Basic safety first: trauma-informed care in a hostile environment

BJ Psych Bulletin

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Cate Bailey¹ 

[1] East London NHS Foundation Trust

关键词: Trauma;    post-traumatic stress disorder;    asylum seeker;    refugees.;   

DOI  :  10.1192/bjb.2019.91

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

This editorial introduces and reflects on a Praxis article in the trainees’ section of this issue. The article, ’Assessing asylum seekers, refugees and undocumented migrants’ by Waterman et al, begins with a clinical scenario describing an emergency presentation at a ‘place of safety’. The authors are to be congratulated for navigating a compassionate path through the complexities of law, health and new diagnostic categories. The resources found in the article, drawing on the principles of trauma-informed care and the work of Judith Herman, can help trainees to be more confident in promoting the basic rights of survivors of trauma, which might form a first step in the re-establishment of trust and empowerment.

【 授权许可】

CC BY