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Cornelius Browne
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Every trauma we experience must be processes
VICARIOUS RE-TRAUMATISATION
“Traumatization may occur at a community level as well. In a population-based, quasi-experimental study, Bor et al., (2018) found that highly publicised police killings of unarmed Black people had spillover effects on the mental health of Black people in the region where the killing happened.
The impact was felt for months afterwards, whereas no ill effects were found for White people in those same localities. It is thought that the cultural legacy of state-inflicted oppression is a contributing factor leading to poor community health through vicarious retraumatization”
– Harvard PTSD Quarterly 2021
Vicarious re-traumatisation occurs in more circumstances than we may care to acknowledge.
1. When a person of African Caribbean descent watches a periodic movie on slavery e.g. ‘12 Years a Slave’ by Steve MacQueen etc.
2. In our numerous classrooms during History lessons that reference slavery and other aspects of the traumatic experiences of the African diaspora.
Adequate support is however not provided for young people, adolescents and adults who find themselves in these psychologically challenging scenarios.
In addition to the impactful life-changing images that will meet your gaze, mind management tools will be available in the therapeutic space to help fill the vacuum of these unmet needs.
A glimpse of the past
