... 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...

... into a percentage score. The video was one that had been used previously for staff training and was not specifically commissioned for this training. Training sessions were co-facilitated by a clinical psychologist and a trainee clinical psychologist. The training was offered across five acute inpatient wards...

...; 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...