This weekend I attended an international trauma studies conference in Miami, Florida, where some of the leading researchers and clinicians in the field of trauma gathered to share their innovative projects and findings. I was excited to hear about the ongoing work to bring trauma-informed practices to individuals around the world and also, admittedly, to present some of my own work while having an excuse to visit my home state. Although there were many worthwhile moments (Miami really is quite beautiful at this time of year), overall I left feeling paradoxically hopeful, saddened, inspired, and a bit dumbfounded.
Four days of panels and papers dedicated to the field of trauma, hundreds of individual presentations, and a huge gathering of some of the most compassionate, dedicated, and marginalized professionals in the mental health field provided quite the learning opportunity. Some of the more interesting material presented (in my personal opinion) showed:
- That 1/3 of women experience childbirth as traumatic (Beck, 2009) with 10-20% reporting a traumatic stress response (Beck et al., 2011; Rojas, 2014)
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