2024/12/01 by Lucy Hart, John N. Bliton, Christine Castater +2 · 1 voice
Psychology · Health Professions · #Migration, Health and Trauma #Child and Adolescent Health #Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
paper · pdf · doi:10.1136/tsaco-2024-001558
openalex publication_date 2024/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
Trauma-informed care (TIC) is an organizational care delivery model designed to mitigate an individual’s psychological trauma and prevent re-traumatization when receiving medical care. Many victims of violence have a history of prior traumatic experiences and TIC helps prevent continued traumatization. Prioritizing TIC leads to institutional change that utilizes compassionate, empathetic, and trustworthy care. Standard TIC education underemphasizes the importance of thoughtful verbal and written language. Problematic language is frequently used in patient care, and can lead to re-traumatization. Alternatively, trauma-informed language equips clinicians with skills needed to end cycles of re-traumatization, which benefits patients, clinicians, and the whole healthcare system.