In their own words: Mental health nurses' experiences of trauma-informed care in acute mental health settings or hospitals.

Trauma-informed care has emerged as a prominent strategy to eliminate coercive practices and improve experiences of care in mental health settings, with advocacy from international bodies for mental health reform. Despite this, there remains a significant gap in research understanding the integration of trauma-informed care in mental health nursing practice, particularly when applied to the acute mental health or hospital-based setting. The study aimed to explore the experiences of mental health nurses employed in acute hospital-based settings from a trauma-informed care perspective.

Trauma-informed care in acute mental health units through the lifeworld of mental health nurses: A phenomenological study.

Trauma-informed care has gained increasing popularity in mental health services over the past two decades. Mental health nurses remain one of the largest occupations employed in acute mental health settings and arguably have a critical role in supporting trauma-informed care in this environment. Despite this, there remains a limited understanding on how trauma-informed care is applied to the context of mental health nursing in the hospital environment.

"Can mental health nurses working in acute mental health units really be trauma-informed?" An integrative review of the literature.

Unlabelled: WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: The lifetime prevalence of trauma for consumers of mental health services is high. Both nurses and consumers of mental health services experience trauma and re-traumatization in mental health units. TIC is a model of care or approach increasingly used in mental health units to guide nursing actions to minimize trauma and re-traumatization for those working and accessing mental health services.

'What would a trauma-informed mental health service look like?' Perspectives of people who access services.

Trauma-informed care is an approach to the delivery of mental health care based on an awareness of the high prevalence of trauma in the lives of people accessing mental health services, the effects of trauma experiences and the potential for trauma or re-traumatization to occur in the context of care. Across Australia, inquiries and reports have increasingly indicated an urgent need for mental health services to become trauma-informed. However, how Australian mental health services should deliver trauma-informed care is not well documented.

What is needed for Trauma Informed Mental Health Services in Australia? Perspectives of clinicians and managers.

Trauma Informed Care is an approach to the delivery of mental health care that requires sensitivity to the prevalence and effects of trauma in the lives of people accessing services. While TIC is increasingly emphasized in mental health policy and frameworks in Australia, people working in mental health settings have reportedly struggled to translate the values and principles into their everyday practice. This qualitative study used an experience-based co-design methodology to explore the potential for implementation of Trauma Informed Care into mental health services in Australia.