Google calls trauma a “deeply distressing or disturbing event.” We are surrounded by distress that disturbs. Conflicts rage, injustice continues, violence keeps on. Around the world and close to home, ...
Trauma-informed care has become a widely used framework in mental health, education, healthcare and social services.
Several months ago, I reported on a groundbreaking study that has the potential to transform inpatient mental health care. The lead researchers (Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr. Faye Nikopaschos ...
Researchers have created a comprehensive free toolkit on providing trauma-informed care in nursing homes, a first for the sector. Leaders from the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Health ...
An estimated 64 per cent of adults in Canada report experiencing at least one potentially psychologically traumatic event during their lifetime, and in the United States, research suggests the figure ...
Let me share something personal. A year ago, I had a routine medical screening done. Needless to say, I physically felt a little, shall we say, mishandled by the technician who conducted the screening ...
When it comes to providing care to someone who has experienced trauma, a person’s identity is more than just something to ...
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Fire Department just became the first fire department in the nation to be officially certified as a trauma-informed care agency. Getting certified involves a long, ...
New Delhi: Observing that right to trauma care of citizens is an integral part of right to life, the Supreme Court has asked all states and Union territories to operationalise within three months one ...