Number treated for “Troubles” trauma increases by a third
An article in today’s Belfast Telegraph reports that the number of those affected by trauma (PTSD, etc) has increased by a third since last year, prompting the WAVE Trauma Centre to launch a new program at Queens to teach social work students to work with those affected by trauma related to the conflict.
Sandra Peake, chief executive of WAVE, said: “For many of those affected by the Troubles, the past is not in the past, it forms the present and it needs to be addressed in order that individuals can progress to the future.”
I want to take this course!
Posted: May 5th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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