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Department of Psychiatry: University of Melbourne.

Literature-trauma. The traumatic event itself is so overwhelming that it will cause post-traumatic illness in almost everyone (Wilson, 2004)Only some people who are exposed to a traumatic event go on to develop post-traumatic illness (McNally, 2004). Post-traumatic growth. The concept of post-trau

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Department of Psychiatry: University of Melbourne.

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    1. Department of Psychiatry: University of Melbourne. ‘Findings on resilience and coping with trauma from the elderly Polish community.’ A thematic analysis of coping and survival within an individual, familial and societal context. Ph-d candidate: Helen Evert Supervisors: Associate Prof Steven Klimidis Professor Helen Herrman

    2. Literature-trauma The traumatic event itself is so overwhelming that it will cause post-traumatic illness in almost everyone (Wilson, 2004) Only some people who are exposed to a traumatic event go on to develop post-traumatic illness (McNally, 2004)

    3. Post-traumatic growth The concept of post-traumatic growth come about in the early 1980s by Tedeschi and Calhoun who observed that for many people, growth and transformation occurred following their traumatic experience. A number of other researchers (Wolfe & Keane, 1990; O’Brien, 1998) noted that little was known about the adjustment of people who had faced major life traumas but had not developed PTSD.

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