Trauma-Informed Care is an approach that requires clinicians to consider that their patients may have experienced trauma, that having a mental illness can be traumatic, that psychiatric care can cause trauma, and that care can be structured to be sensitive to trauma..

Trauma-Informed Care

The most important thing that can be done is to diagnose them with PTSD in the first place.  PTSD is rarely diagnosed in these scenarios, which prevents practitioners from providing trauma-informed care.   This can be done by assessing their symptoms during the first encounter.

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Aside from being psychologically detrimental to the patient, PTSD in those with chronic illnesses can lead to nonadherence to treatment plans and, perhaps most vitally, to a patient not seeking medical help in time to perform life-saving interventions.

The negative effects of PTSD on individuals with chronic illnesses

Alanzo, A. A. (2000). The experience of chronic illness and post-traumatic stress disorder: the consequences of cumulative adversity. Social Science & Medicine, 50, 1475-1484.

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