Περιγραφή
This text outlines a practical guide for nurses and healthcare providers to provide care for individuals with varying traumatic histories with an informed perspective. Consideration of trauma as an acute experience to one that can develop into a post-traumatic stress disorder are explored. Additionally, the biological, behavioral, historical and cumulative basis of trauma are discussed as well as the family’s role in generational trauma. Trauma presents a complex multilayered experience that requires understanding to provide appropriate care. Trauma if often viewed as a physical experience with minimal consideration of the emotional and mental health aspects of these experiences. The perspective of unseen emotional scars is given descriptive graphic to allow the scars to be visualized and treated. The book includes perspectives across the globe from Thailand, UK, Philippines, India, Ireland, and Caribbean. As such this book will fill a gap in the field.
- Looks at trauma assessment utilizing the perspectives of psychiatry
- Explores the biological basis of trauma
- Educates nurses on the historical perspective of trauma that can influence care outcomes
