That, and im going to show you some of that right now. We have a study that was just completed in connecticut, and this is sort of the punchline from the study. We found 23,000 people in connecticut who had serious Mental Illness, recurrent major depression, all of whom had been hospitalized. We brought together the records from the criminal justice system, from the Mental Health system, from the courts, and we looked at their risk in every month over an eightyear period of time of committing a Violent Crime as a function of whether they were disqualified, and patrolling for a bunch of other predictors. These are involuntary versus the voluntary. Involuntary are people with serious Mental Illness who had a disqualifying health record. Youd expect them to have higher risk of Violent Crime, just because the criteria for getting committed are correlated with that. Now, the Comparison Group are volunteer. They dont have a gun disqualifying Mental Health record. And as you can see, from 200
Project director and principle trainer, samhsa National Center for traumainformed care, rockville, md; tonier cain, team leader and director of peer consumer involvement, samhsa promoting alternatives to seclusion and restraint through traumainformed practice, rockville, md; dr. H. Westley clark, director, center for Substance Abuse treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health services administration, u. S. Department of health and human serviceses, rockville, m; dr. Maxine harris, ceo and cofounder, Community Connections, washington, dc. Dr. Clark, what is trauma and how do we define trauma . The definition of trauma is a little ambiguous, but its tied to specific adverse events that a person may experience or a community may experience, including disasters, physical or sexual abuse, or witnessing the abovementioned. Its of that nature, it could be psychological as well as physical, and there are a wide range of issues associated with the definition. Very good, and what are the variou
Institutions that can actually come in and act as a beginning of a buffer for that adolescent. Talk to us a little bit about that. Sure. Well, i think in just about every setting, a child exists in there are caring adults available, or there can be caring adults available who can be a protective factor to a child and help that child access their own inner resilience. So including things like helping children realize that they can use humor, that they can develop Close Relationships with safe adults. Teaching children ways that they can be safe. Okay, if you cant bring friends home because crazy things are happening there and you cant study there how can we put something in place so that you have a safe place to go after school . If youre concerned about your siblings then how can we make sure that their needs get met . So really, i think we just need to encourage adults to not ignore signs that a child is struggling and reach out to children and to kids to say if you have one caring ad
Or witnessing the abovementioned. Its of that nature, it could be psychological as well as physical, and there are a wide range of issues associated with the definition. Very good, and what are the various sources of trauma . Well, the sources are similar to the precipitant. It could be from a relative or a partner. It could be in war, from the enemy. It could be from tornadoes or hurricanes or floods. It could be from predators who are in the community unbeknownst to the victim, a person whos victimized from either physical assault or rape or events like that. So the, it can be from a loved one or it can be from a total stranger. Dr. Gillece, basically how is trauma closely tied with Substance Use and Mental Health issues . Well, we believe that symptoms are adaptations and frequently the way people cope with their trauma is through using, is oftentimes through selfinflicted violence. Its oftentimes with other selfprotective issues that people are involved in to protect themselves aga
A child exists in there are caring adults available, or there can be caring adults available who can be a protective factor to a child and help that child access their own inner resilience. So including things like helping children realize that they can use humor, that they can develop Close Relationships with safe adults. Teaching children ways that they can be safe. Okay, if you cant bring friends home because crazy things are happening there and you cant study there how can we put something in place so that you have a safe place to go after school . If youre concerned about your siblings then how can we make sure that their needs get met . So really, i think we just need to encourage adults to not ignore signs that a child is struggling and reach out to children and to kids to say if you have one caring adult in your life who is in your corner that can make all the difference for you. Absolutely. I absolutely think so and you know the issue is that today the School Systems are reall