This 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 essential reading for researchers and practitioners. It will also interest clinical social workers and policy makers who work with people recovering from trauma.

This 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 essential reading for researchers and practitioners. It will also interest clinical social workers and policy makers who work with people recovering from trauma.

Thoughts in The Meantime

Last night I watched the sunrise while I cried, because in that moment surely a piece of me had died

I watched as my childhood lost its sweet taste of innocence traveling into adulthood skipping all of the steps in between

Leaving me with a heart that did not know on whom it should lean

And, this morning I watched the sun set on my soul burning my insides until I had no choice but to let go as my adolescence left my body so that I could become whole

Last night I quietly sat back in the distance and watched myself turn from a young lost girl of this world to a woman and child of God...

A portrayal of the pain and suffering felt by the survivors of suicide. This book lets you step inside the minds of one woman and how she has learned to survive the suicide of her father. The book also includes the writings of her mother and sister who also tell their story. You can re-live their experiences and explore the reality of what suicide really does to those who are left behind. The aim of this book is to promote suicide awareness and help prevent others from having to live through this suffering.