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Today we'll be talking about trauma and justice issues and
the delivery of services through behavioral health settings.
I think what's so important is then, what do we do about it?
How do we train the staff to recognize what is a flashback?
What are the symptoms of trauma?
How someone is self-injuring really is not manipulative
attention seeking but is really
relief seeking, solution seeking.
How do we help staff understand, again, that
those symptoms are adaptations?
And one of the most important things that individual can do
when they feel like they feel lost and alone and
they're just in this all by themselves is seek a peer.
Peer support is vital.
It's one of the things that should be utilized not only in
community programs, outreach centers,
mental health correction, substance abuse, wherever,
there are individuals that have trauma, they need a peer.
Being able to feel heard and understood, being able to
believe that the cycle of violence is something that
can be interrupted is something that restores hope to people.
The future can be different.