HRB publishes first all-Ireland mental health telephone survey
10 December 2009
The HRB has published a new report on mental health and associated health service use on the island of Ireland.
This is the first population-based mental health telephone survey that allows for direct comparisons between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The findings showed
- A higher prevalence of self-reported mental health problems in the North than in the Republic
- A higher use of psychotropic medication for the Northern Ireland than the Republic
- A higher proportion of people in Northern Ireland attended the GP for mental helath problems than in the Republic
There were no differences between the jurisdictions in the use of secondary mental health services or in the preferred sources of support which included the GP and family and friends.
The report can be downloaded in full from the HRB website www.hrb.ie and hard copies of the Exectutive Summary and CD-ROM of the full report are available from the Mental Health Research Unit.
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