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 ...

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 ...

The term "trauma-informed care" and its practices are widely used among area nonprofits, advocates and activists. It's a broad term that can look different depending on the field it's applied in, but ...

Despite a growing awareness of trauma-informed care in the university and an emerging consensus that trauma-informed practice should be integrated into university structure, culture and curricula, ...

What is trauma-informed design, and why is it important? Trauma-informed design is about integrating the principles of trauma-informed care into design with the goal of creating physical spaces that ...

First, a definition: Trauma-informed care (TIC) acknowledges the need to understand a person’s life experiences in order to deliver effective medical care. It also assumes that trauma has occurred in ...

Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. We hear a lot about trauma-informed care these days, and for good reason. When a clinician provides ...