"Soldiers are not the only sad victims of trauma. Other victims are in our midst, but not necessarily in our awareness. They are the children who have been abused or neglected. They are the unlucky ones caught up in environments of domestic violence, substance abuse, mental illness, emotional immaturity, severe poverty, lack of education and other circumstances they did not create. They are the innocent ones....
"These child victims of trauma are often under 5 years of age, a time when the brain is in its most elastic and most vulnerable state. Studies have shown that these young children are significantly affected by trauma even before they can speak or conceptualize, even before they recognize the trauma...."
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20131023/OPINION/310230002/Promoting-triumph-over-trauma
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