PSYCH 477 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Dissociative Disorder, Pressure Cooking, Selective Mutism
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Loving and supportive care before and after traumatic event(s): buffers children from aggressive symptoms and depression, associated with creativity and cognitive capacity, which predicts good adjustment despite trauma, strong correlate of resilience. Edward, a former child soldier, following his return to uganda. Subjective appraisal: attribution of responsibility, negative thoughts about self, others, future, direction of causality (punamaki et al. , 2013, political ideology. Role of ideological commitment (glorification of war; patriotism; defiant attitudes towards enemy) in coping with war trauma. Exposure to political hardships did not increase the presence of mh symptoms among children with strong ideological commitment; 23% dropped out of school because either to emtoiaonlly or physically injured to go on in school. In the us each year, > 1 million confirmed cases of child abuse/neglect each year in us: gross underestimate because cases are not reported (do not come to the attention of health professionals)
