Tagged With "child sexual abuse"

A miracle cure for a patched-up society? By Contributor 19th April 2018 The recent lidocaine (Versatis) patch controversy seems to be a wider debate about health resources — one which could be resolved by just sticking a plaster on it (pun intended), GP Dr William Ralph supposes The recent lidocaine (Versatis) patch debate seemed, on the surface, to be just another healthcare resource allocation decided by the media in the face of Health Service Executive (HSE) intransigence, and a disregard...

By Arlene Harris, The Irish Times, February 7, 2020 While it may be an innate and mainly joyful event, many pregnant women feel anxious at the thought of going through labour and can suffer emotional and physical distress during the delivery itself. And there is one group of women for whom there is an extra level of trauma associated with the arrival of their unborn child – those who have been victims of sexual assault. Hazel Larkin is a sexual abuse survivor and over the coming months will...

When it comes to ACEs, Cork appears to be indeed the capital of Ireland. From Noel Baker in the great Irish Examiner newspaper, September 2017 : Almost one-quarter of men and women aged in their 50s and 60s were found to have suffered an ‘adverse childhood experience’, with research showing higher odds of depressive symptoms later in life among that group. A newly published study looked at baseline data from 2,047 men and women aged 50 to 69 in the north Cork town of Mitchelstown and found...

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...

By Cormac O’Keeffe, November 27, 2020, Security Correspondent. Almost all juvenile offenders in diversion programmes examined have suffered trauma in their lives and almost two-thirds have experienced multiple traumas, according to new research. The study found very high rates of parental loss, emotional abuse and substance use within the family – with high rates of family mental illness, physical abuse and domestic violence. Sexual abuse was more than five times higher among girls than boys...

STRESSING = FRIDAY 26th at 8PM (wrongly stated as Sat 26th, should be FRIDAY 26th) A life-changing workshop : "HOW MEN SUPPORTING WOMENS' WELLBEING SUPPORTS US ALL" Next Friday evening at 8pm (Irish Time=GMT), I will be presenting a live workshop titled "How Men Supporting Womens Wellbeing Supports Us All" ~ in the World's FIRST Online Mens Gathering OMG! ~ A 3-day event with dozens of outstanding presenters. If you agree that Domestic, Sexual and Societal Violence is the scourge of our...