How Trauma Impacts Mental Health
Posted May 18, 2010 by Dr. Kathleen Young, PsyD
Dr. Kathleen Young: Treating Trauma
Clinical Psychologist Specializing in the Treatment of Trauma and its Aftermath
http://drkathleenyoung.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/how-trauma-impacts-mental-health/
Building Empowerment After Sexual Assault
At PsychCentral.com
By Frances L. Hennessey, LICSW
~ 2 min read
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/08/12/building-empowerment-after-sexual-assault/
Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) 1st Edition, by Pat Ogden, PhD, Kekuni Minton, PhD, Clare Pain, MD, Daniel J. Siegel, MD (Foreword), Bessel van der Kolk (Foreword). (2006)
Trauma can take a huge emotional toll, whether it stems from a personal tragedy, a natural disaster, or violence.
There is no right or wrong way to feel after traumatic events. But there are many strategies that can help you work through feelings of pain, fear, and grief and regain your emotional equilibrium. Whether the traumatic event happened years ago or yesterday, you can heal and move on.
at HelpGuide.org
http://www.helpguide.org/home-pages/ptsd-trauma.htm
The Survivor’s Guide to Sex: How to Have an Empowered Sex Life After Child Sexual Abuse, by Staci Haines (1999)
From Amazon.com: “Move over abuse, and move in pleasure! The Survivor’s Guide to Sex is for all women—heterosexual, bisexual, lesbian, partnered, and single—who want to delight in their own sexuality. Based on the author’s extensive training and experience in working with abuse survivors, The Survivor’s Guide to Sex offers a complete guide to sexual recovery:
* Pleasure and Desire—How to discover and fully own your desires on your own terms.
* Nonjudgmental support for all sexual styles and interests!
* Dissociation—Discover how you “checked out” to survive and how you can “check in” now for healing and your own sexual expression.
* Embodied Sex—No more grocery lists and wrestling matches with relics of the past! Learn how to be in your body during sex, present for yourself and your partners.
* Consent and Boundaries—The “yes,” “no,” and “maybe” of sex. How to say “yes” to your desires and develop boundaries to take care of yourself.
* Triggers—A sex life built around triggers becomes no sex life at all. Practical tools for healing through triggers while enjoying all the delights and complexities of a fully-embodied sex life.
* Sex Information—Chock full of sex-positive information on all aspects of sexual response, masturbation, and partner sex, tailored to the needs of survivors.
* Emotional Healing and Intimacy—Don’t settle for less than you want! Grant yourself permission to cultivate pleasure, sexual delight, and love.
* Plus Sex Guide Exercises, bibliography, resources, and index.”
Silent Rage: African American Boys and Sexual Abuse, by Dr. Gabrie’l J. Atchison, Jae Quinlan (Illustrator) (2010).
Silent Rage is an unprecedented exploration of Black boys and sexual abuse. Because being vulnerable is antithetical to cultural definitions of Black manhood, many boys choose to suffer in silence. The silence leads to self-destructive behaviors impacting families and communities. Based on a review of literature provided by therapists and Black male survivors, Silent Rage provides information, resources and hope for male survivors. In addition to survivors, partners and wives of survivors, parents and foster parents, social workers and students within Nursing, Social Work and African American Studies will find this book informative. Cover art “AKOBEN/PROTECT ME” by Jae Quinlan.
When a Man You Love Was Abused: A Woman’s Guide to Helping Him Overcome Childhood Sexual Molestation, by Cecil Murphey (2010). Kregel Publications
The numbers of males abused in childhood are sometimes listed as low as 5 percent or as high as 33 percent. Though statistics are controversial, no one disputes the fact that childhood abuse is a continuing problem―or that such abuse can have devastating effects on future relationships. For all women who know and love a survivor of sexual assault, best-selling author Cecil Murphey has penned an honest and forthright book about surviving―and thriving―despite past abuses.
Both informative and highly practical, Murphey helps women understand the continuing problems that abuse survivors may encounter, including hurtful memories, issues of self worth, and the need to feel in control. With sensitivity and encouragement, Murphey then explains what women can do to help bring about healing and forgiveness. Written with the empathy that only a true survivor can convey, When a Man You Love Was Abused is a timely piece of advice and encouragement.
Find out more at www.menshatteringthesilence.blogspot.com
December 16, 2015
By Bill Frist, Contributor, covers global and domestic health care and health care reform
At Forbes.com
http://www.forbes.com/sites/billfrist/2015/12/16/the-childhood-experiences-that-can-cut-20-years-off-your-life/
Past trauma can mean not feeling fully alive in the present (Image: Stanley Greene/Noor/eyevine)
The Lifelong Cost of Burying Our Traumatic Experiences
By Shaoni Bhattacharya, consultant for New Scientist
Magazine issue 2994 published November 8, 2014
In New Scientist Magazine
Understanding Interpersonal Trauma in Children: Why We Need a Developmentally Appropriate Trauma Diagnosis
By coauthors: Wendy D’Andrea, Bradley Stolbach, Julian Ford, Josepth Spinazzola and Bessel A. van der Kolk. In American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 2012, Vol 82, No. 2, 187-200
http://www.traumacenter.org/research/ajop_why_we_need_a_complex_trauma_dx.pdf
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder experienced more adversities than those without ADHD
American Academy of Pediatrics 5/6/2014
Trauma and ADHD: Think “And,” Not “Or”
How real adverse events can contribute to real attention problems
Posted July 14, 2014, by David Rettew, MD, ABCs of Child Psychiatry
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/abcs-child-psychiatry/201407/trauma-and-adhd-think-and-not-or