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  Physical Abuse of Children ::::: Welcome to ChildTrauma Academy :::::::::::
Physical abuse is a form of child maltreatment (a broad category of behavior that also includes sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect).
Physical abuse is a widespread problem in the United States and its incidence appears to be increasing according to figures from the Third National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect, or NIS-3 (Sedlak and Broadhurst, 1996).
Physical abuse is the most visible form of child abuse or maltreatment because physical indicators are the first to be noticed.
www.childtrauma.org /CTAMATERIALS/physical_abuse.asp   (3987 words)

  
 Physical trauma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In medicine, however, the words trauma patient usually refer to someone who has suffered serious and life-threatening physical injury potentially resulting in secondary complications such as shock, respiratory failure and death.
Trauma patients require specialized care, including surgery and sometimes blood transfusion, within the so-called golden hour of emergency medicine, the first sixty minutes after trauma occurs.
The appropriate first aid for a trauma patient is to immediately call for help using the emergency medical service, then treat for shock.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Physical_trauma   (554 words)

  
 Accessing Trauma and Samskara
Trauma, traumatic experience, pain, and unpleasantness is a fact of life in the sense that we all will experience pain in life, but we all deal with it differently, sometimes not very efficiently skillfully or functionally.
Underneath this self perpetuating trauma is the fear of dying (the reality of the impermanence of the physical "self"), and hence a fear of living, whence a huge sense of insecurity is assumed, albeit unconsciously.
Thus trauma may be said to be pathological in that it is the unsuccessful attempt to negotiate a perceived fear or terror in the present where one creates an ultimately dysfunctional mechanism to avoid, deny, cope,.
www.rainbowbody.net /Ongwhehonwhe/traumaSam.htm   (10889 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions about the Trauma Center
Physical trauma is defined as blunt, penetrating or burn injury that requires immediate medical treatment in order for the person who has sustained such injury to survive.
Trauma centers are required to have a staff of certified trauma surgeons on staff and present at all times.
Trauma is the number one killer for those between the ages of 1 and 37.
www.leememorial.org /trauma/about_us.asp   (901 words)

  
 T-200-01: Sensorimotor Psychotherapy:... Ogden & Minton (2000)
Unassimilated somatic responses evoked in trauma involving both arousal and defensive responses are shown to contribute to many PTSD symptoms and to be critical elements in the use of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.
Physical defenses are examples of the relatively fixed action patterns mentioned in the previous section, the effective functioning of which upper levels of processing depend upon for their efficacy.
Mary was increasingly able to process emotional and cognitive elements of the trauma and to address relational issues with the therapist, while frequently returning to sensorimotor processing when physical impulses and sensations emerged, or when she again felt hyperaroused or dissociated.
www.fsu.edu /~trauma/v6i3/v6i3a3.html   (8821 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Trauma
Trauma is serious physical injury to the body or mind, usually caused by violence, disaster, or negligent behavior such as driving while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.
In medicine, a trauma patient has suffered serious and life-threatening physical injury resulting in secondary complications such as shock, respiratory failure and death.
Trauma patients require specialized care including surgery and often blood transfusion within the so-called Golden Hour of emergency medicine, or sixty minutes.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=wound   (602 words)

  
 KRISTIN FONTANA ASTROLOGY
The trauma occurs through others who isolate these people because of their beliefs, this isolation occurring, through ridicule, persecution or outright attack In turn, these individuals can create traumatic effects for others as they challenge and rebel against the belief structures of anyone who is not in sympathy with, or supportive of, their own beliefs.
Trauma occurs when what is being created appears to be insignificant as compared to what is ultimately or idealistically sensed as possible, when what others achieve or create seems more spectacular and grand than what these individuals create for themselves, and when others are acknowledged or treated more special than they are.
Trauma and disillusionment occur when they experience one group dominating and taking advantage of another group, when they experience the horrible collective pain of people turning upon other people, when the awareness of so many people seems to be limited to the tip of their noses.
www.kristinfontana.com /articles/trauma.htm   (12806 words)

  
 Splenic trauma
Splenic trauma is physical injury to the spleen, the lymphatic organ located in the upper left side of the abdomen.
Blunt trauma is often caused by a direct blow to the belly, car and motorcycle accidents, falls, sports mishaps, and fights.
This approach resulted from the difficulty in assessing the severity of the injury, the potential dangers of shock and death, and the beliefs that the spleen healed poorly and that it was not an important organ.
www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/ency/splenic_trauma.jsp   (1145 words)

  
 Trauma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Physical trauma, an often serious and body-altering physical injury, such as the removal of a limb.
Blunt force trauma, a type of physical trauma caused by impact or other force applied from or with a blunt object.
Trauma (2004 film) is a psychological thriller directed by Marc Evans and starring Colin Firth.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trauma   (200 words)

  
 LISTENING. to let go! | Holistic Learning Centers
In cases of physical trauma, with emotional context, there are areas of tissue dysfunction that indicates past trauma that needs to be diagnosed, then released from the body!" Dr.
When emotional and physical traumas are not released from the body, energetic dysfunction and physical pain develop.
In cases of physical trauma with emotional context, (for example: spousal abuse) there are areas of tissue dysfunction.
www.holisticlearningcenter.com /article_30_61.html   (608 words)

  
 Psychological / Emotional Trauma: an overview
These scans reveal that trauma actually changes the structure and function of the brain, at the point where the frontal cortex, the emotional brain and the survival brain converge.
One way to determine whether an emotional or psychological trauma has occurred, perhaps even early in life before language or conscious awareness were in place, is to look at the kinds of recurring problems one might be experiencing.
Trauma Healing with Somatic Experiencing* Somatic experiencing is a short-term naturalistic approach to the resolution and healing of trauma.
www.traumaresources.org /emotional_trauma_overview.htm   (2402 words)

  
 Trauma Soma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The critical factor in trauma therefore appears to be controllability of the outcome of the threat vs. a state of helplessness.
Van der Kolk, et al, have noted the remarkable similarities between the human response to trauma, and the animal response to inescapable shock (IS), and have suggested that IS may be a biological model for PTSD (van der Kolk, et al,1985).
My awareness of these physical phenomena began when one patient with "hysterical" right sided hemianesthesia, weakness and clumsiness related that her hairdresser had noted that her hair grew much more slowly on the right side, and was of a different texture.
www.traumasoma.com /excerpt3.shtml   (10102 words)

  
 NEUROBIOLOGICAL SEQUELAE OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA :::: Welcome to Child Trauma Academy :::::::::::
In almost all cases the children do not understand their symptoms as being related to their history of trauma and often, especially in the children abused before age 4, cognitive recall of the trauma is not present.
All of this was superimposed on a developmental matrix such that severe trauma occurring before age 4 resulted in a much higher probability of pre-psychotic and psychotic symptomatology.
If the early life trauma results in an abnormal pattern of stress-mediating neurotransmitter and hormone and this abnormal set of cues alters development of CNS catecholamine systems in an adverse fashion, this should be manifest when examining functions putatively mediated by these CNS catecholamines (see Moore and Bloom 1989).
www.childtrauma.org /ctamaterials/ptsd_child.asp   (6144 words)

  
 A case-control study examining the role of physical trauma in the onset of rheumatoid arthritis -- Al-Allaf et al. 40 ...
A case-control study examining the role of physical trauma in the onset of rheumatoid arthritis -- Al-Allaf et al.
A case–control study examining the role of physical trauma in the onset of rheumatoid arthritis
physical trauma within days or weeks of the onset was considered.
rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/40/3/262   (2238 words)

  
 Centre for Road Trauma Recovery
Centre for Road Trauma Recovery is an organisation that aims to assist road trauma survivors and their families with the recovery process from roadside to bedside and beyond using a holistic approach.
This site's purpose is to provide information and resources to help survivors of road trauma know what to expect after the immediate physical injuries have been treated; the long road of rehabilitation and what that really means; and then learning to recognise and cope with the psychological impact that surviving can have.
Road Trauma is much more than healing the physical self; it involves social and psychological healing as well.
www.roadtraumarecovery.org.au   (266 words)

  
 Flower Essences Acute Trauma Mixture, Bach Flowers Rescue Remedy equivalent, emergency relief
Anyone who suffers an acute physical trauma is advised to seek the appropriate help at the appropriate emergency room or medical center.
This essence helps the body cells, in their internal processes, to process and release the energy from the trauma, thus avoiding the need for the cells to store this trauma energy as cellular-memory energy.
This essence helps the body to process and release the energy that has lodged in the body (often in a specific part of the body), that was created by a process of self-judgement and self-blame for some aspect of the traumatic event.
www.nmessences.com /everyday/trauma_mixture.html   (612 words)

  
 Yellow Rose Flower Essence for physical trauma and Rescue Remedy type emergency
Until the discovery of this flower, most of the flower essences for helping with the effects of trauma have worked purely at the emotional-mental level.
While the emotional-mental approach is useful, it does not directly address the issue that, in many instances of the experiencing of trauma, a large part of the trauma energy cannot be processed and released, and ends up being stored in the body cells, where it remains (often for many years).
The accumulative affects of stored trauma energy can be likened to a ticking time-bomb, waiting to be triggered off by some future reminder of the traumatic
www.nmessences.com /essences/rose_yel_trauma.html   (346 words)

  
 Multiple Sclerosis Society Website - Welcome to the MS Society - Physical trauma
Physical trauma and MS There are currently a lack of well-designed, randomised, controlled clinical trials on trauma and MS.
Therefore, these reviews focused on smaller studies such as case control (comparing details about people with MS to people who don't have MS) and cohort studies (investigating characteristics of people with MS, but with no comparison).
These reviews of studies investigating whether physical trauma is linked to onset of MS or onset of relapses found no association between physical trauma (especially head trauma) and MS or relapse onset.
www.mssociety.org.uk /research/research_explained/physical_trauma.html   (145 words)

  
 Trauma Essences
Used in cases of stress, trauma or shock on the physical, emotional, or mental level, it can help to relieve associated fear and aid in the release of tension and pain.
It will work powerfully to heal the trauma on all levels, support emotional balance, awaken the bodies own healing energies, bring courage, protect the soul from negative energies if it has left the body, encourage the soul to remain with the body, and if it has not, help the body/soul fusion process.
This combination is most useful for acute conditions or physical trauma.
www.flowervr.com /Topics/TraumaEssences.htm   (1279 words)

  
 National MS Society | Sourcebook: Trauma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The role of trauma in causing MS or in triggering subsequent MS exacerbations (also known as attacks, relapses or flares) has been the subject of controversy for many years.
Until recently, opinion on this issue was based upon anecdotal reports or retrospective information that relied on the memories of patients.
Many traumas were caused by MS symptoms such as in-coordination, impaired balance, or abnormalities of gait or vision.
www.nationalmssociety.org /Sourcebook-Trauma.asp   (339 words)

  
 Physical Trauma
My dictionary says physical trauma is "any physical damage to the body."
If left untreated, any kind of trauma can lead to congestion in the body.
Use foot reflexolgy, massage, Reiki, or other energy work to release physical trauma from the body.
www.personal-wellness-consultant.com /physical-trauma.html   (105 words)

  
 United States Trauma Cleanup Directory
This directory lists trauma cleaning companies throughout the United States.
Power-Under: Trauma and Nonviolent Social Change -- a book by Steven Wineman
This page was last modified 23:41, 16 June 2006.
www.trauma-cleanup-directory.com   (1032 words)

  
 Doctor Says Schiavo Likely Victim of 'Some Kind of Trauma' -- 10/28/2003
That's why she's getting a bone scan," Baden explained, "and a head injury can cause, lead to the 'vegetative state' that Ms.
Campbell Walker completed the March 7, 1991, bone scan, which was requested to "evaluate for trauma" as the result of a suspected "closed head injury."
The trauma could be from an auto accident, the trauma could be from a fall, or the trauma could be from some kind of beating that she obtained from somebody somewhere.
www.cnsnews.com /Culture/Archive/200310/CUL20031028a.html   (1114 words)

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