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Areas of Psychotraumatology

Psychotraumatology is interdisciplinary, with theory and practice closely linked. Both of the realms can, in turn be divided into the following different subject areas:

Theory and research:

• Classification classification of traumatic disorders by means of diagnosis and screening methods [[1]]

• Epidemiology deals with the diverse disease patterns, causes, and effects of health and disease conditions in different populations [[2]]

• Etiology/Cause deals with the causes of the emergence of diseases and traumatic disorders [[3]]

• Salutogenesis deals with factors that could prevent the emergence of trauma disorders [[4]]

• High-risk groups, such as soldiers and firefighter who are prone to experience traumas conditioned by their jobs [[5]]

• Effectiveness evaluation of the efficacy of used interventions, therapies and provisions [[6]]

Practice:

• Intervention urgent psychological assistance and prevention of mental disorders immediately after the traumatic event [[7]]

• Therapies of trauma treatment and elimination of traumatic disorders and symptoms [[8]]

• Rehabilitation and reintegration Concepts to reintegrate traumatic diseased people in their original life [[9]]

• Mental health protection of the health by professional worker, who are in contact with traumatic diseased people [[10]]

Self-help with a mental trauma

There are many traumas and cruel personal strokes of fate, which can fundamentally distress someone and change their lives. Then these persons are faced with the task of finding new ways after the trauma and to re-shape their lives.

Not all of the affected persons need psychotherapy after a disaster of medium severity, only about a third of the affected persons. For a third, psychotraumatological expert advice is recommended. The others overcome the traumatic influence without professional help.

It is recommended to ensure a regular daily rhythm to stabilize the psyche and to learn distancing techniques like the 'safe-technique' that makes it possible to distance oneself from trying pictures by keeping them in a safe and lockable container, so that they no longer cross everyday life.

Moreover this is important to escape a Flashback (Psychologie).

Furthermore distracting activities like sport, walking through nature and contact with close relatives or even animals can help to overcome the consequences of a traumatization.

In addition, self-help in groups have an important role in trauma overcoming and can make a big contribution to the recovery of those affected. However, these self-help groups must be limited to practical mutual assistance for those affected and should not be a mutual psychotherapy.