Professor Catherine Comiskey:

Trauma is part of the understanding of addiction. This can also be for schoolteachers. We need trauma-informed schools as well. I know teachers have to do an awful lot, because I am doing a lot of work in schools, but we need some more education across those services that are meeting people like Patricia when they are children. When that child went into school, somebody knew she was not right. The teacher would see the dirty clothes and the upset child. We need to educate our professionals too.