Trauma Resilience and Recovery Program: Addressing Mental Health in Pediatric Trauma Centers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Approximately 225,000 children sustain injuries requiring hospitalization annually. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression are prevalent among pediatric patients and caregivers post-injury. Most U.S. trauma centers do not address patients' mental health needs. Better models of care are needed to address emotional recovery. This article describes the engagement and recovery trajectories of pediatric patients enrolled in the Trauma Resilience and Recovery Program (TRRP), a stepped-care model to accelerate emotional recovery following hospitalization.

Methods

TRRP is designed to (a) provide in-hospital education about post-injury emotional recovery and assess child and caregiver distress; (b) track mental health symptoms via a 30-day text-messaging progra

SUBMITTER: Ridings LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9432141 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature