OBJECTIVE Recent studies show a high prevalence of trauma symptoms among people with serious mental illness who are treated in public-sector mental health systems. Unfortunately, growing evidence suggests that many consumers have had traumatic or harmful experiences while being treated in various psychiatric settings. This study explores consumers' perceptions of such harmful inpatient experien...

Complex trauma events have been defined as chronic, interpersonal traumas that begin early in life (Cook, Blaustein, Spinazzola, & van der Kolk, 2003). The complex trauma definition has been examined in adults, as indicated by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV) field trial; however, this research was lacking in child populations. The symptom presentation...

Theatre has the potential to impact students’ mental health, especially when creating and telling stories with traumatic themes. teachers are uniquely positioned unintentionally inflict further harm on their students if they do not incorporate trauma-informed practices (TIP) in work class productions. As theatre educators typically have special certifications or credentials knowing TIP is cruci...

The recovery movement is reshaping approaches to treatment of mental illness, substance abuse, and traumatic stress disorders. Yet recovery principles have not been well integrated into the homeless assistance network, despite high prevalence of mental illness, substance abuse, and trauma histories among people who are chronically homeless in the United States. We review approaches to recovery ...

Background: Occupational therapy services to youth with trauma experiences and mental health challenges may follow unique practice concepts that deserve be explored illuminated. The study aimed explore identify shared have been guiding the occupational of a community-based program serving population.

PURPOSE This study compared the mental symptoms, especially symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), of women who escaped prostitution, helping activists at shelters, and matched control subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS We assessed 113 female ex-prostitutes who had been living at a shelter, 81 helping activists, and 65 control subjects using self-reporting questionnaires on demographi...