Psychotherapeutic strategies for healing trauma.
OBJECTIVE
The Adaptive Information Processing Model (AIP), originally developed by Shapiro (2001), provides a model for understanding how trauma affects the brain and how healing occurs.


CONCLUSIONS
The effects of trauma are thought to be much broader than the diagnosis of PTSD and overlap with many other diagnostic categories. Recent physiological research supports the complexity of neurobiological responses to childhood stress and trauma.


CONCLUSIONS
The Treatment Hierarchy, AIP model, and evidence-based treatment framework presented here provide the context and a compass for holistic PMH-APRN practice for working with traumatized patients.
Wheeler
Kathleen
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Fairfield University School of Nursing in Fairfield, CT, USA. kwheeler@mail.fairfield.edu
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003887:Desensitization, Psychologic; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005133:Eye Movements; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009446:Neurobiology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*