Abstract

Mental health is the most neglected area of public health worldwide. Other rising concern is trauma. It is a pandemic in society today and is disrupting lives like never before. We find that abuse is usually invisible. Traumas can cause traumatic stress responses in family members with consequences that cripple family relationships and impede optimal family functioning. Parenting behaviour is impacted, leading to higher rates of dysfunctional families, child maltreatment, and adversity. Psychological trauma can be reversed by finding a respectful way to resolve problems within familial relationships. Yet, there is a rise in aberrant behaviours seen in post-traumatic stress disorder, adverse childhood experiences, psychopathy, sociopathy, personality disorders, and mental illnesses (schizophrenia) due to psychological trauma, and healing remains elusive to us. There is a dire need for a greater understanding of trauma in family relationships, and with counselling and family therapy in the backdrop of this study, it is important to spread awareness that abuse in relationships is more common than is known to the public.

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