CYC 802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Collective Trauma, Indian Act

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Child and Youth Care
• Course: CYC 802
• Professor: Anne Black

Document Summary

Trauma-informed practice, critical thinking for intervention: intergenerational trauma. Also called historic trauma, collective trauma, transgenerational grief, and historic grief. Transmission of historical oppression and its negative consequences across generations; evidence of the impact on health and well-being facing aboriginal peoples in canada. Collective, complex trauma inflicted on a group of people who share a specific group identity or affiliation, legacy of numerous traumatic events a community experiences over generations. Seen in the generations of trauma survivors who may not have experienced the trauma personally; cumulative effects of trauma are passed down. Transgenerational transmission of trauma happens through the telling of stories in life lessons passed on and taught to us by our family. Ongoing prejudicial/discriminatory actions towards aboriginals, including at a policy or government level, can increase the effects of intergenerational trauma. Strong evidence that relatives of trauma survivors develop ptsd and substance abuse disorders. Effects of oppression and trauma can lead to maladaptive parenting.