Building a Trauma-Informed National Mental Health Workforce: Learning Outcomes From Use of the Core Curriculum on Childhood Trauma in Multidisciplinary Practice Settings

OBJECTIVE: The impact of trauma on mental and physical health has long been recognized as a significant public health issue, yet there has been little unanimity about how to best develop a trauma-capable national workforce. The Core Curriculum on Childhood Trauma (CCCT) is being used to train a wide variety of mental health professionals and child-serving staff; however, prior data on its effectiveness have been limited to small pilot studies …