The Implementation of Trauma Informed Care in Conflict Stricken Areas

Presenters will discuss a comprehensive literature review of a trauma informed care approach in conflict areas. The complexity of trauma transcends person, place, and situation. Conflict demonstrates the multifaceted... [ view full abstract ]

Presenters will discuss a comprehensive literature review of a trauma informed care approach in conflict areas. The complexity of trauma transcends person, place, and situation. Conflict demonstrates the multifaceted components of trauma. Mental health issues are significantly associated with populations who have experienced conflict. Systemically, war is not a central point in time in which one group challenges another; it is the intricate infiltration of securely established settings, leading homelands to become battlefields. Those in the midst of conflict lose societal staples such as hospitals’, schools, places of worship, homes, and essentially all resources. The prevalence of trauma has become engrained in multiple facets of society. Utilizing a trauma-informed care approach provides clinicians with a framework from which to operate. Trauma informed approaches are based on responding to the impact of trauma and utilizing evidence based practice to promote physical, psychological, and emotional safety for clients. Through a trauma informed care lens, survivors are empowered, aided in reestablishing autonomy, and better equipped to avoid re-traumatization.