Thursday, November 13, 2008

Trauma in young people after desaster


disasters can cause a trauma in young people and change their means.

Each day, they see many desasters and vilolence in tv, like a sexual abuse and killed people. So they lose loved ones. Or, they witness other tragic events.


Children are very sensitive. They struggle to make sense of trauma. They also respond differently to traumas. They may have emotional reactions. They may hurt deeply. They may find it hard to recover from frightening experiences. They need support. Adult helpers can provide this support. This may help children resolve emotional problems.


Mental trauma can produce strong feelings and demage in young people. It also produce extreme behavior too; such as intense fear or helplessness, withdrawal or detachment, lack of concentration, irritability, sleep disturbance, aggression, hyper vigilance, or flashbacks, said The National Institute of Mental Health .


Ricardo Correa!...

1 comment:

Adriana Pastrana said...

In think that this article have relation with the TV porgrams because children past many hours watching TV and the parents past all days in theirs works and they dont know what their children do or watch in the TV while they aren't, then children watch porgrams with violence and it can make that their behavior change and they can be violent actions or this programs can cause mental traumas too.