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Psychological Trauma Case Study

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Introduction
Psychological trauma consists of an event that emotionally scars or affects an individual. Amongst children, trauma may be a cause from indirect events, such as the death of a loved one, or through more personal and serious events, such as child abuse. These experiences start to affect both the mental and physical capabilities of the child, which may lead them to be unable to function properly within today’s society. Moreover, the effects may consist of either severe responses, such as the development of a mental disorder, or of milder responses, such as the alternation of emotional reactions; therefore, signifying the need for various methods of treatment to be used for each patient.
Symptoms
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This may include changes in physical health, the development of a mental illness, or dissociation. A change in physical health would occur in areas such as the brain. In its utmost severity, trauma may cause deterioration of the neuroendocrine system (Moroz, 2005, p. 4). Amongst children, effects may also include damages to the central nervous system, causing an impairment in its function (Moroz, 2005, p.4). Other damages may be caused by an extensive amount of stress, that may be triggered as a response to the traumatic event. In addition, youth are prone to developing a mental illness, such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or anxiety due to the negative experience that has been directed at the individual. Cases of PTSD emerge for severe events, such as abuse, which starts to affect the child’s ability to function within society. It can also impair the child’s neurophysiological to become constantly chronically aroused (Moroz, 2005, p.2). This disorder alone has its own symptoms and effects that will be added onto the occurring symptoms of the traumatic experience. A few of the main symptoms include difficulty sleeping, focusing, and heightened and hyper alertness. Therefore, in some cases this leads the child to keep himself purposely isolated from his surrounding environment, causing dissociation to occur. This is done to try and isolate oneself from either the people who have caused the event or to escape the experience itself. Moreover, the symptoms that emerge from violent events tend to harm the children involved and their daily functions and interactions within society. (ADD ONTO

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