Envisioning a trauma-informed service system: a vital paradigm shift

New Dir Ment Health Serv. 2001 Spring:(89):3-22. doi: 10.1002/yd.23320018903.

Abstract

With the recognition that large numbers of men and women receiving services in the mental health and addictions systems are the survivors of sexual and physical abuse, practitioners need to become informed about the dynamics and the aftermath of trauma.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child Abuse / diagnosis*
  • Child Abuse / psychology
  • Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Inservice Training
  • Male
  • Mass Screening
  • Medical History Taking
  • Mental Health Services / organization & administration*
  • Organizational Innovation
  • Organizational Objectives
  • Organizational Policy
  • Professional-Patient Relations*
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / diagnosis*
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / etiology
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / therapy
  • Survivors / psychology*
  • United States