Traumas: Causes and Effects

Traumas: Causes and Effects

1. Tina's Sexual Abuse

   • Causes
     • Poverty
       • Single Mom
         • No childcare
           • Needed cheap childcare
             • Neighbor babysat
               • Babysitter left Tina and Brother alone with 16-year-old son
                 • Tina was abused
                   • Neither mom or babysitter noticed
                     • Poverty, stress, and lack of childcare options = 2 years
   • Effects
     • behavior was very sexual
       • her brain developed differently that people in a non-abusive situation

2. Sandy's mother's murder

3. 1. Davidian Children's life environment: sexual abuse, stress, fear,

   • 2. Davidian Children's families and friends dying

4. Laura not having enough physical contact as a baby

   • Causes
   • Effects