...terms of a manmade disaster, the after effects can include: distrust in the community, hopelessness for individuals, and a sense of struggle for health care providers. Spirituality is an aspect of life that is important to some and non-important to others. In my personal opinion, we all have some form of spirituality and sense of being within us, even though it may be blocked out consciously and emotionally from someone. Disasters can change someone obviously physically, but internally as well. Disaster can cause a sense of impending doom that can come and go after the disaster has ended. This may lead someone to lean on spiritual aspects, or it may cause the reverse and enable someone to change their beliefs and initiate negativity and hopelessness. Communities can develop a sense of distrust in each other, in their faith, and in their future. The spiritual strength that held a community together previously to the disaster could become disrupted and can result in complete chaos and misunderstanding. For healthcare providers, the aspect of spirituality can be brought to light quickly when being involved in a disaster. The feelings of sadness, despair, and grief from viewing trauma to innocent individuals may cause healthcare providers to seek religious and spiritual healing to restore their faith and guidance. Understanding an individual’s view on spirituality and its possibility to help an individual heal is necessary, especially in a time of disaster, regardless of the...
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...Spirituality involves our relationship to the things beyond the physical and material world, including a Supreme Being or higher power. The common term religion refers more to how people order and practice their spiritual beliefs, often within a faith tradition. The nature of one's beliefs, the strength of those beliefs, and the degree to which those beliefs have helped people through previous experiences of loss, influences the spiritual needs and issues that arise. Spirituality and religious faith generally provide people with a sense of order, security, and well-being. If spiritual beliefs are threatened or lost entirely, disillusionment, anxiety, anger, depression, and even despair may all set in. As we attempt to make sense out of tragic events-especially when they appear to be random, senseless, unjust, or cruel-significant psychic suffering can cause a kind of wounding of the spirit. It can be very troubling but does not have to be a mortal wounding, as individuals, families, and communities can and often do find the spiritual, physical, and emotional support needed to heal after a disaster. People become anxious when confronted by occurrences without any identifiable cause. Consequently, they sometimes create their own reasons why things happen or why God has done certain things. Thus arises the tendency to place responsibility somewhere, even if they have to blame themselves to find the cause for the effect. Some believe, God must be punishing me/us for something...
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...When a disaster strikes whether it is natural or manmade, it comes with emotional effects of trauma such as stress which include anger, sadness, anxiety, fear, and irritability. The aftermath of a disaster lingers than the destruction itself and become a long term issues. The 9/11 disaster has past but the people who suffered the loss are still going through the trauma of bereavement and fear. It is evident that after this type of crisis individual, group, and community suffer loss of property, love ones, cultural unity and spiritual belief in isolation. Although they are given material supports and even moral supports, it cannot be compared with the spirituality effectiveness that survivors gone through. This is a major issue which needs to be addressed apart from medical treatment, I strongly believe that spiritual restoration should be put in place to help resolve the immediate crisis and help restore the victim to a sense of normalcy or level of functioning equal to or higher than prior to the crisis. Most disaster survivors tend to look for higher power as a source for strength and hope during these difficult times. Therefore spiritual care providers should be made available to assist them to regain their trust in God and healing of minds. Community nurses are among the first group of people to reach the survivors therefore they are obligated to serve, care, and comfort them, They should also console the victims of their spiritual distress by listening to their stories...
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...When a disaster strikes whether it is natural or manmade, it comes with emotional effects of trauma such as stress which include anger, sadness, anxiety, fear, and irritability. The aftermath of a disaster lingers than the destruction itself and become a long term issues It is evident that after this type of crisis individual, group, and community suffer loss of property, love ones, cultural unity and spiritual belief in isolation. Although they are given material supports and even moral supports, it cannot be compared with the spirituality effectiveness that survivors gone through. This is a major issue which needs to be addressed apart from medical treatment, spiritual restoration should be put in place to help resolve the immediate crisis and help restore the victim to a sense of normalcy or level of functioning equal to or higher than prior to the crisis. Most disaster survivors tend to look for higher power as a source for strength and hope during these difficult times. Therefore spiritual care providers should be made available to assist them to regain their trust in God and healing of minds. Many people will experience spiritual stress reactions during or after a disaster. During disasters, a diverse cross-section of people seek spiritual care. Religious leaders will be challenged to support and offer an open environment with respect to religious diversity, social diversity, and unfamiliar cultural and mass care settings. These tips can guide you as you help your...
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...* Explanation why natural and man-made disasters, crises, and other trauma-causing events have become a focus of the mental health counseling profession? In addition to social support, research shows that many people suffer severe trauma from a natural disaster that require will require mental health care. After a natural disaster, individuals may suffer from anxiety, anger, sleeplessness, hopelessness, and depression. As an example, Aten, Topping, Denney & Hosey (2011) conducted a study at a local church, and examined the psychological effects of Hurricane Katrina on the lives of African Americans. They found that many of the participants reported that they felt overwhelmed by the mental health problems that their congregation and community members were bringing to them for help. The majority of participants reported a need and readiness for education and training, targeting disaster mental health-related issues. However, in most cases mental health counselors are not adequately trained to handle such events; for the most part most counselors go to workshops to better equipment themselves for such cases. In most situations victims continue to live with these burdens and never seek help; for the most part it is all summed up by “pride”. Society prides them and seeks cover from behavior health because of the stigma that is put out from others. Whatever the case may be the growing number of needed crisis counselors is astonishing, but through Walden which offers a specialization...
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...SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY QUEZON CITY Midterm (Creative): First Semester SY 2014-2015 PSALM, Paulinian Spirituality Advocacy and Mission (Marvin R. Nicolas) Objectives: 1. To have a deeper understanding of the Paulinian Spirituality thru Commitment/Declaration. 2. Thru Commitment/Declaration poster students will be able to manifest their own understanding of Paulinian Spirituality Advocacy Life and Mission. That Commitment/Declaration poster the Paulinian student will be… 3. ADVOCATES OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION 3.1 Advocates of Social Transformation: Good stewards of creation /Promote the dignity of the human person. 5. MORALITY 5.2 A discerning attitude: critical thinking and upright moral judgment. I. Mechanics: 1. Students will make their Commitment/Declaration poster on a short bond paper size paper.(printed or hand made) 2. The Commitment/Declaration poster should possess the following. a. A Commitment/ Declaration statement compose of not less than 7 sentences containing the ideals and values of a Paulinian student regarding certain topics (choose only one). 1. Leadership 2. Faith/Prayer 3. Sense of Nationalism 4. Social Awareness 5. Advocacies of the Congregation Prolife Disaster Preparedness Peace and Justice Environment Commitment/Declaration must contain a suitable biblical verse or an apt church teaching. b. The Commitment/Declaration statement should be followed by 10 doable and practical statements that will serve as...
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...TRAUMA AND ITS EFFECTS ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Quinta S. Anderson Liberty University Trauma and the Effects on Human Development Trauma has a way of effecting everyone, but in different ways. The term trauma often described both the traumatic event and the early distress that it could cause. Several researchers describes traumatic events as unexpected events, such as exposure to natural or manmade disaster, or observing violent crimes, events that are more lingering in nature, such as participating in combat or being the victim of physical and or sexual abuse or assault. Another name for traumatic events is called traumas. Traumas can also be classified as the scope that can have a huge impact on an individual (Shaw, 2009). The Effects of Trauma on Neural Development Researchers have found the correlation of trauma and the effects it has on the human brain. The amygdala and hippocampus are parts of the limbic system that helps process the sequence of one’s life story. During the normal course of an individual’s life, the amygdala and hippocampus are able to process both the event and the emotions attached to a traumatic event. The amygdala records the emotions and bodily sensations of an individual. After the emotions and bodily sensations have been recorded, they are retrieved by the hippocampus. The hippocampus role is to add cognitive meaning and place the information that is processed into appropriate context. As soon as the hippocampus has stored the context, the information...
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...The Benefits of Spirituality in providing Emotional Care to Trauma Survivors Nigel E. Lewis California Southern University Abstract Spirituality is widely utilized across cultures as means of dealing with emotional trauma such as tragedy and disasters. Ironically, in academic circles recognition of the value of spirituality as a coping mechanism has been slow. However, in the current post September 11 environment, greater attention has been given to the value of spiritual care in the treatment of victims of emotional trauma particularly in disaster mental health studies. In this paper the value of spirituality in providing emotional care to survivors of trauma is analyzed. Why is the value of spirituality in emotional care important to me? Conventional wisdom has held to the notion that boys are better at math than girls. Perhaps, this age old belief was responsible for Mattel the company that produced “Teen talk Barbie” in 1992 to create a Barbie doll that had among its stored phrases, one phrase that said, “Math class is tough!”. This phrase was stored with 270 other girl talk phrases such as “I love shopping” and “Will we have enough clothes!”. The result was that Mattel was soundly criticized and quickly changed the doll’s offending phrase a few months later. In spite of Mattel’s effort to correct a message that verbalized an inherent cultural bias, one wonders if the is any accuracy...
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...health care. The author will also discuss the different domains of the Purnell Model and assess how each of these domains play a part in the diversity of health care. The Purnell Model is designed of different cultural expectation of healthcare professionals. It is composed of many circles. It is composed of an outer ring and three rings. The outer ring represents global society. Global society means natural disasters, world communications, and politics. The second ring represents the community. The community is a group of people sharing a common interest. The third ring represents family. Family can be defined as two or more people who are emotionally involved with each other (Salisbury.edu, 2016). The fourth ring represent person. Person can be defined as a biopsychosociocultural human being who is constantly adapting (Salisbury.edu, 2016). The twelve domains are encompassed in the person ring. The twelve domains are heritage, communication, family role, workforce issues, biocultural ecology, high-risk behavior, nutrition, pregnancy, death rituals, spirituality, health care practices, and health care...
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...paper explores the ways media productions have become the main culprit in the sexualization of children. The Bratz Doll itself is a device of the media and all the media images posted on her demonstrates the extent of influence that media hype has on children. Kids are inundated with marketing to sell sex products, including but not limited to provocative clothing which interferes with the healthy development of kids. Harmful images embedded with media misconceptions objectify girls and woman. Children are being transformed into miniature adults with the Media assuming the role of guidance counselor. With both parent’s working in the majority of households, the Media also serves as a substitute parent. A lost childhood is a formula for disaster and long-term issues on all levels of functioning in society. Education, communication, and setting boundaries are essential in creating a reality mindset regarding media ploys. Teaching girls and women that they are not mere vessels of sexual pleasure; rather daughters of God designed to project intelligence and virtue (Proverbs 31:10). Understanding technology, including social media is imperative; however, it is a matter of discernment and balance. Sexy Too Soon: The Medias’ Sexualization of Our Daughters One of the epidemics in the world is the Medias ’sexualization of children. Women and teenage girls are sexualized and objectified more than men or boys. Female children are molded at an early age that their goal is to emulate...
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...V. Corporate Social Responsibility A. The Four CSR Pillars NEW CSR STRAT EGY • Strongly linked and fully aligned to “Powering Up to Success” • Focus and ma1. Rural/Missionary Electrification Isolated segments of the Meralco franchise remain still deprived of the benefits and conveniences of legal electricity service. These include (1) informal settlers in certain public lands or private properties; (2) portions of resettlement areas where informal settlers such as families formerly residing along the Pasig River, railroad tracks and privatized government properties; (3) isolated communities; and (4) families unable to meet the minimum legal requirements to apply for and secure legal electricity connections. The thrust of rural/missionary electrification is to develop feasible alternatives to provide these communities with electricity through workable socialized schemes that are suitable to these potential beneficiaries in partnership with Local Government Units (LGUs), Non- Government Organizations (NGOs), and multilateral or bilateral financing institutions. As the leading electric distribution utility company in the country, Meralco also extends support and assistance to other distribution utilities and cooperatives in restoring electricity service to their customers in urban and rural areas particularly in times of emergencies. 2. Grassroots Partnership (Local Government/Barangay) Meralco recognizes the importance of local government units, government agencies...
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...Models of Crisis Intervention Carolina A. Pagan Troy University Abstract Natural disasters come fast and leave fast but the communities are left with long and difficult injuries. They can be physical, monetary, family structure, and mental injuries and they do not leave along with the hurricane or ease up quickly like the earthquake, they stay around leaving many in need of multiple services. Communities are not ready most of the time and crisis intervention models have been created along the way in the aftermath of several disasters. These models include an important element used today when natural disasters strike and it is called Psychological First Aid (PFA). Many professionals and volunteers get together to collaborate and aid the communities in need. This research is focused on the services offered for mental health disturbances, and compare and describe some of the models seen in a disaster area today. Models of Crisis Intervention Natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, fires, and floods are some of the numerous crisis situations many individuals experience every year around the world leaving many off them in need of crisis intervention. Throughout a lifetime people have seen and gone through some of the hardest natural disasters in history and have been left with many physical and emotional disturbances. While the physical disturbances are easy to see, the emotional disturbances are no,t and interventions from mental health professionals...
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...After the death of his wife, Ellen Tucker, Emerson stepped to reconsider his faith and moreso his life, eventually leading up to his resignation from the clergy. In doing so, he left his home to travel Europe, meeting several literary figures and giving lectures on basic ethical living. After coming home from Europe, he married to Lydia Jackson and started to give lectures on ideas which later became the basis of Transcendentalism. Emerson was an advocate for exploration and examining things on individual level as opposed to just accepting everything at face value. He also believed the one could transcend far above the physical plane of existence into a richer relationship with one’s own spirituality through free will and basic intuition. Some of his idea were well examined in a few of his essays including “Self-Reliance” and “Nature” and have continued to not only inspire future generation, but serve as a reminder to consider one’s own free will and...
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...development. Discuss how spiritual development can counter the effects of trauma. What are the determining factors that lead to developmental delays when a child is exposed to trauma? Give details on the prevalence of different types of trauma and if they differ among different cultures. Make sure to support everything you report with at least 2–3 current APA citations and then a reference page at the end. Review the Essay Grading Rubric before submitting. Your paper must be at least 600 words. Abstract Trauma is an experience that all people are potential vulnerable towards. Trauma comes in many forms ranging from non-typical situations of abuse and neglect to intense reaction to life events such as the death of a loved one or a natural disaster. Trauma may be experienced personally or may result from witnessing a particular event. The effects of trauma are long lasting, though not necessarily irreversible. Trauma may result in a variety of mental health or addiction diagnosis and often has significant impacts on neurological development. While trauma has many negative effects, there are many approaches to trauma that may minimize these effects. One such approach described in the paper is a spiritual approach. Spiritual development and application may provide understanding and hope after a person has experienced trauma and is often a successful means of recovering from the effects of a traumatic experience. SAMPLE Trauma Kuban (2012) defines childhood trauma as any...
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...with a researcher completed an oral history Interview. ( they were sharing the story of how they met) * The next step was the conflict discussion. (the heart rates, facial expressions, emotions were monitored) * The back stage was analyzing the results. * Dr. Gotmann met the couples and talked about the findings. 2. What Dr. Gotmann and his colleagues claim to be able to predict? By analyzing the video tapes recorded of the couples, the researchers are able to predict the relationship stability. 3. Describe the “master” and “disaster” of relationships (in details). Listen for the patterns of distructive communication (4 hourses of apocalypse) the “disaster” use that you’ve also read about. Master- the couples who are together, didn’t divorce and are pretty happy. They are very gentile with one another even during an argument, take responsibility for even a small part of a problem. Disaster- couples who broke apart or stay together but are unhappy. Are pointing their finger at their partner, are critical, are diagnosing their partner’s personality defects. * Criticism- stating the problem in a relationship as a defect in a partner. * Defensiveness- any way of warding off a perceived attack. * Contempt- any statement that you make to your partner from a superior place. * Stonewalling- listener withdrawal from the conflict. 4. Describe the essence of Sound Relationship House model. Describe what...
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