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Providing Trauma-Informed Care to Patients and Families (S6:E35)
As primary care providers, it’s easy to assess a patient based on their signs and symptoms when they walk in the door. However, patients with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may have hidden psychological injuries. Patients with childhood trauma also have a lifelong risk for health problems. What if healthcare professionals changed their mindset from diagnosing what is wrong with the child to assessing what happened to the child?
Listen to pediatric experts discuss trauma-informed care
As part of our mental health series of Charting Pediatrics, Steven Berkowitz, MD, and Lyndsay Jensen Gaffey, LPC, join us to explore ACEs and the concept of trauma-informed pediatric care.
Lyndsay is the director of Patient Care Services for the Pediatric Mental Health Institute at Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Dr. Berkowitz works in the child and adolescent psychiatry unit at Children’s Colorado and is the director of the START (Stress, Trauma, Research and Treatment) Center. Dr. Berkowitz is also a professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Understanding trauma as a breach of the social contract
- Factors and stressors that contribute to trauma
- ACEs and the relationship with poor health and substance abuse
- Integrating trauma-informed care and screening in the primary care setting
- Core principles of trauma-informed care
- The therapeutic approach and strategies for interacting with patients
Listen here or on your podcast platform of choice, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.
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