Addressing Trauma and Substance Abuse with Peer-Led Programs

• By: Peter Ashenden Optum Behavioral Solutions Lisa M. Najavits, PhD Treatment Innovations
• April 1st, 2015
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People who experience trauma, either as children or later in life as adults, are at a higher risk of developing mental health and substance use problems and chronic physical health conditions. Exposure to childhood trauma includes physical, emotional abuse, and sexual abuse; violence; neglect;...