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Editorial
. 2021 Dec 20;6(1):e000815.
doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000815. eCollection 2021.

Trauma-informed care: recognizing and resisting re-traumatization in health care

Samara Grossman  1 , Zara Cooper  2 , Heather Buxton  3 , Sarah Hendrickson  4 , Annie Lewis-O'Connor  5 , Jane Stevens  6 , Lye-Yeng Wong  6 , Stephanie Bonne  7
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Editorial

Trauma-informed care: recognizing and resisting re-traumatization in health care

Samara Grossman et al. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. .

Abstract

Trauma is often viewed as an individual or interpersonal issue. This paper expands the definition of trauma to include the impact collective and structural elements on health and well-being. The need for a trauma-informed response is demonstrated, with instruction as to how to implement this type of care in order to resist re-traumatization. Three examples from healthcare settings across the nation are provided, to demonstrate the ways in which organizations are bringing forward this patient-centered, trauma-informed approach to care.

Keywords: patient-centered care; post-traumatic; stress disorders; vulnerable populations.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The curriculum used in the OHSU study included text from the book Training for Change: Transforming Systems to be Trauma-Informed, Culturally Responsive, and Neuroscientifically Focused written by Dr Alisha Moreland. This is the only related disclosure.

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Figure 1
This image describes the many levels on which trauma is experienced. Traumatic experiences can occur on individual, interpersonal, and/or collective levels; these levels do not necessarily occur in isolation, but rather as intersectional and dynamic layers.
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