In 1988, I started working with my first client with dissociative identity disorder (DID). She had been ritually abused and had at least thirty parts, many of which had no awareness of each other, or the present day. I read every book, took every local training, and started spending mor...
Medical care which attends to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration’s (SAMHSA) [3] six key principles of trauma-informed care (safety; trustworthiness and transparency; peer support; collaboration and mutuality; empowerment, voice, and choice; cultural, historical, and gender issues)...
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. SAMHSA’s Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach. HHS Publication No. (SMA) 14-4884. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2014. Reeves E. A synthesis of the literature on trauma...
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a new psychological methodology that has been applied to a wide range of psychological disorders. Clinical reports over the past three years indicate that it is an important addition to the treatment of substance abuse. EMDR offers a structured...
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2022). Understanding child trauma. https://www.samhsa.gov/child-trauma/understanding-child-trauma Tarullo, A. R., Quevedo, K., & Gunnar, M. R. (2008). The LHPA system and neurobehavioral development. In C. A. Nelson & M. Lucian...
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA),more than two-thirds of children reported experiencing a traumatic event by age 16. These events can vary but may include witnessing or experiencing violence, war, natural disasters, parental neglect, vehicular accidents...
By subtype, positive associations were observed for most studied life adversities, with the most pronounced estimates for childhood emotional abuse (ORs = 1.71–2.52) and lifetime life-threatening illness/injury (ORs = 1.87–2.89). We found basically comparable estimates among traumatized ...
“Research has predominantly focused on the effectiveness of neurofeedback in the treatment of ADHD, epilepsy, and substance abuse,” Viloria continued. “There is now a growing body of evidence supporting the effectiveness of neurofeedback with anxiety, depression, and PTSD. In my experience, neu...
60.5% reported difficulties falling asleep while only 30.6% of boys reported difficulties falling asleep. The proportion of participants reporting any trauma exposure was similar across gender identity. Complete descriptive statistics for the sample are shown in Tables1and2. Frequencies of reported trauma...
Trauma is defined as a distressing experience that significantly impacts an individual’s psychological, emotional, and physiological well-being [1]. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), trauma encompasses events or circumstances perceived as physically or em...