Reiterating the Need for Trauma-Informed and Anti-Oppressive Spaces for Disclosure of Sexual Violence: Learning from Those Who Have Lived Through It.

The social movements of #metoo and #notokay illuminated the extent of sexual violence. By providing a safe platform the movement enabled victims/survivors opportunity to share their own experiences of victimization, often in a delayed disclosure, years after the violence occurred. With new disclosures of sexual violence, also comes a growing awareness of the lasting impact and the requirement to take steps to improve responses to sexual violence across the social and clinical spectrum to address and respond to victims/survivors' holistic needs. The primary research question is, what is the retrospective life experience of individuals marginalized by gender who encounter sexual violence in post-secondary education? The authors of this manuscript used trauma- informed qualitative individual interviews with a feminist perspective to explore the retrospective experience of 10 victim/survivors, a decade or more after their experience of sexual violence. The inquiry discovered the themes of recognizing the wrong, the internal struggle, forging new relationships, and the lasting trauma of sexual violence. Learning from those that lived it legitimizes victims/survivors' experiences and deepens clinical knowledge of these impacts and associated needs.

Method Matters: Integrating Trauma-Informed Principles into Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Research.

Psychiatric and mental health (PMH) nurses integrate the concept of trauma-informed care into practice, policy, and education. Despite the frequency of PMH nurses practicing in a trauma-informed manner, there is a paucity of literature focused on integrating trauma-informed principles into research methods. Professions outside of the nursing sphere, specifically social work and social sciences, predominate the discourse around trauma-informed research. The authors of this manuscript provide detailed methods on a project using trauma-informed qualitative research methods with a feminist perspective. Semi-structured interviews with ten individuals with an experience of sexual violence answered the research question: what is the retrospective experience of women who encountered sexual violence in post-secondary education? An important part of the research design was an informal debrief with the audio recorder off, after the interview. Field notes were taken within this debrief, and participants reviewed these field notes as part of the member-checking process. By explaining the methods used in detail, referencing the available literature, and using the critical reflection of participants captured in the field notes, the authors of this manuscript explore strengths, conflicts, and boundary issues PMH nurses need to consider when integrating trauma-informed research methods into their research practices.