SAMHSA’s Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach (PDF)

URL: https://ncsacw.samhsa.gov/userfiles/files/SAMHSA_Trauma.pdf

The key questions addressed in this paper are:

• What do we mean by trauma?
• What do we mean by a trauma-informed approach?
• What are the key principles of a trauma-informed approach?
• What is the suggested guidance for implementing a trauma-informed approach?
• How do we understand trauma in the context of community?