Trauma Informed Care: Understanding and Addressing Traumatic Disorders

TRAUMA INFORMED CARE
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Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................2
IDENTIFIED ISSUES...............................................................................................................2
ESTABLISHMENT OF COLLABORATION FOR PERSONAL RECOVERY.....................2
CRITICAL CARE INFORMED BY TIC..................................................................................4
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................5

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INTRODUCTION
The mental disorder caused due to certain traumatic condition or incidences results
into development of fear, stress, negative emotions, anxiety and depression (Goddard,
Onwumere, Meiser-Stedman, Sutherland, & Smith, 2019). It significantly impacts the
behaviour of the person in the form of extreme anger, violent behaviour, social withdrawal,
poor confidence level, less or no interest in activities and loss of relationships. There are
different types of traumatic disorders based upon the type of stressors (Cook et al., 2017). For
example, post-traumatic stress disorder which develops after a traumatic experiences such as
witnessing murder or being physically assaulted. The adjustment disorder on the other hand
develops due to sudden or excessive reactions to any particular stressful experiences such as
death of a loved one or loss of relationship (Townsend & Morgan, 2017). The stress appears
to be greater than what is expected and thus the persons unable to cope with it. The reactive
attachment disorder is rare but is observed mostly in the children who fail to develop a good
attachment with their parents or the caregiver (May & Wisco, 2016). Apart from these there
are other unspecified trauma or stress related disorders where there is no particular or
specified stress inducing agent leading to traumatic condition. This kind of trauma can also
be induced by substance abuse and excessive alcohol consumption (Saunders, 2017)
The person having traumatic disorder may experience hallucination, nightmares and
trust issues with every relationship. This is also evident from the present case study of Lisa, a
26 year old woman. The present essay aims at analyzing the case study of Lisa and identifies
the issues that can potentially lead to her substance abuse and the principles of trauma-
informed care, collaboration of the nurse with other people that can be possibly applied to
one of her identified issues.

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IDENTIFIED ISSUES
Lisa in the present case has developed problematic substance abuse and has been
visiting counsellor due to her mental illness. During interview, Lisa appeared to considerably
agitated and restless. During the session she was quite distracted and seemed to be
responding to some unseen stimuli. Although she was able to respond to all the questions and
cooperated well but she appeared to be quite distress and her clothes were not in proper
conditions. This indicated that she was having poor personal care. During the interview, the
counsellor Lisa confessed that she has again started taking drugs of more than one type thus
the counsellor through conversations tried to identify the fear that can possible lead to
anxiety, agitation and substance abuse in her. The three issues identified are poor parent child
relationship, poor relationship with boyfriend and extremely low self-confidence.
ISSUES CONTRIBUTING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Lisa in the present case has developed problematic substance abuse and has been
visiting counsellor due to her mental illness. During interview, Lisa appeared to considerably
agitated and restless. During the session she was quite distracted and seemed to be
responding to some unseen stimuli. Although she was able to respond to all the questions and
cooperated well but she appeared to be quite distress and her clothes were not in proper
conditions. This indicated that she was having poor personal care. During the interview, the
counsellor Lisa confessed that she has again started taking drugs of more than one type thus
the counsellor through conversations tried to identify the fear that can possible lead to
anxiety, agitation and substance abuse in her. The three issues identified are poor parent-child
relationship, poor relationship with boyfriend and extremely low self-confidence. Several