The Impacts of Trauma and Violence on Mental Health with Michelle Trent of The Compass Center

Great Minds with Lost&Found

Content Warning: Great Minds with Lost&Found episodes contain mature themes, including mental health, suicide, addiction, and others that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.

On the heels of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, this episode of Great Minds features a conversation with Michelle Trent, Executive Director of The Compass Center, about her work with sexual assault, domestic violence, and human & sex trafficking victims and survivors.

We explore the impacts of trauma on mental health, how different agencies like The Compass Center and Lost&Found can work together to improve systems of care in South Dakota.

The Compass Center is committed to assisting survivors of violence throughout their healing process. They offer crisis response, therapy, support groups, advocacy and education for victims of sexual and dating violence. For more information, check out The Compass Center.

In the case of emergencies, call the 24/7 hotline at 1-800-IN-CRISIS.

If you or someone you know is facing a mental health crisis, call 988. If you are a veteran facing a mental health crisis, call 988 and then press 1.

To learn more about the work that Lost&Found is doing to prevent suicide among youth and young adults, go to resilienttoday.org. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube (@resilienttoday).

If you'd like to support Lost&Found, you can make a donation here.

Thanks to 4Front Studios for shooting, editing, and producing Great Minds with Lost&Found. To learn more about 4Front Studios, go to ⁠⁠https://4frontstudios.com/⁠⁠.

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