Most individuals seeking mental health services have experienced trauma. The experience of trauma is complex and mental health trainees are often unprepared for this complexity putting them at risk for burnout and secondary trauma. The American Psychological Association recently approved the Guidelines for Trauma Competence in Education and Training. The current study findings are important for...

BACKGROUND Research on trauma and its impact on mental health typically relies on self-reports which can be influenced by recall bias and an individual's subjective interpretation of events. This study aims to compare responses on a checklist of life events with a trauma experience screening question, both of which assessed trauma experience retrospectively. METHODS A community sample of adul...

This study evaluates the associations of young children's exposure to family violence events, parenting stress, and children's mental health functioning. Caregivers provided data for 188 children ages 3 to 5 years attending Head Start programming. Caregivers reported 75% of children had experienced at least 1 type of trauma event, and 27% of children had experienced a family violence event. Chi...

On November 23, 2022, Master Warrant Officer (MWO) John Palmer, CD, presented on Military Police Trauma and Mental Health Support. The presentation was followed by a question-and-answer period with questions from the audience CASIS-Vancouver executives. key points discussed were mental health impact of trauma (MP) personnel, diverse range services which are coordinated through different Canadia...

Psychological trauma is very common, understudied and consequently undertreated in Greece and many other countries. The word trauma comes from the Greek trauma (τραύμα) meaning traumawound, alteration of trōma; akin to Greek titrōskein = to wound, tetrainein = to pierce. Although there is no data available on the prevalence rates of trauma or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Greece, ther...

A large existing academic disaster mental health literature provides a foundation to help guide disaster mental health response. Recent studies, however, have indicated that reconceptualization of certain mental health aspects of disasters may be indicated to guide further research to inform the planning and implementation of disaster mental health interventions. In particular, there is need to...