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How
Emotional/
Psychological
Trauma Affects the Body
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Objectives: •Define trauma
•What is the relationship between physical
health and PTSD?
•Identify how trauma is assessed/screened
•How can family members help?
•Evidence based treatment options
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What is
Trauma?
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Individual trauma results from an event, series of events, or set of
circumstances that is experienced by an individual as
physically or emotionally harmful or threatening and that
can have lasting adverse effects on the individual’s
functioning and physical, social, emotional well-being.
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The three main types
of trauma:
1. Acute
2. Chronic
3. Complex
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Acute
trauma
results from a
single incident.
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An accident An act of violence
A natural disaster A loved one’s passing
Physical or sexual
assault
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Chronic
trauma is
repeated and prolonged
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Domestic violence
Combat for military
personnel
A build up of
multiple traumas
throughout one’s life
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Complex trauma is
exposure to varied
and multiple
traumatic events,
often of an invasive, interpersonal nature.
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Concentration camps
Prisoner of War camps
Prostitution brothels
Long-term domestic violence
Long-term child physical abuse
Long-term child sexual abuse
Organized child exploitation rings
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Emotional Symptoms of Trauma
Shock, denial, or disbelief Anger, irritability, mood swings Guilt, shame, self-blame
Feeling sad or hopeless
Confusion, difficulty concentrating
Anxiety and fear Withdrawing from others Feeling disconnected or numb
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Physical Symptoms of Trauma
Insomnia or nightmares Being startled easily Racing heartbeat Aches and pains Fatigue Difficulty concentrating Edginess and agitation Muscle tension
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Other common symptoms
Feeling suicidal
Self harm and self-destructive tendencies
Feeling distrustful and suspicious/blaming others
Guilt, Shame, embarrassment or self blame
Misuse of alcohol/drugs/gambling and/or food
Exhaustion
Seeking out high-risk/dangerous pursuits
Physical aches and pains
Over-reactions to minor situations
Fear of being alone and fear of being in crowds
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HOW IS TRAUMA ASSESSED/SCREENED?
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LIFE EVENT CHECKLIST
A brief, 17-item, self-report measure
designed to screen for potentially
traumatic events in a respondent's
lifetime.
The LEC assesses exposure to 16 events
known to potentially result in PTSD or
distress and includes one item assessing
any other extraordinarily stressful event not captured in the first 16 items.
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The US Department of Veterans Affairs maintains an up-to-
date list of assessment tools and measures for PTSD. One
of the preferred self-report measure is the recently-
updated PCL-5, and the CAPS-5 remains the gold
standard interview measure for PTSD.
•Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5) • Download from va.gov •Clinician Administered Dissociative States Scale (CADSS: Bremner, Mazure, Putnam) •Download CADSS from Dr Bremner's website •Childhood Traumatic Events Scale (Pennebaker & Susman, 1988) •Download CTES from Dr Pennebaker's website
•Trauma Response Checklist • Download from whatisptsd.com
•PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) •Download from va.gov
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Measure availability:
Information on measures is available
to everyone. However, the
assessment tools themselves can only
be distributed to qualified mental
health professionals and researchers.
We maintain measures developed by
affiliated staff of the National Center
for PTSD.
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What is the
relationship
between physical
health and PTSD?
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Many people are already familiar
with the fact that emotional stress
can lead to stomachaches,
irritable bowel syndrome, and
headaches, but might not know
that it can also cause other
physical complaints and even
chronic pain.
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One logical reason for this:
studies have found that
the more anxious and
stressed people are, the
more tense and
constricted their muscles
are, over time causing the
muscles to become fatigued and inefficient.
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Following a traumatic event, or
repeated trauma, people react in
different ways, experiencing a wide
range of physical and emotional
reactions. There is no “right” or
“wrong” way to think, feel, or
respond to trauma, so don’t judge
your own reactions or those of other
people.
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Your responses
are NORMAL
reactions to
ABNORMAL events.
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Existing research has not been able to
determine conclusively that PTSD
causes poor health. Thus, caution is
warranted in making a causal
interpretation of what is presented
here. It may be the case that
something associated with PTSD is
actually the cause of greater health
problems.
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Summarily, the ultimate goal
is to ask…
“What happened to you?”
Versus “What is wrong with you?”
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How can
family
members help?
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PTSD makes
communication
difficult….
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The more you appreciate
things from the PTSD
perspective the more helpful
and supportive you can be.
Now is the time for empathy,
compassion and patience.
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We need you to be clearheaded, pulled together and informed.
Gently remind us and offer opportunities to engage in an identity outside of
trauma and PTSD.
Believe in us; our true selves still exist, even if they are momentarily buried.
Be patient with us; we often cannot stop the anger, tears or other disruptive
behaviors that are so difficult for you to endure.
Keep reaching out, even when your words don’t seem to reach us. You never
know when we will think of something you said and it will comfort, guide,
soothe or inspire us.
Honor our struggle to make peace with events. Do not rush us. Trying to speed
our recovery will only make us cling to it more.
Alleviate our stress by giving us a safe space in which we can find support.
Continue to approach us. We need you to!
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Don’t give up,
we’re doing our best.
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Evidence based
treatment options
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Psychotherapy is a
broad field that covers
a whole range of
treatment techniques,
specifically cognitive
behavioral therapy
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COGNITVE PROCESSING
THERAPY
Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is
a manualized 12-session treatment
approach that can be administered in a group or individual setting.
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EXPOSURE THERAPY
Exposure therapy for PTSD asks clients to
directly describe and explore trauma-
related memories, objects, emotions, or
places. Intense emotions are evoked (e.g.,
sadness, anxiety) but eventually decrease,
desensitizing clients through repeated encounters with traumatic material.
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EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND
REPROCESSING
EMDR (Shapiro, 2001) is one of the most widely used therapies for trauma and PTSD.
The treatment protocols of EMDR have evolved
into sophisticated paradigms requiring training
and, preferably, clinical supervision. EMDR draws
on a variety of theoretical frameworks, including
psychoneurology, CBT, information processing,
and nonverbal representation of traumatic memories.
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NARRATIVE THERAPY
Narrative therapy is an emerging
approach to understanding human
growth and change; it is founded on the
premise that individuals are the experts on
their own lives and can access their
existing intrapsychic and interpersonal
resources to reduce the impact of problems in their lives.
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THANKS AND NEVER FORGET….