Wayne State University School of Medicine

Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences

Chairman's Grand Rounds

Date: Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024

Time: 1-2pm

Venue: Margherio Family Conference Center, 1st Floor

Speaker: 

Tonee Sumlin, MD

Chief Resident

General Psychiatry Residency Program

Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences

Wayne State University School of Medicine

Discussant: Tehmina Shakir, MD and Vittoria Delucia, MD

No Commerical Relationship

TOPIC: 

"Trauma and Trafficking"

Objectives: 

1.  Define PTSD, and sex trafficking and overview its current US prevalence.

2.  Discuss the physiology of trauma and the polyvagal theory.

3.  Review the physiology and epigenetics of trauma.

4.  Describe the ways sex trafficking can impact mental health. 

5.  Identify ways clinicians/healthcare workers can support or create safe interventions for change.