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. 2018 Sep;24(5):319–333. doi: 10.1192/bja.2018.29
Domain Resources
Advance directives Quinlan C, Coffey A (2015) Mental health nurses’ perspectives on psychiatric advance directives. Mental Health Practice, 18(7): 25–30.
Crisis planning Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (2017) Crisis Intervention for Adults Using a Trauma-Informed Approach: Initial Four Weeks of Management (3rd edn). International Affairs and Best Practice Guidelines Centre.
Compassionate care Kennedy A (2013) A compassionate formulation of task drift in mental health staff. Mental Health Review Journal, 18: 73–82.
De-escalation Price O, Baker J (2012) Key components of de-escalation techniques: a thematic synthesis. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 21: 310–9.
Grief Poole J and Ward J (2013) Breaking open the bone: storying, sanism, and mad grief. Chapter 6 in B LeFrancois, Menzies R and Reaume G (Eds) Mad Matters: A critical reader in Canadian Mad Studies. Candadian Scholars Press Inc: Toronto, Ontario.
Mediation BRDGES Academy training course ‘Mediation Through a Trauma Informed Lens’ (https://brdgesacademy.com/courses/mediation-through-a-trauma-informed-lens/)
Mothers’ perspectives Muzik M, Ads M, Bonham C, et al (2013) Perspectives on trauma-informed care from mothers with a history of childhood maltreatment: a qualitative study. Child Abuse and Neglect, 37: 1215–24.
Implementation Brown VB (2018) Through a Trauma Lens: Transforming Health and Behavioral Health Systems. Routledge.
In-patient settings Muskett C (2014) Trauma-informed care in inpatient mental health settings: a review of the literature. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 23: 51–59.
Wilson A, Hutchinson M, Hurley J (2017) Literature review of trauma-informed care: implications for mental health nurses working in acute inpatient settings in Australia. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 26: 326–43.
Peace building Mediators Beyond Borders International (https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/what-we-do/trauma-informed-peacebuilding/)
Peer support Blanch A, Filson B, Penney D, et al (2012) Engaging Women in Trauma-Informed Peer Support: A Guidebook. National Centre for Trauma-Informed Care.
Filson B, Mead S (2016) Becoming part of each other's narratives: Intentional Peer Support. Chapter 12 in J Russo and A Sweeney (Eds) Searching for a Rose Garden: Challenging Psychiatry, Fostering Mad Studies. PCCS Books, Monmouth.
Physical Health Weissbecker I, Clark C (2007) The impact of violence and abuse on women's physical health: can trauma-informed treatment make a difference? Journal of Community Psychology, 35: 909–23.
Psychodynamic techniques Alessi EJ, Kahn S (2017) Using psychodynamic interventions to engage in trauma-informed practice. Journal of Social Work Practice, 7 Dec (online only: doi: 10.1080/02650533.2017.1400959).
Psychosis Read J (2018) Making sense of, and responding sensibly to, psychosis. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 5 Mar (online ahead of print: doi 10.1177/0022167818761918)
Risk-taking Felton A, Wright N, Stacey G (2017) Therapeutic risk-taking: a justifiable choice. BJPsych Advances, 23: 81–8.
Seclusion and restraint O'Hagan M, Divis M, Long J (2008) Best Practice in the Reduction and Elimination of Seclusion and Restraint. Seclusion: Time for Change. Te Pou Te Whakaaro Nui: The National Centre of Mental Health Research, Information and Workforce Development.
Cusack P, Cusack FP, McAndrews S, et al (2018) An integrative review exploring the physical and psychological harm inherent in using restraint in mental health inpatient settings. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 19 Jan (early view: doi.org/10.1111/inm.12432).
Self Harm Shaw C (2016) Deciding to be alive: self-injury and survival. Chapter 9 in J Russo and A Sweeney (Eds) Searching for a Rose Garden: Challenging Psychiatry, Fostering Mad Studies. PCCS Books, Monmouth.
Sexual abuse and assault survivors Richmond K, Geiger E, Reed C (2013) The personal is political: a feminist and trauma-informed therapeutic approach to working with a survivor of sexual assault. Clinical Case Studies, 12: 443–456.
Social work practice Knight C (2015) Trauma-informed social work practice: practice considerations and challenges. Clinical Social Work Journal, 43: 25–37.
Suicide Webb D (2010) Thinking about Suicide: Contemplating and Comprehending the Urge to Die. PCCS Books. Also accompanying website with the same title, at https://thinkingaboutsuicide.org/
Systemic self-regulation Ford JD, Blaustein ME (2013) Systemic self-regulation: a framework for trauma-informed services in residential juvenile justice programs. Journal of Family Violence, 28: 665–77.