PTSD, clergy abuse, ritual abuse, false memory myth, trauma and its effects

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13/12/2009 8:14:16 a.m.

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SNET: PTSD, clergy abuse, ritual abuse, false memory myth, trauma and its effects

 

 

 

 

Here are some recent and older articles on child abuse and trauma issues. A recent study looks at the neurobiology of trauma in children. Clergy abuse is in the news again with a major case going on in the US North West.

 

Post-traumatic stress may harm kids' brains By Elizabeth Landau, CNN 12/9/09 (CNN) -- Psychological trauma may leave a visible trace in a child's brain, scientists say. A new study published in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology found that children with symptoms of post-traumatic stress had poor function of the hippocampus, a part of the brain that stores and retrieves memories. This is the first study to use functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, to look at the function of the hippocampus in youth with symptoms of post-traumatic stress, researchers said. The findings are in line with what has been previously found in adults. The study was led by Dr. Victor Carrion, and the senior author was Dr. Allan Reiss, both at the Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research at Stanford University School of Medicine. Post-traumatic stress disorder is a condition that children and adults develop in response to a traumatic event. Intrusive memories, increased anxiety and emotional arousal are some of the symptoms, and typically they begin within three months of a traumatic event, according to the Mayo Clinic.Of youths who have experienced a traumatic event, 3 percent to 15 percent of girls and 1 percent to 6 percent of boys could get a PTSD diagnosis, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. By contrast, an estimated 6.8 percent of the adult American population has had PTSD at some point, the department said. http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/12/09/ptsd.brain.kids.memory/index.html

 

 

 

More than 500 claims filed against NW Jesuits - The Associated Press 12/6/09 SPOKANE, Wash. - More than 500 people in the Northwest filed claims against the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus in advance of a November deadline, alleging members of the Catholic order sexually abused them as children. The Spokesman-Review in Spokane reports the claims against the Jesuits span decades and range from Native Alaskan children to students at Spokane's Gonzaga Preparatory School. A federal judge overseeing the Chapter 11 reorganization of the province set a Nov. 30 deadline for people to file the claims. The organization includes Jesuits in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The Jesuits already have settled 200 additional sex-abuse claims. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/06/AR2009120601957.html?hpid=sec-religion

 

Ritual Abuse Newsletter - Issue 90 – January 2010http://ritualabuse.us/2009/12/issue-90-january-2010/Roman Polanski, Mohler, Alamo, Pedophile ring allgeations, Plymouth England, Irish Catholic Church coverup, ritual abuse podcasts, books, conference presentations, articles, laws, mk-ultra, child abuse research, child abuse effects

 

'Myth' of False Memory Syndrome. The Daily Mail (London, England) ; March 14, 2000 VICTIMS of childhood trauma who 'recover' memories in later life are unlikely to be suffering from False Memory Syndrome, say psychologists....a study in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology says as many as one-third of adults with recovered memories have already started to remember traumatic events before seeing a therapist. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%27Myth%27+of+False+Memory+Syndrome.-a0109626781

 

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma - Editorial, Charles L. Whitfieldpublished in Whitfield CL: Adverse childhood experience and trauma. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 14(4):361-364, May, 1998 http://www.cbwhit.com/ACEs.htm

 

The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Study:(Summary by Charles L. Whitfield MD)http://www.cbwhit.com/ACEstudy.htm