On different but related trajectories, Wendy Brown (2009) has questioned the efficacy of identity politics when demands on the state are made through the lens of victimhood; Mark Seltzer (1998) describes a growing public obsession with ‘wound culture’ that turns violence into spectacle and consum...
Before you enter into the safe space Heather creates, you will first be asked to complete the confidential private health form. You will find this form in a PDF format on this page. Heather will use this information to customize your initial evaluation. If you have been referred by a therap...
the hypothesis to the client, seeking third party information e.g. from family members or social services, or by examining the impact on the client of changes made to the context, the environment or to interactions based on the assumed trauma formulation. To reduce confirmation bias (Davies ...
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There are important messages in this special issue about the dangers of assuming that simple linear pathways exist between the experience of trauma and the reasons why a person is in receipt of a forensic service. For example, how important it is not to subscribe to the ‘sexual abused—sexua...
The sample was too small for quantitative analysis, so no statistical breakdown of the findings will be provided other than a simple count on some criteria. The analysis mainly takes the form of a qualitative study of the items, selecting key examples to explore the ‘moments of vulnerability’...
my favorite phone message from a client, after 3 sessions of EMDR for childhood sexual abuse: "Robin, I just called to tell you that I had sex with my husband today and it was great. After 12 years of marriage, this was the first time we made love and my grandfather wasn't in the...
View PDFResumen Antecedentes Neumomediastino es la presencia de aire libre en mediastino que puede ser espontáneo o secundario; se presenta en el 10% de los pacientes con trauma contuso de tórax, y su principal fisiopatología es el efecto Macklin. Caso clínico Hombre de 21 años de ...
Paradoxical respiration can be observed and immediate diagnosis of flail chest can be made and thereafter rapid intervention can be performed. In the case of flail chest, it may not always be possible to see paradoxical move- ment due to pain. But does it always make sen...
Primary Survey The first and key part of the assessment of patients presenting with trauma is called the primary survey. During this time, life-threatening injuries are identified and simultaneously resuscitation is begun. A simple mnemonic, ABCDE, is used as a memory aid for the order in which...