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 ...

Since the landmark adverse childhood experiences study nearly 30 years ago, it has become clear that childhood trauma is widespread in our communities. The problem is so pervasive that in 2019 the ...

“My daughter is so petrified; she’s terrified of needles. I don’t know where it came from.”—parent of an 11-year-old girl with cancer in Afraid of the Doctor: Every Parent’s Guide to Preventing and ...

Rebecca Smith, 28, endured a series of sexual assaults between ages 17 and 21. When she became pregnant for the first time at age 23, she told her OBGYN about her traumatic past. The reaction ...

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 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently updated the Rules of Participation to require that long-term care facilities provide trauma-informed care to residents. Failure by LTC staff to ...

Individuals can learn how to apply trauma-informed principles to benefit employees across their organization, thanks to a new micro-credential program from the University at Buffalo School of Social ...

Design is more powerful than we often realize. Trauma-informed design is the intentional creation of spaces that help people feel safer and more in control, especially if they've experienced adversity ...

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 ...