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NR 607 Final Exam||Just Out!!!
Trauma-informed care - ANSWER--Safety
-Trust & Transparency
-Peer Support
-Empowerment & Choice
-Cultural, Historical, & Gender Awareness
Trauma-informed care: Safety - ANSWER--most fundamental
principle to avoiding retraumatization
-Creating a physical setting & client-provider interactions that
generate physical & psychological safety are foundational to
providing trauma-informed care.
Trauma-informed care: Trust and Transparency - ANSWER--
Establishing a trusting relationship or therapeutic alliance is
critical to the trauma-informed approach.
• kind, respectful interactions
• empowering intake procedures
• transparency in discussions of treatment goals & modalities
appropriate to the client's developmental level.
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Trauma-informed care: Peer Support - ANSWER--Providing
opportunities for connecting with other trauma survivors may
help to establish safety, foster hope, and promote healing
through shared experience.
-Collaboration: Empowering the client to play an active role in
decisions about their treatment
• when developmentally appropriate, fosters a sense of
responsibility & helps to balance the level of power between
the provider & client.
Trauma-informed care: Empowerment & Choice - ANSWER--
Listening to & acknowledging the client
• help them find their voice & give them a sense of control over
their story.
-Prioritizing choice empowers clients to be partners in their care
• can promote self-efficacy, agency, & dignity.
Trauma-informed care: Cultural, Historical, and Gender
Awareness - ANSWER--acknowledges that some trauma may be
a result of a client's culture, historical events such as war or
conflict, or being a part of a marginalized or minority group.
• Sensitivity to a client's cultural, historical, or gender identity is
important to ensuring their comfort & safety during tx
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Social Determinants of Mental Health (SDOMH) - ANSWER--
Socioeconomic Status
-Education
-Social Support
-Childhood Experiences
-Discrimination & Mental Health Stigma
-Access to Reimbursement for Mental Healthcare
-Criminalization of Mental Health Behaviors
-Physical Environment
-Social & Cultural Factors
-Social Media
SDOMH: Socioeconomic Status - ANSWER-can negatively affect
mental health:
-Low income
-poverty
-unemployment
-job insecurity
-lack of access to resources
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SDOMH: Education - ANSWER--Lower educational attainment
plays a role in mental health outcomes
• less education influences the knowledge, skills, &
opportunities for personal & professional growth
SDOMH: Social Support - ANSWER--lack of supportive
relationships with family, friends, communities, or other social
connections
• increase stress & feelings of isolation • decrease resilience &
self-esteem
SDOMH: Childhood Experiences - ANSWER--Adverse childhood
experiences (ACEs)
• can have long-lasting effects on mental health
• increase risk of developing mental disorders later in life
SDOMH: Discrimination & Mental Health Stigma - ANSWER--
Experiencing discrimination or stigma against serious mental
illness, SUDs, or other forms of mental disorders
• lead to chronic stress, low self-esteem, isolation, and prevent
timely diagnosis, tx, & support
NR 607 Final Exam||Just Out!!!
Trauma-informed care - ANSWER--Safety
-Trust & Transparency
-Peer Support
-Empowerment & Choice
-Cultural, Historical, & Gender Awareness
Trauma-informed care: Safety - ANSWER--most fundamental
principle to avoiding retraumatization
-Creating a physical setting & client-provider interactions that
generate physical & psychological safety are foundational to
providing trauma-informed care.
Trauma-informed care: Trust and Transparency - ANSWER--
Establishing a trusting relationship or therapeutic alliance is
critical to the trauma-informed approach.
• kind, respectful interactions
• empowering intake procedures
• transparency in discussions of treatment goals & modalities
appropriate to the client's developmental level.
,2|Page
Trauma-informed care: Peer Support - ANSWER--Providing
opportunities for connecting with other trauma survivors may
help to establish safety, foster hope, and promote healing
through shared experience.
-Collaboration: Empowering the client to play an active role in
decisions about their treatment
• when developmentally appropriate, fosters a sense of
responsibility & helps to balance the level of power between
the provider & client.
Trauma-informed care: Empowerment & Choice - ANSWER--
Listening to & acknowledging the client
• help them find their voice & give them a sense of control over
their story.
-Prioritizing choice empowers clients to be partners in their care
• can promote self-efficacy, agency, & dignity.
Trauma-informed care: Cultural, Historical, and Gender
Awareness - ANSWER--acknowledges that some trauma may be
a result of a client's culture, historical events such as war or
conflict, or being a part of a marginalized or minority group.
• Sensitivity to a client's cultural, historical, or gender identity is
important to ensuring their comfort & safety during tx
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Social Determinants of Mental Health (SDOMH) - ANSWER--
Socioeconomic Status
-Education
-Social Support
-Childhood Experiences
-Discrimination & Mental Health Stigma
-Access to Reimbursement for Mental Healthcare
-Criminalization of Mental Health Behaviors
-Physical Environment
-Social & Cultural Factors
-Social Media
SDOMH: Socioeconomic Status - ANSWER-can negatively affect
mental health:
-Low income
-poverty
-unemployment
-job insecurity
-lack of access to resources
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SDOMH: Education - ANSWER--Lower educational attainment
plays a role in mental health outcomes
• less education influences the knowledge, skills, &
opportunities for personal & professional growth
SDOMH: Social Support - ANSWER--lack of supportive
relationships with family, friends, communities, or other social
connections
• increase stress & feelings of isolation • decrease resilience &
self-esteem
SDOMH: Childhood Experiences - ANSWER--Adverse childhood
experiences (ACEs)
• can have long-lasting effects on mental health
• increase risk of developing mental disorders later in life
SDOMH: Discrimination & Mental Health Stigma - ANSWER--
Experiencing discrimination or stigma against serious mental
illness, SUDs, or other forms of mental disorders
• lead to chronic stress, low self-esteem, isolation, and prevent
timely diagnosis, tx, & support
