institutional document
SAMHSA's
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. SAMHSA's Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach. HHS Publication No. 14-4884. Rockville, MD: SAMHSA, 2014.
Why this matters here
SAMHSA’s 2014 Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach defines trauma and outlines principles for trauma-informed practice in behavioral health and related systems. When Authority Outlives Accountability cites that framework for human-scale leadership: harm still occurs, but the moral work is how damage is held so it does not spread unchecked or become identity-forming. SAMHSA establishes a clinical and organizational guidance document; the book asks how leadership at intimate scale makes harm clearer even when it cannot eliminate it.
