Abstract
Despite the research on trauma, which until recent times has been directed towards the category of adults, today scholars need to turn their attention to children and adolescents who may undergo traumatic experiences at different stages of their growth. There is a prevailing hypothesis that the narrow and partial cognitive processes of memory, attention and dysfunctional problem solving skills constitute the main problem of exposure to trauma, which also compromises the family equilibrium, taking into account that traumatic events are arbitrary and unpredictable. It is possible that dissociation phenomena and derealization emerge in response to a traumatic event. The specificity and complexity of the treatment of disorders resulting from traumatic development have prompted specialists of different orientations to formulate guidelines and treatment protocols to guide clinical work.
Highlights
Psychological trauma is generally the direct personal experience of an event that may cause or lead to death or serious injury, or other threats to the physical integrity
Despite the research on trauma, which until recent times has been directed towards the category of adults, today scholars need to turn their attention to children and adolescents who may undergo traumatic experiences at different stages of their growth
Psychological trauma is considered as being present at an event which involves death, injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of another person; or to become aware of the unexpected or violent death, serious harm, or threat of death or injury experienced by a family member or another person with whom you are closely related
Summary
Psychological trauma is generally the direct personal experience of an event that may cause or lead to death or serious injury, or other threats to the physical integrity. The definition of psychological trauma must be extended to include relational aspects such as serious threats not to physical integrity of an organism but to the fabric of one’s relationships. Psychological trauma is considered as being present at an event which involves death, injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of another person; or to become aware of the unexpected or violent death, serious harm, or threat of death or injury experienced by a family member or another person with whom you are closely related. Trauma is defined as an emotionally unsustainable event for those who suffer. Trauma can seriously affect the stages of child development
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