Psychological trauma in professionals working with traumatised children

[Psychological trauma in children].

Hospital admission of children and psychological trauma.

I happened to visit an operating theatre in one of the teaching hospitals in Sri Lanka recently and this was what I observed. A 3-or 4-year old child in a white gown was carried in by two people who were dressed in white clothes and wearing caps and masks. The child looked terrified and was crying. No sooner the child arrived, two ladies in light blue gowns, again with masks and caps, rushed to...

Psychological Interventions for Working with Trauma and Distressing Voices: The Future Is in the Past

The relationship between stressful or traumatic life events and the content of experiences associated with a diagnosis of schizophrenia is clinically intriguing but lacks developed theoretical understanding. The high prevalence of traumatic events in this group indicates the need to develop psychosocial interventions. However, antipsychotic medication remains the frontline treatment within most...

Prevalence of behavioural and psychological problems in working children.

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and screen the nature and types of behavioural and psychological problems among working children in Karachi. METHODS A cross sectional study was conducted in three urban squatter settlements of Karachi from May to June 2006, targeting working children aged 11-16 years. Behavioural Problems of these children were estimated by using the self reported Urdu v...

Too tired to care? The psychological effects of working with trauma.

This quantitative and qualitative longitudinal study was designed to examine the effects on caregivers working therapeutically with seriously traumatized people. The participants were 13 healthcare workers seconded into a trauma and recovery team (TRT) set up to help those traumatized by the Omagh bombing on 15 August 1998. Quantitative data were collected using the Compassion Satisfaction/Fati...