Conflict, Peace and Mental Health - Addressing the Consequences of Conflict and Trauma in Northern Ireland

Informationen zum Autor David Bolton was born and raised in San Francisco, California where ever since he can remember, his parents, siblings,teachers, and friends were constantly saying, "David, you're telling a story." So, after exploring the world and refining his craft, he returned home to tell some more stories. Klappentext What are the human consequences of conflict and what are the appropriate service responses? This book seeks to provide an answer to these important questions, drawing on over twenty-five years of work by the author in Northern Ireland and elsewhere. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1 The Omagh bombing and the community's response 2 The Omagh Community Trauma and Recovery Team 3 Assessing the mental-health impact of the Omagh bombing4 The mental-health impact of the Troubles, 1969-995 The mental-health impact of the Troubles, 2000-156 The Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma and Transformation: a comprehensive trauma centre7 The development of a trauma-focused therapy programme8 Trauma-focused skills training for practitioners 9 Research, advocacy and policy support10 Planning for and responding to the mental health impact of conflictPost script: the rupture of loss and traumaIndex

Product details

• Authors: David Bolton
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.06.2017
• EAN: 9780719090998
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9099-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries