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  • Published: 15 March 2024

    Drugnet Ireland 87

    Drugnet Ireland is the Health Research Board's quarterly drug and alcohol research and policy newsletter. It provides summaries and analysis of recent publications and policy developments and well as overviews of particular issues relating to the drug and alcohol situation Ireland. Experts from the EMCDDA national focal...

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  • Published: 16 January 2024

    Deaths among people who were homeless at time of death in Ireland, 2020

    In this bulletin, data on deaths among people who were homeless and who died in 2020 are presented. The NDRDI collects data on all deaths among people who were homeless at the time of death, in order to improve understanding of premature mortality among people who are homeless nationally, and to provide more complete and...

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  • Published: 05 September 2023

    Factors associated with suicide in people who use drugs: a scoping review

    Suicide is a significant contributor to global mortality. People who use drugs (PWUD) are at increased risk of death by suicide relative to the general population, but there is a lack of information on associated candidate factors for suicide in this group. The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive overview of...

  • Published: 04 September 2023

    Drugnet Ireland 86

    Drugnet Ireland is the Health Research Board's quarterly drug and alcohol research and policy newsletter. It provides summaries and analysis of recent publications and policy developments and well as overviews of particular issues relating to the drug and alcohol situation Ireland. Experts from the EMCDDA national focal...

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  • Published: 01 August 2023

    Alcohol treatment demand in Ireland 2022

    This is the annual, updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem alcohol use in Ireland.  This bulletin covers the period 2016 to 2022, in which 50,107 cases were treated for alcohol as a main problem during this seven-year period.

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  • Published: 17 July 2023

    Drugnet Ireland 85

    Experts from the EMCDDA national focal point and from the HRB Evidence Centre contribute content to the newsletter.Experts from the EMCDDA national focal point and from the HRB Evidence Centre contribute content to the newsletter.

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  • 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...

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  • Published: 20 June 2023

    Drug treatment demand 2022 in Ireland

    This is the annually updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem drug use (excluding alcohol) in Ireland. It covers the period 2016 to 2022.  In this seven-year period, 12,009 cases were treated for drug use as a main problem.

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  • Published: 17 May 2023

    Deaths among people who were homeless at time of death in Ireland, 2019

    This feasibility study was commissioned by the Department of Health to address the need to improve understanding of premature mortality among people who are homeless nationally, and to provide more complete and accurate national data to inform policy.

    This retrospective review collates data on all deaths in persons...

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  • Published: 27 March 2023

    Drugnet Ireland 84 (insert)

    Drugnet Ireland 84 insert.

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  • Published: 27 March 2023

    Drugnet Ireland 84

    Drugnet Ireland is the Health Research Board's quarterly drug and alcohol research and policy newsletter. It provides summaries and analysis of recent publications and policy developments and well as overviews of particular issues relating to the drug and alcohol situation Ireland. Experts from the EMCDDA national focal...

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  • Published: 28 October 2022

    Drugnet Ireland 83

    Drugnet Ireland is the Health Research Board's quarterly drug and alcohol research and policy newsletter. It provides summaries and analysis of recent publications and policy developments and well as overviews of particular issues relating to the drug and alcohol situation Ireland. Experts from the EMCDDA national focal...

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  • Published: 16 September 2022

    Drugnet Ireland 82

    Drugnet Ireland is the Health Research Board's quarterly drug and alcohol research and policy newsletter. It provides summaries and analysis of recent publications and policy developments and well as overviews of particular issues relating to the drug and alcohol situation Ireland. Experts from the EMCDDA national focal...

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  • Published: 04 July 2022

    Alcohol treatment in Ireland 2015 to 2021

    This is the annual, updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem alcohol use in Ireland.  This bulletin covers the period 2015 to 2021, in which 50,304 cases were treated for alcohol as a main problem drug during this seven-year period.

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  • Published: 14 June 2022

    Drug treatment data in Ireland 2015 to 2021

    This is the annually updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem drug use (excluding alcohol) in Ireland. It covers the period 2015 to 2021.  In this seven-year period, 69,450 cases were treated for drug use as a main problem.

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  • Published: 02 May 2022

    Drugnet Ireland 81

    Drugnet Ireland is the Health Research Board's quarterly drug and alcohol research and policy newsletter. It provides summaries and analysis of recent publications and policy developments and well as overviews of particular issues relating to the drug and alcohol situation Ireland. Experts from the EMCDDA national focal...

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  • Published: 01 May 2022

    Gambling in Ireland: profile of treatment episodes from a national treatment reporting system

    Globally, problem gambling prevalence is estimated at between 0.1% and 5.8%. Problem gambling can have many negative consequences; including on physical, and psychological health, and social functioning. There is a need to better understand treatment uptake as only a small proportion seek treatment. This is the first Irish...

  • Published: 17 March 2022

    Comparing characteristics of suicide to non-suicide drug poisoning deaths, by sex, in Ireland

    Suicide by drug poisoning is potentially preventable; however, evidence on associated risk factors by sex is limited. We aim to assist in understanding how individual and social contextual factors, and specific drugs, influence risk of suicide compared to non-suicide drug poisoning deaths, and how this differs by...

  • Published: 14 March 2022

    Drugnet Ireland 80

    Drugnet Ireland is the Health Research Board's quarterly drug and alcohol research and policy newsletter. It provides summaries and analysis of recent publications and policy developments and well as overviews of particular issues relating to the drug and alcohol situation Ireland.  Experts from the EMCDDA national...

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  • Published: 01 December 2021

    Drugnet Ireland 79

    Drugnet Ireland is the Health Research Board's quarterly drug and alcohol research and policy newsletter. It provides summaries and analysis of recent publications and policy developments and well as overviews of particular issues relating to the drug and alcohol situation Ireland.  Experts from the EMCDDA national...

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