Childhood Trauma Flashcards
1
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developmental trauma
A
- multiple or chronic exposure
- one or more forms of developmentally adverse interpersonal trauma
2
Q
why is it organic?
A
- brain functioning
- amygdala: emotions, survival instincts, and memory
- hippocampus: long term memory, spatial navigation
- frontal lobes: motor function, problem solving, spontaneity
- corpus callosum: integrate motor, sensory, and cognitive performances between sides of cerebral cortex
3
Q
why is it organic (contd)?
A
- stress response is exaggerated and prolonged resulting in changes in brain
- larger, more active amygdala
- smaller hippocampus
- smaller, less active frontal lobes
- smaller corpus callosum
4
Q
frontal lobe
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impulse control, organization, time orientation, reading social cues
5
Q
corpus callosum
A
not well integrated - problems using words to solve problems
6
Q
amygdala functions
A
problems with emotional control, delays in cause and effect thinking, difficulty with empathy, inability to describe own emotions, hyper-arousal, anxiety
7
Q
hippocampus functions
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impaired learning
- less ability to make memories learning
- less ability to retrieve memories - recall
more impulsiveness
8
Q
adverse childhood experiences
A
exposed to 5 or more traumatic events in the first 3 years of childhood face a 76% chance of having 1 or more delays in their language, emotional, or brain development
