A paradigm shift: Relationships in trauma-informed mental health services

BJPsych Advances

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 319-333

  Sweeney, Angela ^a,e   Filson, Beth ^a   Kennedy, Angela ^b   Collinson, Lucie ^c   Gillard, Steve ^d  

^a Perinatal Mental Health and Traumainformed approaches   (United Kingdom)

^b Mental Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Mental Health Practice   (United Kingdom)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

iatrogenic harm; psychiatric trauma; retraumatisation; service users; social trauma; TIA; TIC; Trauma; trauma survivors; trauma informed approaches

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; DSM-5; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; ICD-11; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SHIFT WORK; SOCIAL WORK; SURVIVOR; THINKING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85055485402     PISSN: 20564678     EISSN: 20564686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bja.2018.29     Document Type: Article

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