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Trauma
Deprivation • experiencing a powerful
• living in a state of various shock (e.g. divorce, death of
forms of neglect to provide a parent, physical or sexual
basic needs abuse, natural disasters, or
war.
• Deprivation is often related
to institutionalization, • Such experiences may have
growing up in poverty, and long-lasting effects on
parental problems (e.g. development.
alcoholism or mental illness.
Discuss potential effects of deprivation or trauma in childhood on later development.
It is not possible to make a clear-cut
distinction between effects of
deprivation or trauma: they are
much the same
• If left untreated
children may exhibit
impulsivity, agitation,
hyper-vigilance,
avoidance behavior, and
emotional numbness.