A scoping review of trauma informed approaches in acute, crisis, emergency, and residential mental health care.

ABSTRACT: Experiences of trauma in childhood and adulthood are highly prevalent among service users accessing acute, crisis, emergency, and residential mental health services. These settings, and restraint and seclusion practices used, can be extremely traumatic, leading to a growing awareness for the need for trauma informed care (TIC). The aim of TIC is to acknowledge the prevalence and impact of trauma and create a safe environment to prevent re-traumatisation. This scoping review maps the TIC approaches delivered in these settings and reports related service user and staff experiences and attitudes, staff wellbeing, and service use outcomes.We searched seven databases (EMBASE; PsycINFO; MEDLINE; Web of Science; Social Policy and Practice; Maternity and Infant Care Database; Cochrane Library Tria

SUBMITTER: Saunders KRK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10405430 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature