Creating community after collective trauma and traumatic loss from terrorism

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madelyn Miller
Keyword(s):  
Collective Trauma ◽  
Traumatic Loss

Trauma-Informed Spiritual Care: Lifelines for a Healing Journey

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-371
Author(s):  
Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Collective Trauma ◽  
Severe Stress ◽  
Healing Journey ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
The Church

The article describes how primary, secondary, intergenerational and collective trauma are intertwined in our lived experience, especially in times of severe stress, such as the current coronavirus pandemic. An argument is made for personal and collective mourning, and for developing an attitude of curiosity, openness, acceptance, and love toward oneself and others who suffer traumatic stress. The foundational lifeline of trust in God is nurtured by the faith and practice of the church through the witness of Scripture, worship, prayer, song, and mutual caring.

scholarly journals Psychotic PTSD? Sudden traumatic loss precipitating very late onset schizophrenia

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. e235384
Author(s):  
Iris McIntosh ◽  
Giles W Story
Keyword(s):  
Late Onset ◽  
Terrorist Attack ◽  
Mental Content ◽  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Severe Trauma ◽  
Cognitive Testing ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Traumatic Loss ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Mild Impairment

Early theories of schizophrenia considered the illness as a fragmentation of mental content in response to psychological trauma. Here we present a case of very late onset schizophrenia in a previously high-functioning man in his mid-60s, precipitated by having lost his family in a terrorist attack, while he was living in Africa. He presented with symptoms consistent with post-traumatic stress disorder, however also exhibited visual and auditory hallucinations and marked deterioration in daily functioning. He showed mild impairment on cognitive testing, however brain imaging and screening for reversible causes of cognitive impairment were normal. The case highlights the need for a formulation-based approach to understanding and managing responses to severe trauma, from resolution through to psychotic disintegration.

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