Trauma and children - tips for parents
There is a variety of things you can do to help your child recover from distressing or frightening experiences. Time and support can help a child to cope with trauma. If you are concerned about your child, or feel that you aren't coping yourself, ... [... more]
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Trauma and families - tips
In the first few days after a distressing or frightening event, try to be open and share what you know with all family members, even young children. There is a range of things you can do that may help your family to cope and recover. If you are ... [... more]
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Trauma and teenagers - tips for parents
Young people in your family need both your support and your adult perspective. The way you help them to handle distressing and frightening events will influence their behaviour in future crises. Teenagers who experience distressing and ... [... more]
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Trauma and families
When a family is affected by a distressing or frightening experience, every individual in that family will react in a different way. If family members don't understand each other's perspective, communication breakdowns and other problems can ... [... more]
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Torture and trauma
About seven out of 10 refugees in Australia have been tortured or gone through some kind of war-related trauma. Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sometimes develops after frightening events. Symptoms include flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety ... [... more]
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Trauma - reacting and recovering
It is normal to have strong emotional or physical reactions following a distressing or frightening event. In fact, these feelings are part of the healing process. Reactions to trauma may last for days, weeks or even longer. There are strategies ... [... more]
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Trauma - after effects
Powerful physical and emotional reactions are the normal, healthy response to distress and trauma. Distress reactions can occur hours, days, weeks or even months after such events. Responding to a distressing or frightening event requires vast ... [... more]
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Trauma ... all about
Car accidents, falls from high places, industrial and farming accidents and assault can all cause trauma. Witnessing events like natural disasters, terrorist attacks and car accidents can also be traumatic. Stress reactions after traumatic events ... [... more]
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Trauma - how our body reacts
An event that endangers life or property can provoke a distress reaction in the people involved. Various brain chemicals cause this response. The chemicals put the mind on high alert and prime the nervous system, circulatory system and muscles to ... [... more]
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Trauma and children
The way children respond to a distressing or frightening experience depends on a wide range of factors including the nature of their experience, previous experiences, their age and stage of development, and the impact of the experience on their ... [... more]
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Trauma - helping loved ones
It can be difficult to know how to help someone you love when they have gone through a distressing or frightening event. There are a number of things you can do to help. It's always a good idea to ask the person how you can best support them ... [... more]
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Ears - ways to protect your hearing
Once hearing is damaged, it often can't be restored. Some of the causes of hearing loss include noise, trauma, certain drugs and diseases. It is possible to reduce your risk of hearing loss by making a few lifestyle adjustments. Once hearing is ... [... more]
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