Resilience in the face of trauma: implications for service delivery

dc.contributor.authorDermody, Aoife
dc.contributor.authorGardner, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorDavis, Sharon
dc.contributor.authorLambert, Sharon
dc.contributor.authorDermody, John
dc.contributor.authorFein, Marisa
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-13T12:26:08Z
dc.date.available2019-02-13T12:26:08Z
dc.date.issued2018-10
dc.date.updated2019-02-13T10:46:26Z
dc.description.abstractIt was noted with some concern by service providers in Limerick that women presenting to homeless, probation and drug treatment services in Limerick city significantly exceeded the number attending similar services in other geographical areas in Ireland. Different services were engaging with the same women simultaneously, sometimes for years, without any discernible positive outcomes for the women. Research was commissioned to facilitate a better understanding of the women’s needs, with a view to enabling services to be more responsive. The findings profile a group of women with considerable resilience and capacity for survival, despite very challenging life experiences. An Adverse Childhood Experiences analysis showed that the women in this research cohort were more frequently affected by almost all forms of childhood adversity than people in the general population. The women proffered some practical advice that could help services to be designed and delivered in a trauma- and gender-informed manner. This paper presents a brief literature review of trauma and trauma-informed care, outlines the research findings and makes recommendations for future service design and delivery.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationDermody, A., Gardner, C., Davis, S., Lambert, S., Dermody, J. and Fein, M. (2018) 'Resilience in the face of trauma: Implications for Service Delivery', Irish Probation Journal, 15, pp. 161-178.en
dc.identifier.endpage178en
dc.identifier.issn1649-6396
dc.identifier.journaltitleIrish Probation Journalen
dc.identifier.startpage161en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7490
dc.identifier.volume15en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe Probation Serviceen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.probation.ie/en/PB/Pages/WP18000040
dc.rights© Probation Service, Probation Board for Northern Ireland and individual authors, 2018en
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subjectTraumaen
dc.subjectAdverse childhood experiencesen
dc.subjectHomelessnessen
dc.subjectProbationen
dc.subjectDrug treatmenten
dc.subjectTrauma-informed careen
dc.titleResilience in the face of trauma: implications for service deliveryen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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