JOINING FORCES TO HELP VICTIMS
Joining forces to help victims
MENTAL HEALTH charity Threshold has joined forces with Queen's University and Sperrin Lakeland Trust's Trauma and Recovery Team to help those affected by the Omagh bomb to rebuild their lives.
The staff of the Trauma and Recovery Team are receiving support and training from both Threshold and the School of Psychology at Queen's to offer the people of Omagh the psychological help needed to recover from the trauma of the bomb.
Threshold is providing staff support to the team and through its joint postgraduate programme with Queen's, is training staff to provide therapeutic services to those who were both directly and indirectly affected by the explosion last August.
Dr. Raman Kapur, Assistant Director of Threshold and an honorary lecturer at Queen's said "All the evidence from other traumatic incidents such as the Oklahoma bomb point to the importance of providing support and training to help professionals work with those affected by such events.
"People affected by such incidents suffer both short and long-term psychological problems and need the support of committed and skilled helpers. By providing training and support for the staff most directly involved in such work, both Threshold and Queen's are helping, to some extent, to repair the shattered lives and minds of people in Omagh."
MENTAL HEALTH charity Threshold has joined forces with Queen's University and Sperrin Lakeland Trust's Trauma and Recovery Team to help those affected by the Omagh bomb to rebuild their lives.
The staff of the Trauma and Recovery Team are receiving support and training from both Threshold and the School of Psychology at Queen's to offer the people of Omagh the psychological help needed to recover from the trauma of the bomb.
Threshold is providing staff support to the team and through its joint postgraduate programme with Queen's, is training staff to provide therapeutic services to those who were both directly and indirectly affected by the explosion last August.
Dr. Raman Kapur, Assistant Director of Threshold and an honorary lecturer at Queen's said "All the evidence from other traumatic incidents such as the Oklahoma bomb point to the importance of providing support and training to help professionals work with those affected by such events.
"People affected by such incidents suffer both short and long-term psychological problems and need the support of committed and skilled helpers. By providing training and support for the staff most directly involved in such work, both Threshold and Queen's are helping, to some extent, to repair the shattered lives and minds of people in Omagh."
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Publisher: ULSTER HERALD
Ref: UH/1210
Published Date: 18-Feb-99
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