Making the Connection: Trauma and Substance Abuse
Provides background statistics on trauma and substance abuse, describes the risk factor interactions between trauma and substance abuse, and outlines challenges to care and possible solutions.
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Provides background statistics on trauma and substance abuse, describes the risk factor interactions between trauma and substance abuse, and outlines challenges to care and possible solutions.
Explores links between trauma and substance abuse.
Outlines treatment options for youth with traumatic stress who are experiencing substance abuse problems.
Provides statistics about adolescent trauma and substance abuse.
Offers information on traumatic stress in adolescents.
Provides statistics about adolescent trauma and substance abuse.
Offers parents and caregivers whose teen might be or is experiencing substance abuse and/or stress from a traumatic event.
Discusses the Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC) model, a flexible intervention for children with complex trauma.
Gives a list of resources for children experiencing childhood traumatic grief. This list includes a breakdown of resources by developmental age.
Gives a list of resources for parents and caregivers who have children experiencing childhood traumatic grief. This list includes a breakdown of resources by medium type such as books or videos.
Gives a list of resources for professionals working with childhood traumatic grief. This list includes different mediums for professionals to use such as books or videos.
Offers teens information about trauma, how it can affect them, and why they might use alcohol or drugs to deal with their experiences.