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Hospital-based behavioral health departments work tirelessly everyday to keep communities healthy and safe. However, many healthcare systems experience symptoms that transform healing spaces into re-traumatizing environments for patients as well as leadership, physicians, and staff. Patients with complex needs, larger system pressures, changes in leadership, and staff turnover all can evoke fear and stress, resulting in punitive and non-relational interactions. This kind of climate unwittingly replicates the abusive dynamics patients and staff may have experienced in their own lives, leading to poor outcomes.
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Over the past year as we've celebrated Risking Connection's 25th anniversary, we’ve also been sharing something special on our LinkedIn page: the voices of our community.
Through testimonials from trainers, clinicians, educators, and leaders, one theme has emerged again and again – the enduring impact of Risking Connection (RC).
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