The Trauma Quandary

Last week, my colleague Tressell Carter took a look at how the court system is evolving to consider trauma and other behavioral health issues through the use of "trauma-informed" and "problem" courts (see Judging, Not Judging: Trauma-Informed Courts). As I read the article, I thought about the issue of trauma and health, how much we know, and how little is actually happening. The quandary for the health and human service field is, how best to address the effects of trauma and how to prevent trauma.

The original Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE) study, Relationship of Childhood Abuse and . . .