Conflict, peace and mental health : addressing the consequences of conflict and trauma in Northern Ireland / David Bolton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bolton, David (Trauma expert), author.

Series:

Manchester Security, Conflict & Peace

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Victims of terrorism--Services for--Northern Ireland--Omagh.

Victims of terrorism.

Bombings--Northern Ireland--Omagh.

Bombings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 209 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

What are the human consequences of conflict and what are the appropriate service responses? This text seeks to provide an answer to these important questions drawing upon over 25 years work by the author in Northern Ireland and elsewhere.

Contents:

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

1999

5. The mental health impact of the Troubles, 2000

2015

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

Postscript: the rupture of loss and trauma.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 9, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526116406

1526116405

9781526128546

1526128543

9781526116390

1526116391

OCLC:

1005738934