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Domestic Violence: Trauma

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For more resources on this topic, see our Trauma-Informed Practice LibGuide.

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ptsd and domestic violence and women

Books on Trauma-Informed Practice

Becoming trauma informed by Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Call Number: Ebook
Trauma-Informed Practices with Children and Adolescents
Call Number: WM 172.5 S74 2012
Trauma-Informed Assessment with Children and Adolescents by Cassandra Kisiel
Call Number: WM 172.5 T75 2021 c.1
Trauma-Informed Treatment and Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence by Casey T. Taft
Call Number: WM 170 T34 2016

Books on Traumatic Stress

The Resilience Handbook : approaches to stress and trauma
Call Number: BF 698.35 R47 R47117 2014
Traumatic Stress : the effects of overwhelming experience on mind, body, and society by Dr. Bessel Van der Kolk
Call Number: Ebook
Handbook of Stress Trauma and the Family by Donald Roy Catherall
Call Number: Ebook
Handbook of Women, Stress and Trauma by Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett (Editor)
Call Number: Ebook
The Encyclopedia of Psychological Trauma by Gilbert Reyes; Jon D. Elhai; Julian D. Ford
Call Number: Ebook
Trauma and health : physical health consequences of exposure to extreme stress by Paula P. Schnurr (Editor)
Call Number: QZ 160 T735 2004
The Body Keeps the Score : brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma by Bessel Van der Kolk
Call Number: WM 172.5 V36 2015

Reports

Publications: Trauma, Violence & Mental Health
B.C. Centre of Excellence for Women's Health. Limit results to Trauma Informed Practice & Mental Health
Engaging Women in Trauma-Informed Peer Support : A Guidebook
National Center for Trauma Informed Care
Real Tools: Responding to Multi-abuse Trauma. A Tool Kit to Help Advocates and Community Partners Better Serve People with Multiple Issues
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health
Trauma-Informed Practice Guide (May 2013)
This guide was developed on behalf of the BC Provincial Mental Health and Substance Use Planning Council.

Organizations

National Center for Trauma-Informed Care
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Attachment and Trauma Network
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Valuable site with many reports and overviews written by specialists in the field, such as Patricia Kerig.
Trauma Services BC

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