Experts say exposure to trauma and other significant stress early in life can have profound effects on children’s development and the way they see the world.
Those running Connecticut’s Medicaid program see the impact in another way too.
“We pay for a lot of medical and behavioral health services, and chances are many of those are as a result of children and/or adults who have experienced childhood trauma,” William Halsey, the director of integrated care at the state Department of Social Services, said Monday during a presentation for the state’s Three Branch Institute, a program aimed at improving the well-being of children involved with the child welfare system.
[For more of this story, written by Arielle Levin Becker, go to http://ctmirror.org/2015/05/05/ct-officials-see-targeting-trauma-as-key-to-improving-health/]
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