Utilizing Trauma-Informed Care to Address Trauma Reactions in Staff: Potential Impacts on Retention

• By: Crystal Taylor-Dietz, PsyD Devereux
• July 2nd, 2021
• compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, research, secondary traumatic stress, self-care, staff retention, Summer 2021 Issue, trauma, trauma-informed care, vicarious trauma, workforce
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In our current sociocultural climate, we have been hearing the term “trauma” discussed more frequently, not only in healthcare, but in a variety of environments and social circles. This shift signifies a changing of the guard, as there is now a social and professional movement toward...

Taking Care of Our Recovery Professionals

• By: Christal Montague, MSW, LMHC, CASAC, CARC Outreach Development Corporation
• January 1st, 2020
• addiction treatment, behavioral health workforce, employee wellness, opioid epidemic, staff recruitment and retention, substance use disorder, vicarious trauma, workplace policies
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Drug addiction is a disease that needs to be treated and talked about like any other disease. The devastating opioid epidemic that has left no community untouched has only heightened the conversation, as treatment professionals and advocates engage policymakers, researchers and communities-in-need,...