Behavioral Health Business April 26, 2024
Substance use disorder (SUD) providers are increasingly building trauma therapy into their practices, offering screenings and specific treatments to address trauma and improve patient outcomes.
Including these services may make providers more attractive partners for health plans. Still, providers may be missing a wide swath of their patient base who need trauma care.
Research has linked traumatic experiences with an increased likelihood of developing SUDs. Trauma in early life, like violence, abuse, or neglect, is particularly likely to lead to the development of an SUD.
“When we think about the movement in the healthcare field, and in our society in general, from viewing substance use and alcoholism as a character flaw to the idea that it’s a health condition,...
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