{"id":1758,"date":"2025-10-16T10:06:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T10:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/psynaps\/?page_id=1758"},"modified":"2025-10-16T11:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:10:53","slug":"samantha-munoz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/psynaps\/samantha-munoz\/","title":{"rendered":"Samantha Munoz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/psynaps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/10\/E15E58AD-3158-4686-94D2-DEB993B46C3E-2-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/psynaps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/10\/E15E58AD-3158-4686-94D2-DEB993B46C3E-2-169x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/psynaps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/10\/E15E58AD-3158-4686-94D2-DEB993B46C3E-2-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/psynaps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/10\/E15E58AD-3158-4686-94D2-DEB993B46C3E-2-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/psynaps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/10\/E15E58AD-3158-4686-94D2-DEB993B46C3E-2-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/psynaps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/10\/E15E58AD-3158-4686-94D2-DEB993B46C3E-2-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/psynaps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/10\/E15E58AD-3158-4686-94D2-DEB993B46C3E-2-1153x2048.jpeg 1153w, https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/psynaps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/10\/E15E58AD-3158-4686-94D2-DEB993B46C3E-2-1170x2079.jpeg 1170w, https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/psynaps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/10\/E15E58AD-3158-4686-94D2-DEB993B46C3E-2-scaled.jpeg 1441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Understanding and Enhancing Trauma-Informed Care Implementation Across UK High Secure Hospitals: A Multi-Site Qualitative Study<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">My doctoral research examines how trauma-informed care (TIC) is understood, implemented, and sustained across the United Kingdom\u2019s four high secure forensic hospitals: The State Hospital in Scotland, and Broadmoor, Ashworth, and Rampton in England. 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