Trauma-Informed Care Training in Forensic Mental Health Services: A Scoping Review

Annabel Simjouw*, Vivienne de Vogel, Corine de Ruiter

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Abstract

Within forensic populations, exposure to traumatic experiences is high. These experiences are associated with multiple mental and physical health problems later in life. Forensic services would therefore ideally adopt a trauma-informed approach. The aim of this scoping review is to identify trauma-informed training or education for staff within forensic mental health care. A database search of English or Dutch language articles from PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase, Scopus and Web of Science was performed. Researchers reviewed 6,386 articles and nine were included for final analysis, all in justice-involved youth populations. Results show that training in trauma-informed care may facilitate the relationship between staff members and residents and create safer treatment units. Besides this, a reduction in post-traumatic stress symptoms and greater clinical improvement in depression, anxiety, hope and optimism among justice-involved youth was noted. Trauma-informed staff training may also lead to a decrease in incidents taking place as well as a decrease in use of restraints and seclusion.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages15
JournalInternational Journal of Forensic Mental Health
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 5 Mar 2024

Keywords

  • Trauma-informed care
  • forensic mental health
  • juvenile justice
  • ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
  • POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDER
  • HOUSEHOLD DYSFUNCTION
  • JUVENILE JUSTICE
  • LEADING CAUSES
  • RISK
  • COMMUNITY
  • CHILDREN
  • ILLNESS
  • ABUSE

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