PSY-8312: Concepts of Trauma and Resiliency

Stebnicki, M. A. (2017). Disaster mental health counseling: responding to trauma in a multicultural context. Springer Publishing Company, LLC.
Read Chapters 4 and 10. These two chapters will provide information on the impact of trauma on one’s body, mind, and spirit and the emotional toll disaster and trauma can take on a survivor.

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Terpou, B. A., Harricharan, S., McKinnon, M. C., Frewen, P., Jetly, R., & Lanius, R. A. (2019). The effects of trauma on brain and body: A unifying role for the midbrain periaqueductal gray. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 97(9), 1110–1140.
This article explores the specific connection and impact of brain and body after a trauma and different responses demonstrated by survivors.

Atazadeh, N., Mahmoodi, H., & Shaghaghi, A. (2019). Posttrauma psychosocial effects in children: A systematic review of measurement scales. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 32(3), 149-162.
This article describes the various types of trauma faced by children and provides a review of measures used to assess these traumas.