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

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.

Table des matières

Introduction
1 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 bombing
4 The mental-health impact of the Troubles, 1969-99
5 The mental-health impact of the Troubles, 2000-15
6 The Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma and Transformation: a comprehensive trauma centre
7 The development of a trauma-focused therapy programme
8 Trauma-focused skills training for practitioners
9 Research, advocacy and policy support
10 Planning for and responding to the mental health impact of conflict
Post script: the rupture of loss and trauma
Index

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: David Bolton, Bolton David
• Edition: Manchester University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 20.06.2017
• EAN: 9781526126672
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2667-2
• Pages: 232
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine > Spécialités non cliniques; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Général, dictionnaires; European History, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / General, RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Psychology, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Trauma & shock, Terrorism, armed struggle, Mental health services, Social, group or collective psychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Trauma and shock, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Terrorist attack