Description
Book SynopsisThis accessible book provides an overview of trauma-informed care and related neuroscience research across populations. The book explains how trauma can alter brain structure, identifies the challenges and commonalities for each population, and provides emergent treatment intervention options to assist those recovering from acute and chronic traumatic events. In addition, readers will find information on the risk factors and self-care suggestions related to compassion fatigue, and a simple rubric is provided as a method to recognize behaviours that may be trauma-related.
Topics covered include:
- children and trauma
- adult survivors of trauma
- military veterans and PTSD
- sexual assault, domestic violence and human trafficking
- compassion fatigue.
Trauma-Informed Care draws on the latest findings from the fields of neuroscience and mental health and will prove essenti
Trade Review
'Overall the book is a great introduction to neuroscience-based treatments of trauma disorders and to trauma-informed care.'- Anny Reyes, New York University, Somatic Psychotherapy Today,Spring 2015
Table of Contents1. Understanding Trauma-Informed Care 2. Understanding Types of Trauma 3. Neurobiology and the Impact of Trauma 4. Resilience and Trauma Recovery 5. Children and Trauma 6. Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma 7. Military Veterans and Trauma 8. Trauma Experienced in Adulthood 9. Understanding Compassion Fatigue 10. Future Directions in Trauma-Informed Care
