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How Child Sexual Abuse Affects the Adult Male Survivor’s Psychological Well-Being?
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Childhood trauma significantly harms both the mental and physical health of adults, particularly when there are repeated traumatic events over an extended period. Although this research area has been underpinned by numerous ground-breaking studies for over three decades, very few have explored the potential paths to recovery, particularly through professional psychology-led interventions.
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Early Childhood Development and its Implications for Mental Health.
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When a child grows up in an environment where s/he experiences consistent abuse, neglect, or any form of harmful experiences, such consequences of childhood adversity adversely affect his/her psychological well-being and adjustment to healthy and social life in a lifelong manner (Anda et al., 2014; Dunlop, 2016; Felitti, 1998; Felitti & Anda, (1995).
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A new study of Russian children reveals that a daily breakfast of brown rice can help lessen symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children who are battling significant psychological trauma. What is particularly surprising about the findings that have just appeared in the journal Appetite is that children who received the rice suffered fewer symptoms of PTSD than those who didn’t.
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Such a traumatic experience tends to produce excessive increases in the production of stress hormones, especially when stress is chronic and lasts for an extended period, which subsequently has a long-lasting effect on the brain. Furthermore, traumatic events are usually harmful, such as physical, emotional, or sexual abuse or severe neglect. Continuous or prolonged stress tends to have a significant and long-lasting impact on physiological processes, such as body weight, sleep, immune function, cardiovascular health, or even genetic changes among people (Cook & Olofsson, 2018; Sandmann et al., 2011; Steptoe & Wardle, 2004).
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That is why a significant proportion of individuals who have experienced trauma tend to struggle with depression and anxiety (McCullough et al., 2011; Responses to psychosocial stress, 2018).
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How does a daily breakfast of brown rice help lessen symptoms of PTSD in children battling significant psychological trauma? What surprising finding did a recent study reveal about this intervention?
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