Trauma

Trauma-informed care is a term that people working in youth mental healthcare are likely to be familiar with but may struggle to define. Trauma-informed care can seem conceptual rather than practical, and definitions of trauma-informed care often vary. This can make it difficult to pinpoint what it should look like in youth healthcare settings, and what policymakers, service managers, and staff should be doing to support its implementation. This clinical practice point supports individuals managing and working within outpatient and community-based youth healthcare settings to understand what trauma-informed care is; identify the core principles of trauma-informed care as applicable within their work setting; and identify how trauma-informed care can be operationalised in their work setting at an organisational level and in clinical practice.