Sentences with phrase «reported traumatic events»

The most frequently reported traumatic events by men are rape, combat, and childhood neglect or physical abuse.

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Then, in June, Hope R. Ferdowsian of George Washington University and her colleagues reported in PLoS ONE that chimps that had previously suffered traumatic events, including experimentation, exhibit clusters of symptoms similar to depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in humans.

People with lower incomes report more severe (but not more frequent) stress and having had more traumatic events in their childhood, said the report.

African - Americans and U.S. - born Hispanics also report more stress than their non-Hispanic white counterparts, stemming in part from exposure to discrimination and a tendency to experience more violent traumatic events.

The researchers examined self - reported prevalence and incidence of several potentially traumatic event types, including physical and sexual abuse, among 2,235 children.

According to studies from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 60 % of adults report experiencing abuse or other difficult family circumstances during childhood and 26 % of children in the United States will witness or experience a traumatic event before they turn four.

The majority of the cases is due to congenital abnormalities, although it can be caused by traumatic events as well, and females have been reported to be 1.5 x more likely to develop it.

Overall, more than a quarter of veterans report difficulty re-entering life after the military, with higher incidences among post-9 / 11 veterans, as well as those who were seriously injured or experienced a traumatic event.

Social Worker — Duties & Responsibilities Successfully serve as a psychiatric social worker and practice manager for multiple institutions Perform crisis intervention, adult, geriatric, child, and adolescent case management and therapy Counsel patients facing depression, substance abuse, bipolar disorder, dementia, and schizophrenia Serve survivors of domestic violence, rape, robbery, child abuse, suicide, and other traumatic events Responsible for 24 hour on call crisis intervention for multiple hospital emergency rooms Complete psychosocial assessments to ensure appropriate patient diagnosis and care Design and implement treatment plans including medication and individual / group / family therapy sessions Attend weekly team meetings to assess patient progress and document in the DAP system Review psychometric and psychological reports and provide feedback to patients and families Provide clients and family members with guidance and referrals to community resources Maintain contact with family members and encouraged their involvement in patient treatment Performed discharge planning including nursing home placement, home health, medication needs, transportation and Passport screening, extended in - patient and out - patient mental health services Serve as public speaker, referral development committee member, and marketing / financial advisor

The presenters will share examples of how traumatic events such as natural disasters, terrorist incidents, witnessing violence, and even seeing reports of -LSB-...] Full Description

The couple were also able to hear each other report a number of traumatic events dating back to childhood and young adulthood, in addition to the recent events.

We selected the PCL - C score of 50 and above as the standard cut - off due to the influence of traditional Chinese culture on the frequency of healthcare workers» encounters with traumatic events and the DSM - IV - TR criteria for PTSD.2 Previous studies have provided valuable information regarding the prevalence of PTSD among doctors and nurses.28 — 31The prevalence of PTSD among the healthcare workers exposed physical violence in our study was similar to that reported in Atlanta.54 However, the prevalence rates of PTSD in these studies were different from the present study, 55 56 which might be attributed to differences in the studies» sample characteristics, designs, definitions and diagnostic criteria for PTSD, due to their varied cultural backgrounds.

This result was different from the findings reported in earlier studies that women are more likely to develop PTSD symptoms.6 17 19 This finding might be attributed to gender differences in responses to different traumatic events and in social networks.60 61 This phenomenon also might be attributable to the fact that the injuries sustained by the men after experiencing physical violence were more severe than those of the women.

Our results are consistent with the majority of previous reports [14]--[17], [24] and point toward the MAOA genotype as a genetic factor that moderates the impact of early traumatic life events on the developmental pathway leading to later - life aggression.

As expected, physical aggression scores were higher among males and participants reporting exposure to early traumatic life events.

Measures utilized include Traumatic Events Screening Inventory — Child / Self Report, Generalized Expectancies for Negative Mood Regulation, Clinician Administered PTSD Scale, Post-Traumatic Cognitions Inventory, Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children, and the Hope Scale.

Adjusting for confounding variables is important, as previous studies report an association between depression and alcohol use, cannabis use [25 — 27], traumatic events (e.g. sexual abuse)[16], low perceived family support [28], a low level of maternal education [29], and under - attainment at school [12].

Predictors of Posttraumatic Growth and Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Severity in Undergraduates Reporting Potentially Traumatic Events.

Measures utilized include the Traumatic Events Screening Inventory — Child / Self Report (TESI - C / SR), Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument, Second Version (MAYSI — 2), and the Traumatic Experiences (TE) Scale.

Traumatic Events Screening Inventory — Parent Report Revised (TESI - PRR)(2002) Ippen, C.G., Ford, J., Acker, M., Bosquet, K., Ellis, C., Schiffman, J., Ribbe, D., Cone, P., Lukovitz, M., & Edwards, J.

Furthermore, findings document the predictive value of particular trauma events related to early adolescents» severity of self - reported traumatic stress.

Parent report and your own direct observation of child behavior are the best ways to assess the impact of traumatic events on young children.

The accuracy of retrospectively self - reported childhood trauma might be limited by errors in recall because of possible inaccessibility of traumatic life events [63 — 65] or intentionally false positive or negative responding.

Our study obtained self - report data from adult males on traumatic events and other factors under conditions of complete confidentiality and anonymity.

A total of eighty - five participants completed a set of self - report questionnaires assessing current and lifetime suicidal ideation, traumatic events, perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, cognitive emotion dysregulation, and impulsivity.

The IES - R is a 15 - item self - report questionnaire that indexes intrusive, avoidance, and arousal responses to a traumatic event.

Costello et al38 have established the test - retest reliability of parental reports of stressful and traumatic life events in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment, 39 from which the PAPA was derived.