PDF | Vol. 7, No. 2 (2007)
The relationship between traumatizing events—including being a victim of crime—and mental health/illness is complex. The latest issue of Visions Journal on Trauma and Victimization looks at some of these complexities as well as the effects of trauma, treatment and support options, a sub-focus on post-traumatic stress disorder, and how to respond sensitively to certain populations.
Background
- Editor's message
(Christina Martens) - Psychological Trauma: A Common Problem, Knowledge, Myth and Unanswered Questions
(William J. Koch) - Responding to Frightening Life Events
(Marilyn Laura Bowman) - Critical Incident Stress Debriefing: Concepts and controversy
(Katelin Bowes, Jill Fikowski and Melanie O’Neill) - Victimization of People with Mental Illness: Barriers to reporting crime
(Liz McBratney) - Indian Residential Schools: The aftermath
(Charles Brasfield) - Where Trauma Hides
(Inna Vlassev) - War Trauma in Refugees: Red flags and clinical principles
(Claudia Maria Vargas) - Grief—Complicated? Or not?
(Kay Johnson) - Vicarious Traumatization: Occupational hazard for helping professional
(Michelle Srdanovic)
Experiences and Perspectives
- Why Did This Happen? Witnessing a tragedy
(Brian Chittock) - Combat and Rescue: Breeding ground for PTSD
(Atholl Malcolm) - When the One Responding to Traumas Faces His Own: A paramedic’s story
(Richard Voigt) - I Might Be Nothing
(Lara Gilbert) - My First—and Hopefully Last—Hospitalization
(Barbara Bawlf) (online only) - Life After Death
(Troy) (online only) - When the Place Supposed to Help Kids Hurts Them: Dulcie McCallum on institutional abuse at Woodlands
(Jake Adrian) (online only)
Alternatives and Approaches
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Choosing the treatment that is right for you
(Steven Taylor) - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder—and Traffic Crashes
(John Vavrik) - Connecting Virtually: Webcast on women, violence and substance use
(Nancy Poole) - Somatic Experiencing Therapy: ‘Unfreezing’ the trauma response
(Amanda Sawatzky) - The Aftermath of Rape: Cognitive-behavioural treatment for PTSD
(Debra Kaysen) - Post-Traumatic Stress in the Workplace
(Hans Beihl) - Violence and Trauma in the Lives of Women with Serious Mental Illness
(Shanti Hadioetomo) - Medication Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(Joseph Wang, Wei Zhang and Jonathan Davidson) (online only)
Regional Programs
- Sex for Stuff: It’s not fair trade
(Heather Miko-Kelly) - VictimLINK
(Shanti Hadioetomo and Hazel Smith) - Police Victim Services: Overseeing frontline response
(Carolyn Sinclair) - Complex Interactions: Women, trauma, addictions and mental health
(Susan Armstrong) - Kids in Control: When a parent has mental illness
(Kashmir Besla) (online only)
