{"id":18041,"date":"2017-01-24T10:45:39","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T15:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portage.hamakmarketingnumerique.com\/?p=18041"},"modified":"2017-02-21T10:50:43","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T15:50:43","slug":"special-program-quebec-city-day-centre-focuses-traumas-effect-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/special-program-quebec-city-day-centre-focuses-traumas-effect-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Special program at Qu\u00e9bec City Day Centre focuses on trauma\u2019s effect on addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

For many clients in treatment at Portage, substance abuse has often been seen as a way to ease the suffering caused by significant traumatic experiences that they have had to deal with in the past. Portage\u2019s Qu\u00e9bec City Day Centre<\/a> provides a special program specifically for clients who present symptoms related to physical, psychological, and sexual abuse.<\/p>\n

The \u201cMa\u00eetre de sa vie\u201d project, subsidised by the Bureau d\u2019aide aux victimes d\u2019actes criminels du minist\u00e8re de la Justice du Qu\u00e9bec, has been a part of the Portage Day Centre\u2019s service offering since September 2013. In order to provide the best chances for recovery, issues that have arisen because of past traumatic events are treated simultaneously with those related to a person\u2019s drug and alcohol addiction.<\/p>\n

The program allows the targeted clientele to:
\n1. Become more aware of the impact that traumatic experiences have had on them;
\n2. Develop strategies to maintain a healthy lifestyle;
\n3. Continue to work towards recovery with the help of available resources; and
\n4. Understand how past traumatic events impact their relationships.<\/p>\n

\u201cListening to others share their experiences, I come out of these sessions experiencing many feelings and emotions,\u201d explains a participant. \u201cBeing able to put all the hurt into words is really helpful,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n

Research project on the impact of the program<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Researchers from the University of Sherbrooke recently published a report assessing the implementation of the program and the evolution of its participants. Data was gathered from January 2014 until April 2015 with a sample of 75 adults in drug addiction treatment at Portage.<\/p>\n

The research results point to a solid implementation of the program and a positive evolution of program participants with respect to symptom and stress management. Participants appreciate the environment, the ambiance, and the topics of the meetings, but suggest that they be lengthier and more frequent, in order to provide them with ample time to work through their traumatic experiences more profoundly.<\/p>\n

The Portage Qu\u00e9bec City Day Centre is very grateful for this report, which will help them make improvements to the program in order to be an even greater source of support to its clientele.<\/p>\n

To view the Report<\/a> \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For many clients in treatment at Portage, substance abuse has often been seen as a way to ease the suffering caused by significant traumatic experiences that they have had to deal with in the past. Portage\u2019s Qu\u00e9bec City Day Centre provides a special program specifically for clients who present symptoms related to physical, psychological, and… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":18039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-quebec-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}