Trauma-Informed Care

Name: Trauma-Informed Care
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780415640121
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How neuroscience influences practice

By Amanda Evans and Patricia Coccoma

Series: Explorations in Mental Health

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Trauma-Informed Care offers an accessible overview of trauma-informed care grounded in neuroscience research. The book explores how trauma affects brain structure across diverse populations and addresses the challenges faced by children, adult survivors, military veterans with PTSD, and victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking. It also discusses compassion fatigue and provides self-care strategies alongside a simple rubric to identify trauma-related behaviours. Drawing from the latest mental health findings, this book presents emergent treatment interventions to aid recovery from acute and chronic trauma.
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This book is essential for researchers, mental health practitioners, clinical social workers, and policy makers involved in trauma recovery and care. It suits professionals seeking an evidence-based understanding of trauma and its treatment across varied populations.

This book informs and educates the professional community on the neurological changes to the brain as a result of trauma exposure and provides evidenced-based and emergent treatment intervention options to assist persons recovering from acute and chronic traumatic events.

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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 recognise 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.

Series: Explorations in Mental Health

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Trauma-Informed Care

By Amanda Evans and Patricia Coccoma

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Praised as a comprehensive introduction to neuroscience-based trauma treatments, Trauma-Informed Care is highlighted for its clear explanation of trauma-informed principles and practical applicability. Anny Reyes of New York University describes it as "a great introduction to neuroscience-based treatments of trauma disorders and to trauma-informed care."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415640121

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 January 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 5 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 385g

Pages: 176

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Amanda Evans Education & Reference Happiness & Mental Health Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Patricia Coccoma Science & Nature Self-Help & Personal Development Series: Explorations in Mental Health

About the Author

Amanda Evans is Assistant Professor of Social Work at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, USA. Her research relates to human trafficking, trauma and recovery, and she teaches courses in diagnosing psychopathology, direct practice, trauma and recovery, and loss and bereavement.

Patricia Coccoma is Associate Professor of Social Work at Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, USA. Her research focuses upon mental health, trauma and recovery, and she teaches graduate courses in direct practice.

Trauma-Informed Care