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Repairing the effects of childhood trauma: The long and winding road
Author(s) -
Palmer Christine J.,
Williams Yorker,
Harrington Ann
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1365-2850
pISSN - 1351-0126
DOI - 10.1111/jpm.12581
Subject(s) - intrusion , psychology , distress , mental illness , domestic violence , mental distress , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , mental health , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , medical emergency , geochemistry , geology
Accessible Summary What is known on this subject? Domestic and family violence contributes to mental distress and the development of mental illness and can reverberate throughout a person's life.What this paper adds to existing knowledge? Therapeutic work with people who experience domestic and family violence needs to take considerable time to allow the process to unfold. Understanding the triggers that cause past traumas to be re‐experienced helps people to recognize and change their conditioned emotional responses.What are the implications for practice? Time needs to be invested to develop a secure and trusting relationship to enable a person to work through childhood experiences that have the potential to overwhelm. It is important for adults who have experienced childhood trauma to have an opportunity to process the abuse to help minimize its intrusion in their lives.