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Towards an ACE-Aware, trauma-responsive Ireland: Firkin Crane event Cork 08 April 2019

https://soundcloud.com/jane-mulcahy/firkin-crane-event-towards-an-ace-aware-trauma-responsive-ireland This event was an open discussion with survivors of childhood trauma and professionals working in the Early Years sector, education, health, addiction and homeless services about the desirability of raising public and political awareness of the prevalence and impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ireland and the need for a collaborative cross sector trauma-responsive approach for...

Poorer people more likely to be admitted to hospital with self-harm, report finds [The Irish News]

A new report has found striking differences in the rates of poorer people being admitted to hospital due to self-harm HOSPITAL admissions due to self-harm are three-and-a-half times more likely in poorer areas of the north, new research has found. Prescription rates for "mood and anxiety" medication have also increased across all parts of the north but were two-thirds more prevalent in the most deprived areas. The annual report on health inequalities in Northern Ireland was published...

Towards an ACE-Aware, trauma-responsive Ireland

This Law and Justice special podcast was recorded live at the "Towards an ACE-Aware, trauma-responsive Ireland" event at Bewley's Cafe Theatre in Dublin on November 28th, 2018. The event, organised in conjunction with the Irish ACEs and Trauma-informed Forum, was kindly sponsored by Senator Lynn Ruane. It was an open discussion with survivors of childhood trauma. professionals working in the Early Years sector, education, health, addiction, criminal justice and psychotherapy about the...

Call for services to help mothers and babies [The Irish Times]

Mothers and babies are “avoidably suffering” because of the failure to implement recommendations on mental health services for pregnant women and new mothers in Northern Ireland, according to a report released today. The Time for Action report by NSPCC Northern Ireland, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), and the Community Practitioners and Health Visitors (CPHVA) also called for the development of a mother and baby unit and specialist perinatal mental health services in every health and...

Excellent New Irish Probation Study (2018) : Aligns with Similar Research Nationally and Internationally

This study shows - once again - that it is not essential to begin every project with lengthy and expensive research, when immediate action and intervention is what counts. Thanks to #ACEs, the data is there already : not rocket-science, and no need to re-invent the wheel. [ ... Notwithstanding the small cohort involved, this research adds to the international body of evidence on trauma and substance use, criminality and homelessness . The research highlights the need for health and community...

Can people be saved from a terrible childhood ?

Perfect example of a Trauma-Informed-Approach, easily used and adapted to any-age or any-present-circumstances population. It's a heart thing - not rocket science ! ************************************************************* When Sabrina Bugget-Kellum walked into a neighbourhood clinic in New York for a routine appointment in in 2016, she was desperate. Her son was in prison. She was trying to look after his two young children, who were aged one and two. Their mother was emotionally...

Heal from Trauma - Nature's Way

[ ..... Reframing our cultural understanding of how trauma works is fundamental to creating institutional and personal strategies for healing that truly work ......... While there is a growing awareness in.....workplaces and communities about the prevalence of trauma in both personal and occupational contexts - including with children - a nuanced understanding of healing is still in the early stages..... ] [ ....“There’s tons of people getting trauma-informed out there ..... But people don’t...

Submission to the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on Children’s Mental Health Services in Ireland – May 2017

[ .......... The ACE Study can be used both as an essential tool to detect, understand, treat and heal physical and psychological conditions, as well as a road map to effect changes in our society, communities and our homes. The ACEs is a movement gathering momentum and achieving tremendous results, in all layers of society : in hospitals, clinics and private practice, schools, in health education, courts, prisons, and of course, in families and with individuals. It is producing huge savings...

What Do Asthma, Heart Disease And Cancer Have In Common? Maybe Childhood Trauma

When I posted about asthma a few years ago, the powers-that-be nearly hounded me off the internet, and with scary legal threats. "The one thing that I just want to add is, that kid who has asthma all the time — that may also be a symptom [of trauma]. Or the kid who has the chronic headaches or the chronic tummy pain. Those may be symptoms that are less obvious and certainly less intrusive in the school environment, so they can be overlooked." FULL ARTICLE What Do Asthma, Heart Disease And...

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