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trauma-informed

A 1990s clinical phrase that stayed inside psychiatry and social work until one federal framework and one bestseller landed in the same year, 2014. Six years later it was the grammar of half the internet.

1985 to 2026, 4 sources

Gestation: first sustained attestation to ignition (ngram)GestationCrystallization: ignition to peak (ngram)CrystallizationIgnition 2014: first crossing of 10% of peak with sustained growth (ngram)Ignition 2014Peak 2022: maximum of smoothed series (ngram)Peak 20220%25%50%75%100%198519901995200020052010201520202025Logistic fit1998: ACEs study (Felitti & Anda)2001: Harris & Fallot, Using Trauma Theory to Design Service Systems2014-07: SAMHSA trauma-informed guidance (the 4 R's)2014-09: van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score (250+ weeks on the NYT list)2022-11-14: Wikipedia article created ("Trauma-informed care")

Diamonds are dated events from the historical record. Click one.

Gestation 1985 to 2014Crystallization 2014 to 2022

Measured on Google Books

Growth rate k
0.675/yr
Rise midpoint
2018
Fit quality r²
0.983
Post-peak half-life
still on the plateau

The dated record

  1. 1980 PTSD enters DSM-IIIinstitutional
  2. 1998 ACEs study (Felitti & Anda)paper
  3. 2001 Harris & Fallot, Using Trauma Theory to Design Service Systemsbook
  4. 2014-07 SAMHSA trauma-informed guidance (the 4 R's)institutional
  5. 2014-09 van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score (250+ weeks on the NYT list)book
  6. 2022-11-14 Wikipedia article created ("Trauma-informed care")platform