Published: 06 July 2023
Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals Census 2022 infographic and tables
The Census 2022 infographic and tables present findings from the eleventh national psychiatric census of patients in Irish psychiatric units and hospitals (IPUH). It is the latest in a series of censuses first carried out in 1963, and is a count of all patients resident in psychiatric units and hospitals operating within the provisions of the Mental Health Act 2001, at midnight on 31 December 2022. The census data are based on residents in 67 units and hospitals which are on the Register of Approved Centres under the Mental Health Act 2001, including child and adolescent units.