This webpage, focused on trauma and trauma-informed approaches, is geared towards health, behavioral health and integrated care leadership, staff, and patients/consumers. The information and resources listed here can be easily adapted to other groups and settings such as schools. Three important areas of health: trauma, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), and suicide are interrelated as trauma is a major risk factor for IPV and suicide. It is vital for all leadership and staff of health, behavioral health, and integrated care organizations to understand the nature and impact of trauma and how to use principles and practices that can promote recovery and healing: Trauma-Informed Approaches. In addition to information and resources on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Approaches, you will find links to IPV as well as Suicide Prevention webpages that we encourage you to explore.
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Trauma is highly prevalent, can impact a person at any time during their lifespan and may present as mental health, substance use or physical health conditions.
Since trauma can have serious effects on health, behaviors, relationships, work, school, and other aspects of life, it is important for behavioral health, health care, and other providers to gain the knowledge and skills needed to promote healing, recovery, and wellness. A Trauma-Informed Approach, often referred to as trauma-informed care (TIC), is a promising model for organizational change in health, behavioral, health, and other settings that promotes resilience in staff and patients. Key principles of this approach include organizational safety, trustworthiness, transparency, cultural sensitivity, collaboration, and empowerment among and between staff and patients. This approach recognizes the role trauma plays in the lives of patients/consumers and seeks to shift the clinical perspective from “what’s wrong with you” to “what happened to you” by recognizing and accepting symptoms and difficult behaviors as strategies developed to cope with childhood trauma.