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Ivette Torres, Associate Director for Consumer Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Trauma is a universal experience of people in treatment and recovery for substance use and mental disorders. Trauma is a widespread, harmful, and costly public health problem. Trauma occurs as a result of violence, abuse, neglect, disaster, war, and other emotionally destructive experiences. Similar to substance use and mental disorders, trauma can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, economics, race, ethnicity, geography, disability, or sexual orientation. People can overcome traumatic experiences with appropriate support and intervention; but left untreated, trauma significantly increases the risk of substance use and/or mental disorders, chronic physical diseases, and early death. The effects of trauma place a heavy burden on individuals, families, and communities and create challenges for all public institutions, jails, prisons, and service systems. This show will examine the need to address trauma in the delivery of substance use and/or mental disorders treatment and recovery services, how to screen and identify individuals with trauma-related problems, and provide suggested interventions and support services. Discussion will include what interventions work, how to collaborate, and how to provide a full range of support services to ensure a full and sustained recovery.

If you have questions or comments about this program, please contact Richard Kemp at rtkemp@aol.com.

Judge Ben Joseph hosts a conversation on Franklin County Vermont, Juvenile Drug Court with, Patricia Brett, Juvenile Services Supervisor, Franklin County Department of Children and Families, and Mary Gratton, Case Manager of Franklin County Juvenile Drug Court.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) and Women Helping Battered Women (WHBW), in collaboration with its community partners, will be holding Feature Event, A Survivor Stands beside Me. Host Sam Mayfield speaks with Darrell Crawford Morris, Education & Public Relations Specialist with Women Helping Battered Women, Steve Mease, Photographer and Stefani Crouse, a survivor of domestic violence about the event and the awareness it is meant to create in the community. 

Host Margaret Harrington speaks with Environmental and Human rights Activist Vaishali Patil on the efforts and challenges of stopping the construction of the world's largest nuclear power plant, Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant, in India. Patil is a member of Committee Against Disastrous Projects in KonKan.