Implementation manual

reducing trauma among psychiatric workers

What is this about

A step-by-step guide for assessing, implementing and evaluating trauma-prevention strategies in mental health care.

The focus of the Trauma Reduction Implementation Study (TRIS) is on developing a step-by-step implementation manual to support psychiatric healthcare organizations in reducing staff exposure to workplace violence and related trauma. 

This manual aims to provide step-by-step instructions for hospital clinical leaders and administrators on how to reduce occupational exposures to workplace violence, reduce the incidence of serious injury, and prevent and mitigate related psychological trauma.

Building on the 12 recommendations for psychiatric hospitals detailed by Hilton et al. (2020), this manual is based on evidence accumulated from literature reviews, multi-site surveys, healthcare worker interviews, focus groups, and multi-stakeholder planning events. This work has been supported in part by WorkSafeBC.

The manual includes two key components:

1. What to implement: Exploring the priority recommendations that were selected through a quantitative national survey, identifying implementation gaps where improvements would be most beneficial; and

2. How to implement: Illustrating steps for addressing potential barriers and utilizing facilitators, informed by focus group feedback from clinical managers and hospital and union representatives.

Work In Progress- This is a draft manual with sample pages only.

Link to the Quality Improvement Survey:…..

This Project is in part funded by WorkSafeBC