TY - JOUR
T1 - Building trauma informed practice
T2 - Appreciating the impact of trauma in the lives of women with substance abuse and mental health problems
AU - Savage, Andrea
AU - Quiros, Laura
AU - Dodd, Sarah Jane
AU - Bonavota, Diane
PY - 2007/6/12
Y1 - 2007/6/12
N2 - This paper examines the lifetime interpersonal abuse experienced by a substance abuse treatment sample of 1,955 women with co-occurring disorders. Substantial rates of intimate and communitybased interpersonal abuse and other life stressors are documented. Regression analysis shows that while trauma severity is significantly related to trauma distress, its impact on psychological symptom distress and drug severity is quite modest. The implementation of a trauma informed approach featuring trauma-specific treatment, service integration and consumer empowerment is described as a promising practice model for assisting women seeking help in substance abuse treatment programs. doi:10.1300/J160v07n01_06
AB - This paper examines the lifetime interpersonal abuse experienced by a substance abuse treatment sample of 1,955 women with co-occurring disorders. Substantial rates of intimate and communitybased interpersonal abuse and other life stressors are documented. Regression analysis shows that while trauma severity is significantly related to trauma distress, its impact on psychological symptom distress and drug severity is quite modest. The implementation of a trauma informed approach featuring trauma-specific treatment, service integration and consumer empowerment is described as a promising practice model for assisting women seeking help in substance abuse treatment programs. doi:10.1300/J160v07n01_06
KW - Co-occurring disorders
KW - interpersonal abuse
KW - trauma
KW - women
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34547280929&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1300/J160v07n01_06
DO - 10.1300/J160v07n01_06
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547280929
SN - 1533-256X
VL - 7
SP - 91
EP - 116
JO - Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
JF - Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
IS - 1-2
ER -