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Nearly half (46%) of children in the US report having experienced at > 1 traumatic event, according to a SAMHSA report, Helping Children and Youth Who Have Traumatic Experiences. The cited traumas include abuse, neglect, incarceration of a parent or caregiver, being a victim or witness of violence, being subjected to racial/ethnic prejudice, living with family members who have mental or substance use disorders, or the death of a parent or caregiver.
The numbers support data from SAMHSA’s Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI), which found 82% of children, youth, and young adults in systems of care have experienced at > 1 traumatic event before entering services.
The effects of the trauma can be catastrophic: 41% of children and young adults with a history of trauma have had suicidal thoughts, and 23% have attempted suicide, compared with 24% and 13%, restpectively, of those without trauma history.
However, treatment through systems of care, such as CMHI, leads to significant improvement in behavioral and emotional health. Evaluation data after 1 year of treatment show that treatment reduces suicidal thoughts by 68% and suicide attempts by 78%. CMHI data also show that 1 year after intake in a system of care, 48% of children and youth had fewer school absences, 41% had improved school performance, and 15% improved competence in school and classroom tasks.
The full report is available at https://www.samhsa.gov/children/awareness-day/2018.
Nearly half (46%) of children in the US report having experienced at > 1 traumatic event, according to a SAMHSA report, Helping Children and Youth Who Have Traumatic Experiences. The cited traumas include abuse, neglect, incarceration of a parent or caregiver, being a victim or witness of violence, being subjected to racial/ethnic prejudice, living with family members who have mental or substance use disorders, or the death of a parent or caregiver.
The numbers support data from SAMHSA’s Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI), which found 82% of children, youth, and young adults in systems of care have experienced at > 1 traumatic event before entering services.
The effects of the trauma can be catastrophic: 41% of children and young adults with a history of trauma have had suicidal thoughts, and 23% have attempted suicide, compared with 24% and 13%, restpectively, of those without trauma history.
However, treatment through systems of care, such as CMHI, leads to significant improvement in behavioral and emotional health. Evaluation data after 1 year of treatment show that treatment reduces suicidal thoughts by 68% and suicide attempts by 78%. CMHI data also show that 1 year after intake in a system of care, 48% of children and youth had fewer school absences, 41% had improved school performance, and 15% improved competence in school and classroom tasks.
The full report is available at https://www.samhsa.gov/children/awareness-day/2018.
Nearly half (46%) of children in the US report having experienced at > 1 traumatic event, according to a SAMHSA report, Helping Children and Youth Who Have Traumatic Experiences. The cited traumas include abuse, neglect, incarceration of a parent or caregiver, being a victim or witness of violence, being subjected to racial/ethnic prejudice, living with family members who have mental or substance use disorders, or the death of a parent or caregiver.
The numbers support data from SAMHSA’s Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI), which found 82% of children, youth, and young adults in systems of care have experienced at > 1 traumatic event before entering services.
The effects of the trauma can be catastrophic: 41% of children and young adults with a history of trauma have had suicidal thoughts, and 23% have attempted suicide, compared with 24% and 13%, restpectively, of those without trauma history.
However, treatment through systems of care, such as CMHI, leads to significant improvement in behavioral and emotional health. Evaluation data after 1 year of treatment show that treatment reduces suicidal thoughts by 68% and suicide attempts by 78%. CMHI data also show that 1 year after intake in a system of care, 48% of children and youth had fewer school absences, 41% had improved school performance, and 15% improved competence in school and classroom tasks.
The full report is available at https://www.samhsa.gov/children/awareness-day/2018.