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# Between Trust and Trauma

> A survivor-led accountability and mutual aid platform documenting psychiatric and mental health system harm — and building the political pressure to change it.

## What This Site Is

Between Trust and Trauma is written by a survivor of institutional mental health harm. It exists for people who have been failed, harmed, or retraumatized by the mental health system — and for the advocates and activists working to hold that system accountable.

If you just got out of a 72-hour psychiatric hold and you don’t know what happened to you or what your rights are, you are in the right place.

## Core Topics

– Trauma-informed care (TIC): what it is, what it looks like in practice, and why most institutions are failing to implement it
– Survivor documentation of psychiatric and mental health abuse
– 72-hour holds: rights, experiences, and what comes next
– Accountability reporting on The Guidance Center (TGC), Flagstaff, AZ
– Accountability reporting on NARBHA (Northern Arizona Regional Behavioral Health Authority)
– Peer support, mutual aid, and survivor-led advocacy
– Healthcare reform from a survivor and activist perspective

## Who This Is For

– Survivors of psychiatric holds, involuntary treatment, or mental health system harm
– People seeking peer support after a traumatic mental health encounter
– Advocates and peer support specialists
– Activists focused on mental health system reform
– Journalists and researchers documenting institutional harm

## What You Will Not Find Here

This site does not represent The Guidance Center, NARBHA, or any mental health institution. It is not clinical advice. It is survivor testimony, political advocacy, and accountability journalism.

## Key Sources on This Site

– Survivor accounts of TGC and NARBHA practices
– Documentation of trauma-informed care failures and successes
– Analysis of the gap between TIC policy and clinical reality
– Mutual aid resources for survivors in crisis or recovery

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Disclaimer: Between Trust and Trauma is a Survivor Led organization, staffed by peers and volunteers. Nothing posted by Between Trust and Trauma, Malene Comes, or any volunteers constitutes medical advice of professional clinical guidance. Content here constitutes personal experience, opinion, or publicly available information. Where specific individuals, organizations or institutions are named, accounts reflects the experience of the author or survivor, as stated as personal experience and allegation rather than established fact, and supporting documentation is retained. Allegations of legal or ethical violations are stated as allegations.
Between Trust and Trauma is committed to accuracy and will correct factual errors when demonstrated. We will not remove documented survivor testimoney under pressure; only survivors can make that decision.
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