'For Black Americans, the mental health burden of police killings is almost as large as the mental health burden of diabetes.' What is 'vicarious trauma'? And how is it propelled by social media?
There is a paucity of studies examining the relationship between police violence and vicarious trauma.Black women are almost twice as likely to be vicariously traumatized by police violence than Black men.
Of all forms of exposure to police violence, only seeing a video was significantly related to vicarious trauma.is sometimes referred to as secondary trauma. Motta et al. defined secondary traumaevents from another person. Vicarious trauma is typically explored within helping professions, such as police officers, nurses, and therapists, because of the population they are constantly exposed to in their roles.
In May 2020, George Floyd was arguably the most high-profile victim of police violence. Floyd’s death, like that of Scott, Garner, and Rice, went viral across the nation as an officer had his knee on his neck for almost nine minutes. Floyd’s recorded death accumulated 2.5 million views in 12 hours. According to a spokeswoman for the city of Memphis, the video of Tyre Nicholas had 1.7 million views within 17 hours of its release.
In the clinical setting, clinicians must understand that, whatever the reason of referral may be, the emotional and psychological challenges can be exacerbated if individuals were exposed to police violence. Addressing the intersectionality of a Black woman, and any other
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