In the general population, approximately 75% of Canadians will report having experienced an adverse and potentially traumatic experience in their lifetime, with 9.2% meeting criteria for PTSD. We have to become trauma informed. Trauma informed practice (TIP) is a way of providing services that recognizes the need for physical and emotional safety, choice and control in decisions affecting one’s treatment and an environment where patients do not experience further traumatization.
I watched as a functioning youth became more and more psychotic as he smoked large amounts of marijuana every day, and I saw how difficult it was to treat his psychosis even after the marijuana stopped.
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