Family Resilience and Traumatic Stress: A Guide for Mental Health Providers

Date

2017

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Volume Title

Publisher

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Abstract

Developed for mental health providers working with families who have experienced trauma, this 5-page fact sheet describes family resilience, defines the types of traumatic stress that can effect family functioning, shows how family resilience is related to individual resilience, delineates characteristics that contribute to family resilience, and recommends ways providers can support family resilience.

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Keywords

traumatic stress, resilience, mental health workers

Citation

Vogel, J. M. & the Family Systems Collaborative Group. (2017). Family Resilience and Traumatic Stress: A Guide for Mental Health Providers. Los Angeles, CA, and Durham, NC: National Center for Child Traumatic Stress.

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