Behavioral Health and Trauma-Informed Care

Trauma Informed Care (TIC) has been evolving since the 1970s when the term Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was first used to describe substance use and mental disorders in soldiers returning from the Vietnam War. Over time, behavioral experts have come to realize that any past trauma and current behavior may be linked.

Table of Contents

Article 1 | In This Issue
Omar A. Khan, M.D., M.H.S. and Timothy E. Gibbs, M.P.H.

Article 2 | From the Guest Editors
Erin Booker, L.P.C. and Meghan McAuliffe Lines, Ph.D.

Article 3 | Pediatric Integrated Primary Care: A Population Health Approach to Meeting the Behavioral Health Needs of Children and Families
Meghan McAuliffe Lines, Ph.D.

Article 4 | Management of Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths in the Emergency Department: A Family-Centered Care Protocol
Stephanie Anne Deutsch, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.P; Jennifer L. Macaulay, M.S.W.; Nadine Smith, D.O., F.A.A.P.; & Allan De Jong, M.D., F.A.A.P.

Article 5 | Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Addressing Child Sexual Abuse at Nemours Children’s Health, Delaware
Allison T. Dovi, Ph.D.; Jennifer L. Macaulay, M.S.W.; Andrea Repine, A.P.R.N.; Allan De Jong, M.D., F.A.A.P.; Randall E. Williams, M.P.A.; & Stephanie Anne Deutsch, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.P.

Article 6 | Actions Against Racism: Bringing Together Trauma-Informed Practices, Social-Emotional Learning, and Racial Socialization to Combat Racism in Schools
Danielle R. Hatchimonji, Ph.D.; Kira Branch, Psy.D.; Danika Perry, Psy.D.; & Tia N. Barnes, Ph.D.

Article 7 | Accommodating Developmental Disabilities in the Social Determinants of Health: A Brief Inquiry into the Applicability of Metrics to the Lives of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities in Delaware
Ankita Mohan and Jody A. Roberts, Ph.D.

Article 8 | Domestic Violence: A Public Health Problem Requires a Public Health Solution
Erin Ridout, M.S.W., M.P.H.

Article 9 | Promoting Burnout Prevention Through a Socio-Ecological Lens
Amy D. Habeger, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.; Tana D.J. Connell, Ph.D., L.M.S.W.; Rona L. Harris, M.H.S., L.B.S.W.; & Chanda Jackson, D.S.W.

Article 10 | Disclosure of a Dementia Diagnosis: Minimizing Medical Trauma
James M. Ellison, M.D., M.P.H. and Sehba Husain-Krautter, M.D., Ph.D.

Article 11 | Trauma-Related Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders: Neglected Symptoms with Severe Public Health Consequences
Stacey M. Boyer, Psy.D.; Jennifer E. Caplan, M.A., & Lisa K. Edwards, M.A.

Article 12 | Trauma: A Gateway to Substance Use Disorder
Julia Lawes, M.S.

Article 13 | A Call to Action for Delaware: Why Recruiting and Sustaining a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Behavioral Health Workforce is Integral to Trauma-Sensitive Care
Kathleen Seipel, L.C.S.W.

Article 14 | A Trauma-Informed Life
Christopher Moore and Catherine Dukes, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.

Article 15 | Intervening with Opioid-Exposed Newborns: Modifying an Evidence-Based Parenting Intervention
Christiana Martin, M.A.; Hung-Wei Bernie Chen, M.A.; Mary Dozier, Ph.D.

Article 16 | The Healing Arts in History: The Weaker Sex
Sharon Folkenroth Hess, M.A.