Organisation: National Suicide Review Group

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Thousands of self-harmers visiting A&E

Up to 11,000 people who randomly harm themselves visit Accident & Emergency clinics every year, it emerged tonight.

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Men in 20s most likely to commit suicide

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Suicide rate up 3% in last year

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Fine Gael TD slams failure to implement suicide recommendations

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Govt urged to tackle suicide problem

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State’s response to suicide levels ‘pitiful’

Specialist teams could reduce rate of suicides

SPECIALIST teams of medical experts must be drafted in to deal with the 10,000 people admitted to hospitals after attempting suicide each year, the Psychiatric Nurses’ Association (PNA), urged yesterday.

Sat, 16 Apr, 2005

Specialist teams could reduce rate of suicides

Sat, 16 Apr, 2005

Plea for special teams to handle suicide bid patients

Specialist teams of medical experts must be drafted in to deal with the 10,000 people admitted to hospitals after attempting suicide each year, it was urged today.

Fri, 15 Apr, 2005

Teenagers slip through mental healthcare net

THERE is a ‘hidden population’ of Irish teenagers with serious mental health problems who are slipping through the healthcare net, according to a major report launched yesterday.

Fri, 22 Oct, 2004

Schools can help tackle suicide

SCHOOLS should be used to encourage young people to seek help when they are experiencing problems, according to a major study on suicide and mental health.

Tue, 16 Dec, 2003

Suicide research funds cut as deaths rise

THE Government has almost halved its spending on suicide prevention and research programmes from €1.11 million to €655,000.

Wed, 01 Oct, 2003

Department spends €9m on reviewing health service

THE Department of Health has spent almost €9 million on reports, reviews and expert committees since July 1997, but the figure covers just 53 of 121 such initiatives.

Wed, 17 Sep, 2003

Stricter laws on gun control would lower suicide rate

STRICTER gun control laws would help reduce the high number of suicides in this country, experts believe.

Wed, 06 Aug, 2003

Suicidal patients sent to A

GPs are being forced to send suicidal patients to A&E units because of problems arranging urgent psychiatric reviews due to a labour shortage, new research has found.

Thu, 17 Jul, 2003

Study cites growing suicide rate in men

SOARING house prices, unemployment and child access problems are linked to Ireland’s growing suicide rates among young men, a study has found.

Sat, 12 Jul, 2003

Ireland ranks second in EU male suicide survey

SUICIDE rates among men aged 25-34 are higher in Ireland than in 15 other European countries, a survey has found.

Fri, 11 Jul, 2003

Millions spent on health service assessments

SINCE July 1997, the Department of Health has commissioned a minimum of 121 reports/working groups/review groups/expert groups to assess areas of the health service.

Sat, 05 Jul, 2003

More students ‘thinking of suicide’

MORE college students than ever are considering committing suicide, an expert warned yesterday.

Wed, 29 Jan, 2003

Health workers unprepared for trauma of dealing with suicide

HEALTH workers are often unprepared for the trauma of patients committing suicide and should be given more time to recover, a survey has found.

Wed, 18 Dec, 2002

Schools failing to confront serious problem of bullying, conference hears

TOO many schools are still not facing up to the serious problem of bullying, a conference on the issue heard yesterday.

Sat, 30 Nov, 2002

Bullying ‘can be sole factor in teenage suicide’

BULLYING can be the sole factor in suicide among teenagers, a conference on the problem heard yesterday.

Fri, 29 Nov, 2002