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SAMHSA Trauma-Informed Approach

SAMHSA. "SAMHSA's Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach." HHS Publication No. (SMA) 14-4884. 2014.

Key provisions used in wiki

  • Defines six principles of trauma-informed care: safety, trustworthiness and transparency, peer support, collaboration and mutuality, empowerment and choice, and cultural/historical/gender sensitivity
  • Establishes that trauma-informed systems assume trauma exposure rather than requiring disclosure
  • Provides the operational framework GiveCare uses to design Mira's interaction patterns: every exchange defaults to trauma-aware language and structure
  • Informs InvisibleBench scenarios that test whether AI systems avoid re-traumatization through inappropriate probing, minimization, or forced disclosure
  • Grounds the requirement that AI companions offer choice and collaboration rather than directive or prescriptive responses