... provision and to reduce likelihood of services causing retraumatisation. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of staff training in TIC in older adult services. Design/methodology/approach TIC training was delivered across eight Older Adult Community Mental Health Teams in the same UK organisation...

... the question: What comes to mind when you think of service users who have a diagnosis of a “personality disorder”? As an ice breaker at the beginning of each training to elicit attitudes towards “personality disorder”. Idiosyncratic VAS from 0 to 100, adapted from previous research on staff training (Riches...

...; and their worries about asking about trauma. No standardised measure currently exists to assess staff training in working with complex trauma. A self-report measure with face validity had previously been designed, piloted and published by colleagues (Walters et al., 2016).This was adapted...

...Kath Lovell The author provides a personal reflection on personality disorder, based on her involvement with the First National Personality Disorder Congress. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Personality disorder First National Personality Disorder Congress Staff training...