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Annotated Bibliography On Childhood Trauma

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Christian Gies
Mrs. Stafford
English 200-624
April 20, 2023

Annotated Bibliography of “Impactful Events in Childhood Development”

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “Understanding Child Trauma” SAMSHA. March 17, 2023, https://www.samhsa.gov/child-trauma/understanding-child-trauma
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, in the media they published on their website entitled “Understanding Child Trauma”, people are extremely affected by the trauma they endure in their developmental stages. They discuss some of the reactions adolescents often have to enduring traumatic events, as well as the long-term mental effects of them. They claim that studies have shown students who have experienced something traumatic …show more content…

"Psychological Trauma and Psychosis." British Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 216, no. 5, 2020, pp. 235-243.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21508437/
This article discusses the impact of psychological trauma on the development of psychosis in adolescence. The study concludes that individuals who have experienced trauma in childhood and adolescence are at a significantly higher risk for developing psychosis than those who have not. I plan to use this study as evidence to support my claim throughout my article.
Briggs-Gowan, Margaret J. et al. "Trauma, PTSD, and Resilience: A Review of the Literature." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, vol. 52, no. 12, 2011, pp. …show more content…

The authors discuss the prevalence of trauma and PTSD in adolescents and identify protective factors that promote resilience in those who have experienced trauma. I plan to use this research on trauma and PTSD to further my claim of the impact of traumatic events on kids' mental and physical health.
Felitti, Vincent J. et al. "Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Relationship to Adult Medical Disease, Psychiatric Disorder and Sexual Behavior: Implications for Healthcare." Healthcare Management Forum, vol. 14, no. 2, 2001, pp. 51-59.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6220625/
This study explores the long-term impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on adult health and behavior. The authors find that individuals who have experienced ACEs are at a significantly higher risk for developing chronic medical conditions, psychiatric disorders, and engaging in risky sexual behavior. Since this piece focuses on mental effects of trauma and goes in depth about these trauma responses, I plan to use this information as supporting evidence as well. Herman, Judith L. "Complex PTSD: A Syndrome in Survivors of Prolonged and Repeated Trauma." Journal of Traumatic Stress, vol. 5, no. 3, 1992, pp.

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In the video "How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime," Nadine Burke Harris explains the effect of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on people's physical and mental health later in life. ACEs are defined as "potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood" and might include abuse, neglect, and dysfunction in the home. Burke Harris says that ACEs can have a major and long-lasting effect on a person's health, raising their risk for a variety of detrimental consequences like substance misuse, heart disease, and depression. Burke Harris raises several important observations, one of which is the prevalence of ACEs, with around two thirds of Americans reporting having had an ACE.

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Childhood Trauma Affects Mental Health Problems In Adulthood. Emotional trauma can affect children for the rest of their lives. Over time, the hope is that children learn how to cope and move forward in life. In the novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. The protagonist, named Henry, experiences trauma, hardships, loss, and eventually learns how to cope.

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It should also trigger assessment of revictimization” (Cotter 1). This is more evidence supporting again how childhood trauma cause mental health problems when the person gets into adulthood, but also says that it can lead to

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Overall, how childhood trauma affects peoples’ lives, depends on how the person who faces these traumas reacts to

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The Blue Knot Foundation provides information on one specific childhood trauma called child abuse, he explains the types of child abuse that happens in the world and the impacts of them upon children and their future health. It goes beyond that and states how abuse can be prevented. In articles that follow the impact that child abuse has on the brain is explained in detail with the impact on the cortex and limbic system being stated first and then how differently the left and right parts of the brain can be changed or impacted due to the trauma. The author shares that trauma effects the brain in such a way that thyroid production is effected and stress hormones are changed which becomes a lasting effect. That then lead to the fact that gene expression and generations after the effected person can now be effected by a single person’s childhood trauma or child abuse.

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Your childhood can be a cruel game of survival. Statistics show that 60% of adults report of experiencing difficult family circumstances or abuse during childhood, 20% of children in the United States will witness or experience a traumatic event before they turn four, and young children exposed to five or more significant adverse experiences in the first three years of childhood face a 76% likeliness of having one or more delays in their language, emotional, or brain development. (recognizetrauma.org/trauma.php) Early childhood trauma refers to traumatic experiences that occur to someone during the ages of 0-6. According to the psychodynamic view, loss of memory and dissociating one’s self from a stressful or traumatic event reduces emotional

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Also, the authors focus on how people who have experienced trauma at a young age are not always aware of the extent to which it shapes their behaviour, thoughts and emotions later in life as "Our body's core regulatory systems can be altered by traumatic experiences. A child exposed to unpredictable or extreme stress will become what we call dysregulated". (Perry & Winfrey, 2021, p. 37) Overall, "What Happened to You? " emphasizes that trauma is a complex and multifaced

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Complex Trauma: Adversity Affecting Body and Mind Complex Trauma is “the result of multiple exposures to traumatic events, maltreatment, or polyvictimization beginning in early childhood or adolescence, occurring within the context of unpredictable, uncontrollable, and violent environments in conjunction with inconsistent of absent protective caregiving” (Atchison, 2015, p.195) These traumas may include one or more types of abuse including physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, domestic violence and neglect (Kisiel et. al, 2009). Parental risk factors for complex trauma include single parenting or young parenting, substance abuse, having a psychiatric disorder, involvement in criminal activity, low income, difficulty bonding with

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