About 90% of incarcerated women suffer from traumatic stress

“We’re finding that probably 70 percent of clients in the mental health system have a history of trauma,” Randahl said. In addition, about 90 percent of incarcerated women suffer from traumatic stress.

Trauma goes beyond the battlefield
By CELESTE CORNISH
North Kitsap Herald Editor
Today, 12:00 AM · NEW


BREMERTON — When Jonothan Pritchett went looking for relief from a back injury, he found out his pain was more than muscle deep. His is the kind of pain that goes all the way to the heart.

The Alaska native found his way to the Central Kitsap area seeking medical advice and treatment. To his surprise, the attending physician wrote one word on the back of a sheet of paper: “depression.” From there, Pritchett was referred to Kitsap Mental Health Services, where he sought solace in the power of group therapy.

Through KMHS’s trauma recovery program, Pritchett was set up in a small group of three, in which he worked through the internal strife he wasn’t even aware existed.

“I didn’t know I was depressed,” he said.

Through the course of the weekly sessions, Pritchett realized he’d been suppressing the anger and pain of an abusive childhood.

“It’s just the fact that you aren’t alone, that some of the people here have the same battles as you,” he said, describing the comfort of group therapy.

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