Much of the difficulty in determining the time since death stems from the lack of systematic observation and research on the decomposition rate of the human body. Continuing studies conducted at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, provide useful information on the impact of carrion insect activity, ambient temperature, rainfall, clothing, burial and depth, carnivores, bodily trauma, body we...

Psychotherapists who work with survivors' of psychologic trauma recognize the almost inevitable clinical complexity of trauma-related disorders. Traumatized individuals do not just suffer memories of tragic and horrifying experiences-they demonstrate a number of complicated and debilitating signs, symptoms, and difficulties consisting primarily of bodily responses to dysregulated affects. These...

Purpose Dissociation from the body involves a sense of separation from bodily self and typically involves a lack of attention to sensory awareness. Dissociation from the body is common among women with a history of sexual trauma and interferes with emotion regulation. Interoceptive awareness (inner body awareness and processing), has recently been posited as important to homeostasis and regulat...

Radio-controlled helicopters with electric motor driven rotor blades have become trendy toys, not only for children but also adults. Despite their popularity, they are not accompanied by necessary safety precautions for operators, which are indispensable for avoiding devastating bodily injuries. We, as ophthalmologists, have witnessed an unreported serious and irretrievable ocular trauma caused...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to test the preliminary psychometric properties of the Scale of Body Connection (SBC), a 20-item self-report measure, designed to assess body awareness and bodily dissociation in mind-body intervention research. METHODS The SBC items were based on common expressions of awareness in body therapy. Content validity was established by a panel of experts. The validity an...

Cold regions are a special combat environment in which low temperatures have a great impact on human metabolism and other vital functions, including the nervous, motion, cardiovascular, circulatory, respiratory, and urinary systems; consequently, low temperatures often aggravate existing trauma, leading to high mortality rates if rapid and appropriate treatment is not provided. Hypothermia is a...

PURPOSE In this article, I explore emotions, trauma, and mental health issues residents experienced after tornadoes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Joplin, Missouri in 2011. METHODS The research is based on 162 interviews and fieldwork from 2013-2015. I draw from literature on social suffering and trauma to ask how experiencing mental health and trauma changes how people make sense of their social...

The authors describe a three-phase sequential integrative model for the psychotherapy of complex posttraumatic self-dysregulation: Phase 1 (alliance formation and stabilization), Phase 2 (trauma processing), and Phase 3 (functional reintegration). The technical precautions designed to maximize safety, trauma processing, and reintegration regardless of the specific treatment approach are discuss...

The Holocaust is a living trauma in the individual and collective body. Studies show that this threatens to be reawakened when new traumatic experience, such as illness, emerges. two traumas bring fore experiences of death, pain, bodily injury, fear losing control, social rejection. This article examines manifestation phenomenon art through works three Jewish artists with autobiographical conne...