Trauma-Informed Care for First Responders
Updated on 07/03/23 Content reviewed by Nicholas G. Glines First-responders are individuals with specialized training who arrive as quickly as possible at the scene of an emergency to provide assistance and support to others. Some well-known first responders include police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics. As these individuals often face challenging and […]
Trauma and Addiction
Are Trauma and Addiction Related? According to SAMHSA, trauma results from an event, series of events, or set of circumstances experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life-threatening with lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being. In the United States, 61 percent of men […]