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Irish Child Health Database - Peer Reviewed Papers

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• Method 1- uses a free natural language approach.

  After choosing the object of the search – by ticking title, abstract, aims and objective, or author - enter a term, word or name in the ‘Search’ box to return references answering your research question.

• Method 2 - utilises key words.

  Those key words assigned from thesauruses of controlled vocabulary by the trained coders of international bibliographic databases.
  The controlled vocabularies key word are listed alphanumerically under 'Bibliographic database keywords' .
  Use the drop down menu to identity which 'key words' you are interested in to return references to answer your research question.

• Method 3 - is based on the indexing system

  developed by the researchers who compiled this database.
  It adopts a thematic approach to mapping Irish child health research. The themed areas represent outcomes mapped to the International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) or one of 23 other health-related themed outcomes. Themes are defined in Tables 5 to 7 (of the study report).
  Use the alphabetic drop down menu under ‘ICD-10 or themed health-related outcomes’ to identity which themed areas you are interested in to select references to answer your research question.

• Method 4 – allows papers to be searched by Study type.

  Indexing by study type offers a valuable insight into understanding the population impact of the topic of interest. More than 20 study types were identified across the 2,152 study papers. These are defined in Table 3 (of the study report). Within 'Study type' papers are further stratification by geographical region (Table 49), topic area of interest and study aims and objectives.
  Click on 'Study type' to select the type of study of interest, progressively select sub-categories by topic area or other sub-classification of interest to answer your research question.

The complete background, methods and findings from this mapping exercise are detailed in the study report.

Emotional Trauma

Your search returns 10 documents

• 1.   A Different Description of Trauma: A Wider Systemic Perspective--A personal insight

  This article offers the authors personal views based on her experience of working with families affected by the Troubles.

  

  Abstract:

  This special edition of Child Care in Practice provides a unique opportunity to reflect on the years since the signing of the Belfast Agreement in 1998 and the period leading up to this. This article offers my personal views based on my experience of working with families affected by the Troubles. As a family therapist I am trained to view matters systemically; at its broadest more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 10 Page: 167-184 2004
  Arlene Healey

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• 2.   Addressing the Psychological Needs of Children and Young People in the Aftermath of the Omagh Bomb

  The aim of this study was to examine the psychological need of referrals to the Community Trauma and Recovery Team following the Omagh bombing of August 1998

  

  Abstract:

  The largest single incident of the Northern Ireland conflict took place in Omagh on 15 August 1998 when a car bomb exploded in the town centre killing 29 people in addition to two children (unborn twins). Four hundred were injured, 135 were hospitalised and 26 families were bereaved. The Community Trauma and Recovery Team was established following the bombing and was operational for more...

  International Classification:

  War, violence and conflict

  Categories:

  trauma;

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 10 Page: 141-154 2004
  Maura McDermott; Michael Duffy; Delia McGuiness

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• 3.   Bearing Witness: Supporting Parents and Children in the Transition to Peace

  This article seeks to provide a brief overview of group work with parents in two working-class communities have been deeply affected by decades of political conflict in the North/Northern Ireland,

  

  Abstract:

  This article seeks to provide a brief overview of group work with parents in two working-class communities (Protestant-Unionist-Loyalist and Catholic-Nationalist-Republican) that have been deeply affected by decades of political conflict in the North/Northern Ireland, as well as by post-ceasefire sporadic, violent political events. The paper sets out the organisational and community more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 10 Page: 107-125 2004
  Rosie Burrows; Brid Keenan

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• 4.   Fact or fantasy? A review of recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse

  This article discusses a review of recovered memories from childhood sexual abuse

  

  Abstract:

  More than a century ago Freud provoked a bitter controversy concerning alleged recollections of childhood sexual abuse: Were they fact or fiction? This debate is still ongoing, with some professionals stubbornly holding on to deeply entrenched and polarized positions. On the one side there are those who continue to deny the veracity of all 'recovered memories', and thus also of the more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Vol: 18 Page: 99-105 2001
  Michael M. Del Monte

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• 5.   Psychological debriefing for acute trauma: A welcome demise?

  This article discusses the parallel that exists between involuntary debriefing and the problems of recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse, as well as psychological debriefing for posttraumatic stress disorder

  

  Abstract:

  Psychological debriefing (PD) has until recently been regarded by the public and by health professionals as a necessary and effective prophylactic treatment strategy for trauma victims. This editorial discusses the parallel that exists between involuntary debriefing and the problems of recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse, as well as PD for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Vol: 18 Page: 43-44 2001
  Louise Conlon; Thomas J. Fahy

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• 6.   Review of Trauma, Attachment and Family Performance. Fear Can Stop You Loving

  Book Review: Attachment and Family Performance. Fear Can Stop You Loving

  

  Abstract:

  Reviews the book Trauma, Attachment and Family Performance. Fear Can Stop You Loving by Archer and Quicke. This book is a collection of narratives and fictional vignettes that provide a lucid, informative and comprehensive account of the attachment of children traumatised by early neglect, separation, abuse and loss with their adoptive families. The book aims to provide a multi-faceted more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 10 Page: 304-305 2004
  Colette Gray

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• 7.   The FACE YOUR FEAR Club: Therapeutic Group Work with Young Children as a Response to Community Trauma in Northern Ireland

  This study aimed to outline therapeutic group work with young children in response to acute community trauma in Northern Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  This paper outlines therapeutic group work with young children in response to acute community trauma in Northern Ireland. The children in question were the focus of a highly publicised dispute concerning access to their school. The work was carried out by NOVA, a Barnardo's trauma support service. Part one outlines the theoretical framework. It highlights the relevance of the concept of more...

  International Classification:

  War, violence and conflict

  Categories:

  acute community trauma

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 11 Page: 191-209 2005
  David Stewart; Kirsten Thomson

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• 8.   The Treatment of Psychological Problems Experienced by the Children of Police Officers in Northern Ireland

  This article will discuss the recent establishment of the Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust's Child and Adolescent Therapy Service.

  

  Abstract:

  This paper will discuss the recent establishment of the Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust's Child and Adolescent Therapy Service. This service was set up in response to an expressed need within the police family to provide evidence-based psychological therapies for child and adolescent psychopathology caused either directly by service-related incidents or indirectly via more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 10 Page: 99-106 2004
  Alastair Black

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• 9.   When Trauma Goes On

  This article discusses the approach employed by the NOVA service in helping people manage the impacts of specific and continuous traumas.

  

  Abstract:

  Supporting the needs of those affected by the conflict in Northern Ireland requires more than just a clinical consideration of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. We need to recognise that for many, the violence and disruption to life has been all too pervasive and is often still present. This article describes the approach employed by the NOVA service in helping people manage the impacts of more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 10 Page: 185-191 2004
  Martin Murphy

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• 10.   When trauma has no words

  Book Review: When trauma has no words

  

  Abstract:

  Reviews the book, The unsayable: The hidden language of trauma by Annie Rogers (see record 2006-09985-000). Rogers has crafted a useful book for clinicians to assist in the treatment of trauma. Through therapy case studies, interviews with traumatized girls in Ireland, interviews with girls in a therapeutic school, and her own experiences, Rogers examines the way trauma seeps out and more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, Vol: 8 Page: 115-119 2007
  Cindy B. Veldhuis

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