Trauma-Informed Care In Behavioral Health Services

On April 21, 2014 the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) published its handbook on Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services. This handbook is one in a series of Treatment Improvement Protocol (or TIP) documents. The handbook is divided into three main parts: Part 1 - A Practical Guide for the Provision of Behavioral Health Services; Part 2 – An Implementation Guide to Behavioral Health Administrators; and Part 3 – Review of the Literature.

Part 1 consists of six chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of specific trauma-informed intervention and treatment principles that guide clinicians, behavioral health workers, and . . .