Effects Of Passive-Aggressive Parents
Having parents who treat us in a passive-aggressive manner can have an extremely adverse effect upon our mental health; indeed, Scott Wetzler PhD, an expert in these matters, based at Montefiore Medical Center, has said, quite unequivocally, that being on… Read more
What Are The Effects Of Trauma On Young Children (0-6 Years)?
The possible effects of childhood trauma on children under the age of six years are extensive and can be divided into three main categories. These three categories are as follows :
BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS
COGNITIVE EFFECTS (i.e. effects on thinking… Read more
Arrested Psychological Development and Age Regression
Arrested Psychological Development
Traumatic life events can cause the child to become ‘stuck’ at a particular level of psychological development for an extended period of time – s/he may, therefore, often seem immature as development was frozen at an earlier… Read more
Deep Feelings Of Shame Resulting From Emotionally Impoverished Relationships With Parents
According to DeYoung, author of the excellent book : ‘Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame : A Relational / Neurobiological Approach‘, the experience of shame comes about as a result of dysfunctional relationships with other people (in particular, of course, with… Read more
Effects Of ‘Bottling Up’ Feelings Related To Trauma
‘Bottling Up’ Emotions
It is often said that it is psychologically unhealthy to ‘bottle up’ (suppress) feelings connected to trauma, loss and grief. But what does the research tell us?
Bowlby’s Position :
Bowlby’s (1980) work on the effects of… Read more
Trauma And Persistent ‘Low Mood’ (Dysthymia) In Children
How Does Dysthymia Differ From Major Depression?
Children who experience significant and protracted trauma and/or stress during childhood are at increased risk of developing a condition known as dysthymia, which is sometimes described as a less severe/dramatic version of major… Read more
What Types Of Parents Are More Likely To Physically Abuse Their Children?
Stith’s (2009) Meta-Analysis :
A study carried out by Stith et al. (2009) reviewed 155 other studies (this is called a meta-analysis) that had already been carried out in order to identify factors that put the child at risk of… Read more
Childhood Trauma May Damage Prefrontal Cortex : How To Help Reverse Such Damage.
We have seen from other articles that I have published on this site that severe and chronic psychological and emotional trauma in early life may adversely affect the physical development of various structures in the brain, including the prefrontal cortex. … Read more
BPD And Rigid Thinking
One of the main hallmarks of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is the pronounced tendency of those who suffer from it to display marked rigidity in relation to both their thought processes and behaviors.
This means that, when events occur, the… Read more
Vast Majority Of Parental Maltreatment Of Children Unacknowledged
Parental Maltreatment Of Children :
Except in very extreme cases, such as severe physical abuse, the vast majority of parental mistreatment of children not only goes unreported, but is unacknowledged and, essentially, ignored (although this situation is gradually improving as… Read more
Should BPD Treatment Be More Individualized?
Problems Relating To The Diagnosis Of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD):
In order to be diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) an individual must suffer from AT LEAST FIVE SYMPTOMS out of a total of NINE listed in the DSM V… Read more
BPD Sufferers May Avoid ‘Mentalising’ Due To Parental Rejection
Peter Fonagy, an internationally renowned clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst and expert in borderline psychopathology and early attachment relationships, and who has produced some of the most influential work relating to this field, has stressed the importance of MENTALISING (or, more precisely,… Read more
Early-Life Separation From Mother : What Experiments On Mice Tell Us.
The Study : A Mouse Model Of Early-Life Stress :
This experiment was conducted to look at the effects on mice of early-life stress. It involved separating baby mice from their mothers for three hours per day for each of… Read more
Being Constantly Humiliated By Parents May Damage Brain’s Corpus Callosum
What Is The Corpus Callosum?
The brain is divided into two halves called the RIGHT HEMISPHERE and the LEFT HEMISPHERE. These two halves are connected by a structure called the CORPUS CALLOSUM. (It is located above the thalamus, underneath… Read more
Explaining BPD In Terms Of The Diathesis-Stress Model
What Does ‘Diathesis’ Mean?
The medical definition of ‘diathesis’ is ‘a heriditary or constitutional predisposition to a disease or other disorder.‘ (The word ‘diathesis’ itself derives from the Greek word for ‘disposition).
What Is The Diathesis-Stress Model?
The diathesis-stress model… Read more
