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Monday 26 October 2020
The Health Research Board’s review will help inform Department of Health policy.
There is already concern around the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on alcohol misuse.
Only a third of regular binge drinkers in Ireland recognise their drinking as harmful.
Depression remains the most common diagnosis among children, followed by neuroses, eating disorders and schizophrenia.
Cocaine has risen from the third to second most common problem drug between 2013 and 2019.
A third of overdoses involved alcohol while more than half involved prescription drugs.
The figures show the number of cases treated between 2012 and 2018 across the country.
The Health Research Board found there were 101 fires recorded in closed inquest cases between 2014-2016.
Depressive disorders were the most common diagnoses recorded for all admissions, accounting for 24%.
Of the total number, 549 were male and 187 were female.
The proportion of problem gamblers in Ireland is far lower than in Northern Ireland, according to data from the Health Research Board.
Experts say the figure may be heavily underreported.
Almost 20,000 potential life years were lost in 2015 alone.
The Health Research Board has published new figures on alcohol use between 2009 and 2015.
The report found cannabis to be the second most common drug among those treated between 2009 and 2015.
Alcohol remains the single most common drug implicated in deaths between 2004 and 2014.
Some 87% of people under the age of 18 presenting with eating disorders are female.
Although divorced people accounted for only 4% of all psychiatric admissions, they had the highest rate compared to married or single people.
Figures published show a drop in the number of cases of alcohol abuse in Ireland.
Irish researchers are attempting to find out.
The clinical trial has shown how to reduce hospital visits for patients with a certain kind of tumour.
It’s the little things.
A new study has found that an average of 8,000 people a year seek treatment for alcoholism in Ireland.
New figures on drugs-related deaths in Ireland show that the number of people who have died from cocaine misuse has halved in four years.
The research into behavioural intervention is one of six major projects given a total of €9 million today.
It’s not so much your blood pressure, as it is how sleep deprivation affects how blood pumps around your body. Yes, science.
The new information should be used to provide early intervention for those babies who medics previously didn’t believe to be at risk of later developmental difficulties.
Study by Trinity College Dublin scientists found that taking the treatment consistently over five years has real benefits for survival.
A controlled trial saw that a small investment led to big benefits for building confidence and reducing isolation.
The research project aims to identify the most immediate and important safety and quality issues in the health service and improve care by developing changes in policy and practice.
The Health Research Board published its Picture of Health for 2012 today.
Depressive disorders accounted for almost one in three admissions, as unskilled workers remain the most likely group to be admitted.
The Health Research Board wants to “showcase the magic of science” with amazing images. Job done.
Demonising drug users creates social outcasts, while the real criminals go free. We need to try a humane approach, writes Tim Bingham.
A new study into problem drug use in Ireland has found that the number of cases reporting cannabis as their main problem substance has increased significantly.
Heroin-related deaths increased by 20 per cent in 2009, according to the Health Research Board National Drug-Related Deaths Index, but alcohol is still a major factor in deaths of drug users.
The 18–19 year age group represented the highest rate of first-time admissions to mental health facilities during 2009 – 2010.
Figures show that there has been a 43 per cent increase overall in the number of cases of alcohol use being treated.
Nine things to know this morning…
Statistics compiled by the Health Research Board show an increase in alcohol-related deaths since 2004.
THERE ARE 59 shopping days until Christmas.
Most retailers across the country will be closed until 1 December, losing out on some vital festive shopping business.
Many are depending on customers shifting to online sales during that time.
So we want to know: Will you do more of your Christmas shopping online this year?
Poll Results:
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