We need to think more carefully about screening for trauma and designing a more trauma-informed treatment plan,
If people of the upcoming generations could make better tools, then there's a possibility those with mental health issues wouldn't occur in children and could make people in safer environments.
To get a picture of trauma from a child is much harder than looking at behavior like impulsivity, hyperactivity. And if they cluster in a certain way, then it’s easy to go to a conclusion that it’s ADHD
This makes a great point how the stigma of mental health is viewed and why others don't speak up. People just want to put trauma into a box and label it when it's very complex and childhood trauma only correlates in some way.
A majority of the 63 patients in her sample had been physically abused and lived in foster homes. On average, they reported three traumas in their short lives. Yet, only eight percent of the children had received a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder while a third had ADHD
Now there is a possibility that ADHD isn't correlated but knowing this information I understand that t ADHD those with ADHD will struggle with more stressors, since their responses are different.
Some researchers argue that the difficulty of parenting a child with behavioral issues might lead to economic hardship, divorce, and even physical abuse.
This information takes me back to my question why people stay in toxic relationships, and it has a root, that root is childhood trauma in a way.
revealed that children diagnosed with ADHD also experienced markedly higher levels of poverty, divorce, violence, and family substance abuse. Those who endured four or more adverse childhood events were three times more likely to use ADHD medication
This goes with the other note following what I said which makes me curious how people with ADHD are in romantic relationships.
Though ADHD has been aggressively studied, few researchers have explored the overlap between its symptoms and the effects of chronic stress or experiencing trauma like maltreatment, abuse and violence
Great information to point out how ADHD has the same symptoms as experiencing trauma. I never knew this in anyone that I knew had ADHD which helps me comprehend more of the struggles those with ADHD will face.
trauma. Hyper-vigilance and dissociation, for example, could be mistaken for inattention. Impulsivity might be brought on by a stress response in overdrive
This is an important fact to keep in mind that childhood trauma could look the same as a child acting out, depending on the circumstances of course.
These children lived in households and neighborhoods where violence and relentless stress prevailed. Their parents found them hard to manage and teachers described them as disruptive or inattentive.
In another research post I did, part of my research journey there was a study, how stressors effect children in early development and increase chances and perhaps be the reason for childhood trauma.
when she realized that many of her low-income patients had been diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD
Since the majority of patients, we're low income I wanted to highlight this part to reference if this has to do with anything.