Poppe MPT, Ph.D. and Shana Cerny OTD, OTR/L, BCP Health care professionals enter every patient encounter with the goal of helping individuals ...

Trauma-informed care is in the details. It assumes people are people. And people experience trauma. Trauma informed care or TIC assumes that every person may have a history of trauma, so steps are ...

Burnout is a growing crisis in health care: More than 50% of health care professionals report symptoms of it. Addressing the trauma they face at work can help. Halting burnout straddles the tension ...

The trauma-informed care model was pioneered by Sandra Bloom in the 1980s. At the time, she was working in inpatient psychiatric clinics with children and adolescents. Ultimately, she had to close her ...

A 75-year-old female resident reports to her nurse that she has been having nightmares for the past several nights. She has been feeling nervous during the day. She has not eaten in the dining room ...

Most people are familiar with the use of website chatbots to assist customers with questions that arise when navigating online, including activities like booking travel, researching issues, and other ...

I had an experience during a routine medical screening that had me, a psychotherapist, reflect on the need to trauma-informed care in the medical field. Here are my thoughts.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new committee opinion issued by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists encourages women’s ...

Note: This article discusses serious topics pertaining to trauma. Although some psychological wounds heal into scars on their own, others require careful tending. Each individual’s needs and ...

Trauma is the result of experiencing severe stress or violence committed against a person. It can disrupt the state of the psyche and lead to borderline or clinical conditions including neuroses and ...

Trauma has emerged as an important public health concern because it has long-term adverse effects upon physical and mental health. Trauma contributes to chronic health and behavioral health conditions ...

How can addressing past trauma help people in their present lives? To care for a person or a patient in the present, you need to understand what has happened in their past. This is the main principle ...