Counselling with First Nations Women: Considerations of Oppression and Renewal

This article maps the historical background of First Nations women focusing on the residential school system, subsequent intergenerational trauma, and the effects of the Indian Act. Colonization has impacted the health and current roles and responsibilities of First Nations women. First Nations women's health needs to be viewed in a holistic framework that considers multiple levels of oppression, poverty, colonization, and life as a minority in a dominant culture. Social constructionism provides a new lens from which to question and re-conceptualize ways of working with First Nations women. Suggestions for the non-aboriginal counsellor in facilitating the healing process for First Nations women are offered.     

旋转数字成像技术在骨骼损伤中的应用价值

探讨数字摄影三维重建成像技术在骨关节损伤中的应用价值．方法:运用旋转数字摄影血管造影的原理,利用血管造影检查设备进行骨关节系统检查52例．结果:重建图像效果满意,清楚显示骨骼解剖结构及关节毗邻关系,对骨折错位及关节脱位诊断明确．结论:旋转数字摄影3D成像技术,是一种新的特殊的检查方法,其图像立体观察直观而逼真,对不规则骨或复杂的骨关节骨折提高诊断准确率具有很好的临床应用价值．     

Polyvictimization,Psychological Distress,and Trauma Symptoms in College Men and Women

This study examined the relationship between polyvictimization, psychological distress, and trauma symptoms in college men and women. Childhood victimization was common among participants. Regression analyses revealed that polyvictimization (i.e., high cumulative levels of victimization) is a better predictor of psychological distress and trauma symptoms than is any individual category of victimization (i.e., sexual, physical, peer/sibling, child maltreatment, witnessing/indirect, or property crime). Gender did not moderate the relation between victimization and distress and trauma symptoms. Implications for counselors are discussed.     

专家-教练-教师相结合的创伤干预模式的建构-基于汶川地震后心理援助的经验

"5·12"汶川特大地震发生之后,来自社会各界的灾后心理援助工作对学生的心理康复起到了一定的支持与帮助作用,但对这些心理援助工作进行回顾与总结时发现,相关的心理干预都忽略了教师在学校心理重建工作中的重要作用。教师与中小学生朝夕相处,是灾后学校重建和学生心理健康维护的重要力量。为此,本课题组基于我国灾后学校工作的现实情况,以学生帮助计划、教练技术、教师作为治疗师的干预理念为理论基础,以促进教师心理疏导能力为核心目标,创建了一套完整的灾后心理疏导的教师培训体系,即专家—教练—教师相整合的创伤干预模式。这一模式有力地促进了灾后心理疏导的长久开展,并在之后的灾后干预与援助工作中得到了较好的应用与推广,对灾后教师及学生的心理健康发展具有重要意义。     

Trauma narratives and nomos in teacher education

The present article draws on data from a three-year study of pedagogy in teacher education that attempts to disrupt normative structures of reading and being in the teacher education classroom. The author uses Bourdieu’s work to emphasize the ways in which academic fields become ruled by unspoken rules and practices – “nomos” – and demonstrates a use of trauma narratives in teacher education that can disrupt such unspoken rules and practices. The article challenges taken-for-granted assumptions in teacher education that students must be positioned as future teachers; that reading educational research and texts should be a priority; that writing assignments should be privileged; and that a cognitive approach to learning in teacher education should be privileged.     

论村上春树《去中国的小船》中的创伤记忆

村上春树在他的第一篇短篇小说《去中国的小船》中通过悖谬叙事展现了日本社会对中国如刺般的他者性认识。这一认知形成的创伤记忆隐藏着当代日本人面对中国时复杂的心理:罪感、负疚,优越、想忘又不能忘。而作家对这篇小说三个版本的修改又现实性地表现了日本社会对中国认知的时代变迁。     

ADDRESSING THE EFFECTS OF ASSIGNMENT STRESS INJURY

The purpose of this article is to present the results of a qualitative study on assignment stress injury within journalism. Thirty-one Canadian journalists and photojournalists participated in the research study. The focus of this article is on recommendations offered by our participants to address the effects of traumatic stress within their profession.     

Teaching Clinical Social Work Under Occupation: Listening to the Voices of Palestinian Social Work Students

The authors were invited to teach clinical social work in the Palestinian West Bank. In order to teach, we designed a study exploring how 65 Palestinian social work students described the psychological and social effects of working under occupation. Students described social stressors of poverty, unemployment, lack of infrastructure, violence, imprisonment, separation of families, and severe constraints on travel. They identified depression, suicide, anxiety, and war-related trauma as emerging from these conditions. Many experienced the same psychosocial problems as their clients in coping with harassment and delays at checkpoints. Implications for teaching social work theory and practice are discussed.     

College Confidence with ADD: The Ultimate Success Manual of ADD Students From Applying to Academics,Preparation to Social Success and Everything Else You Need to Know. Sandler,M. (2008)

A 15-year phenomenological case study of an exceptional female from age 15 through 30 was focused on exploring the subjective experience of development during adolescence and young adulthood, with attention to how giftedness and context interacted. The main focus became her response to trauma, which was revealed early in the study. Data, including recollected childhood experiences, were gathered through letters, e-mail, face-to-face interaction, and journals and essays from her troubled adolescence. The central phenomenon that emerged is given particular attention: that giftedness was both an asset and a vulnerability throughout these years, certainly as she struggled in the aftermath of trauma and developed strategies for surviving and healing. The struggles of the subject included dealing with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The concepts of overexcitability and positive disintegration are used to frame some findings.     

An evaluation of trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children in Zambia

To monitor and evaluate the feasibility of implementing Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) to address trauma and stress-related symptoms in orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Zambia as part of ongoing programming within a non-governmental organization (NGO). As part of ongoing programming, voluntary care-workers administered locally validated assessments to identify children who met criteria for moderate to severe trauma symptomatology. Local lay counselors implemented TF-CBT with identified families, while participating in ongoing supervision. Fifty-eight children and adolescents aged 5–18 completed the TF-CBT treatment, with pre- and post-assessments. The mean number of traumas reported by the treatment completers (N = 58) was 4.11. Post assessments showed significant reductions in severity of trauma symptoms (p < 0.0001), and severity of shame symptoms (p < 0.0001). Our results suggest that TF-CBT is a feasible treatment option in Zambia for OVC. A decrease in symptoms suggests that a controlled trial is warranted. Implementation factors monitored suggest that it is feasible to integrate and evaluate evidence-based mental health assessments and intervention into programmatic services run by an NGO in low/middle resource countries. Results also support the effectiveness of implementation strategies such as task shifting, and the Apprenticeship Model of training and supervision.