possible
What do we mean by Least Restrictive Care?
Is when a person receives the least restrictive, or least intrusive treatment.
What are some examples of ‘restrictive care’?
Being treated in a hospital as an involuntary patient;
Being physically restrained;
Being forced to take medication (AKA: Chemical restrained);
Being physically secluded.
A common delayed emotional reaction of trauma is?
Emotional Detachment
