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Trauma & Mental Health Resources
ACE Study:
http://www.acestudy.org
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ace/index.htm (includes a list of all published studies)
American Association of Suicidology
http://www.suicidology.org
Growing Beyond Survival: A Self-Help Toolkit for Managing Traumatic Stress by Elizabeth
Vermilyea (Sidran Press)
Jill Davies
Helping Sexual Assault Survivors with Multiple Victimizations and Needs: A Guide for
Agencies Serving Sexual Assault Survivors. (2007)
http://www.nsvrc.org/publications/guides/helping-sexual-assault-survivors-multiplevictimizations-and-needs-guide-agencie
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
http://www.nationalcenterdvtraumamh.org
(312) 726-7020
Curricula: Access to Advocacy: Responding to Trauma & Domestic Violence in Lives of Women
with Psychiatric Disabilities, and Risking Connection – DV: A Curriculum for Working with
Survivors of Domestic Violence and Lifetime Trauma (incomplete)
See also: Mental Health and Domestic Violence: Collaborative Initiatives, Service Models, and
Curricula. http://nationalcenterdvtraumamh.org/publications.php
Olga Trujillo
Living with Dissociative Identity Disorder: One Woman’s Experience.
http://www.ortsolutions.org/pages/publications.htm
Video: A Survivor’s Story http://www.ortsolutions.org/pages/resources.htm
Peer Support Resources:Mary Ellen Copeland: http://www.mentalhealthrecovery.com
Shery Mead: http://www.mentalhealthpeers.com
Minnesota Consumer Survivor Network: http://www.mhcsn.org
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) – based in MN
http://www.save.org
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
http://www.sprc.org
Using Trauma Theory to Design Service Systems edited by Maxine Harris and R. Fallot. (2001).
Jossey-Bass Publishers. (Maxine has written a lot on trauma and trauma-informed care, and I’d
recommend any of her books/articles.)
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